Pueblo chieftain., 1921-06-27
TARIFF BILL YET IN HANDS
OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE.
Serious Possibility Of Its Not Passing Present Session
Of Congess-Disagreement Growing
M,re Maked

tee OF the House is thru the finan &c
committee of the Senate will probably
spend another ten weeks on tile hlil
1t may well he September besore the
DEBATE on the bill gets under way III
the Senate, and under all the ctrcum-
stances 1t would he bold to predict
that the debate can he finisnou anI
the bill passed before the first 81.
December. Within the past few days
those Republican leaders who believe
it is mistake to pass inc tariti piil
first and that the revision of taxes Is
the more Immediate necessity have
shown increased energy. 1t is likely
that very soon Increased emphasis
, will he given to taXa,fon measures.
Another conspicuous and unexpected
development Is that in tho present
state of the Senat. the man who
comes nearer than any one else 10 be
ing a leader of that leaderless body is
Senator Borah. Borah is as uncon-
cerned with leadership in the formal
sense, and as loose in his attachment
to the. Republican party organization,
as he ever was. Probably it would be
most improbable to expect him ever 10
take on the responsibility OF formal
leadership. The actions of formal
leadership are such as to be greatly
lrepugnant to his temperament. But II
leadership consists in getting what
YOU fight for. Borsh comcs as near be-
| Ing a leader as anybody else in tho
Senate. II is leadership that de
p.nds upon the recognition Of popular
causes aud the earnest advocacy OF
tnsnI
\ ihii development apparent til 5
vc,k ,ono crns the question OF renew
| ~. tho Anglo Japanese treaty. With
Z IN ,his field there are no official a.
t'tanter tLd no ono can do more 'hi"
make deductions from observation.
! Tho appearance OF things Is that our
\ GO xrr, mt IcnEs n matter "a : nf
interest to US. but make no prctensc
to claim that either Great Britain or
Japan IS called upol to consult us
But II Is also apparent that our gov
crrmcnt would not wish those British
colonies which object to the treaty to
b. mislcd into withdrawing their OBJ
lection on any theory that the United
States had been consulted.
outside the administration. In the
Senate and elsewhere, where men feel
more free to talk. there IL as much oh
lection to the renewal Of this treaty
- there is In the British colonies. Men
who arc not In official positions OF re
sponsihiliiy do not hesitate say that.
however much justification there may
have hecn for this treaty at time
v hon Germany and Russia were ac-
tive in tho cast and when Great Brit
ain had 10 protect herself against
them, those reasons do not now exist
NJ Justification for renewal OF the
treaty.
The grounds given by friends Of
Great Britain a. reasonable iustifica-
tion for renewing tho treaty arc that
this II best way for Great Britain to
preserve and further her commercial
irtercstH In the east: that failure to
renew tho treaty would be an un-
pleasant thing for Great Britain TO do
toward as loyal an ally hs Japan had
been. and. finally. the Fact that an
Identity in religion between n large
part Of Japan and large part OF
India makes tho treaty desirable to
Great Britain In the highest interests
oi tho Empire.
Copyright 1921. by the New York
Evening Post. incD