Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-15

q return to partial authority, the Lead
ers OF the Republican party in the
senate have placed themselves IN OPP
position to league DONATIONS and the
leaders in the house of representatives
have selected for floor leader Congress
man Mondell Of Wyoming. who voted
against the tabling of the McLemore
resolution and opposed the selective
draft law. Senator Penrose Is to be
chairman Of the great senate commit
fee of finance and the reactionaries
are debating the policy of the party"
Mr.. Cummings then recounted the
war records Of Republicans who nave
been selected for various chairman
ships in the house of representatives
of the next congress.
PlTiFuL CONCLUSION.
at is a pitiful conclusion" he as
serted, ito a campaign based upon
such ardent promises. 1t is an extra
ordinary thing that those who are
loudest for war seem to be most de-
termined that America shall relinquish
the duties which have fallen to her
lot as result of the war.
1.-The idea of league Of nations Is
not difficult to understand. The plain
people understand it. Only learned
senators were confused about it. Let
us not be disturbed by the action of
the dissenting senators. They are en-
gagged in the most ungenerous task in
history and their objections are written
in sand"
! Secretary Daniels said he was curl
GUS to know just what evidence would
convince the professional partisan
| leaders of the Republican party that
the sober sentiment of the great ma
jority Of our people" desires the league
of nations.
1T would seem fair to assume" said
Mr.. Daniels, that a mandate of con-
gress, passed by a practically unani-
nous vote of both houses, directing
the president to do all in his power to
create such a league, might answer
even their fastidious requirements. Let
us see how much legislation could be
drawn up and make a guess at their
attitude toward it. First would come
a preamble on the policy of the coun-
try Let US start it out something
like this:
1T is hereby declared that 1t is
the policy of the United States to ad-
just and settle it's International dis
putes through mediation or arbitration
to the end that war may be honorably
avoided
NOT FANCIFUL SKETCH.
This should be followed by a direc.
ton to the president to take steps tc
carry out the policy. We might put il
this way:
I'm view Of the premises, the presi-
dent is authorized and requested tt
invite, at an appropriate time, not latel
than the close of the war in Europe, al
the great governments of the work
to send representatives to a conferenc,
which shall be charged with the dut,
of formulating plan for court o
arbitrator or tribunal, to which dis
puted questions between nations shall
be reported for adjudication and peace
full settlement"
Stating that this would seem to GOV
err the situation pretty thoroughly. MI
Daniels added:
Gentlemen, what I have read is no
a fanciful sketch. 1t Is a law of TIL
United States of America, now on on
statute books, passed by these sam
gentlemen in 1916 which you may veri
fly by reading the naval appropriation
; act, approved by the president of tn
United States on August 20, 1916"
The text of the act, as quoted b.
him, said:
lit is hereby declared to be tn
policy of the United States to adjus
and settle its international dispute
, through mediation or arbitration t
the end that war may be honorabl
avoided. 1t looks with apprehensio
and disfavor upon a general increas
of armament throughout the worlC
but it realizes that no single nation ca
disarm, and without a common agree
D ment upon the subject, every consid
cradle power must maintain a. relativ
4 standing in military strength"