The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-01-01

ieSuSoe oi liie COUNCIL OF the Lea
que of Nations. No defender of
the court has thus far defended add
visory opinions. All have sought
to have this country avoid them.
We did by the Senate resolution
safeguard ourselves. We do not
by the Root-Sir Cecil Hurst for
mula protect our country from
them.
The Senate reservation is plain,
brief and unambiguous. The sub
stitute for it is wrapped in words,
lengthy, involved and disingenuous.
lnternationalists assert the sub
stitute does just what the Senate
did. And yet these same interna-
tlonallsts denounce the Senate in
unmeasured terms when the Senate
reservation was adopted. Now
with beautiful language, soft and
sweet, insidiously they say they
offer us the same thing. The or
binary man in perplexity asks, if
both are alike, what need is there
for any substitute at all?
Those who know little of the
genesis of the constitution of the
court, who have no conception of
its possibilities and who have an
obession our Nation can only play
its part in the world by joining the
League of Nations mistakenly inn
plore us, in the sacred name of
peace to become part of the Lea
que of Nations court and yield our
cherished views and altar what has
ever been our national policy. Ev-
erybody believes in peace. There
are none who would not contribute
to the utmost to prevent another
World War cataclysm. We have,
however, peculiarly in our country
a class of people who look upon
patriotism as sin and love of
country as an outgrown heresy.
This class have constituted them
selves the monopolists of interna-
tional amity and have become mere
poseurs for peace, who forget the
lessons of the past of this Nation,
its present position in the world
and its future welfare. These po-
seurs for peace, with their organ
lied propaganda, would force us
into any European combination.
They forever pirate of what we
might do for foreign nations, while
decrying any effort to protect and
safeguard their own.
Internationalism Begins at Home
They are aptly described by
Theodore Roosevelt in his book
"The Great Adventure" thus: "The
professed internationalist usually
sneers at nationalism, at patriot
ism and at what we call American
ism. He bids us forswear our love
of country in the name of love of
the world at large. We national
lists answer that he has begun at
the wrong end; we say that, as the
world now is, it is only the man
who ardently loves his country
first who in actual practice can
help any other country at all.
Joining the court would not con-
tribute to world peace or better
understanding among the nations
of the world. On the contrary,
misunderstanding would be certain
to result and strained relations to
follow. The very position we oc-
cupy today, unless we are blind to
passing events and deaf to the
opinion so often expressed Of us,
makes it imperative that we do
our part for peace and better I'M
derstanding in our own way, free
and unfettered from any European
organization.
Every argument made in behalf
of the court minimizes its func-
tons and its usefulness. It's advo-
Gates, seek to demonstrate to our
people its inutility and it's futility,
and they succeed admirably. They
suggest the court amounts to SO
little we ought to join it anyway,
merely politely to accept the invi-
tation to join, and then after hav-
ing demonstrated that it is of little
or no, consequence, they paradox
cally claim that it is SO important,
our membership in it is essential
for the peace of the world. The
President in his recent message, in
three short sentences, presents the
internatioalists' minimizing argu-
ment. He says, "We cannot be
summoned before this court. We
can from time to time seek. it's
services by agreement with other
nations. These protocols permit
our withdrawal from the court at
any time without reproach or ILL
TWILL" The ordinary American,
with his conception of the courts
lof this land can be pardoned some
bconfusion of thought concerning
| the kind of court this is. A nation
cannot be summoned to it, say it's
advocates. From time to time its
services may be sought, but only
| by agreement with other nations,
and we can withdraw at any time
without reproach or ill-will. But
the emphasis is always laid by it's
advocates upon the cowardly right
to scuttle and run. If this country
has so little power, if it is without