The Washington herald., 1920-11-17
BITTER ENDERS
READY TO FIGHT
| HARDING PACT
| Determination to Scrap Any
Covenant Of Nations
Firm as Ever.
more VOTES CLAIMED
Attitude Held by Democrats
Toward New League Is
Still in Doubt.
By ROBERT BARRY.

Opposition to any written agree
ments with Europe. whether labeled
league" or Association Of nations,
is the program the irreconcilables
will follow in the Republican admin
istration. Feality to policies Of Presi-
dent Harding will not enter into the
course Of action of those Republican
Senator's who composed the bitter
ender" group.
They interpret Harding's post
election statement that the league
is deceased" to mean that nothing
less than the entire covenant has
been cast into political oblivion.
Land Grabs Cited.
1t Is proposed to attackthe treaty
of Versailles on grounds of the '1and
grabbing by European nations that
it undertook to underwrite. It is
proposed to show that any league or
association Of nations can do moth
ing else than protect these settle
ments- 1t is proposed to demon
strate that Great Britain is using
force to carry out league of nations
mandates in Mesopotamia; that
France depends upon her soldiers
to enforce the decree of the league
in Syria. 1t is intended to persuade
the American people that the funda-
mental principle of the league Is
built upon the idea Of military and
economic force and is a breeder Of
war
Republican irreconcilables are
counting noses" in the new Sem
ate. They concede the loss OF
three bitter enders" In the retire.
ment of Senator Sherman, of Ilii-
nois. Republican, who was not a
candidate for reelection; Senator
AISLE J. Gronna, Republican, OF
North Dakota, defeated in the pri-
maries by DR.. Z. +. Ladd, a Nom
partisan League candidate, and SEM
ator Charles s. Thomas, Democrat.
,ef Colorado Eho daolined 10, -sssi
See FIVE Gaiu..
To Offset those three losses the
coc..s upon five gains
as follows: Samuel ii. Shororiage,
of California; r. r. Gooding, OF
Idaho; Peter Norbeck, Of South Da-
kota; Ralph Cameron, Of Arizona,
all Republicans, and Thomas e
Watson. of Georgia, Democrat.
In addition 1t Is held that many
Republicans who voted for the
Lodge reservations were forced to
get far from that position during
the campaign and that several gains
In those quarters may be counted
by the bitter enders.
It is felt that Mr. Wilson's day
to assume the offensive against his
antagonists In the Senate will have
arrived when he departs from the
Whfte House and from the side
lines can direct the attack upon the
Harding proposals.
1t Is regarded also as being mora
than likely that the Democrats will
oppose as a matter of party policy
the Harding plan for an association
of nations. 1t is certain they viii
be able to find considerable fault
in the Harding plan.
Republican Aid Expected.
That they might have influential
assistance or cooperation from the
Republican side Is not to be doubt
ed. Senator Gilbert NJ. Hitchcock,
of Nebraska. and other "irreconciIa- :
BILE advocates of the Wilson cove
nant" are not telling what their
attitude would be toward a Hard
ing covenant. They hesitate to
commit themselves thus early to
the Harding policies, because they
hold they do not. want to be linked
with a conspiracy such as that
which Senator Lodge engineered to
bring about Republican opposition
to the Versailles instrument.
Rumors to the effect that Sena-
tors Mccormick, Of Illinois, and
Brandesee. of Connecticut. might
waver in their irreconcilable oppo-
sition to the extent of supporting
Harding substitute for the ver-
sailles covenant are denied vieor-
ously by bitter end" Republicans
now in Washington.
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