Although the World Court may be said to be an
American idea in origin, Mr. Johnson attacks it as pointedly as he attacks the League. "It is a dreadful thing to tell our .people that the International Court will stop war. It is a shameful thing to play upon the emotions of our women and our churches." It seems that when Mr. Johnson reaches the customary conclusion of his speeches that another bloody European war is in the making, and that Americans ought to remember that "God gave them • the -dividing ocean," his audience stands up and shouts its applause. Events have yet to prove the exact degree of Mr. Johnson's influence, but it is obvious that the American opponents of isolation must learn how to - meet his arguments in public, for experience shows that at present they are pretty effective. Mr. Mellon, on his return from Europe, has also reported to the American Government against intervention in Europe. _
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