The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1921-06-03
JUSTICE. RLA(kMAIL
AMI OIL

The administration success in sc.
curing the senate ratification OF the
Colombian treaty has caused remark
ably widespread and diverging cx-
preston Of opinion from the newspa-
perx. Some writers regard il az a
triumph for Harding and others as q
/. triumph for Wilson. To some II IN
submission 10 blackmail and defama-
ton of the name Of Theodore Roose-
welt. To others II In noble act of in
teratnioal justice regarded as so be-
lated m 10 be OF little use or as the
timely beginning Of new era OF
good feeling In the Americas. A nun.
her Of writers, among them both those
who approve and those who eunulemn
the treaty. sec the expianatisn Of It's
ratification in Columbia's freshly
sprung oil gushers.
Credit for the acceptance of the
treaty IL due Mr.. Wilson. in the opin-
ion Of the Roanoke World News
tDem.l and to Democratic Honesty
according to the Buffalo Times
tDcm.). while the Commercial tInd.)
administration, The Muskegon Chron-
ieic tIndl Mr.. Har,ling's victory il
"Pyrrhic' and 'may prove costly" and
the Rochester Times union tInd.D
sees in IL the trout" Of the "dauntless
champions OF isolation" which will
make approach to the Versailles
treaty easier. Upon this phase the
New York Times lind. Dem.l also
comments. remarking that Senator
Lodge fell back as triumphantly
as the German general staff 10 posi-
tions prepared in advance" In this
connection the Springfield Republican
tind.l quotes the SENATOR'S protest of
loyalty made "wlth Il few we'll placed
tears in his voice" and adds "he made
as neat job Of IL as was. possible
under the circumstances" The New
York W0rad tind.) holds no brief for
the Republican leader or his follow
erS: III IL was hlackmail" AS the Re-
publican minority during Wilson's re-
gimc 30 declared il, 1t IL hlackmail
now and the reversal "is only the
stram roller execution Of close cor
pcsation machine
There IL plenty of praise for the
action Of the senate and President
hasdlng's part in II reflected in the
columns Of papers Of varying poliii-
cal views. though some writers add
qualifying comment according Ia their
persuaSions. The ~. Louis Post Dis
patch tind.l finds IL "a good step to-
@ari sound foreign policy" though
the senate's refusal 10 take the step
at Mr.. Wilson, request reflects upon
The sincerely of sosne VI the Repahli-
can LEADER" the Jersey City Jour
nal sind.i expresses similar view.
Despite is belated contamination and
whatever motives mag be attributed
10 IL. the New York Norid lDeui.l
believes that Mr.. Harding has been
able Ia help ito right a great wrong
and put the United States where IL
belongs a. naiion tina, Is capable ~
cleaning - own hansif."
Unqualified appreciation comes
from the Boston Post lind Dcm1
which feels that Mir. Harding has
shown himself as a genuine friend
81 the republic u the SOUTH. The
New Haven Journal Courier lind. J
and the Baltimore Evening sun lind.
Dem.D likewise agree that We are now
on the Way toward pleasant relations
with South America The Wheeling
Register DEM feels that IL this act
Is "a part of a national foreign pol.
ley" that America will soon have re-
gained her high place Of esteem in
the ewes of the world" The Knox
vile Sentinel lind. DEM believes il
"iaudabie achievement for the neW
administration" while the Rochester
Herald Ind besides welcoming the
recovery Of our lost standing with
south America sees progress toward
reesfablikhing the constitutional
power Of the executive TO lead in al
matters of foreign relations"
MANY newspapers, however. thinl
ma, the faint Of oil is strong enough
IN the transaction 10 make other mo
Ises hard 10 perceive. The desir,