Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1922-12-27
C. D. P. CHIEFS
WAR ON b0RAH
Administration Senators Be-
gin Fight on Plan for New
Conference
LODGE STARTS ATTACK
Is Said to be Following Views
of PreSident-Latter May
Be Heard

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istratron senators under the lead of
Chairman Lodge of the foreign re-
iations committee began in the SEN
ate today a determined fight against
the proposal of Senator Borah, Re-
publican, Idaho, for d new interna-
tional conference IN Washington to
discuss economic conditions and dis
armament.
Senator Lodge, who was said by
his colleagues to have ascertained
the views of President Harding and
his administration advisers, opened
his attack as soon as the senate be-
gan work on the Borah proposal,
which is in the form of an amend
ment to the annual naval bill re-
questing the president to call an eco
nomic and armaments' conference.
The foreign relations chairman re-
counted the difficulties of further
armament limitation encountered at
the Washington arms conference a
year ago and declared that in view
of the attitude taken by other pow
ers it would be useless" to attempt
to limit land armaments unless it
were established beforehand that
France had changed her position.
The whole field of American re-
lationships to Europe, particularly
as they involve the problems OF
economic. rehabilitation and disarm
ament, was opened up to debate in
the senate again today when work
was resumed on the naval appro-
priation bill after the Christmas re-
cess. s
The immediate vehicle which
brought the troubles of the Euro
pean powers once more to the front
on the senate floor was an amend
ment to the naval bill introduced
by Senator Borah, Republican,
idaho, and requesting President
Harding to call an international
conference in Washington to consid-
er methods of restoring sound busi-
ness and financial conditions, and TO
seek an agreement for further lin
itation of naval construction.
After a week of conferences, ad-
ministration leaders indicated that
they could not support the proposal
in its original form, and negotiations
were proceeding for notifications to
make it acceptable. Meantime a
definite break had developed within
the ranks of the senate irreconcil-
able group, of which Senator Borah
has been a leader since the league
of Nations fight, Senator Johnson,
Republican, California, and others
taking the position that conference
like that proposed would embroil
the United States hopelessly in Eu-
ropean politics.
In some quarters it was expected
that the views of President Harding
would be made known in a decisive
way before the debate had proceed
ed very far. Both Mr.. Harding and
Secretary Hughes have been con-
suited about the Borah proposal and
NAVY senate members were looking
to Chairman Lodge of the foreign re-
lations committee and Senator
Watson of Indiana, another of the
Administration leaders, to disclose
fully the attitude of the executive
branch of the government toward
the possibilities of new information
al conference on American soil.
More than a score of Republican
senators in informal conference to-
day before the senate convened, de-
cided to oppose the amendment OF
fered by Senator Borah. to the naval
appropriation bill, which would re-
quest President Harding to call an
international economic and dis4rma-
ment conference.
Commissioner William Zangenberg
brought to the attention of the board
condition which he said was nui-
sance which should be abated. Pigs,
he said, and often cows are stored in
a garage in the rear of the building
of Goldman G. Kroep at 59S New
Brunswick avenue, causing not only
a great amount of noise at all hours
of the night but a repulsive odor
as well. The health officer was in
structed to warn the men maintain
ing this alleged nuisance that fail
ure to remedy conditions would re-
suit in the board prosecuting The
case to the lifsiit.
Such surface indications as are
afforded by the comments of Sena-'
tors Lodge, Watson, New and others
who ordinarily reflect the admins
tration attitude give the impression
that the President is not in favor of
congressional action at this time.
1t was intimated at the White
House that Mr.. Harding has been
working out a method for bringing
this country,s influence to bear in
the general direction of stabilizing
for the past three months.
Under the terms of the proposals
limited at Great Britain, France, |
Italy and Germany would enter into
an agreement not to make war for a |
period of years. probably thirty. The |
United States would not be q party |
to the agreement and its connection |
with the negotiations. If any, would |
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