Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-11-01
THIS SEEMS CERTAIN. BUT THE
GOVERNMENTS FOREIGN POL
ICY is NOT YET KNOWN.
PRESIDENT REMAINS SILENT
Despite Assertions of Advocates and
Opponents of World Court, Mr.. Cool
idee Isn't Discussing Such Topics
Before Congress Meets.
By EDWARD 3. CLARK


truth in Washington today Advocates
of American membership in the World
court say that the President is certain
stanchly to support the Harding plan,
while equally positive statement is
made in reverse by the opponents of
American membership in the court.
It makes some of the onlookers here
fairly dizzy to try to keep their vi
sion fixed on two whirligig opinions in
the World court matter. The plain fact
is that nobody but President Coolidge,
and presumably Secretary of State
Hughes, know definitely just what the
foreign relations intention of the adj
mfnistration is, or how it may be de-
yefoped or modified between now a1d
the meeting of congress.
Authoritative words which have
come from the White House from time
to time on the general subject of the
presidential intention in this court
matter, and in other matters also, APP
parently have had no weight with the
guessers in any case. 1t was not so
long ago that the White House let it
be known that President Coolidge did
not intend to discuss certain subjects
in advance of the meeting of con-
gress.
Will Wait for Congress to Meet.
The word, and it was authoritative,
was that certain respect was due the
lawmakers and that White House did
not consider it either polite or cour-
teous to thresh out in advance the
grain which was intended for the con-
gressional threshing machine. De-
spite this word fat statements have
been printed to the effect that the
President definitely has abandoned all
thought of pressing the World court
matter, and on the other hand that he
has made up his mind to press it as
strongly as the power of the admins
trative arm will admit.
Opponents of entrance into the
World court and opponents Of anything
which look toward a mingling in the
affairs of Europe, daily are saying
that the League of Nations with all
things akin to it is a dead issue and
that it cannot be resurrected because
its grave was dug with the spade of
the American people and the earth was
piled high on the corpse.
On the othe- hand the friends of the
league here and those who, while not
party leaders, believe that something
should be done to help Europe declare
the issue. is not dead and that not be-
Ing dead it never was buried. They
say the burial Of 1920 was only a SEM
blance of an interment and that the
corpse is livelief today than ever.
From the general trend of things in
Washington one thing seems to be as
sured: Europe is to be a leading issue
in the next presidential campaign.
The men who will direct the next Dem
ocratic campaign recently have shown
more courage in their discussion of
the League of Nations as party
issue. There is a movement now in
the ranks of Democracy to spur the
interest of the women in the subject.
The feeling seems to be in Demo-
cratic circles that the women voters
more than the men voters can be de-
pended upon to support the Wilson
plan for ''bringing lasting peace into
the world"
Wish Fathersto the Thought.
There is one circumstance which
adds to the general side line interest
in the conflicting stories concerning
the Coolidge intention in the court
subject. When the authoritative word
came from the White House some time
ago that matters of national legislative
moment were not to be discussed in
advance Of the meeting of congress,
the statement was made that this die
tum concerned itself with all matters
of high moment.
The writer's and the takers of the
present day who assert that without
contradiction it can be said that Mr..
Coolidge will not press the court mat
ter" or that he will press it, seem to
be willing to pay the administration
the poor compliment of declaration
that It does not know its own mind, or
that it is entirely willing to break its
word by making an exception of one
subject which definitely was included
in a bunch of subjects set aside for
silence.
President Coolidge came into Office
as a brother of the sphinx. The kim
ship had been known to the public for
years. The curious thing is that men
here who know what they hope one
way or the other are willing to admit
that the President will not talk about
anything except the one thing that
they want him to talk about. It is
about as definite a case of the wish
being father to the thought as one
can find in the whole range of public
life.
Captain Beeman's Endeavor.
While in different cities of this
country the school boards are row.
Ing over the manner that the school
histories treat of the relations in
war and peace between the United