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WORLD COURT

AMERICA'S ADHERENCE SUPPORTED BY THE CHURCHES. Press Association—By Telegraph-Copyright. WASHINGTON, December 17, Consideration of tho World _ Court protocol has boon postponed until nest congress in December, 1931. Religious leaders to-day banded to" President Hoover a petition from fiftynine church bodies asking for American adherence to tho court. [President Hoover sent the World Court protocol to the Senate with a request for ratification of “ the provision which frees us from any entanglement in diplomacy with other nations. We cannot ho summoned _ before the court, and our withdrawal is permitted at ary time without reproach or ill-will. The movement for tho establishment ol such a court originated within our conn try. It sprung from _tho > earnest socking of our people for justice in international relations and to strengthen the foundations of peace.”]

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Evening Star, Issue 20671, 19 December 1930, Page 9

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WORLD COURT Evening Star, Issue 20671, 19 December 1930, Page 9

WORLD COURT Evening Star, Issue 20671, 19 December 1930, Page 9