The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-07

HUGHES IS
BEHIND
DRIVE
Lodge and Other G. O. p. Sena-
tors Hope Measure viii
Sleep Itself to Death.
By JOHN T. LAMBERT,
co.no0o1It.n Nav. s.rv,oe.

By JOHN Il. LAMBETH,
CosmopOlltan News Service.
A desperate drive to force the
World Court through the Senate
was started here today on the
heels of President Coolidge's mes
sage.
Secretary Hughes is in the
forefront of the drive. He had
been camping on the White House
front steps for four weeks. Sec
Rotary Hoover is with him. Elihu
Root has his shoulder to the
wheel. The organized banking
forces of the country will throw
the strength of their lobby be-
hind Hughes, Hoover, and Root
20 protect their own investments
IN foreign bonds and to secure
the underwriting profits which will
come from the fiotation of new
loans.
Hughes Is. Determined.
Despite the 1000. 600 majority
under which foreign entanglements
were buried. Hughes is determined
to force the World Court out of
the Foreign Relations Committee
and get vote upon It IN the Senate
before next falls election. Senator
Lodge viii have 10 bear the brunt
OF the unusual pressure which win
be brought to bear.
Coolidge is not disposed to believe
the World Court win stand up be-
fore this Senate. TO force It
through, he will be obliged to aban.
don every one of his important
domestic policies.
That he is not willing to do. He
believes he viii have to face the
public on what he is able to ac-
complish on the important problems
here. He believes in a court. He
decided to tell the country SOL and
there let the9 issue drop. The
Senate win get no inference from
him on il.
Attitude Of Senator's.
The present disposition of Senator
Lode ard his colleagues on the
Foreig'. Relations Committee is to
let the World Court continue to
dies from s.IaiIention.
The Permanent Court Of Interna-
tional Justice was organized by the
league. 1t IL maintained by the
league. Its judges are paid by the
league. Its principal business is to |
interpret the covenant. of the league.
The colt and the league are
Siamese twins. The poison of one
putrifies the other.
Lodge will be grateful >to anyone
who can step right up and explain
how the court can be adopted with
out the League. Wilson formed
the League and got lot of foreign
countries to go into it. including
the Kingdom of Hedjaz. Our people
declined 81 go in. Now Coolidge,
to those countries. "Quit the World
Court and come into a new court
with u.s.
Lodge believes that this country
has got to go into the World Court
Of the League OF Nations or keep
out OF it. There is no other court
that can be created from the whim-
steal substitutes that have been pro-
posed Coolidge insists that it must
have no contact with the League.
VIII Take Up Treaties.
The impression here is that the
Foreign Relations Committee will
devote all it's attention at present
to the numerous treaties before it
Including the new treaties with
Mexico and Turkey-and will en-
courage the Court to slumber on
unless Senator Borah or some
spokesman for Hughes. ct al, wakes
Il up and it starts crying.
Coolidge's speech to Congress stir
red up two spontaneous outbursts
of APPLAUSE One was when he
said our policy is to avoid entang-
ling alliances which would jeopar-
die our safety. The other was
when he insisted upon more sub
marines and aeroplanes, declaring
"A people who neglect their national
defense are putting in jeopardy
their national honor"
The policy Of the present Con-
gress evidently is to have the co&n-
try keep its powder dry-to spend
something on national defense at
home, and not to trust its safety
to a court in which Europe will
have dozen judges to Americas
one.
The real danger in the situation
II that the people will lose their
vigilance and that Hughes, Hoover
and Root will have the world court
rushed through the Senate when
no one is looking. very sharply.