Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-05-30

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me Post, the American Legion, g
Crisfield.
Parapnrasing the words of Lincoln
the world will little note nor long re
member what we say here, but vii
never forget the devoted and heroit
service of the youth Of America in thu
vars which have gone before. l
seems such feeble thing land it i
such feeble thing, to gather in mem
Dry and in praise of deeds and act!
which are beyond all praise; and We
occasions such as these serve not on
~ to keep green the memory of those
who have gone before, but are an iii
SEPARATION to those of us who are lef1
IRE help to us toward the goal o.
.l3Clfish public service.
Wars have taken place since the
dawn of time, and there are those who
think that nothing can be done about
it; that wars will always take place
and that we must simply reconcile
ourselves to this inevitable conclus-
ion. Some thinkers contend that
without periodical war civilization
would lose it's vigor. To neither OF
these doctrines do | for one moment
subscribe; nor do l believe that an
analysis of the fundamentals of hu-
man nature justify any such conclu-
sion. Wars occur for two reasons;
speaking broadly, first, because we
are educated to settle our information
al differences by means of war; and
second, because we have no machin-
cry to settle our international differ
ences in any other way. We have a
country of forty eight great states.
many of which exceed in size, and
many of which exceed in material
prosperity, entire nations of Europe
There is a greater diversity of eco
nomic aspiration beween the people
of New York and the people of South
Dakota, for instance, than there is b.
tween the people of Germany and the
people of France, but the people OF
South Dakota and the people of New
York have been taught to settle their
differences by a peaceful method and
have the machinery to settle them b.
iogal means rather than by war.
If, by international agreement, a
glorification OF war was banished
from the school books Of the civilized
world, if civilized childhood was
taught instead that their intelligent
self-.nterest required the settlement
Oh International disputes by judicial
processes land if we would create the
machinery for judicial settlement, war
iE the course of reasonably short
time, would no longer be bane of
civilized society. OF course, it would
be necessary for the nations to coop.
crate Tor the purpose of enforcing
the DEGREES of an international court,
but if the peoples of the world knew
that machinery existed for the en-
forcement of these DEGREES there would
be no necessity for it's exercise, just
as it IS not necessary for the Federal
Government to enforce a decree of the
Supreme Court Of the United States,
in a controversy between the States
Of South Dakota and New York, be-
cause the people Of both States obey
the decree, knowing that there is a
power which can and will enforce it..
Some of you may know how ar
IDENTIFY | have always advocated the
entry of the United States into the
League of Nations. l have contended
for it in season and out of season,
whenever and wherever l could get
the opportunity. I still feel that the
United States should enter the League
but at present that seems impossible.
Many of us in the House of Repre-
sentatives suggested to Representa-
tive Burton, of Ohio, that he intro
duce in the House, a resolution ia
voring the adherence by the United
States to the Protocol Of the Perm;.-
nent Court of International Justice.
AS you will remember, Mr.. Burton is
a leader in the majority party. man
Of splendid character and great infir-
ence. The resolution was introduced,
end on the Sd day of March, 1925, the
resolution came up for vote in the
House. 1t was as follows:
"Whereas a World Court, known as
the Permanent Court of International
Justice, has been established land is
now functioning at The Hague; and
Whereas the traditional policy of
the United States has earnestly IA
vored the avoidance of war and the
settlement of international controver-
sizes by arbitration or judicial pro-
cesses; and
Whereas this court in it's organiza-