The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-01-01
STRONGLY URGES U. S.
TO STAY OUT OF COURT
Senator Hiram W. Johnson Assails Body
as a Part of the League of
Nations.


ram ". Johnson, against United
States participation in the World
Court, in the National Radio For
UNI recently, follows:
At a time of national depression
and disaster, when there are want
and suffering in our land, and the
energies of those in authority, high
and low, are devoted to aiding and
relieving our people, the President
has seen fit, after holding it year
to send to the Senate the League
of Nations Court; and the Foreign
Relations Committee of the Sem
ate, at least thus far, has seen fit
to postpone its consideration until
December next. The time of con-
sideration is one of relative i'm
portanee. 1t is more important to
the Senate to devote itself to u
highly contentious proposition of
taking America into European
organism, or is it more important
Immediately to direct our energies
to our grave crisis, wherein is not
only unemployment, but dire dis
trass of our own people? Some of
US believe we should first remedy
our own ills and relieve our OWE
people before undertaking to be-
come a part of an international
machine whose aid to humanity
thus far has been wholly illusory.
But the highly financed interna-
tional organizations, with their
florid and extravagant propaganda
are again in full cry, bludgeoning
the Senate and demanding the inn
mediate ratification of the present
protocols, which would make US a
member of the court.
World Court and League Linked
A decade has passed since our
people had before them the Lea
que of Nations. In 1920 over
whelmingly they rep4diated this
League. In 1880 it is sought, in
directly and surreptitiously, to take
us into the League. The same or
ganization, the same individuals,
the same newspapers, with exactly
the same arguments, animadver-
sions, denunciations and misrep-
resentation that Numbered for our
entrance into the League of Ma
tions 10 years ago, today in like
fashion seek to drive us into a
part of the League of Nations.
Their utter rout by the American
people in 1920 taught them the
lesson of diplomacy. By indirec-
ton now they endeavor to remedy
their failure then.
1t is amazing intellectual stulti-
fication to assert that the so-called
World Court is not a part of the
League of Nations. The League
of Nations was begotten by the
Versailles treaty The League ap
pointed a committee Of experts to
draft a scheme for the organize
ton of the court, The secretary
general of the League pointed out
that the court was to- be "most es-
sential part of the. organization of
The League of Nations" The Fren-
CHI representative described the two
institutions as complementary to
each other. The official spokes
man of the committee stated "the
new court being the judicial organ
of the League of Nations can only
be created within this League. +"
The statute of the court came int (,
being by a resolution Of the AS
sembly of the League. The court
was intended to be, and is, the jul
dicial tribunal of the League. The
general policies of the court are
defined by the League. The ex
penses of the court and the salaries
are determined and paid by the
League, and through its organiza-
ton the court is attached to the
League. But beyond this, the all
Iimportanat provision for advisory
opinions transmutes this so-called
court from the category of judicial
tribunals into a diplomatic pawn
of European politics. Once before
we had this court under discussion
and our Nations adherence to it
was narrowly averted, and narrow
ly averted soley because the adj
vocates of the court Recognized
the dangers inherent in it to oul
country and themselves insisted
upon safeguarding reservation.
Americas Attitude Is Reviewed
In 1926 the Senate passed a res.
olution adhering to the court with
five reservations, the most i'm
portant of which-the fifth-pro
vided that the court should not
without the consent of the United
States, entertained any request fol
ADVISORY opinions touching any
disputed question in which tn,
United States has or claims an in
terest. This reservation was no
acceptable to other nations, mem
,bers of the court, and we were
saved from ourselves then by theil
refusal to consent to our condi
tions. In November, 1926, Presi
dent Coolidge, in memorable
speech at Kansas City, said thai
the situation had been sufficiently
developed so that he did not Intend
to ask the Senate to modify its
decision. Thus the matter restec