Evening star., 1925-06-14
WORLD COURT HIT
BY MRS. MCCORMICK
Widow of Illinois Senator
4; Carries on Fight Against
Foreign Relations.
Bv the Associated Press.

Bv the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June 13-Mrs. Medill
Mccormick, whose late husband,
United States Senator Medill McCor-
mick of Illinois, was one of the Sen
ate "irreconcilables" against the
League of Nations, in a vigorous
statement today advocated further
reservations to American adherence
TO the World Court.
She explained that she made the
statement "in view Of the fact that
during the last few days in numerous
newspapers l have been alleged to be
engaged in starting a warfare against
the Republican national administra-
tton in the matter of the World Court
and in view of the fact that l hap
pen to be one of the Republican ma
tional committee from Illinois"
Denies Organization.
She said informally she was not
carrying on any organization against
the World Court, but gave her opin-
ions in the following statement:
II understand that President Cool
idge believes in separating the World
Court thoroughly from the League of
Nations before we Join the World
Court. To that end certain reserva
tionS to the World Court ratification
resolution have been officially post
poned. 1 simply think that these
reservations do not effectively accom-
plish President Coolidge's purpose.
They declare that we are separated
from the league. but they do not
separate the court from the league
They leave the court the servant of
the league. They leave the league the
master of the court. Are we, then
to join the servant and claim that we
nr a nf iyaxy l.
Joined the master?
II think that President Coolidges $
mind is undoubtedly entirely open to
suggestion for avoiding such an absurd
situation.
L think that certainly at least two
further reservations or amendments
to the World Court ratification reso-
luton are needed.
In the first place, 1t is unjust and
unbearable that the British Empire.
through its dominions and possessions,
should BE permitted to cast a total of
seven votes in the choosing of the
Worls Court judges while we would be
confined to one vote. There must be
an equality of nations in the making
Of the World Court before we join it.
Raps "Idvisory Opinions"
In the second place, the World
~ouil ihUSt CedSe giving SO-CdlleO dQ-
v1sory opinions to the league. The
United States might not wish the
question of Japanese immigration to
go to the court. The league as
league. in certain circumstances,
might send it to the court, anyway
for an advisory opinion Suppose
that we belonged to the court, sup
pose that a majority of the court
should decide against US. We then
would be condemned before the whole
world by a judicial body to which we
belonged in a matter which we did
not wish to submit to 1t.
THAT ENHANCEMENT must be made
impossible.
prevention of entanglements with
the league is official Republican doc
trine championed by our national
leader. President Coolidge. We ought
not to join the court, therefore, till the
league institution of seven votes for
the British Empire has been removed
from it and until the league institution
OF getting advisory opinions from it
has been abolished. think that these
views are shared, or will soon be
shared, by the mass of the American
people, and I emphatically believe that
they are in absolute harmony with the
declared general principles of Presi-
dent Coolidge and of the Republican
party"