Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-23
UNION OF NATIONS
HELD PEACE NEED
Catholic Speaker Declares
Isolation Policy Bars
End of Wars.

World peace through a union Of ma
tons or a world state representing true
equality in the coalescing nations was
advocated by speakers at the fourth
annual conference of the Catholic As
ISOLATION for International Peace, which
Is holding It's concluding session today
at Catholic University.
international peace can never come
through policy of isolation. Rev. Linus
a. Lilly, 8. j. of st. Louis declared.
But in looking toward such a union,
he said, the nations of the world are
confronted with the same problem of
preserving their individual sovereignty
as were the original Is American States.
The United States, he declared, is COM
mitted to these principles as a nation
forming union with other nations, nor
could she expect others to surrender
their inalienable rights for the protec-
ton of life, liberty, and property.
Visualizing world state, Rev. Joseph
p. Donovan of st. Louis said the only
juridical form OF society conceivable
under the premises Is a public society
perfect in the international jurisdiction
as the nation is perfect in the national
or domestic Jurisdiction.
At the luncheon conference the prin-
cipal speaker was DR.. Thomas H. Healy,
| assistant dean and associate professor
of international law at the Georgetown
| University School Of Foreign Service,
who emphasized the important role Of
preparation for foreign service.
Sees Russell Regime Ending.
An early end of the dictatorship of
Brig. Gen. John H. Russell, American
high commissioner in Haiti, was pre-
dicted yesterday afternoon by William
| F. Montavon, director in the legal de-
partment of the National Catholic
! Welfare Conference and who accom-
panied to Haiti the Forbes Commission,
in addressing the conference on Haitien
problems.
IF the plans of the Forbes Commits
sion are to be carried out into the flu
ture." he said, control of the Haitian
government by American officials will
soon be ended. In 1896 complete har-
mony will be restored"
| Mr.. Montavon declared that, with
President Borno as "a facile tool" Gen.
Russell has put legislation through the
Council of State, which gives him SUI
preme control of legislative authority
in Haiti.
I'm simple language" he said. "the
American high commissioner is the
military dictator in Haiti acting
through a President and Council Of
State, neither Of which represents the
people Of Haiti"
He declared that the most repre-
hensible abuse of power has been in
connection with education. Opposition
to the so-called industrial schools in
the island, he said, was based on the
belief Of the natives that they are un-
Haitian and anti-Catholic. II believe
there Is grounds for this charge" he
added.
Charles q. Fenwick, professor of In
ternational law at Bryn Mawr Col
lege, who spoke last night, declared
chief need of nations indulging in q
discussion Of the limitation of arma-
ments.
DIR. Ryan Discusses Farley.
Before any great success can crown
efforts" he said, cooperative defense
must be arranged whereby group
Of nations would agree to protect any
one Of its members attacked unjustly.
The Kellogg pact offered no guarantee
of cooperative defense"
DR.. John A. Ryan of the Catholic
University, another speaker. discussed
the ethical significance Of the London
conference. He summed up his point
nationalism appeared at the conference
to q degree contrary to Christian
principles"
DR.. Ryan amplified his statement by
saying that several Of the nations Inc
volved had shown undue fear Of the
countries with which they were con-
ferring, while others had adhered to
national policies to the detriment Of
the early conferences.