The Washington times., 1930-02-03
Tell 1t to the Marines
They Know About Foreign Entanglements.

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They Know About Foreign Entangements,
CPRAKING at the Bar Association in New York, broad
- casting to the rest Of the United sates Charles Evans
Hughes tells why we should his opinion sntangle ourselves
In the League Of Nations World Court
Mr. Hughes is able speakeras able the fallen angel
In Paradise make the appear the better
son."
His hearers the Bar Association swallowed the speech
hook line and sinker.
Whether the millions Of ladies and gentlemen radio
audience swallowed il ID less certain.
Hitherto when anybody tried TO sell them League
or the Leagues Court they have made wy face and thrown
Mr. Hughes told his audience, visible and invisible:
I'm supporting the World Court in the proposed
we lose NOTHING that could otherwise preserve take
NO serious risks that could otherwise avoid EN-
HANCE rather than impair ultimate security and we
heghten the mutual confidence which demonstrated
respect for the essential institutions Of international justice
Fine if those the facts Let if they ARE the
facts :~'*.
Here are the ADMITTED facts which you can think
and then see you agree with Mr.. Hughes:
Foreign nations will have FOURTEEN
judges in the Court. Uncle Sam will have
ONE.
We lose NOTHING there" says Mr.. Hughes, that we
could otherwise preserve y.
That is news to most Of We thought we could NOW
settle dispute with another nation ONE to ONE by nsgoa
G % Hashso as %S' seems SnI to 20 t % oS. %
On the short end-vare good as to money.
The court can give ADVISORY opin-
Ions on subjects we are interested in like the
Monroe Doctrine, Japanese immigration, the
tariff, the war debts, or whether we ought to
help In some war over in Europe Asia or
Africa.
This according to Mr. Hughes one of those things that
"enhance rather than impair ultimate security"
That also Is We always thought that security
best served By minding affairs and allowing foreign
nations tell us what ought to do
3-If we don't want the Court to give us
an advisory opinion, we can WITHDRAW
from the Court
We take no serious risks says Mr.. Hughes that we
That is the third piece Of that interests We sup
posed that it better to keep out Of game entirely
quit in the middle Of the seventh inning
We all know what the fans think of baseball player who
throws away his bat and won't play ball He gets what
Mr.. Hughes thinks that w. already SO popular in
Europe WOULD NOT
Mr. Hughes also says that Americans who dont want to
join the League Of Nations should worry joining
Court According to him. It viii not mix up with the
This is news indeed news not only to the United States
Sir Eric Drummond, the secretary general
of the League says:
"The Court is to be the MOST ESSEN
TIAL PART Of the League of Nations"
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ofthe World Court, stated even more frankly:
II shall be voicing the general senti-
rnent when say that this 1.-THE Court is
the FIRST STEP leading to the entrance
of the, United States INTO THE
LEAGUE"
Americans who have overwhelmingly voted to STAY OUT
Of the League and STAY OUT Of the Leagues Court agree
with Sir Eric Drummond and Judge Hageup there with
Mr. Hughes So -
They agree that when fly puts one foot on niece of
sticky fly paper he usually gets all his other feet in it,
And they still believe that fly is happier safer and>more
prosperous OFF the fly paper than on it:
Nobody can tell the American people the contrary.
You MIGHT, perhaps, TELL IT TO THE MARINES They
know good deal about foreign entanglements FROM
EXPERIENCE. ...s
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