New Britain herald., 1924-06-04
H. K. SMITH ATTACKS
 LODGE AND PEPPER
Doubts Their Sincerity in OHer- inS World Court Substitutes
PREDICTS ANOTHER WAR
Hartford Man Explains to Central Association of Congregational
 Churches Why United States Should
 Sign Treaty for World Peace.

Churches Why United States Should
 Sign Treaty for World Peace. =, Speaking on the world court at the scmi-annual meeting of the Central Association of Congregational church. cs at the First church in this city last night, Herbert Knox smith of Hart ford criticized Senator Lodge of Massachusetts and Senator Pepper of Pennsylvania for their opposition to the participation by the United States in the world court treaty. Dys!lling on this point, Mir, smith, said:
 : "l have very little to say about the proposed new plans advocated by ! Senator Lodge and Senator Pepper and others, except this. The an- cient and worn out method Of de- feating indirectly a proposition you do not dare to attack directly, is to suggest some attractive change of | form, which change, however, you know will not be accepted by other parties, And that is just what is being done by the men who are op- posing small partisan and personGs motives to this tremendous demand of humanity for eliminating war from its future. They are taking enor- nous risks in thus playing with their little political toys in the path of the coming storm"
 Mir, Smith also said that, unless the United States openly supports the principle that law shall take the place of war as the last resort be- tween nations another great war is almost certain within the next gen eration--more atrocious, destructive and terrible than the last and more than likely to be the downfall of western civilization"
 resume Of Mr. Smiths talk fol- lows;
 Purpose of World Court
 "The purpose ot the World Court is 10 sbstitute law for war. Every dis pnte decided by fl reduces the chancs of war. This court has been in actual operation for three years and four flfths of the civilized nations of the world are parties to the treaty. Its ihAEfH hNit FAltIAFH llhI1 i1Af nlDJ international jurists Of the world, in- cluding one American. No nation can be brought before this court with out its own consent and the only power behind the decrces is inc DOW or of public opinion. It is as yet i'm. possible to give snch court the DOW CT to exercise force.
 Each judge must be elected by two bodics-iilrst by the council of tho lcague Of nations. which is permanent | ly composed of the representatives of England, France. Italy and Japan. 1 The Tinted States will have an equal i vote there, if it enters the treaty. ! Secondly, also by the assembly of the ! league. composed Of the representa-. l lives Of all the nations entering the | trcaty--and here likewise the United 1 states would have an equal vote. This obnates the old difficulty which had ! always been raised by the larger na- lions. who feared that q combination or small peoples might override tbe great nations in the selection of tba judges Except for the right to give advisory opinions to the league of ma lions. this Is the only connection that the court has with the league and that connection is purely incidental. One Of the reservations acconpan,inp Inc treaty was that the treaty .gbatl not De taken 10 involve any legal re atlon on the part of the United States 4 10 the leagne or nations or the ne. il of any obligation by tbs : hiied states under the covenant of ne league Our only connection with ne league would be that one Aneri- 'an would vote in the council and an 'ther in the assembly for the iudgos
 Predicts Another War
 snail the United states. by tnin- hg the treaty openly support ,be principle that law shall take The pIscs T war as the last resort between ma. Ions? Inl"ss some such substi,utio, 5 prough about. another great war is ilmost certain within the next eep- rauon-more atrocious, destructive thd terrible than the tast-and mors han likely 10 be the downfall of western civilization. And lei me en,. ,hasize this-that the mere fact tbst , ne majority of human beings don't Fant another war won't prevent inc Far. There were at least 900, ,ooo 600 'eopls in the fighting nations in inc ast war. l doubt if there were sn.- 100 people in fa14 who deliberately santed world var. The rest of us 2 the ratio of S6.001 10 1. didn't want , he war. And yet that tremendous had no way of preventing it. 4 'ecause when tbs war cloud arose. | here vas no place and no mscbin- 1
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