The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-05
|B0RAH RAISES
IRE OF WOMAN
AT PEACE MEET
Mary Logan Tucker Holly
Protests Fling At Pa
triOtic Bodies
SENATOR BELITTLES.
ARMS CONFERENCE
Hopes Dawes Plan Will
Be Equal To It's Task,
But Fears 1t Won't

WASHINGTON, May .4.-Senator
William e. Borahs chances of deliver
ing the Coolidge nominating speech at
the Cleveland convention appeared to
have faded Sunday after he delivered
a speech before the Women's Interna-
tional League for Peace and Freedom,
which showed him somewhat at variance
with the views of the regular republi-
can keynoters.
During his speech, Borah drew an in
dignant protest from Mary Logan Tuck
err, daughter of Gen. John A. Logan, of
Civil war fame, for a reference to pa
triotic organizations who have been
attempting to interfere with the peace
meetings. Borah also questioned the re-
suits of the Washington arms confer
ence, the Dawes report. and declared
radicals are believers in clean govern
ment.
ION Wrong Scent
Borah's appearance before the enthu-
siastically pacifist league is believed to
fully explain his declaration at the
White House Saturday, that those who
looked for him for the nominating speech
at Cleveland were ION the wrong scent"
1--WE have had disarmament con-
ference and we have destroyed number
Of obsolete battleships," Borah con-
tinued.
"At the time the conference occurred
naval experts recognized battleships as
passe. ] am not critieising the confer
ence. They did as well as could be ex-
pected and should get all the.credit due.
But they were unable to reach any
agreement in regard to the real menace,
airplanes and submarines, and could not
materially cope with the problem of pre-
venting war.
Let me call your attention to an
historical fact which may interest those
who incorporate the heroisan Of their
azsestbfs the senat8r said with the
criticisms By pa tfiotic societies against
the peace league in mind.
Rises To Protest
Mary Logan Tucker, daughter of
General Logan, and member of the
ID. "A. r., Daughters Of 1872, and the
Legion Of Loyal Women, rose to protest.
League members attempted to shout
her down. Borah insisted that she be
allowed to speak.
II don't think it proper to assume
an attitude of cynicism toward pa
triotic societies." she told the senator.
Il know Senator Borah on second
thought would not do anything unfair
or ungentlemanly."
"Nor on first thought, either" Bo-
rah replied and went on to describe the
recognition of the provisional govern
ment of the French revolution by PFesi-
dent Washington and his cabinet,
which Borah described as the greatest
American cabinet, mot even excepting
that of the present day."
II hope the Dawes plan will prove
equal to its task" the senator con-
tinued.
But my opinion is that they viii
never settle the reparations question
until a definite sum which Germany
must pay is established"
In declaring his belief that recogni-
ton of Russia is necessary to the
sterilization and pacification of Eu-
rope, Borah remarked eff agents of
the Department of Justice are here,
/ hope they will let me continue.
'In these days, all who do not be-
long to our crowd or our organize
ton are radicals, though il there was
anything our forefathers fought for, it
was free speech" Borah said.
Right To Discuss
The delegates who have been criti-
cized to the extent of having resolu-
tions passed against their meetings by
patriotic societies cheered wildly when
Borah told them You people have an
absolute right under the Constitution
to discuss your views as much as you
want to"
Borah swung at Nicholas Murray
Butler. president of Columbia univer-
sity, when he described the educators
recent remarks alleging the fallacy of
the eighteenth amendment as ''lawless,
and in the last analysis anarchy"
Another popularity of radicals. Borah
said, is that they believe in clean gov
eminent and he launched into a brief,
but sarcastic description of what he
called the recent discoveries that the
Washington scandals were exposed at
the behest of Moscow in an attempt to
overthrow the United States govern
ment.
at has not been shown" the Seha-
tor shouted, that Lenine guaranteed
Doheny's loan"
"A radical" he said, lis one who be-
lieves in free speech, the Constitution
and clean government. So as we all
believe in those things let us have a
real radical meeting