Evening star., 1926-01-27
Would Strip Tribunal of
Power to Enforce Rulings
by Making War.
LENROOT SEES GESTURE
TO BAR u. S. ENTRANCE
Reservation Is Attacked From
Both Sides of Senate Floor
During Sharp Debate.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

Declaring that he proposed 70 make
the World Court "a real instrument
"t peace TO the extent it shall not be
an instrument of war" Senator
Moses of New Hampshire, imme
dlately after the Senate met today.
called up his proposed reservation
TO American adherence, which is "a
follows:
That the adherence of the United
States To the statute Of the Word
Court is conditioned upon the under
standing and agreement that the
Judgments, DEGREES and advisor.
opinions of the court shall not be en-
forced by war under any name or ~
any form whatever"
Wants Peace Assured.
Il want the people TO understand
that we make it certain that this courl
rannot be made an instrument FOR
bringing on war" said Senator Moses
The charge that Senator Moses
reservation had behind il the real pur-
pose of preventing the entry of the
United States into the World Couri
was made Immediately by Senator Len
root of Wisconsin, in charge of the
World Court resolution, and by Sen
ator Underwood of Alabama, a Demo.
cratic member of the foreign relations
committee, supporting the court. Sen
ator Underwood Iikened the propose
of Senator Moses to the wooden horse
which brought about the undoing Of
Troy, and said that he did not care
how it was decorate with the white
flags of peace, that he did not intend
TO be deceived by il, although he was
n ardent advocate of international
peace.
Sees Court Destroyed
The Senator from New Hampshire
is entirely consistent" said Senator
Lenroot, lin offering this reservation
His purpose is to destroy the Courf
as an instrument of peace, because i
his reservation is adopted, that is eX-
actly what will happen. Today any
natien has the right to assert its
rights through war The Senator's
position Is that a nation. which he
comes a member of the World Court
and assents to this proposition. SUI
renders the right 1t now has. Ever
nation which sought 10 evade and to
do wrong could go into the court with
absolute impunity, for if judgment
was given against il the judgment
could not be enforced. He proposes
shield for wrong doing instead OF a
court for proper adjudica ton.
There are no sanctions in this courl.
This court cannot call on any ma
ton or group of nations TO enforce it<
DEGREES The only enforcing power is
public opinion. But ii is none of our
business, if other nations, after judg-
ments have been rendered, undertake
to enforce them. Every nation now
has the right to use force
Senator Borah wanted TO know #
there was not contained in the cove
nant of the League of Nations sane
tionS for using force. Senator Len
root replied that was the case. He
added, however:
What business is it of ours whether
the league or individual foreign ma
tions so to war unless we wish to in
terpose in foreign affairs?'
Sees Force Dragged" Out
Senator Edge of New Jersey sug-
gested that the Moses reservations
could not give the World Court power
to prevent war.
Il wish TO express my gratituCy
to the Senator from Wisconsin for
the frank giving away of his case,'
said Senator Moses. He draSs force
from the background. Either this
court is for peace or it is not"
Senator Underwood asserted that
the real question before the Senate
to become a member of the World
Court or whether it wished TO stan,i
oStenSibly for peace and Yet find
some way of avoiding entry into the
court.
He said that the League of Nations
has force back of it because the na
tionS which are members of the
league have that force. But growing
out of the league. he said, is this
oil p
praised the II points laid down by
Woodrow Wilson for ending the
World War and said tina: unfortu-
nately animosities and vengeance Sat
at the conference table and prevented
their adoption.
II voted for the Versailles treaty
Internationally" said Senator Under
wood, because / believed it contained
the ultimate peace of the world. !
have never regretted that vote. Now
we have come to the question Of
whether we shall enter this court or
ganized for peace"
Thinks Reservations Worthless.
Senator Underwood said that he di!
not think the reservations contained
in the Swanson resolution ratification
were necessary, but that he would vote
for them in order to bring about al
herence to the court. He said he would
never assent to the Moses reServa-
ton, which, he declared, was designe,'
to prevent entry by this country into
the court.
This court possesses no power Of
war, no power to send armies to en-
force it's decrees," continued Senator
Underwood. 1T does not lead the
council of the league TO war. Its tend
ency is to keep the league on the side
of peace. The Senator from New
Hampshire now proposes that we ask
these nations to enter into a new
agreement so that no decree shall be
enforced by their power. He proposes
to make it impossible for these ma
tions to assent to our entry into the
court
When the Senate assembled today it
still had before it nearly a score of
reservations and two proposed substi-
tutes for the resolution of ratification
to dispose of before it could reach a
final vote. The hope was expressed.
however, by leaders on both sides thai.
a final vote on the World Court would
be reached today.
Senator Pepper of Pennsylvania
said that he hoped the Moses reserva-
ton would not be adopted.
"My objection to it," said Senator
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