Evening star., 1923-01-26
ROBINSON MEASURE
TOAD PREPARATIONS
| TANGLE IS DROPPED
Borah ReneWs Effort to Have
Economic Conference Call
ed in United States.
JOHNSON SAYS PRESENT
| STATUS IS ANOMALOUS
Chalmers Sees War for America
Inevitable in European
Mess.

The Senate foreign relations commit
tee laid aside Senator Robinson's reso-
luton proposing full American mem
oership In the reparations commission
today by postponing action indefinitely
AS a result 1t appeared likely that
the whole question of American rela-
tionship to the reparations discussion
would be debated again on the floor
OF the Senate in the next few days,
Senator Borah having announced that
he would renew the proposal for a
world economic conference, called by
the United States. early next week
While the Senate committee was
meeting the House received a pro-
posal in the form Of a resolution by
Representative Chalmers Of Ohio that
a congressional committee call on
resident Harding and request a
the fact that European nations "seem
70 De rapidly drifting toward war"
Committee Adjourns.
The Senate foreign relations com
mittee adjourned, after a closed ses-
sion, without action and without
making plans for any future meet
ings, and administration leaders said
the general consensus of committee
opinion was that there was nothing
requiring any action at this time
whether supporters of the Robin
son proposal would seek to bring the
subject up In the Senate despite the
view OF the committee, was uncertain
Senator Borah, republican, Idaho.
mas announced that he expects to re-
new his proposal for a world eco
nomlc conference called by the
have expressed their belief that the
Senate should declare for complete
withdrawal by the United States from
its present unofficial connection with
the reparation commission.
Senator Johnson. republican. Cali
committee today that the information
supplied by Mr.. Hughes had not
changed his belief that the present
unonacfatsAmerfcan participation in
the reparations negotiations is IAN
omolous and undesirable" He said
the documents demonstrated more
clearly than ever that Roland W. Boy
den and other unofficial American OBJ
servers were involving the United
States in the reparations tangle.
Senator Borah did not attend the
committee meeting. He said he would
be unable before Monday to prepare
his new resolution for an economic
conference, but expected to ask for
its consideration early next week.
The Chalmers resolution. introduc-
ed in the House, declared that al
though the people of the United
States were opposed to entering an
other war, no power on earth could
keep this country out of such a con-
iict as seemed to be threatened in
Europe.
The congressional committee would
be authorized to formulate the
agenda for the conference "and issue
the call in the name of the people OF
the United States"
Civilization is approaching danger"
said Mr.. Chalmers in a statement. "A
fight Is brewing on the international
world campus. The United States is
opposed to that fight. II 1t Is to be
stopped. II must be now. We must not
sit supinely by and allow civilization
to go on the rocks. The lives of your
boy and my boy are at stake. Let us
act vigorously and act now"