Evening star., 1923-02-19

opinion." It's 5dccffes may he lilk
I open covenants. openly arrived at"f
MT. BoFah has pot yet discussed IA
I invention, buf 1t speaks for itself M
, are now living in advanced starcr II
! the millennium. All public opinioE
| agrees that to he happy We must II
| good. We must let Justice rule OH
hearts. and honor guide our condurE
ana the golden rule control all Of OH
relations with Our neighbors. Iork
| and International Selfishness is baI
Cupidity is outlawed. ~"Thou shalt M
covet." is the first thought Of ths
kaiser. the unspeakable Turk and III
thug. Love thy neigfbor- sas thI
self is the actuating rule Of our coI4
duct, just as Rob thy neighbor bd
fore he fieeces you" is the passion IN
our enemy.
All history tells us that we Amcrt
cans haye never 'overreached. but th;t
others have tried TO ovcrreach ~
and when they were caught at il VI
always quoted the phrase Of .tmrrk
:anIsm: We've gust begun to night"
We are said to be nation of the al
mighty dollar-"Mfllio for dcfcusc
In court without power 10 cnf"r,s
justice"
Senator Borah declares that All
alliances, leagues or plans which relS
upon force as the ultimate power for
the enforcement Of peace carry the
seeds either of their own destruction
or of military dominancy to the utter
subversion of liberty and justice"
Is that so? There was Yorktown. fog
! example. 1t is supposed that Gen
! Washington used some force thorE
and the seed which he distributed
! was that from which has grown thf
| loftiest liberty pole on which to f'oa,
! old :GfoEr,' tina, has ever lowered
| above piRHi 0atriotsEE1s There way
| toH. and that was tho solc Influence
| that inSpired tfifsinDtt eloquent fouU
| word oratioT that eyer came from the
lips of Inat,ts Let US. have peace"
l. 4 < ~
The senator Seenipares his intern a
| tiopa1 court. with our Federal supremt
Court, and Though he, is learned If
the law. he forgets that back of every
edict OF. our Supreme Court there Il
force. It does not, preach; It corr.
mauds.s It's decrees are given to itS
court officers; and through them 10
thousands of United, States marshals,
and back Of those narshals is the
, entire United States Army, to enforce
the. court daerees with force-ail the
force thar fs necessary TO command
respect and obedience.
Will Senator Borah's internationa1
court not, have its 1iarshals? Will Il
have none OF the prestige OF powes
|, thztt. is found onIN.:rhere power 70
| max it's seoh1 mands .obeyed unwiIk
ingly-by NElf yielators of law and
justice?-. Then fie open such a mock
, court. 1t is, indeed, a delusion thai
no matter how we spell the Haig,.,.
X ~ X K
If the court is to have power-aS
arny-hew will -that-eourt army be
supplied? BY the nations. of. courssi
! A league by any other name will be
a league still. We would net enter
| into the arguments pro and con rec
gardhg a league of nations. Rca9
the senaept's own speeches: Thief
! are in the Congressional Records II
| 1918. and 1919. What: Iill the courtS
] army be used for. except to enforce
ever done more or .less. than tha;s
! yield to the senator from Idaho. ?
!: = :: Z
/ Which is worse for diplomatic ina
! munity-intoxicating liquor or vaccs
| nation? Chile requires that all for
eigners entering her boundaries must
be vaccinated. Secretary of State
Hughes and a commission of senators
| are about to go to Chile to- attend
an International conference, and ths
| word came that they must be vacce
| mated. Further reflection however.
convinced the Chilean government
| that IL their diplomats in Americs
are permitted to get-hilarious-an
be immune from Volsteadism. then
our diplomats going to Chile are en-
titled to get smallpox if that is tn
custom Of their country.