Evening star., 1924-06-03
Peppers Court Plan Finds
Much Editorial Opposition

/ The proposal advanced by Senator
Pepper for the adherence Of the
UNITED States to the Permanent Court
OF International Justice, like that of
the Lodge plan, meets with wide-
spread opposition from the American
Epress. Many editors regard 1t as only
Ianother nakeship to bait the Ameri-
cans who are demanding participa-
tion OF the United States in the court.
There could be no stronger proof
Of that than the fact that every men,
Der OF the death battalion, which is
bitterly opposed to any form of
world court, favors the Pepper dodge
in the opinion OF the Louisville Cour-
ier-Journal (Democratic), which says
tbe irreconcilables strategy and
Lodges treachery to the President
will succeed unless President Coolidge
offers active resistance--he can beat
them if he gives them battle, and he
may rest assured the country will
back him." The Lynchburg Advance
(Democratfc) indorses this view. AL
though the Buffalo News (Republi-
CAM does not regard the plan as so
onensive as that of the fntransigeant
senator Lodge, it still is poor po-
litical dodge" simply a move to off
set the political advance OF the Sen
ate Democrats in the court issue AS
the Newark News Independently puts
it, Just another excursion into the
the Pepper plan. according to the
Cleveland Plain Dealer (independent
Democratic), gets it's inspiration
from the supercilious attitude of
those now in power at Washington
that for the United States to have.
even the most distant relations with
the league of nations would somehow
contaminate the republic" and it
asks, rs 1t not about time for Ameri-
cans who think themselves spokes.
time the world court is mention ed 2"
X r j.
This eleventh-hour proposal, de-
manding the scrapping of a piece of
international machinery already in
successful operation, in favor of one
OF another name. though of almost
Identical structure" the New York
Times independent Democratic) de-
clares, "is an affront not only to the
fifty nations that have set up the
court, but also to the intelligence of
our people" All it does, the Mil
waukee Journal independent Repub-
lican) insists, 'is to set up a political
trick by which these men who have
so steadfastly set their faces against
peace can pretend that they offered
everything in reason and are not to
blame if the United States remains
outside. The Chicago Tribune (Re-
publican) doubts that Senator Pep
per or any one else can take the court
and walk away from the league" The
plan to do so, continues the Hart
ford Times independent Democratic),
bears upon it's face humiliating evil
dence OF the bankruptcy in states
United States Senate" The Reading
Tribune independently claims that
Henry Cabot Lodge and the handful
Of 'standpat' senators who make up
the majority of the foreign relations
committee i,, are about the only ones
burg News Oemocratic) suggests
the plan is but another crafty effort
to slaughter any movement having in
view the Identification OF the United
States with the other nations of the
world in establishing a tribunal be-
fore which enlightened governments
may submit vsr-inodtings contro-
The Springfield Union Republican)
doubts that "the Pepper plan can
command either the support of the
pro-leaguers or the anti-leaguers, be-
cause it falls between the two
schools of thought, and wins the ap-
proval of neither" and sit would
seem that the only way Of settling
the world court question is to make
it a clean and decisive issue" Re-
ferring to 1t as the fifth world court
project introduced into the Senate,
the Knoxville Sentinel (independent
DemocrAtic) finds "the purpose of
this multiplicity Of reservations
when it is not merely to becIoud the
iasue-is to save the faces Of obstrac-
tionists wffen the time comes, as It
inevitably must come, that the Unit
ed states shall take its place in world
affairs worthy OF this great nation"
The Albany News independent Re-
ppblican) agrees there has been too
much backhauling on the whole.
question and the Pepper resolution
may lead to more of it, In fact, the
Sioux City Journal (Republican) IA
Lcoufident ..ixteconcilability in 4tha'