Evening star., 1924-10-05
DISCOUNTS LEAGUE
ARBITRATION PACT
,Tardieu Warns Against
0veroptimism-Thinks &C.
/ neva Overshot Mark.
BY ANDRE TAnDIEU.
nv Radio to The Star.

By RAd1o 10 Inc star
PARIS. October 4.-The Geneva
protocol was finally adopted this
week after many bitches. but this
does not signify that 1t will be rati-
fed by the governments and parila-
ments of the nations whose delegates
voted for it, And particularly it does
not signify that even If ratified it
will represent anything real
Premier Benes himself, one Of the
principal authors, admitted frankly
that the pact tells what ought to be
done but does not necessarily what
will be done. Great Britain made
clear that in the case of crisis each
government remains free to deter
mine to what extent to collaborate
in reprcssinz aggression. and the
league itself will control neither
troops nor ships.
Warns OF Illusion.
Signor Scialoia of Italy stated it
still more plainly as follows:
Let us not create dangerous IL
lusion in the minds of peoples. Let
us not assert that we have ended
war forever" In these cirCum-
stances NJ Brands emphatic speech
crying victory seems premature and
even perilous.
The very development of the
trencNd plan llSclI may VI illS pei IL
Suppose. for example that with dis
agreement still existing on interpre-
tation of the protocol, the long
promised disarmament conference is
called. No possible good can result
and much evil. 1t is also plain that
by attempting too much and taking
the attitude of settling everything at
once. the Geneva confereeS have
touched questions they know nothing
about and stirred up trouble instead
of appeaSing it as when they aroused
Japan TO offer an amendment which
raised the most complex and difficult
problem of the Pacific and produced
the most undesirable effect in Amer
lea.
When d hastily drafted document
like this determines that the protocol
will apply in any manner to such
questions AS immigration and diftl-
cultieS which may arise therefrom,
1t simply proves that the delegates
do not know the first thing about
this question which, however, is not
new.
Imagine stirring up such a delicate
matter only a few weeks after the
passage of the new American mmigra-
tion Law and the diplomatic correspond :
cnce which accompanied its passage.
Geneva folks apparently do not
suspect that the Japanese American
quarrel in 1905. renewed in 1924. rests
more on principle than mere prac-
tice. AS far as practice is concerned
the question was settled by gentle
mems agreement in 1907 by which
Japan herself prevented emigration
to America. But then, as now, Con-
grcss objected strongly to this
method and insisted on settling the
matter by American law rather than
by diplomacy since it was a domestic
question.
What has just been done at Geneva
can only make the situation worse,
for Congress will certainly see in the
Geneva protocol d reflection on their
latest vote.
4 stranger paradox is that the dele
gates do not seem to know that the
Hague Court to which disputes must
be submitted has already fixed juris-
prudence on this question and has
decided in favor of the American
viewpoint instead of the Japanese.
Concerning the F'ranco-British dis
pute over the question in Tunis.
Morocco, the court handed down a
decision in which 1t says:
THE question of whether a Ger
tain matter is or is not solely within
the jurisdiction of the State is an
essentially relative question Thus
in the present state of international
law questions of nationality are, in
the courts opinion. in principle with
In this reserved domain
Cites Varied Decisions.
This is exactly what California
maintained 10 years ago against
President Roosevelt and is the basis
of the American immigration law
today. How can the league council
reconcile it's protocol with the courts
decisions?
The writer often discussed this
question with President Roosevelt in
1907 and 1905 when. with many diff
culties he was negotiating his treaty
The writer happened to be in Wash
inEton just after Mr.. Taft's trip to
Tokyo and Admiral Evans great
cruise. These are delicate and COM