The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-03-03
SUFFRAGE. LEADERS
IN HOUSE POSTPONE
VOTE UNTIL TO-DAY

CHARLESTON. ". Va. March -
Fabrication of the f"dcral SutfraS"
amendment in the West Virginia lcEiS!a-
ture which adjourned this afternoon
wtthou, an attcrnpt 20 reconsider its vote
nr Yesterday. ma, recall that N";" t"m"r-
row and then put through IN" ratification
resolution and ,ha, thc House may rat
ify
T. was generally understood that the
Senate line up on tn" proposition re-
unincd intact tnday. tins accounting 70"
rho fac, that rn.at'rmpt waS made I" get
Yesterdays vote r"c"nsdercd. IN"
only hope Of breaking tn" strength OF
m, autrS now los IN tn" possibility or
securing u pair for senator Jesse n
Rloch. os Wheeling. ROW IN Eailiotnia'
from among the opponents "f ratitlca-
ton.
Bloch's Telegram
Before moving adjournment this al
t,~noon. senator Harvey W. iiarm"r.
who is leading the suffrage fight. an
nounc.d ,hc receipt Of telegram from
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world and have developed IN" Panama
canal and a navy and merchant marin"
>birh makes these island NOR" than
ny.r important 10 US. Might II not
seem poSSihl" tn work ou, plan nE
which Englaud'S debt to US could pc
reduced by the transfer 20 uS OF certain
British possessions in the western
TTsmisph"rc to the extent Of their value:
The British Empire at THIS moment
comprises one sixth Of tho land area OF
the whole world and according 10 SrN-
ish economic experts tn" surplus capital
inT
y.ars to come b. expended in tho dev'i-
opment ot tho agricultural and mining
resources Of thn self-gorerning d"mln-
ions and of India. imagine that Great
Britain would not object 10 such dis
position Of the Islands. especially aS
they would go to Il friendly power.
So, nothing in such u proposal I" offend
IN. lust pride of great people. where
rs such liquidation Of portion 81
tho British debt might br happy S"ln-
tion Of n part Of Great Rr''atn'S 'mme-
djat" financial problem
Nay BE Favored
Ipouirv among British cores" sp"ndents
~ ,h.. national cayltnI leads to the con-
cluSinu that IN" matter would not h'
unravnrahly received IN Great Britain
were !. not for thu ract that tn" Brit
ish poliCy is for tn. present INSOFAR
ably interviewer with what happens &"
,he League OF Nations and proposals Tor
naval disarmament. II tho League ~
dead and Europ" goes back =" IN" old
order Of things th"n Tn" BRUSH govern
rncut must bear IN mind tn" excellent
uSr which Sh" made "f her Atlantic po-
sessions as rendezvous for The Brit
ish navy during IN" last war. some
valuable naval bases ar" scattered IN
IN, North and South Atlantic. which
Grcy' Rrjta!n would BE- lcath to give up.
Yn, r international disarmament Ia 70
h. nut into effect throughout the League
or Nations. Great Britain would have -
iittl, u>o for naval stations as sh"
would Cn- moro ha'tl"ships. .tnd tho
tendency OF American naval men /" re-
i-Ct..d m the statements just made by
rcar-admirnl Radg"r and ConCurrcd in
hv other rrHpIbcrs of IA" general nacal
board "a tho effect thai tho United
states should have IN" largest navy in
Tho World" |, j. hard Ia say whether
this iS a d rot consequence OF the dis
cOuraging fate uf III" latest efforts at
international p"ration or the usual
rivalry which naval men feel about
other nali,& anyway. so long az naval
expansion continues on both sides "f
the Atlantic. Mr. MCAdou's suggestion
depends fu- IT'S acc"ptauc" by tn" Brit
ieN on elimination nf valuable naval
bases. not 10 mention IN" opportunity
tha, must l." given to Civ" IN" residents
Of the EritiSh colonies to say how th"y
fe"l ahou; keeping thor Islands entirely
surrounded by wctncss or annexed 10
dry land