Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-16

Secretary kellosg's New York speech
was the real curtain-raiser for the
World Court drama about to be staged
in the United States Senate. There
was method in his madness in stress
ing aloofness from European entan.
elements as the indelible hall mark OF
American foreign policy. Mr.. Kellogg
chose with malice aforethought the
occa sion to sing this we'll known num-
Der in the Coolidge international roper
toire. 1t fell on the eve OF the court
debate. The speech was eleventh
hour notice to Messrs. Borah ct al:
that charges OF embodiment in Old
World affairs are without shadow or
foundation. 1t isn't at all likely that
the Kellogg disclaimer will deter the
Senate irreconcilables from launching
their deadliest thunderbolt - namely.
that entry into the World Court means
entry into the League of Nations
through the back door. The admins
tration is now on record. Both the
President and his foreign minister feel
that the record has been made clear
enough to knock the props from under
anv argument that an America In the
World Court is an America enmesheo
IN the chains of European politics.
Interna tional interest in the World
Court is wholly disproportionate to the
fuss and Tuning it arouses In the
United States. Compared to issues IKE
their American debts. their security
problems and their trade rivalrieS. Eu-
ropean nations are virtually unco'Sern-
ed in the court. Hah-a-dozen or hem
have used the tribunal since its organi-
cation three or four years ago. but no
European statesman ever gets very
excited about the court, or, In discuss
ing the international situation. ever
mentions 1t unless invited to do So One
of the things apparently entirely re
mote from the average European
anxiety is whether Uncle Sam enters
the court or not. The League of Ma
lions is an entirely different PROPOSE
ton. It has come to fill real role in
the life OF Europe. II the fireworks
presently to be set off in the Senate
turn on the issue of whether America
is some day to Join the league, Europe
will understand the excitement with
which Washington is about to surge.
Otherwise they'll wonder across the
Atlantic what 1t is In the World Court
that our people And worthy of heat
and emotion.
Some real oratory ought to find its
way into the Congressional Record
before the World Court is out OF the
way. There aren't many flrst-class
sneakers in the Senate. Members an
swering that description can almost
be counted on the fingers of one hand.
Certainly two hands would exhaust
the list In Borah and Reed Demo.
crat Of MissourD the court opposition
probably has the most eloquent and
skillful debaters in Congress. For tho
court there will be brilliant counsel
in men hike Lenroot and Pepper, on
the Republican side, and Robinson
Swanson, Glass and Underwood
among the Democrats. Perhaps the
debate will bring forth some nndis.
covered Demosthenes. If. as seems
likely, it runs the whole gamut OF
Americas relations with the world
the opportunity for some gilt-edged
speeches will be a rich one.
Admiral William s. Sims, T.. 6. ",
retired. who stirred up hornets nest
by his testimony at the Mitchell trial
is about to spill some more beans. The
January number of national maya.
zine will contain, an article by Sims
entitled What's the Matter With the
Navy" The question is answered in
the adniral's hammer-and.tongs fash
ion. Sims is philosophical under the
fire. of high explosive hurled at him
since the Mitchell testimony. Most OF
the criticism ema mates from some OF
his former brother officers. In re.
Spouse to the shaft aimed at him BY
! Col Thompson OF the Navy League