The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-11
Prove Charges Against World Court

and openly proclaimed that nothing,
in his judgment, can fulfill our inter
national obligations except full mem
bership in the league of nations The
Maryland senator, who is recognized
as an authority on the league and the
world court, frankly stated:
"The court IL the auxiliary Of the
league, empowered to render decis-
ions and advisory opinions which
the league has the organ to carry
into effect"
Anyone can verify the correctness of
Bruce's opinion by reading article SS6
of the brigand's treaty Of Versailles
which refers to the court as "the
permanent court Of international JUS
tlce Of the league Of nations"
The president Of the world court on
the day of its official opening declared
"the court is one of the principal or
gans of the league"
Beaten at Every Turn.
MYTH mass Of unimpeachable doc
W umentary evidence from the rec
ords Of the court itself, the opposition
senators proved their case and de-
feated in debate the administration
democratic combination at every
turn. Finally the Coolidge defenders
were In such dire straits that they
made pitiful pleas to enetr the court
because Elhiu Root, one time secre-
tary Of state and former senator, was
really the founder Of the court and
that his superlative judicial mind
could never be turned to such base
uses as to try to betray the United
States into European entanglements.
After a number of senators, including
Willis, Smoot and Lenroot, had fin
ished eulogies Of Root, Senator Ship
stead, Of Minnesota, a farmer-labor-
tie, devoted several hours to proving
that Elhiu Roots mind was far from
profound, that at sundry times and
places Root had displayed a type Of
mind that was anything but judicial,
and finally gave a laughable example
OF the judicial calibre of the cranial
apparatus of Elhiu, by quoting an in
sane diatribe against the Germans
during the progress Of the world war.
In speech before the eminences of
the legal fraternity, the American So
ciety of International Law, in April,
1918, Root said:
"You know the Germans are only
half civilized In all that makes for
civilization. Germany has the
abnormal instincts which character
ize her barbarisms and separate her
from any civilized people. She has
the intolerance, the incapaclty to
realize the right of existence of 9TH
ers, which characterizes her and her
people as barbarian"
This exceedingly judicial observa-
ton was repeated with variations by
the distinguished Mr.. Root for an
hour or more, concluding with the
sage and scientific observation that
They are really a lower organization
than the countries who are opposed to
them now . {. just as jellyfish is a
lower organization than the bird"
This is on a par with the cheap pro-
paganda of George Creel and F. Guy
Empey.
So, besides blasting the court as an
instrument of peace, the opposition
heaped ridicule upon the austere po-
litical shyster, Elihu Root, who served
the House of Morgan in the prelimin-
airy conferences held for the purpose
of creating the world court.
Borahs Devastating Speech.
A S was to be expected, the speech of
"A William E. Borah was the out
standing event of the conflict. On
January 14th he addressed the SEN
ate. Long before the appointed hour