Evening star., 1925-01-23
SYMPATHY SHOWN
FOR WORLD COURT
League and Tribunal Support
Shows Up in War-Cure
Convention.

Approa ching the end of n weeks
study of International conflicts, the
national conference on the cause and
cure of war was wrestling today with
the problems of attempting to corre-
late numerous causes" which have
been discussed by an array Of promi
uent speakers. and To evolve out of
a formidable number Of proposed
means to end war q unified program.
Speaking. continued during the day
on the conference floor, but in com
mittcc rooms the committee on the
causes Of war was struggling with
A complicated report. which the con-
ference had sent back to ii the first
thing this morning for revision. and
the committee on cures was attempt
ing to draft a report which would
meet the approval of the nine sepa-
rate and distinct women's national
ganizations composing the con-
ference.
Indications of sympathy in the
gathering for the League of Nations
and the World Court, which has been
gathering impetus since the confer
euce opened with a mass meeting
sunday afternoon. assumed definite
form late yesterday when resolu-
tion presented in = preliminary re-
port of the cures committee was
unanimously adopted. 1t declared the
country was puzzled" al delay of the
Senate in acting on the World Court
proposals before it.
Says Country Is PuzzIed.<
The resolution, presented by Mrs.
John Ferguson of New York City.
chairman Of the committee on cures,
reads In part as follows:
Since the President of these United
States has given moral and political
leadership to those who strive for the
prevention of war, and has recon-
mended to the country the participa
tion of the United States in the Per-
manent Court of International JUS
tice, and since both of the larger po-
litical parties have in their platforms
declared for this policy, and the
country at large is puzzled at the
delay in action, and il would seem
that this is the immediate and most
important step at this juncture. it is
moved that this conference declare
its earnest wish that the Senate of
the United States shall take imme-
diate action to provide for our ma
tional membership in the court by the
prompt adoption of the resolution
providing for such adherence with
the Harding -Hughes-Coolidge reser-
VationS."
The report of the committee on
causes of war was under discussion
for short while this morning, but
it developed that there was so much
difference of opinion over how the
various causes had been presented in
the classification of the committee
that the report was referred back to
the committee for revision, and will
be brought up for action by the con-
ference tomorrow morning. The re-
port was presented by Mrs. Z. II.
Silverthorn of the Federation of
Woman's Boards of Foreign Missions
Urges Geneva Protocol support.
Prof James Thomson Shotweu of
Columbia University, speaking at the
morning session urged adherence of
the United States to the Geneva
protocol of the League of Nations as
the third principal step in realizing
the administration peace program.
Prof Shotwell. who helped frame
the treaty on which the Geneva pro-
tocol was based, asserted the task
before this Government is to bring
into harmony the utterances of the
President regarding the World Court
and International Disarmament Con-
ferences and the conscience of the
rest Of the world as spoken in the
protocol, by a forward d-looking, con-
structive American policy"
Samuel q. Inman, discussing the
interrelations on the Western Hemi
sphere, declared that the United
States in developing it's economic re-
lations with Central and South Amer
lea should work out a program
which would work not only for the
benefit of the United States. but for
Latin America as we'll. Mr.. lnman
rejoiced that President Coolidge and
Secretary Hughes favored the treaty
recognizing the right of Cuba to the
Isle of Pines and also said that 1t
was Il matter for public qualification
that Senator Borah. chairman of the
Senate committee on foreign affairs,
was giving attention TO Latin Ameri-
can problems.
The American policy regarding the