The Washington times., 1922-09-09


well known. He
WILLIAM HARD is not. But he
should be. To.
the name OF James A. Reed, and to
the name of Hiram johnson. and TO
the name OF Robert NJ. La Toilette
II is not at all uniting that there
should now be added the name Of
Joseph Irwin France.
France in the United States Sen.
ate in 1919 was as resolutely ire
concilable against the League Of Ma
tions as Reed was, or johnson, or
La Toilette. Three years later he
was az resolutely irreconcilable Rs
they were against the four-power
pact. In these matters he differed
from them in only one way.
France invented a league Of ma.
tions OF his own. He invented a
good league OF nations. He OBJ.
served that wars are fought by
great nations In order to grab and
hold small nations. He wrote out
a nice constitution for a league OF
nations which would exist In order
TO free small nations. II would meet
and work out plans for releasing
subject peoples from bondage. 1t
would be a league for freedom. and
therefore a league for peace.
It shocked almost everybody. Al.
most everybody at once voted
against it. Senators said that
France was crazy. They are al
ways saying that France is crazy.
His craziness consists OF saying
perfectly solldly sensible things 10
q wildly crazy world.
He is younger than johnson and
very much younger than Reed and
La Toilette. He is by original pro-
fession a doctor. He has been the
head Of a school. He is well to do.
He is well read. He is particularly
we'll read in the writings of the
luton. He has a passion for free
dom.
He was for free speech in the
late war. He was for the war. He
was for free speech for those who
were against the war. "" WAS
one OF the very few Senators who
voted for free speech throughout
the war. He voted for II TO give
freedom OF utterance to people who
disagreed with him. Many people
believe in freedom for their own
views. France believes in freedom
also for other peoples views.
He is opposed to prohibition. He
is as Objectionable TO the Anti
Saloon League in Maryland as Reed
WAS in Missouri, or as La Toilette
was In wisconsin. He Is irreconcil-
ably opposed to leagues OF nations
for coercing other nations In their
own national affairs and he Is ir-
reconcilably opposed to laws for CO.
ercing individuals in their own per-
sonal affairs either Of mind or OF
body.
I have known him to go all the
way from the Senate office building
across the city Of Washington to the
building of the Department or La
bor to intercede on behalf OF some
altogether friendless alien who was
being unlawfully deprived OF his lib
erty and unlawfully hurried to n
boat for deportation. The alien could
do nothing for France. But France
could not bear to see him coerced
In violation Of his personal rights.
France at the same time Is very
much a regular Republican. He votes
regular a great deal. He stays on
the reservation much Of the time.
Two things send him off II. One of
these things Is league or an al
lance in our foreign affairs. The
other is any violation of personal
rights or liberties in our Internal
American affairs.
He does not care how conserva-
tive he may look, and he does not
care how radical he may look. he
voted to seat Newberry and he votes
"a recognize Lenin. He Is a regular
Republican who, nevertheless, thinks
n Is silly to wreck the world by out
Ia wing Russia. He is for recoSniz-
ING Lenin and Rusia--and Tor scat
inS Newberry. There is no man in
the senate who more votes his own
way.
He is competing in the Maryland
Ren,blican Senatorial primary with
Iohn Garrett, formerly in our diplo-
matic service and recently at the
head Of our diplomatic secretariai
staff in the washington conference.
Garrett goes along with the Split
OF the Washington conference.
France goes against II. France
voted even against the naval limita-
tion bill which the Washington con-
ference produced. He was the only
senator who voted against II. lie
thinks that until we get a good
league OF nations-a democratic one
"a free one--a peaceful one--the
thing for us to do Is to get and keep
q good navy. -,
He is an irreconcilsble American.
Monday win tell. II irreconcilabillty
will this year find In Maryland its