Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-02-17
Carter Glass Entertains
Senate With Blows
at Opposition
PASSES 20 TO Is
Virginia Senator Breaks
all Opposition to Mea-
&, sure Which Denounced
England

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Washington, Feb. 17-Settle-
ment of the British war debt to
the United States was virtually a
sealed compact today, as a re-
suit of the senate's passage last
night of the bill approving terms
of the British refunding plan.
The bill went back to the House
today for agreement in amend
ments, but these, it was belie' d
would not greatly delay it, a
within few days the final IS So.
inC up" Of the refunding plan
can Te accomplished
The 6nal vote showed as vas
expo Jed, al overwhelming srn
ment L. the senate, just as eX-
= ID 10 h. House, that the terms
mgde witt Grext Britain we're
fair anu iu=t to both government.
Seventy 5. .lators voted for the
>ettiement and 13 against it,
Cne opFesing vote was two or
three in escess of earlier eZpec-
tahops, but away below the maxi
mum os 70 which some admins
tyatoa- l1 lers had set in then
ca1yai- aS r- ..e.r
Only $50 changes were made
IN he .aS. of the bill. Both wetc
acc p'g by Senator Smoot. a
nenbel Of the Debt Funding
Comm sca, and the proponents
Of IT, ,reasure on both sides OF
the cHamcer. One amendment.
whjcr The leaders Of the ious
say ls Salisfactory, require th1
approval Of Congress in az sub-
seQuert aEreements on the fund
ilg Vi nc debts of other foreign
countries % the United states.
The second amendment increases
tne number of commissioners to
represent this Government in fu-
ture transactions from five to
eight and stipulates that three Of
them shall be members of the
parry.
The passage OF the bill. which
executive and Congressional lead
ers say is the most important and
step toward the sta
of political and eco
nomic conditions throughout the
world, was accomplished after the
stubborn minority had been worn
down under impressively dramat-
ic conditions. '@tj'sF
The debate was not thrilIiys,
but the speech in support of the
measure by Senator Glass tVa).
who was Secretary of the Treas
ury in the Wilson administration
and negotiated in part the finan-
cial transactions between this and
European countries, was one o.
the most impressive and fiery in
the Senate in a long time. r-
Mr.. Glass held the attention of
the Senate for twenty minutes,
during which he vigorously at
tackled the opposition to the "moe.'
definite plan to restore normal
proposed since the ar.
mistice." He struck straight and
true at those senators who dis
guised their real motives behind
a transparent veil of political log
rolling and hypocrisy. s..-t.
The majority of his associates
on both sides of the chamber paid
him the unusual tribute of leav-
ing their seats at the close of tho
address and personally congratu
lating him. The Virginia Scna,
tors address was both thrilling
and scholarly, lacking nothing in
rhetorical excellence or fervid
sincerity. The fact is Mr.. GLASS;
denunciation of the elements com
posing the opposition cleared the
atmosphere and discouraged fr
ther resistance. ~
Acrimony characterized the
comments of some of the apposing
Senator'S regarding the motives of
Great Britain. Most of them
took the opportunity to air vafit
Gus grievances against the British
Empire, the speeches obyicuslt
being inspired, by .th desire to euf-
tivsfa racial and political groups