Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-19
World Court Is Now Viewed
By Press With Varied Ideas

Now that foreign opposition t
American reservations has closed. tenn
| porarily at least, the prospect Of affilia
| ton by the United States with thu
| World Court, friends and foes of the
court view the situation from mucf
| the same widely divergent viewpoint:
which have prevailed from the outset
Those who opposed the whole idea arr
glad the American terms were unac
ceptable. Many believers in the cour'
are still hopeful that the adhesion OF
the United States will come later. not
withstanding present obstacles.
eff the court was worth going into
at ALL" in the Judgment of the New
York Sun independently. 'it was worth
going into on terms of equality with
the other nations. But as the people
of the United States had emphatically
refused to join the League of Nations
and as it was evident that the court
was inseparable from the League, In
all logic the court was not for us.
The New Orleans Item independent
Democratic), while holding that this
conclusion doubtless disappoints con
siderable faction in the United States
a faction recruited largely from those
who favored membership in the
League" admits that equally without
doubt It pleases the majority who be-
Iieve the World Court inseparably
Embedded in the League and who are
suspicious Of both"
1.-THE United States insisted" says
the Portland Oregon Journal Gnde-
pendent), that all reservations be &C
cepted Internationally and without
further discussion, though the view
points were reconcilable. And now
the United States is very definitely,
and perhaps permanently, out of the
World Court. an organization created
and maintained for the peaceful and
proper settlement of disputes instead
of and by the old method of guns, can
non and poison gas"
But the Providence Journal Gnde-
pendent) insists that none Of the
reservations would have limited the
usefulness Of the court: that "the re-
sponsibility for our lack of member
ship, therefore. devolves not on us.
but rather on the nations which have
taken exception to these reservations. "
Numerous newspapers still look for
ward to a time when the United States
may eventually become a member.
The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Tin
dependent Republican, declares that
those who have faith in the court as
an institution embodying American
ideals and framed largely on American
suggestion will continue to believe
that United States adhesion will come
some day" That the door is still
open is the suggestion of the Buffalo
Evening News (Republican), the Co
lumbus Evening Dispatch dndepend-
ent) and the Albany Evening News
independent Republican,. The Har-
risburg Patriot independent Demo
cratic) sees hope in the fact that ''the
League and court are dealing with
principles that are eternal" and the
Rock Island Argus independently con-
cludes: 1--WE are out because the poll
ticians made the people believe that
our entrance would be to our national
disadvantage. AS long as the people
continue to believe this we ought to
be out. But the time will come when
they will know better"
"Let Uncle Sam, while not adherfng
to the organization. so conduct him.
self that he will be recognized as a
friend of the court" advises the Ann
Arbor Times-News independently,
while the Boston Transcript Qndepend-
ent Republican, remarks that, 1--WE in
deed remain outside of compulsory
jurisdictions. but our national DISPOSE
ton is highly favorable to friendly
negotiation" The Indianapolis News