The Washington times., 1923-06-01
No Rift With President, Says
Chairman Adams-TelIs
Hard of Harmony.
BY WILLIAM HARD.

completely for the League. 1t got
i united by the simple process OF just
swallowing the proposition without
any party discussion. 1t took It
ready-made and went to the polls as
united as a party could be. The
only trouble was that the country
was united the other way.
1.-The Republican party today Is
seeking a party unity of a differ
emit kind which will bring a diff
| ferent result. 1t is getting the
views of all of its leaders. 1t Is
getting the views of its rank-and-
| file. 1t Is working out policy
which will square with the actual
sentiments of the whole party and
which will be broad enough and
American enough to fit the whole
country.
Denies Rift With Harding.
"Our Democratic friends profess
today to be filled with joy over
! what they call a split or rift be.
tween the Republican National
Committee and the President. No
such thing exists. AS chairman OF
the committee, 1 predict now, as
| I have continuously predicted, the
successful denomination and the
successful reelection OF President
Harding.
'eThe plain actual fact IL that the
discussion between Republicans re-
garding the World Court are de-
veloping a party opinion which will
rally the country to the best way
of maintaining friendly relations
with all countries while retaining
complete Americanism for Amer
lea. and on the platform of such
ar-fNy a
w re-elect that absolute American,
Warren Harding"
Back of this optimistic view by
Adams there. lie the following
facts:
Republican Senators who wore
supporting President Harding for
reelection but who at once opposed
his World Court policy do not seem
in any way to have been thrown
thereby into any personal opposi-
ton to him. They continue to sup
port him for reelection.
The President meanwhile. al
though he called no council of the
Republican party hefore he came
forward with the World Court pol
icy, has not in any way tried to
nrevent or impede the subsequent
development of party Spinion re-
garding the value of that policy.
Plan Reservations.
Republican senators in numerous
cases are trying to evolve a scheme
of reservations which will give
the United States a membership in
a World Court according to the
Presidents wish while at the same
time harmonizing that membership
with what is felt to be the coun-
try's 1920 verdict against any asso-
citation with the League.
This effort is in certain cases be-
| ing made by senators who are not
at all identified with the "irrecon-
cilables." They do not agree with
Borah and Johnson and La Toilette
but they nevertheless are seeking
sort of middle ground between
those senators on the one hand and
| Secretary Hughes on the other.
Senator David A. Reed, for in
stance. in a telegram to Washing
ton. says:
There is no authority whatever
for the report that I have Joined
with Senator Borah or any one else
to oppose the World Court. My
present inclination is to favor it
| with proper reservations regarding
election of judges and exclusion Of
certain vital matters not capable
of arbitration. am still studying
the proposition and have not prom.
ised to vote for or against the pro-
posal.'
ELECTION of Judges"
The vital words in Senator Reeds
| telegram are the ones in which ne
speaks of proper reservations ere
garding the election of judges"
". l. - tel I-,t
strong effort will be made to
bring it about that if the United
States Joins the World Court, then
the Judges Of the Court will cease
to be elected by the League and
will begin to be elected in some
other way
| 1t is admitted by all that when
the Court was organized there We're
many ideas among it's organizers
regarding the manner of the cleo
ton Of its judges. It is admitted
| by all that at that time the elect
| ing Of its judges by and through
| the League was not regarded as
| obligatory The influence which
| turned the Courts organizers to-
ward having it's judges elected by
the League was An American Re
publican, Elihu Root. It is not
| LnouSnC inappropriate lndL the
method of election which Flihu
Root arranged should be rearranged
by other American Republicans.
Some thirty-two Republican SAna-
tors are now counted among those
who have expressed themselves as
desiring stringent reservations to
the World Court senatorial resolu.
ton.
SeeF Harmony to Result.
The fight therefore Is not going
to he a fight between the ten or
twelve Republican 'irfeconcilables"
and the rest of the party. 1t is
going to be a much broader and
more general battle in which the
Views of all factions will be OK
pressed and out Of which 1t is
| hoped that q general party con-
sent will be gathered either to the
postponment OF the resolution,
awaiting further information from
Europe, or else to its passage with
reservations satisfactory to the
overwhelming majority Of the Re-
publican party.
The President, II is stated on ex.
cellent authority. is letting these
| senatorial DEVELOPMENTS go forward