Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-22
PRESIDENT GETS
TO KANSAS CITY
ON HOTTEST DAY
Violent React ion to
St. Louis Speech
Predicted
ROLDEST Def YET
Suggests That World
Court Be Self
Perpetual
BOLDEST Def YET
Ry Lawrence MARTIN, U. P. Staff
Correspondent. Copyright 1928
by United Press).
by United Press Leased Wire

By United Press Leased wire
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, June 22.-
President and Mrs. Harding came
to the heart of AMERICA today along
with the hottest weather Of the
summer.
While Kansas City folks dropped
and wilted under sun that scorch
ed everything the President and
Mrs. Harding looked cool and
fresh, in spite of day almost as
hot as in st. Louis yesterday.
After thirteen mile drive over
city boulevards that radiated Ibe
blistering heat, Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
ding kept up their strenuous pace
by shaking hands with several
thousand Missourians in a down
town hotel. Then they relaxed for
a few hours before the president
delivered the second formal speech
of his western trip.
ENROUTE TO KANSAS CITY
ON BOARD PRESIDENT HARD
1NG'S SPECIAL, June 22.-Pres-
ident Harding has either taken into
camp the enemies of his world court
plan or he has surrendered the
proposal to their mercies, knowing
that they will kill it.
The president believes he has done
the former, that by appearing to
yield generously to their demand for
reservations, he has forced Lodge,
Watson and the other disaffected
republican senators to put on their
reservations and then ratify the
court protocol or convict themselves
before the country of insinccrity.
The reaction to Mr.. Harding's
world court speech to an audience
of 10000 last night probably will
be violent. The president will ndt
be surprised if. it is.
He expects, for example, that the
irreconcilables will at once raise 4
clamor against his suggestion that
the court be. made self-perpetnating.
Amazing Utterance
That suggestion. one. of the most
amazing ever uttered by an Amer
lean president, was put into the
speech against the advice Of some
of Mr.. Harding s close friends. His
purpose was simply to force a de-
finite line up on the court to show
who are for it, who against it, and
who is trying to knife. it while os-
tensibly supporting it in principle.
The st. Louis speech was, in fact
the boldest challenge Mr.. Harding
has yet put up to that group of
senators who have lately been trv-
ing to ruin him, not only on the
court issue, but on domestic mat
ters, some of them purely political
The president was warned before
he delivered his St. Louis speech
that it would please either the
friends or the foes of the world
court plan.
Mr.. Harding said last night he
would not try to coerce the SEN
ate nor impose his will on the peo-
pie and "score "A victory for OK
ecutive insistence. - He will not
repeat. if he can help it, the ex-
perience of Woodrow Wilson with
the Versailles treaty.
/ Wants u. s. in Court
He wants most earnestly to get
the United States into the court.
He is willing to accept any method,
any reservation that will insure
American membership. The reason
is that the court plan is the corner
stone of the Harding administra-
ton 8 whole plan for world peace.
Without American membership in
the court, other items in the Hard.
ing international program will eth.
er be rendered impractieable OF
seriously delayed
Senator Lodge at recent con
ference with Mr. Harding at the
white house told the president the
reservations he. Watson and the
other dissatisfied republicans want.
ed. Mr.. Harding last night virtual
ly accepted Lodges proposals.
Last night = audience received the
speech with only moderate enthus-
iasm. Mr.. Harding chose a difficult
audience for his court address. He
was soaking to people who have
very largely supported the extreme
irreeoncilable views of Senators
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