Failure of the Movement to Secure Adherence to the World Court was Our Ows Comesroxoexe 'The American troubled "World, which successive "settlements" only appear to leave more unsettled, is to pull in its horns and fall back' upon the traditional Isolationist doctrines. A short time ago the Senate could not find two-thirds of Its membership ready to accede to a form of adherence to the World Court expressly desimea to meet American susceptibilities according to specifications of Senate isolation the country in European problems at a time when even Senator Robinson, the sober and staid Democratic leader, saw the war-clouds gathering, "I cannot see the loxic in our democratic leaders warning. us chat war-clouds are about to burst forth in Europe at any hour and at the sine time tell-Ing us to hurry evd get there before the war starts", protested Senator from the Orient". which began with the passage of the Phillipines Me dependence Bill. has now proceeded to general disinterest in Soviet relations. the resumption of which were hailed with such fer-Your, and complete indifference to the effect of the silver purchase. policy on the future of China, Shortly after the World Court defeat Generay_Smuts made a speech favour of Anglo-American co-opera tion especially in the Far East. "Why ig Great Britain so solicitous to curtail and hold down the naval power of Japan, What the British Interesied in is their own econo-mie stability. Te would appear that the British would willingly. sacrifice American wealth and American sons to' maintain their economic status in the Orient." said Representative John Hoeppel of California, commenting: on the speech.
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