The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1923-10-23
COOLIDGE WILL
BE MADE TOOL
FOR EUROPEANS
President Declines to
Express Opinion or
Attitude Toward In
ternationalism.

unavailing and press statements that
he has abandoned the idea are un-
warranted. Ii MIR. Coolidge has made
up his mind he has kept his own coun-
sci. He has. however, permitted IT to
be known that he intends TO consult
Senators, Democratic as well as Re-
publican. about the proposition. Cen
orally speaking, the Democrats will en-
dorse the court as a step in the direc-
ton of the League of Nations, and
generally speaking the Republicans
will oppose it for the same reason.
This situation was tersely and accur-
atcly described by Senator Johnson of
California when he returned from Eu-
rope. He said. The latest effort to
take us into the maelstrom of Europe
by an international court of the league
is OF course indirect We are told we
are not to enter the league by the back
door, the front door or the cellar door;
but the fact is we are asked to house
ourselves in a separate building upon
the estate OF the league. Those who
wish us to enter the league care little
whether for the moment we are in the
original structure. If we may be in
duced to enter that which is a part
they know full well when retreat is no
longer possible we can be driven into
the main building
Professor Irving Fisher, who Gre
ated amazement in Washington by de-
claring that President Harding was
for the League OF Nations and ever
since has been trying to take back his
why. il membership in the league
would menace the sovereignty OF the
United States, European nations,
members OF the league, have no fear
for their sovereignty. As one able
member OF the administration points
out, Mr.. Fishers question has been
pretty we'll answered by Italy. Obvi-
ously Italy had no fear of the obi
cations imposed by the league coven-
ant because when it suited her con-
vcnience she calmly repudiated those
obligations. But as Senators Johnson,
Borah and others have pointed out,
the United States is not willing to
assume solemn obligations with the
mental reservation that it will break
whenever convenient
Appropos of the World Court. SEN
ator Hiram Johnson has declared that,
However well intended, it is a dread
full thing to tell our people that the
international court will stop war or
that it will have the slightest effect
upon wars" And that dreadful
thing is precisely what every advo-
cate of the league OF nations is doing.
what the Democrats in their campaign
literature and political utterances are
telling the people of this country
wherever they can find nearer. And
until President Coolidge does take a
stand on the world court plan. those
and false statements will
go on unanswered by those who could
answer them with the greatest author
ity and force.
Some practical method of aiding the
farmers is the problem which is most
worrying Mr.. Coolidge and his adj
visers. They are about convinced OF
the efficacy of some form of CO.
operative marketing, but are having
great difficulty in deciding on what
form. Secretary Wallace believes he
has a plan. He would create a Cow
eminent corporation to buy wheat and
market it abroad, on credit where nee
essary. Then, to insure the Govern
ment against loss, he would impose
an excise tax on all wheat next year,
to be collected at the elevators. His
idea is that il it be necessary to cut
prices abroad in order to make sales,
the excise tax would make up that
difference and also that it would re-
pay to the Government any sum it
might lose by selling on time.
1t cannot be denied that the election
Of the Farmer-Labor candidate 10 the
Senate from Minnesota. the election
Of a Democrat TO the House from
and other Democratic
or increased minorities,
have combined TO occasion the Re-
publican leaders considerable anxiety
regarding next years national election.
il is believed that il the
nominate a man who APP
Desls TO the imagination Of the people
rs himself having imagination and in
,iative and as representing the for
ward looking and cnterprising ele-
nent in the Republican party, the
Democrats can be defea,ed-slways
provided the Republicans work to-
sether But the leaders obviously re-
gard the situation much as did the old
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