Evening star., 1925-01-24
COOLIDGE REPEATS
WORLD COURT PLAN
IS WAR CURE MOVE

WOVLU kOVnl TINW
is WAR CURE MOVE
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ICY. feel strongly that public opin-
ion. based on proper information,
working through agencies that the
common man sees and understands,
may be made the ultimate authority
among the nations. We shall not
all at once be able to set up ia
strumentalities to accomplish this.
But if. first. we can turn the light OF
more Information and better under-
standing upon the problems OF dipio-
macy; and IL, then. We can adhere to
a tribunal of the nations and can
gradually work out a system of an
ternational law and procedure desery-
ing the support of Intelligent public
opinion of the world, we Will have
made contribution to lasting peace.
1t will be triumph of moral rather
than physical forces. 1t Will depend
upon processes IN which the deteFni-
nation of facts and the application TO
them of sound principles OF equity
and morals Will enlist the respect
and command the acquiescence OF
civilization.
Dependent on Arms.
"As the corner stone of such a sys-
tenn would stand an International tri-
bunal whose character and abilities
would deserve and retain confidence.
Such a tribunal would rely for the en-
forcement of DEGREES, not upon armies
and fleets and all the related means of
destruction, but rather upon the two
most constructive forces OF the world
These two forces have lifted society
to It's present level of civilization.
They have eliminated private war and
personal feuds. They fixed the rights
of property and the rights of man SO
firmly that civilized people do not
longer think of enforcing their right
or protecting their person through Vio-
lenee. These two forces are the IN
telligence of a mass of individuals.
and the moral opinion Of the COM
munity.
Parallel in states.
TT is not thinkable that the forces
are available and adequate TO main
tain order Within the limit of a great
state or nation, and yet incapable
of adaptation TO the International, In
tergoYernmental differences which
grow into the causes of war. Nor
IL IL believable that q world wide
public opinion which frowned upon
war would be defed by any nation.
however powerful. Interdependence
OF peoples and nations becomes more
marked with every year. None can
stand alone. None dare court isola-
tion. None may risk Ill opinion of
civilization. 1t is through the es-
tablishment. then, of means for
formulating and promulgating hon
est judgments and matured public
opinion of the world, that 1 believe
that we shalt advance towards as
sured peace. Thus shall We begin
the actual outlawry of war. Thus
shall We lay a foundation for that
wider. more intimate, more vital co.
operation which at last will make
the nations truly neighhors. Thus.
without sacrificing the independence
OF nations. or the quality of their
varied cultures, we shall guide hu-
manity toward a realization of the
noble conception OF the brotherhood
of man"
study War Care Report.
Before President Coolidge spoke
the conference began a detailed con-
siderattoR of the long report of the
committee on the cures Of war, with
30 much debate and alteration that
prospects were that much of the
afternoon session would be required
to finish It.
The report recommended entrance
of the United States in the World
Court, participation in further dis
armament conferences and appoint
nent of an undersecretary for peace
In the Department Of State.
Although not fatty recommending
the United States join the League OF
Nations, one paragraph of the report
said:
The conference recognizes the i'm
mense service rendered by the League
OF Nations to the ideals that are
dominant In the. United States. 1t Is
the only functioning world organiza-
tien providing for the realization of
those Ideals. The conference there
fore believes that, whether our Gov
ernment enters the league or not. 1t
should. as far as possible. enlarge
our responsibilities in league plans
and parallel Its activities. Inasmuch
as the protocol of Geneva Is the most
advanced proposal ever made for the
outlawry of war, the conference be-
lieves that the United States should
hold Itself ready to take sympathetic
and cooperative action In the fur
tocol."
Up to noon, the conference had
adopted only the preamble and first
few paragraphs of the report, includ-
Ing statement I'VE find that the cure
OF war requires a permanent inter
national organization as its instru-
ment," and the basis of peace Is an
Intellectual and spiritual problem"
One of the first declarations for
cure of war, to receive the approval
of the conference was THE enact
ment, through an adequate agency, of
an International law declaring that
war Is crime in which an
aggressor nation should be dealt with
as a criminal" The conference also
adopted declaration to work for
the ''outlawry OF war"
Adopt Committee Report.
The conference adopted a report of
its committee on the causes OF war
this morning without extended de-
bate and with only one change, the
addition of one cause to the 2S which
had been ca atalogued. The additional
one was Ineffective or obstructive
political machinery" suggested from
the floor by a delegate. The causes
OF war were divided by the committee
into four principal divisions, phycho-
logical. economic, political and social
and contributory. Two recommenda-
tions were made:
"I) TO undertake unprejudiced and
continuous study of the psychoiogical.
political, economic and social causes
Of war; and
n(9l tn stimulate ;p nraottooA,.