Evening star., 1923-09-07
HUGHES PROPOSAL
PLEASES CANADA
Secretary's Plan for Closer
Cooperation Between Ma
tions Wins Favor.
By EDWARD PRICE BELL.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
tThis is first Of q series Of dispatches
from Mr.. Bell, dean of American corre-
spondents in London, who is making
tour OF Canada to get the viewpoint OF
her statesmen and the public on Canadian
American problems)
OTTAWA, Ontario, September =
Official and journalistic opinion in
Ottawa cordially approves of the
suggestion of Secretary of State
Hughes for permanent commission
! of distinguished Canadian and America n
citizens to act in an informatory and
advisory capacity, with a view TO the
prompt adjustment of Canadian-Amer-
! lean problems as they arise. 1t is be-
| ueved that. such commission not only
would promote harmony and justice
between Canada and the United
States. but would be enlightening and
morally influential as world ex-
ample.
TOO little is known of the splen-
did work of the international Joint
Commission, which has served the
United States and Canada so well
since 1913" remarks the Ottawa
Evening Citizen. 1T would be a
great step ahead to have a per-
manent commission, as suggested by
Secretary Hughes. If such a COM
| mission had been in operation when
| the United States Congress had to
| pass on the Fordney tariff, it is pos
slble some features of the tariff which
work injustice against Canada would
have been modified.
See barriers Removed.
! The privileges extended for many
years to United States fishing vessels.
for instance, to ship their catches
duty free through Canadian ports TO
| the 81 nited States would have re-
| caived more consideration before the
/ tariff trainers were persuaded 10
! erect barriers against the entrance
Of Canadian fishing vessels into the
! United States.
More extensive use of the inter
national joint commission might in
| spire the European nations TO make
! a start in the direction of similarly
settling differences among them
| clouds. There is much to commend
| this plan of international arbitra-
ton in preference to the attempt te
| establish one centralized world court
! Eutes."
! Commencing a tribunal similar to
the international joint commission
and embracing wider views, the OF
! tawa Journal says:
For more than three years Canada
has been considering an ambassador
! to Washington. This post has not
| been filled, and there is reason for
| believing considerations of imperial
| diplomatic unity may prevent it from
| ever being fulfilled. Why should not such
| a body as Secretary Hughes proposes
! take the place of an ambassador >
Mr.. Hughes suggestion. in the Otta
| wa Journals opinion. should not
rest where it is. It's aim IL so splen-
| did and its origin SO authoritative
/ that further exploration of it's feast
| bility would seem to be imperative. !"
| Dfrkenhead Amuses.
Slight ripples of merriment are
passing over Canada as a result OF
! Lord Birkenhead's exhibition of
! fatherly tenderness toward his VIII
! Jamestown speech relative to what he
| considers Woodrow Wilson's abortive
! idealism. There is a disposition to
! inquire why. if the former chancellor
as he himself states. has nothing to
explain" he persists in explaining
something. 1t is suggested that the
| created RACES mainly in the noble
| his reiterated determination to stand
lby his guns does not demand of him
any colossal reserves of fortitude or
! intrepidity. Observes an Ottawa
/, Journal paraghapher:
"Birkenhead says he did not go to
| the United States to talk platitudeS.
and 'Two-Gun' Mussolini speaks to
the Greeks with bullets. Thus we
enter upon a new era of knock 'em
on the nut diplomacy. No wonder
| the earth ShiVerS."