Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-02-18
Borah Declares He VIII Not
Surrender judgement to
That of White House
NAVY HOLIDAY PLAN
Attack on Proposition Maiden Ny Me-
COrmick-NIiller in House. Warns
That Japan is Preparing fol- War.

Washington, Feb. 1S.-Disama-
n,pnt was to the fore in both hosses
or Congress Yesterday, while VAIN
irgs of possible war in the rear b.
trre were given and ntimat;ons ,f
serious disagratnents on the SUB
jcct in the Republican party ir tho
t.ture were made.
The developments were
Senator Boran. Of Idaho, agthor Of
the six month naval holiday plan,
served emphatic notice that he would
not surrender his Judgment on the
subject to tha- of Presidert-elect
Harding aurin% the next four years.
Senator Mccormick, of Illinois,
who recently rA-trned from con-
ference with the President-elect,
charged that !ho naval holiday plan
would "disarm' Mr. Harding in ar
ranging for general conference Oil
disarmament and intimated that the
looming execu'iv" did not wish any
ton taken that would curtail naval
! building.
In the House representative Miller,
OF Washington, charged that Japan's
refusal to make any move toward
disarmament rnti: she had completed
her naval buil,ii'@ program meant
she was preparing for war. whica
could only -5c prevented by "cool-
headed state:moT and diplomats dis
placing the ,lrnagoeue. jingoes and
irnkers that 1915 appear to have the
public car and eye"
Dsclaimiae al dcfire to emharrass
Mr. Harding, Ser tor Bnrah, declared.
"We have head much criticism in
tie last Few years Of waiting for a
nod from thp White House. Congress
has been accused Of abdicat;ng not
only its iuGsn; an !, but its functions.
! ct me say 1e.e, without disrespect
- the President elect, that I shall
net abdcatc NY Judgment any more
during the nexr four years than I
have during 4" last eight
Declaring that proposed appropria-
ticns for. tho my and navy .borderea
''cn Madness Senator Borah de-
mandcd that nc Republican leaders
submit imorc definite program look
ing to their reduction. He said the
Government WIS confrCn'nl ty do
fc;t this year 0; $4,000, 100000 and
declared this ,:rounted to "a greater
menace than "nything the United
States faced l'.rng the war.'
"Taxcs anG appropriations. appro-
nriations aai ;@Xcsi Have we lost
our cunning far other moacures ?"
" demanded. Il say taxes and ap-
oropriations viii rot carry you, my
Republican friends, out of this con-
dition. There mist he a program
somewhere. have had the temerity
to submit tive proposals, aid no
where have they met with favor.
"Vcry we'll. do not COMPLAIN. /
iii fall II with anything. But what
is the program? ask for something.
7 have ceased t. be patient with the
W; w;isperng fr1.l the galleries into
this Senate: wait for President
Harding Somelhing'must be done"
Taking up the gage thrown down
hv the Idaho Senator. Mr.. Mccormick.
attacked the suggestions of Senator
Borah for disarmament conferences
between the United States. Great
Britain and Japsn and for the sus-
pension Of the American naval build
ing program.
"The Senator seeks" said Mr.. Nc
Ccrmick, "to nave America pause in
her labors for her own defense; TO
substitute for tried and proven en-
e:nes Of war o:kcrs of which the
value is lnknGwn, and to have the
President invi.a other naval powers
r. a conference III disarmament after
We have stopped arming. while ia
nan continues to do so, and while the
R-itish force is twice as powerful as
the American.
representative Miller was urging
in n speech il the House the strength
ching of Pacific Coast defense, when
ne declared tia. 'every dav of the
world we hear &c rattle of the sabre
from acro=s the Pacific"
! He added shat if war should occur
between the United States and Japan
| the latter worii force it.