Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-19

, independently remarks: 1T may sur
| prise some to learn that this Nation
Is not felt to be Indispensable even to
World Court, but such seems to be
the case, and certainly the World
Court is not felt to be Indispensable
| to America
/ "Now Coolidge has called for q world
arms reduction conference" says the
| Birmingham News independent Dem
ocratic), with the comment: May 1t
prosper exceedingly. 1t affords some
| hope that we may be spared the drift
back into the old hates. the old jeal,
ouSies, envieS, the old will to aggreS-
sion, the ancient passion for closing
| trade doors. But can America as q
Nation ever attain again to the great
passion to serve that marked her
course in war days. and even after.
when Wilson passed through English
and French cities where the house
tops seemed to heave and sway, the
church spires famed, such flags they
had? BY what green degrees, through
what bells of suffering may we ever
win back to that loftiness of attitude
that caused us to believe that we
wanted to be q member of the League
of NationS?'
Until the time arrives when we
can seek membership on a parity with
other nations, we had best remain
aloof," argues the Casper Daily Trib-
une independently. The Grand Rap
ids Press independently expresses the
Judgment: Our hard bargain gets us
nowhere. 1t is rejected. 1t makes
new enemies for the United States.
1t sets back the day when interna-
tional law will acquire through the
court an accepted and codified mean
ing, respected by all civilized nations.
And, for all our loudly voiced fears. tt
leaves us no safer than as If we had
come in and taken our share of the
cost and responsibility"
While the plan to substitute law
and reason for force in the settlement
of international disputes Is funda-
mentally sound" says the Seattle
Times, "one numerous group of Sena-
tors saw red every time IL was men,
toned. For the sake of peace and
domestic tranquility the country is
glad the dispute has been ended"
1T was all melancholy record OF
thrifty partiSanship scheming for ad-
vantage. with a great international
expedient for preserving world peace
as the stake" asserts the SyracuRe
Herald independently, "and now, in
the face of that Senate vote of 73 for
the World Court to Is against, we are
told that the United States IS def
nitely outside of the tribunal
On the other hand. the Chicago Trib-
une independent Republican, insists
that 'if Great Britain or any other
nation for any reason whatever Will
keep the United States out of the
World Court, there'll be reason for be.
ing everlastingly obliged" The Lex
ington Leader Republican, also be
lieves that Europe has a set of inter
ests remote from our own" and adds
that the Senate's action has kept the
country out of the court for better or
worse, who can say which," The
Manchester Union independent Re
publican is convinced that 1.-The little
bloc of 10 votes the court could com.
mand at the end reflects with fair ac-
curacy the proportion of the public
still in mood to favor American adher
ence to the World Court on the courts
own terms. And 1t safely can be said
that but a weak minority would dis
play solicitude for our acceptance on
the terms of our own making" The
Reno Gazette Republican) holds that
1.-The United States has a position In
regard to the rest of the world that
would have made it impossible TO Join
the World Court without reserva-
tons"