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the story as "sillyn and without
{. shred of truth in it, He declar-
ed:
''In all my talks with the Presi-
dent on matters of foreign policy,
including the proposal for American
participation in the international
court, there never has been one
word said that would Indicate that
the President ever had entertained
any such idea.
cit is a plain case of the wish
being father of the thought in Lon
don. Such program undoubtedly
would be highly pleasing to some
people over there, but you need
have no doubt that the whole thing
is without any semblance of foun-
dation.
Would Disrupt Party
Senator Borah said: ''In my
opinion the London Daily Sketch is
us far from the facts as it would
be possible for it to get.''
Speaking privately, Republicans
who stand high in the party made
no effort to conceal q positive con
viction that the entire party would
be disrupted if President Harding
should embark ON any such pro-
gram. One Republican politician
said it would "split the party wide
open.
1t was freely pointed out in Re
publican quarters that the Prcsi-
dent has more on his hands than
he can hope to successfully han
die in his surprising proposal for
American participation i'll the in
ternational court.
The strong reaction against this
back door entry into the league
which swept the country when the
President transmitted the recon-
mendation to the Senate in the dy-
ing days of the Sixty-scvcnth Con
gress, leaders emphasized, permits
of no doubt whatever as to what
would happen to such a program
as outlined in the London story.
Look to johnson
1t is known here to be a fact
that Mr.. Harding has met with bit
ter opposition on this step from
friends of the administration in the
Senate who heretofore have stood
steadfastly by his foreign policies.
lrrccOncilables look to johnson and
Borah, and they have plenty of
company in their fight against the
international court.
Lively interest was cvinced in
the possible source from which the
English correspondent claims to
have obtained his information. He
said:
ga White House official states
that President Harding, after the
departure of Lord Robert Cecil,
will announce his stand for re.elec-
tion based on a plan for the crea-
tion of u new association of nations,
with the United States taking full
part"
There is only one man in the Ad-
n1nistration, leaders suggested, who
might have made such u suggestion.
That is Secretary Of Commerce
Hoover, whose strong leaning to-
ward more active participation by
America in European offairs long
has been recognized.
The assertion that President Har-
ding will call u new international
conference in Washington to draw
up the new treaty "with the co.
operation Of the United States Sen.
ate" so that chickering's would
be avoided was declared to be alb.
surd.
The only way in which the Sen.
ate could cooperate at all would
be through the appointment of Sen.
ators as members of the American
delegation. And that this plan does
not insure that the Senate would
know what WAS going on was apt
ly demonstrated during the Washing
ton conference on armaments, when
Senator Underwood, ono of the del
gates, did not even know some Of
the things that went on, as later
developed on Senate debate.