Evening star., 1925-12-27
GIVES VITAL REASONS WHY u. s
SHOULD INDORSE WORLD COURT
Dr' D. Parker Cadman, Prominent Churchman De-
ciares Tribunal Approved by Famed Statesmen:
Iltes Factors Americans Should Bear in Mind.

.oCdi chambers of commerce. both Pc
pubhcan and Democratic: the Genera
federation Of Womens Club: and
scores OF other organizations and as.
SemblieS.
hat the court actually 10 and
what 1t is doing are the factors
which should be clearly borne in mind
Oy all Americans.
~ Is permanent court. not an
trpitrat!on board, and is always ready
10 deal with cases on the basi of
law and the principles of eo,Jitv
Prompt consideration Of all disputes
IS assured. Moreover. it is a world
court. established by the independent
acton OF 4S states. There is a vast
ulHerence between a world court and
q league court. The league diG. j..
deed, prepare the protocol defining
the nature and duties of the court b,,+
this action did not create il, There
are members Of the league who are
not members of the court, and "a
tons not members of the league can
become members of the court
lhat II Is not private caucus IS
proved by the fact that members OF
neither the league nor the court can
bring their cases to 1t for judicial
settlement. The judges are. more
over, not selected as representing ma.
uons or governments. ou. entirely
on their personal qualifications a S M
rleh'. experienced AMI wise interna-
tlonal lawyers. The method of select
ing them tthe bi-cameral electora I,
board, system embodying a princi.
pie nrst devised in the United States
IN the CongresS) insures that the
rights and interests of states both
small and great shall be carefully
guarded. "'''
Although the World Court is nov,
settling. on the basis of law. disnI1tas
between sovereign states-a thing
never done before except by the
United State Supreme Court-it has
no means of enforcing its judgments
and depends entirely on The moral
support of public opinion.
Difficult Disputes Settled.
The court already has settled se,
eral difficult disputes-e q. between
France and Great Britain: between
Germany and Poland-but a possible
miscarriage Of justice is avoided when
state declines to appear to plead
IT'S case by the court refusing to han.
ale the case. An example of this oc.
CURED recently when Russia "a non
member) refused to be represented
ever removing the fear that this BODY
was tribunal and not a court of
opinion.
AS political questions are not han
died, but only matters involving rec
ognized principles Of international JUS
ttce, and because Of the valuable
moral support it would give to the
world-hope of forever putting to an
end appeals or threat of appeals to
the sword-America' joining would
only be the fulfilling of the ideas and
ideals which her leaders have advo-
Gated for many decades. By giving
her support to the only practicable
procedure for establishing and devel-
oping real International law America
lends its prestige in favor Of law, or
der, justice, peace and disarmament
Unless the nations learn to settle all
disputes by methods of peace, the
menace of war becomes more certain
and more terrible. To turn back
would be a reversal of our earlier
history. a reputation of our idealism
and disgrace to our fair name
Copyright. 1926.)