New Britain herald., 1924-01-07

denies commission or the league in
 quiry into conditions of the traffic il
 women and children.
 Increasing Cooperation Plan
 The United States being already s,
 far. committed to united counsel
 with league-agen for the common
 social welfare, all of which have som,
 bearing upon the preservation O
 world peace, the question before Il:
 may take this form:
 How can increasing cooperation be, tween the United States and the or, ganiled world for the promotion ol peace and security be assured, in forms acceptable to the people of the United States and hopefully prac. ticable:
 Can Extend Cooperation
 Without any change in its present policy, already described. the United States government, could, first, show its willingness to cooperate similarly with the other humane and recon- str1Icti,e agencies of the league. To four of these agencies that govern ment had already sent delegates with advisory powers. It could as prop erly accept invitations to accredit members with like powers to each one of the other welfare commissions. It has already received invitations from two of the latter.
 It is, secondly, immediately practi- cable to extend the same kind Of CO., operation. whenever asked Ia do it. 50 a. to include participation tn the work of the commissions and tecllni- cal committees Of the labor organi- zation. The record shows that such cooperation is already begun.
 The single common purpose of all these committees is the collection and study of information. on which may be based subsequent recommendation for national legislation.
 All conventions and resolutions, by the first three com gresses of the International Labor organization, have already been laid before the senate of the United States md, without objection, referred to the appropriate committee. No diff fercnt procedure would have been fol- owed if the United States were a member Of the labor organization of he league.
 Adherence to Permanent Court
 A third immediately practicable itep is the Nnatc's appro,a of the proposal that thc United states ad- icrc to the Permanent Court of Inter- iational Justice for the reasons and Indcr the conditions stated by Secre- sry Hughes and President Harding n February, 1923.
 These three suggestions for in- cooperation with the family If nations are in harmony with poli- ies already adopted by our govern ncnt, and in the last case with d pol- cy so old and well recognized that may now bc called traditional.
 They do not involve a question of membership in the League of Nations s now constituted, but it cannot be 1 enied that they lead to the threshold | f that question. Any further step to- | iard cooperation must confront the i roblcm Of direct relations between he United States and the assembly l nd council of fifty-four nations in [ he league.
 tfifty- y-seven states, including, Ger ] lsny, are members Of the Interna- . onal Labor organization of the | ,aguc. There are about sixty-fiye in- | ependcnt states in the world). i League Employs No Force
 The practical experience Of the ague during its first three and a alf years Of life has not only rought out, in a group Of precc- ents. the beginnings of what might 3 called the constitutional law Of lc league. but it has also shifted the nphasis in activities Of the league nd forcshadowed important modih- ltions in its constitution, the cov- lant.
 At its birth the covenant of the aguc bore, vaguely in Article x id more clearly in Article XVI, the lpression Of a general agreement to lforce and coerce. Both of those 'ticles suggest the action of world ate which never existed and does 1t now exist. How far the present aguc is actually removed from as such state is suffi- ently exhibited in it's dealings with thusnia and Poland over Wilma and , cir common boundary. and with { -eece and Italy over Corfu. Ii Experience in the last three years IS demonstrated probably insuper- [ le difficulties in the way of fulfilling
 all parts Of the world the large [ omise of Article x in respect to i her its letter or it's spirit. No one q " expects the league council 10 [ ' to summon armies and fleets, i rec it utterly failed to obtain even
 international police force for the q Ina district. | Each assembly of the league has ' vigorous efforts to inter- q at and modify Article \. Tn the q lrth assembly an attempt to adopt e
 interpretation of that article in a ientiaI agreement with the sena- n ial reservation on the same sub f in 1920 was blocked only by il all group Of weak states like Fer q
 ahH dudHtds hHiCh ENl1tntts aI- V buicd te Article ' protective a ger that it possesses only on paper. . Such states. in possible fear of un- h andly neighbors. must decide ether the preservation Of a form u words in the cot enant is more vital q; their peace and security. and to the al Ice and security Of The world. than li
 presence of the United states st vi
 council table Of the family of na- tr ls in Is to Article XVI. the council
 the league created q blockade 1mission which worked for two sf rs 10 determine how the economic or ipon" Of the league could be sffi- ii, itly used and uniformly applied. ar commission failed 10 discover dl