The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-27
TRIP ID EUROPE WARNS LEADER ERS TO IGNORE LEAGUE
American People So Preju- diced Democrats Think IS-
 sue Not Live At Present
By RAYMOND CHAPTER (LeaSed Wire to The Age-Herald)

NhNHSC0 NlTC IO The AkE=hrEaluJ
 WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.-Demo- rope are convinced that the League of Nations will live, but are ready to drop it as a campaign issue in 1924.
 The American people are so preJu diced against the league that 1t will be some years before they will con sent to listen pen-mtndedly to the case for the league. Therefore, 1t behooves the democratic party to drop the question for the present. and wait for vindication in the years to come. This, in brief, is the attitude of the leaders of the party who have been to Europe, looked into the workings of the league, and weighed all political angles of the situation. This means that the democrats, in their 1924 platform will be extremely guarded in their remarks on foreign policy. They will condemn the re- publican administration for lack of any policy whatever, will pay trib- ute to the noble international ideals of Woodrow Wilson, and stop at that The observations of Senator Swan son of Virginia, who was one of Will sons most trusted advisers during the treaty fight, are typical
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 League Doing Great Work.
 "The League of Nations Is doRg a wonderful work, and 1t is going to live whether the United States Joins it or not" he said Wednesday on his return from Geneva. "'rhe league is performing a great world service in dealing with questions pertaining to public health, traffic in narcotics, and the status of labor. Even the United States is cooperating with the league in suppression of mar cotics.
 T don't look for the United States to go into the league at least for a long time. and they are coming to realize over there that we are not going in. But the league will go on and Will grow in strength wheth- CT we belong or not"
 Senator Robinson of Arkansas, who is to be the minority leader in the coming Senate, is preparing state ment of his views to be published Friday. Both Robinson and Swan son defend the leagues course in the Greco-Italian fracas.
 ''Enemies of the league were try ing to stampede it into forcible sc- ton but the league has demonstrated its good Judgment in remaining within its clearly defined powers, Swanson said. Tt has also dis proved the republican claim that it was to function as 8 superstate."
 These views failed to make any impression on Senator Borah.
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 League Dead. Says Borah.
 "The league killed itself when t permitted France to get into the Ruhr It is as dead as Julius Ceas- ar now" he said in reply to the democratic senators. /"I don't think you will see anything about the league in the democratic platform next year That is the real test or what they think of it.'
 Swanson was much impressed with the influence which the American iurist. John Bassett Moore, has on the world court. and said he favored American membership on the terms originally proposed by Harding. The -perpetuating change suggested by Harding at St. Louis would not be considered abroad, swanson said nor would any other change in the method of electng judges be la vorably received.
 view on the league is offered by Senator Burton K. Wheeler, Mon tana progressive democrat. He has returned opposed to the leagVe as he was before he went abroad
 Oe the democratic leaders who are likely to be candidates for the presl- dential nomination, only James M. Cox of Ohio, has come out fatly in favor of joining the league. Under wood has not repudiated the league, as a recent Interview represented, vet he regards it as dead political issue, and intends 10 leave 1t alone in his political addresses.