The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-02-07
HELP FOR EUROPE
IS BIG PROBLEM
FEW MEN IN CONGRESS AGREE
ON MEANS THE UNITED
STATES MIGHT ADOPT.
PRESIDENT MUCH HAMPERED
Any Effective Program Which the Ad-
minIstration Might Think Wise
Would Require Congressional Sane
tion-WorId Waiting for Harding

Of opinion on the wisdom Of enterin
the League of Nations. :her are no
ten men In either house Of congress
apparently who are agreed upon an
one means by .,hich the United State
can help to untangle the tangled affair
Ct the Old WorlL
When George Washington Delivers
his farewell address-believed b.
many men to have been written b.
Alexander Hamilton-if he had omit
ted all reference to entangling ALL
ances the chances are that some O
the stock In trade Of the present con
gressional orators who speak on for
eign relations would have been lost
Washington's utterance Is used, curl
cusly enough. as II II were intended
10 mean two thing Some members
Of congress read certain meanings be-
tween the lines. while others say there
y nothing written between the lines
and that the utterance was straight,
direct and specific"
Any effective program for helping
10 strnighten out European affairs
must have the sanction of the Aneri-
can congress. There are certain
things which the President can do
alone, but they are not farreachIng
In their effects Even lonns to relieve
troubles abroad must get congress
siOnal sanction. AS has been written
many times before. the belief still
IL here that the administration would
like to 90 much farther afield in an
effort to help Europe than congress is
willing that It should go.
How the President 10 Hampered.
Now It may be that II vote in con-
gress could be taken Immediately after
the submission Of plan for helping
Europe. the Presidents suggestions
might be upheld: but inasmuch as the
senate Is law unto itself. minority
there can block any administration
movement that II chooses to block.
Another thing which stands In the
way of presidential endeavor to do
something which In administration
thought might heip Europe, IL the
fact that the Republican majority both
In house and senate 10 divided In Its
views as to what should be done In
the case In hand.
Some Republicans and some Demo
Gratis with them do not desire that
anything shall be done. while others
want much to b done that others still
believe Is going too far In the way Of
what might BE- called Intervention. |
The President has to take into con-
alteration the fact that his own poilti-
cal party II likely to be divided In
opinion on anything which he may
propose.
1t II still evident that something
shortly 10 to be done. or at amy rate
an attempt is to be made to do some
thing. The story that went flashing
the, country to the effect
that an enormous lean was to be made
10 Germany by the United States to
Enable II to meet its debts, was denied
II seemingly took the de-
alal long time to catch up with the
original tale and perhaps yet It has
rot overtaken II.
Various Stories Denied.
Another story to the effect that
commission was to be appointed to
'onfer with European commissioners
lso wns denied Other stories II
'ther kinds had deninls sent out on
heir trail within q few hours Of tie
ime they were given their start.
A great many bitter things are be-
ng said In Washington concerning the
Whole situation BY men who think
hat the United States can straIghten
'ut Europe II It SO desires and who
hink also that the Strengthening out
the financial affairs over there
means the STRENGTHENING out of finan-
ial Affairs al, through thu world and
he almost immediate return Of gen !,
raj prosperity. On the other hand,
here are men here who urge that any
ind Of an attempt to intervene In
EUROPE. even II the intention Is help
III. will result only in the entangling :
( the United States In matters with :
hitch II has no business to NEEDLE. ;
nd that something quite the reverse
( prosperity will result II the course
insisted upon.
Washington. and presumably the "
Duntry with =. Is engaged In what .
lr. Wilson called "watchful waiting"
,r something to come from the adj =
which looks like propo- /,
tion to strnlghten out the worlds a
'oubles. Europe Is also watching and
aiting. Something Is coming. What n
II to bef g
Senate Factions contendino. :
On the floor of the renate, day by
~, there is presented picture Of
oubIe political. factlonal and par-
san. The advocates of one measure A
e struggling to secure continued II
ogress for 1t against the efforts If j
lvOcates of another measure to sup. "
ant the measure Of the first part. CT
The last election played hob. The II
Republicans say that Il
J results did not In amy way so CT
uch as suggest reputation Of the q
-eeident's program Of legislation. p
hsse Republicans who apparently ara m