The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-30

This action came forward at q
special meeting Of the organization
called 1.-THE Emergency Foreign
Policy Conference" in which leading
Left Wing Senators and leading
Left Wing members Of the Lower
House were and are prominent
participants.
The La Toilette movement thus
threw its hat into the political ring
not only on domestic issues but also
now on foreign issues.
At the meeting of "The Emery
ency Foreign Policy Conference" in
a local hotel here today, with Jane
Adams and Edwin Markham and
other celebrities in attendance, a
speech on foreign affairs was de-
livered by United States Senator
Henrik Shipstead of Minnesota in
which he demanded that the slogan
Of Let the People Rule" should be
applied to foreign affairs as we'll as
to affairs within the national
boundaries. He strongly criticized
what he alleged to be the secrecy
now characterizing negotiations
with foreign governments. He de.
demanded publicity for those
negotiations.
Want Specific Policy.
1t appeared, however, that be.
sides wanting publicity, the Left
Wing Senators and Congressman
want also a certain specific sort
Of policy toward Europe irrespec.
tive of publicity or secrecy.
With Congressman John M. Mel
son, leader of the Progressive
Group" in the House of Represent
atives, occupying the chair in the
Emergency Foreign Policy Con-
ference meeting, Mr.. Basil Manly,
who is the chief economic expert
in the La Toilette organization, and
one of La Follettes closest friends,
presented the following resolutions:
I'VE oppose any attempt to raise
in America funds necessary to
carry out the Dawes report until
the French armies of invasion have
completely evacuated the Ruhr and
Rhine"
Seek Permanent Body.
Steps were taken to make the
emergency foreign policy confer
ence" into permanent organization
for gaining information and for
spreading information regarding
foreign affairs in the line and in
the tone Of the resolution above
mentioned.
A message of encouragement was
sent to the meeting by Senator La
Toilette, and a message was said to
be on it's way from Senator Cope.
land of New York.
Approval of the general idea and
Of the general work Of the "emer.
gency foreign policy conference" as
a permanent organization was ex-
pressed by Senator Howell of
Nebraska, by Senators Ladd and
Frazier Of North Dakota, by Sena-
tor Brookhart of Iowa, Republicans,
and by Senator Wheeler of Mon
tana and Senator Dill Of Washing
ton, Democrats, as well as by Sena-
tors Shipstead and Magnus johnson
Of Minnesota, Farmer-Laborites.
1t was also apparent that a SINH
was forthcoming from the CORE
spending elements in the House of
Representatives. which now hold
the balance of political power in
the House.
Would Mix i'm Europe.
The ultimate significance of the
matter is that the left wing of Con-
gress, which dominantly has been
''irreconcilable" and which domi-
nantly has been against all interfer-
ence by the United States in Eu-
rope, now steps forward to cham.
pion openly certain sort of Ameri-
can policy toward Europe on behalf
especially of the Northwestern farm
ers, but also on behalf of general
idea Of so.called democratic" and
'anti.imperialistic" and "anti-mili-
tarism" relations between nations.
The Conference" today sent a
cablegram to Germany exhorting
the German people to refrain from
putting the German "imperialistic"
and "jingoistic" party into power in
the coming German elections.
The Conference" today was
charged by it's enemies with being
pro-German. In reply the delegates
pointed out that they were exhort-
ing the German people to cast aside
forever the leadership of the jiSgo-
istic Junkers who made the late
great war and who made Germany
an asserted menace to the world
La Toilette Foreign Policy.
In any case, whatever the merits
or demerits may be of the ideas
which this Conference" brought
forward in its meeting here today,
the political result is that the La
Toilette movement has developed d
line of foreign policy which it will
advocate in its agitations and activi-
ties this summer and this fall. The
line thus adopted is as follows:
1. France to evacuate Germany.
Q. Complete independence and self
determination for every nation &C.
cording to the announced notions Of
Woodrow Wilson.
3. Complete publicity for foreign
affairs according to the notions and
efforts of the famous British or.
ganization called THE Union for
Democratic Control"
A. Progressive disarmament &C.
cording to the recent New York
speech Of Calvin Coolidge.
5. Active interest in European
affairs by the American Govern.
ment on behalf of markets for the
progressive and uprising North
western farmer.
Such will be, on the whole, the
apparent gist of Robert Marion La
Follette's policy regarding foreign
affairs in his possible candidacy
for the Presidency this fall.
Copyright, 1924. Washington Press