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DUMBARTON POSTWAR
FORMULA WINS SUPPORT
ByRAULM ALLON

on the postwar world formula OF
Dumbarton Oaks does not mean the
project is being taken lightly.
It is being subjected to severe
study here as elsewhere. Yet there
is every present prospect that the
unfinished proposal will be approved
not only by majority but a safe
two-thirds of the senate on the fol-
lowing grounds:
The formula is based on the
League Of Nations theory Of rum
ming the world. Some technical
changes do not alter the basic
theme that a world council will
investigate aggress0rs and inn
pose sanctions Economic and
social as well as military to
deter the pugnacious.
The language has the same ring
as the league covenant which di-
rected its council to "take action
deemed wise and effectual to safe
guard the peace of nations" and in
article x says:
1.-THE members of the league
undertake to respect and preserve
against external aggression the ter
ritorial integrity and existing peli-
teal independence of all members
Of the league. The assembly
may from time to time advise
:. the consideration of information
al conditions whose continuance
might endanger the peace of the
world"
This proposal is the league plus
the Kellogg-Briand pact renounc-
ing war, the world court of justice
and the disarmament conference
with really only one critical differ
ence. This time the United States is
to undertake leadership of the all
rolled-into-one world program along
with Russia and Britain particu-
larly.
This leadership is to replace
Anglo-French leadership of the old
league in which Russia was trivial
influence. The cast changes but the
ideal of the play is not altered
materially and the script only
pointed up.
u. S. Influence Needed.
This theory of peace has become
popular because of prevailing
notion that the reason the league
failed was because the United States
did not join its influence.
Canvassing the opinions of con-
gressional parties and factions, I
Judge an overwhelming official BIZ
partisan sentiment exists behind
this endeavor. There will not be
much serious arguing about it I'M
less a completed text infringes upon
national rights or raises a question
of our interests.
1t is not my purpose to take
a position ON the matter, only
to report how it proposes to
work. The incomplete agree
ment is like the charter Of o
club, a world club pledged to
peace. This club is to be con-
trolled largely by an executive
committee, called "The Security
council"
The composition Of the committee
does not suggest that any one, either
The U. S. or Russia, will WELD great
er influence. Five permanent men,
bers are to be the big five United
Nations, but in the voting six more
rotating members from smaller ma
tons will furnish the numerical ma
jority on whichever side they 60.
The all-important details of the
voting have not been agreed upon
whether unanimity is necessary for
action) but as the agreement now
stands, the complexion of the
council will depend on the hue of
the smaller nations chosen for the
one, two and three-year terms.
This council cannot itself wage
war, but can call upon the
United Nations to wage prac-
tically anything from social is0-
lati0n of nation to invasion.
Cost Of these wars or actions
are apparently to be borne by
the nations furnishing the
armies or taking the steps.)
The council is to be always ready
for action, although no provisions
for housing it are mentioned. !
would think it would be established
in Washington for this reason:
The league was largely Euro
pean device. This is to be world
device. To choose some small
neutral place such as Switzerland,
or to use the old league buildings
there, would subject it to the old
unsatisfactory surroundings in which
It was unsuccessful. Washington is
the natural background for its new
tone and intent.
Nothing in the text, however, des-
ignates Washington as the headquar-
tiers for the new League of Nations
after this war.
There is to be a military staff
committee, made up of the chiefs of
staff of the United Nations, perma-
nently advising the security council
as to how to meet aggressors. In
effect, this international military
staff would conduct the future wars,
or blockades or military actions
against homeopathic powers.