Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-28

Of world sentiment and In paving III
way for an understanding which wi,
facilitate entry of the United States
The Columbus Evening Dispatch saws
We can see no good reason for the
recalcitrant attitude which the major
ity In the Senate has taken with regard
to the court. Its alleged fears of en-
tanglement' by adherence to the court
without a long string of reservation
are not shared by the great majority
OF the American people"
Still another view of the existing OBJ
stacle is taken by the Charleston Eve
ming Post: 1T is not unlikely that tn
nations can be brought to take US on
our own terms for this association
but they are very apt to ask Mr.. Root
for guarantees that the United States
Will stand up to its own proposals If
they are accepted. Mr.. Root will doubt
less be able to assure the full support
OF President Hoover. So could he have
promised the approval Of President
Coolidge and President Harding. But
will Mr.. Root be able to pledge the
acquiescence of the United States SEN
ate? 1t is to be hoped, how
ever. that Mr.. Roots mission will b.
successful"
"A nation doesn't want to yield TO an
other. because 1t must preserve its hon.
or" remarks the Worcester Telegram
But when two disputing nations put
their case before some kind Of an in
ternational body, then neither one has
occasion for feeling that 1t has bowed
In humiliating fashion to the other"
The Utica ObServer-Dispatch SAYS:
Mr.. Roots visit may well offer a favor
able opportunity for threshing out the
whole problem again with the high
diplomatic skill of which Mr.. Root is
master. 1t should be taken as an ear
nest of our desire to come to an under
standing on the matter and bring It
into the realm of face-to-face discus
sion rather than of long-distance diplo-
matte exchanges"
Is one of our most highly respected. ED
err statesmen" says the Roanoke Times.
Age has ripened his judgment
Without dulling his keen intellect. Eu-
ropean statesmen will receive In the
person OF Mr.. Root representative of
the best and highest type of American
craftsmanship"
In opposition to the court. the Detroit
Free Press argues: Whether or not the
United States enters the court is a mar
ter OF indifference to probably ninetv-
nine out OF one hundred Americans. 80
The fact that three years have elapsed
without the court even being mentioned
shows that there is no present demand
for our rushing into 1t. = The Ian
guage OF the reservations is not i'm
portant. Some other formula might do
Just as we'll. The indispensable quality
Is certainly that the interests of this
country would be safeguarded. and no
formula can hope for ratification by the
Senate, whatever the Executive NAV
think OF 1t, which does not meet that
test squarely and unequivocally."
With its numerous arbitration
treaties and with The Hague Court still
open. the United States can very well
get along without membership in the
World Court" the Lexington Leader
also declares. with the comment on the
present effort: I'm the conference
which Is to be held on revision of the
statute. Mr.. Root will do what he can
so to remodel IL that objections may
be wholly or partially removed. He
should succeed II any man has tbs
power. But that hs viii Is doubtful"