Evening star., 1924-06-12
PRESIDENT WINS
WORLD COURT PLANK
Stand Taken by Convention Be
ieved Clear-Cut Victory
for Coolidge.
FACES FIGHT IN SENATE
Fiibuster May Hold Up Proposal
at Short Session.
FACES FIGHT IN SENATE
ny &. GOULD LINCOLN.
STAFF Corr~spoudent of Tns Star.

Sl4f. ELAND, June IZ.-Ine Onl1eH
States is going into the world court
with such reservations as those pro-
posed by the late President Harding
and Secretary Hughes and later re-
| proposed by President Coolidge. if
the foreign relations plank adopted
ny the Republican national commit
tee means anything and the Repubi-
can ticket is successful at the polls
! in November
| The President won out in his tight
Tor the inclusion Of q definite. un-
compromising Endorsement of tn1
existing Permanent Court Of InterrIa-
uonal Justice and the proposed ad-
herence Of the United States unde-
the plan proposed by him.
Now he must fight il out with tbo
Senate. In this latter fight he will
De successful also, il is confidently
prediction. Not only will he have the
support of the majority Of his own
| party in the Senate, but he will .lsr
nave the support of the Democrats If
/ the Senate. with the exception Of one
or TWO senator's. The senate unorr
| the constitution. along with the
president. is vested with the power
OF dealing with the foreign Relations
OF the country. II requires tuo
thlrds vote of the Senate to anproye
a treaty or protocol.
History of Protocol
The protocol proposing adherence
of the United States to the world
court. with certain reservations safe
guarding the United States from be-
coming involved in the league of ma
flOnS. he
tions committee of the Senate bv the
late President Harding There il has
slumbered. Recently the world cour,
proposal was revived. and a resolu-
ton drafted by Senator Pepper or
Pennsylvania and representing a kind
OF compromise between those who ia
Nored the entrance of the United
States into the world court and those
who were aVerSe to adherence to the
present court was reported favorabl4
to the Senate.
The resolution was straddle. The
senators who supported il were anx
iouS that d similar compromise prop
osition should be included in the Re
publican platform.
President Coolidge and his support
ers have contended there should be 4
clear-cut definite statement with re-
gard TO the world court Either the
United States should go into the
court or it should not. That is the
question as seen by the President
There has been no thought Of inN"l'
ing the United States in the league al
nations. The league is an issue which
the President has considered closed
1t is so stated in the foreign rela-
tions plank of the platform now ap-
proved
The President is going to the coun
try in November on this issue along
with others.
posed 10 the plan % the President,
either in whole or in part, came 10
Cleveland with the intention of hay
ing included in the platform plank
which. as they said. should be broad
enough for all Republicans To stand
together on. This spelled compro-
mise if carried into effect. But Pres
dent Coolidge showed himself sadly
lacking in Willingness TO c0mpromlse
And the plank now adopted is tho r.
suit of his insistence.
johnson Effort. Failed.
Senator Hiram Johnson Of Cali
fornia campaigned for tho Repuhl
can nomination for several months,
attacking the Coolidge administra
tion and laying particular stress on
the iniauities of the world court. He
found that the country was against
MN, Even IdliOTnldt his ON VI ebdlt.
instructed its delegates to the con
yention for Coolidge. The word
court danger. which senator Johnson
laid before the voters, apparently had
no terrors for them.
In the committee on resolutions
Yesterday Senator Watson. member
of that committee. pleaded for a com
promise. for something that would. As
he said make il possible for all the
Republican senators 10 approve the
r-ala ions
much discussion Of the plank. Ei-'
forts were made by those whom Sen
ator Watson represented to have IN
cluded phrase to the effect that the
world court was tribunal TO winch
we might go but not be brought" but
this was turned down
Watson Gets Angry.
The resolutions committee session
grew hot and heavy over the issue
Senator Watson argued pleasantly
at first found he was making no
headway and grew angry. He insist
ed on having some quotations from
Coolidge speech included in the
plank. because he thought they would
not make the plank read SO pIAlhiF
and bluntly in favor of the court.
But were saving Just What you
want to say, only saying IT co"d
deal stronger" explained Chairman
Warren of the committee. But final
IL Watson demanded heatedlN:
why are you so anxious to have
il read lust your way, Warren
Because that is the way the Presi-
dent wrote the plank, answered .
Mr.. Warren. calmly.
The plank. as finally adopted. reads:
"The Republican party reaffirms its
stand for agreement among the Ma
tions To prevent war and preserN"
peace. As An important step in thiS
direction, we indorse the PERMANENT
Court of International Justice, and
favor adherence of the United States
to this tribunal as recommended by
President Coolidge This government
has definitely refused membership in
the league of nations. and to assume
any obligations under the covenant
of the league. on this we stand
There is nothing equivocal about
it, The country will know where
President Coolidge stands,
The world court proposal will mott
come before the Senate until Con-
gress reassembIes in December, un-
less Congress should be called to-
gether earlier in special session. That
will be Il short session. in which f1i-
clustering tactics may easily be used to
block consideration of measures to
which there may be strong opposition.
The people Of the country have not
been widely interested in the world
court proposal Domestic issues dur
ing the last six months have held
their attention. 1t may be that IL has
been given undue prominence in the
last week or two. IL so, it was be-
cause the world court presented an
issue between the President and a
group OF senator's some of whom
have withstood the President on
other issues. The question has been.
would President Coolidge assume the
leadership of the Republican party, or
would he have to divide it, or even
yield TO what has been known rs the
Senate oligarchy. In a measure,
the world court question has been