Show BORAH RAPS PEACE PLAN Says It Is Impossible to Determine Aggressor sor Nation WASHINGTON Nov No 26 By B By ByThe The Associated Press World Press World peace plans hinging upon the ques ques- question question tion lion of or aggressor nations were condemned con con- condemned condemned today by Chairman Dorah Borah ot or the senate senale foreign relations committee as us unworkable Senator Borah who has a reso resolution lution to declare war Illegal III I as a basis for outlawing warfare tie de declared Glared it is impossible to deter deter- determine determine mine what nation is ha the tho aggressor This view vie is shared in part by President Coolidge and was brought forward following an nn announcement announcement by Senator Capper Re Re- Republican publican of Kansas that thal he would Introduce a resolution to outlaw war and to prevent tho the United States from trading with countries which wage aggressive warfare WAR NEVER LEGITIMATE So far as I am concerned Senator Borah Dorah said I 1 would not support a a. peace plan which recognizes recognizes war as legitimate at any time or under any circumstances It If war w r has to come it should come in contravention and In violation of ot peace plans and international law law- lawand lawand lawand and not under their acquiescence approval or protection There never has been an ag aggressor aggressor aggressor nation and never will be beIn beIn bein In the sense that it would be bo a workable basis for the tho operation ot of the machinery of or peace There Is no practical way in an emergency emergency emergency ency to determine what nation is isan Isan Isan an nation Indeed there is no way to determine it seems after war is over AWKWARD SITUATION It U you jou ou set up an arbitrary stand standard and ard ard such as treating that nation as an aggressor nation which re re- refuses refuses refuses fuses to arbitrate you may accomplish push the very reverse of or what you jou desire to accomplish An evil disposed dis dis- disposed disposed posed nation could very vary easily so present the proposition that it would be impossible for a nation to arbitrate Such a standard is pure pure- purely purely purely ly artificial and might very easily compel a nation to choose between complying with an artificial al stand and ard and taking sides aides against a just and moral cause This standard substitutes formality for sub substances stances |