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...Reaction. President Coolidge's speech took the way of political commonsense. He knew that the Senate, after its World Court broil last January, would have no more to do with international brotherhood, unless its five reservations were accepted verbatim. In September the Geneva Conference added counter-reservations (TIME, Sept. 13) and some friendly World Court Senators became hostile. So, now the situation has come to an impasse: Europe is little inclined to accept the Senate reservations; the Senate and the Administration will not listen to counter-reservations...
When the Senate hung five reservations on the proposed entrance of the U. S. into the World Court last January, it heaved a sigh of thankfulness that the child of international brotherhood was pacified. But the Adherent Powers of the World Court ignored the Senate's labors until September, and then swathed the U. S. reservations with counter-reservations. And so the child is back again. The next session of Congress will have to do something...
Unquestionably, that "reserved" flame of international brotherhood which surged within the breasts of the lawmakers last January is waning. Three Senators who Voted for the World Court have already recanted their opinions. Others were defeated in the primaries partly because of the Court...
...resolution for U. S. entrance into the World Court. Reservations were attached. Nevertheless, all good nations were expected to be pleased at having the U. S. in the World Court under any conditions. Seven months passed. Liberia, Cuba, Greece, Uruguay opened their arms, welcomed the U. S. into the brotherhood. Other nations remained cool, indifferent. Meanwhile, at home, Senators began to find that their constituents were not pleased with the votes they had cast for the World Court. In April, Senator William B. McKinley was defeated for renomination in the Illinois primaries ostensibly because he had voted for the World...
Bland and beneficent, the Commission on International Justice and Good Will of the Federal Council of Churches assembled last week at Chautauqua, N. Y., to talk about the brotherhood of nations, broader visions, service, sympathy, etc., etc. Among the addresses was that of the Rev. Dr. Edward Shillito of England. His most widely discussed point...