Evening star., 1926-10-31
LEAGUE FAILS TO SWAS
WASHINGTON EDUCATORS
Prof. Herbert F. Wright and Prof. Charles
E.. Hill Return Home Convinced
America Should Remain AloOf.

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nations to accept the increase in non
permanent seats rather than by vot-
ing against the double proposition. ap-
pear hostile to Germany's admission.
The German newspaper men were
pessimistic at this juncture. feeling
that the League was weakening at the
moment Germany was entering, but
DR.. Wright declares:
Their apprehensions were perhaps
more imaginary than real. The Leagu=
with Germany in it will in a way b.
more effective than it has ever been,
probably because experience has point
ed out just wherein its effectiveness
lies, and its activities have been
largely restricted to this direction
THE personnel of the secretariat
seemed to be Of the highest integrity
and intellectual ability. They appre-
ciate the wholehearted and unstinted
participation of the United States In
the many agencies of international
cooperation, some organized by the
League, others antedating the League
but now operating directly. or indirect,
ly. under the League and still others
antedating the League and maintain
ing their independent existence.
THE wisdom of the United States
in falling to join the League as at
present constituted seems to have
been justified by the subsequent
events. 1t is possible to cooperate III
the solution of all worldwide ques
tions without being involved In the
many political questions almost eX-
clusively of European interest. y
European undercurrent in the same
general direction is discernible from
three distinct movements looking
toward pan-Europeanism similar to-
our pan-AmericaniSm movements
which. far from being frowned or
by League adherents. owe their active
development to them. Perhaps this
feeling may account in some measure
for the fact that only IL Of the 81
American republics sent delegation
to the Seventh Assembly"
DIR. Hill Gives Impressions.
DR.. Hill of George Washington Uni
versity sets forth his impressions as
| follows:
From brief observation Oi
! the Council at work, of the Assem-
! bly, in session, and from listening I"
nearly all the chiefs of Sectioi
of the secretariat. l found no evidence
of the League of Nations possessing
| the attributes Of a superstate. The
League is weak. The League has
not as yet coped with any OF the
large world problems, such as Egypt.
| China, the relations of the powers
] in the Pacific or disputes in the Car1b'
bean and South America.
Due to postwar conditions, as
might be expected, the points of fric-
| ton have been felt sharpest in Eli-
rope. These European difficulties the
| League has met with remarkable sue
cess-as may be seen in the admins
| tration of the Saar Basin and OF Dan
zig, the adjustment of differences be-
tween Greece and Bulgaria. in the re-
| Mobilization of Austria and Hungary.
| in fighting typhus, in bringing back
| the prisoners of war, especially from
| Russia, and in assisting the Greeks
who have been taken out of Turkey
| and compelled to go to Greece.
! "As for the relations Of the United
| States to the League of Nations. our
| country is cooperating with the
| League in matters pertaining to traf11c
| in women and children, in health, to
the opium traffic and in the delibera
| tionS on disarmament. The organs OF
the League have so far been used
mainly to cope with European prob
| lens. It is, therefore, a rather advan-
tageous position that the United States
occupies in being able to cooperate
| when it's interests and policies are in
! VolVed and in being able to abstain
when European problems are under
discussion.
II attended the six public sessions
of the As representatives of the states
| that are signatOry to the statute OF
| the Permanent Court of international
| Justice. Their sole task was that of
| passing upon the reservations OF the
United States in adhering to the court.
The delegates recognized that the
| United States is q power of the first
rank and entitled to all the privileges
as such.
Discussions on High Plane.
"Throughout the discussions were
conducted on a high plane and with Il
sincere desire to have the United
States become a member, and this ap-
plies to the two-hour speech made by
the representative of our neighbOr, Sir
| George Foster of Canada.
1.-The first four reservations caused
no difficulty and were accepted with
| alacrity. The first part of the fifth.
| which specifies that advisory opinions
shall be rendered by the court In pub
lie session, was also approved. But
the second part of the fifth reserva-
ton, providing that the court shall
not entertain request for an advisory
opinion in a case in which the United
| oIdIcS IDS vi dI e..
caused considerable apprehension.
Several times speakers expressed a
wish that the United States might
have sent a representative to explain
what the meaning was.
1.-The clear intent of the argument
in President CoOlidge's message to the
Senate and of the arguments of Sena-
tor Walsh of Montana and of Senat or
Swanson of Virginia was that the
United States desired to have all the
privileges of a permanent member of
the council The delegates were quite
willing to accord to the United States
that position. but the phrase in which
the United States has or claims an in
terest' appeared to carry with It great
er privileges than any other state pos
sessed.
THE delegates labored long and
earnestly to find a formula which
might prove satisfactory to the Unitei
States and at the same time safeguart.
the rights of the members of the court
and leave the operations of the coun-
ell. the assembly and the court un.
hampered. The ultimate result, or
whether the United States will Join
the court, is in doubt"
Strong Demands Made