The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-22
Harding Gaining Votes
For His World Court
Plan. Is Opinion Here

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,,~.. Although it is yet too early to de
termine accurately just how much
- Of the Senatorial opposition to the
=. Administrators world court pro
=. .posal has been swept aside by Pres
.ident Harding's speech in st. Louis
last night, it was the opinion in re.
sponsible political circles here today
that the way has been cleared for
the adoption OF reservations that
will assure the approval of the
Harding Hughes program.
BY proposing to divorce the court
. entirely from the League of Nations
and to make it self-perpetuating by
permitting the judges to name their
n own successors, the President has
challenged the irreconcilable anti
y league element either to come to his
support or to be placed in q posi-
ton of inconsistency.
Democrats who have faithfully
- backed up the international court
6 idea because they thought 1t was a
? step toward the league, despite the
= administrator denials, may not
; be so keen for the new Harding
plans, but they are not expected to
u desert the ranks Of those who want
the United states in the court.
G9 Mr.. Harding's announced willing
extent with the Senate to get the
court protocol ratified In the next
Congress win serve to develop q
feeling of harmony in Republican
= = ranks, according to the belief here,
." thus averting open warfare between
. the pr0Acourt and anti.court fac
Z lions. while the Administration and
the Foreign Relations Committee
? get together on the question Of ap-
proprfate reservations.
The Presidents suggestions for
changes in the methods Of operating
and selecting the personnel Of the
reservations for submission to the
Senate when it convenes in De-
{, cember
In addition to these suggested
amendments, the Foreign Relations
e Committee, headed by Senator
Lodge of Massachusetts, will have
some reservations Of its own.
There is no doubt that some bit.
ter fights will be staged before final
agreements are possible between the
Administration and the irreconcilAs
sfble opponents OF anything that
4 smacks of foreign entanglements.
. but friends of the court are firm in
the belief that Mr.. Harding will
have succeeded in selling his pro-
posal to the people before the time
comes for the Senate to act on It.
Shortly after ne returns from
Alaska late this summer. Presi-
: dent Harding contennplates a Sec
and and hurried speaking trip to
the Middle West. White House Of
ficials revealed today.
The proposed trip, which In vet
in highly speculative stage OF for
nation, would take thUe President
to about a dozen middle western
States, particularly those in the
Great Lakes region.
Originally, the President had
hoped to go to the coast on the
present journey by the northern
route, returning through the south.
west, traVersing the itinerary he
now is travelling westward. Friends
however, prevailed upon him to
abandon this plan, saying journeys
twice across the continent by rail
might result harmfully to Mrs.
Harding. That is why the Presi-
dent decided to make the return
journey from Alaska by water. feel
ing that both he and Mrs. Hard
ing would benefit. and that it
would give him an opportunity to
get y long rest preparatory to the
strenuous program mapped out for
him this winter. Moreover. he
wanted to study first hand condi-
tons in Porto Rico, rapidly de-
veioping into an enigmatic problem
for the Administrator.
The President. according to
White House attaches. is anxious
to visit this fall that portion of
the Middle West he was forced to
cut on the present trip. Invita-
tons literally have flooded the
White House asking him to make
the second tour.
If present plans materfalize. the
Chief Executive probably will in.
clude the following. States in the
fall visit: Illinois, Michigan, Iowa,
Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsyl.
vania. Minnesota. Nebraska and
likely the Dakotas.