Evening star., 1923-06-05
PEACE GUARANTEES
IN COURT ARE SEEN
Secretary Hughes Makes Ap-
peal for U. S. Entry
Into Body.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 5.-Two thou
sand members of the bench and par
heard Secretary of State Charles
Evans Hughes plead for Americas
entrance into the world court last
night at the Kent centennial celebra-
ton at Columbia University.
Justice Edward II. Finch of the
appellate division of the New YORK
supreme court. who introduced Sec
retary Hughes, also defended the
court and pointed out that the teach
tngs of James Kent, the former CO.
lumbia professor in whose memory
the meeting was held. showed that
states or nations, being composed or
individuals. were subject to wrong
doing and should be treated as in
dividuals for their misdeeds.
Secretary Hughes said the tran
nuillity of the world depended upon
the existence of world court JUST
az the tranquility pf the United
States and its various states has de-
pended and still depends upon the
court:.
Assurance Of Peace.
main the assurance of our domestic
peace. This is true in international
as we'll as in national affairs. If we
have tranquil states it is because the
people believe in the reign OF law
and maintain the integrity OF their
courts.
IF we have nation with the i'm
nense advantage of national au-
thority adequate 10 meet all ma
tional needs ii is because we have
the Supreme Court of the United
States If controversies over legal
rights are to he determined peace
fully there must be a tribunal to de-
termine them.
The American love of peace and
sense of right" he said. and the
conviction born of our experience:
have made it a definite part of
all in our power to secure provision
for the peaceful settlement of inter-
national disputes bv the establish
mert of permanent tribunal of in
ternational justice.
World Demands Court.
Our peculiar interests as a nation
require il. in order to give more ade-
ruate protection to our own rights:
the interests of world peace demand
IL"
Secretary Hughes asserted that tenn
porary tribunals were imperfect: both
Xix elihood of the intrusion of politi-
cal considerations.
How unsatisfactory is such meth
3D." he added. "as compared with the
opportunity to submit controversy
to permanent international court
composed of the ableSt and most i'm
partial judges. acting as court in
accordance with judicial standards
and giving their continuous and eX-
pert advice to the Interpretation and
application of international law.
Answers Critics.
Those who say that we should
perfect international law before we
have a permanent court of interna-
tional justice ignore the fact that in
the meantime we must have arbitral
tribunals to decide our controversies
of a judicia BILE nature; we cannot, in
Difference to our historic policy. re-
fuse to submit such cases to arbitra-
ton These critics also ignore the
enormous service that an interna-
tional court may render with the ma
terials now at its command in the de-
velopment of international law"
Speaking at the centennial ami
versary of Columbia'S acquisition of
James Kent as permanent pro-
fessor. Secretary Hughes eulogized
the famous American judge and de-
father of American Jurisprudence"
He pointed out. in describing Kent 8
life and career. that whereas CEN
tury ago, little and poor law was pro-
duced in America, now 1t was the ma
ticn's chief product. thus creating an
tnperatiye need for competent eX-
position of the law.