The Colorado statesman., 1924-02-02

posed Box endeavor.
This view OF the case, the view of
friends of the plan, is given In order
that the ordinary layman espouser Of
the proposal shall not take the result
of the referendum too seriously. The
proponents of the plan know well
enough that the senate as at present
constituted never will give endorse
ment to the plan after 1t has been put
In resolution, bill or treaty form for
submission to congress. The support
ers Of the plan here in Washington and
who give voice on the subject, there
fore. seemingly want It to be known
that they have no great hope that
congress will give its endorsement. no
matter what the referendum may seem
to show.
Real Referendum at tho Polls.
So far as the Washington viewpoin,
is concerned, it seems that the refer
endum on n World court and on
the League of Nations, is to be held
next summer and fall-that is in the
election. The feeling of the friends
of n modified Woodrow Wilson plan
seems to be that a change has come
in the country since the election OF
1920 and that today there are hundreds
Of thousands of voters who, in
sort of despair because Europe cannot
get Strengthened out any other way.
now are willing that something shall
be tried to bring order out of disorder,
even If once they objected to the trial
of anything that looked as If 1t might
lead into the field of European trou'
bles
II is not determined yet definitely
whether the senators actually will en-
dorse resolution of inquiry to de
termine whether or not the Box peace
plan competition was instituted for the
purpose of coercing the senate of the
United States. OF course everybody
here knows that such an inquiry would
prove nothing, and that the very sug
gestion of II is simply n mark OF re-
sentiment that anybody should have the
temerity to attempt to try to find out
whether the American people are In
favor of something which some of their
representatives in the senate look on
with hatred. 1t would be something
of a blow to the self love of good
many senator's If they should be made
to know that the humble ones who sent
them to the senate do not hold them to
be infallible because of their high
! place.
Some days have passed since the
Box peace plan was made public. The
senate in part, has done nothing but
attempt to pour contempt on Mr.. Bok's
pride of achievement The wish, of
course, is father to the thought that
the plan will not amount to anything.
1t Is held here as certain that It will
take referendum result of Niagara
like power to move the irreconcllables
from their place of antagonism.
Patriots VS.. Yellow Students.
In round numbers there are $4,000
officers of the Reserve corps of the
United States. Probably ninety-five
per cent of these officers served dur
ing the great war and by expressing
their willingness to stay in the re-
serve thpv Simnlv served notice that
/ their patriotism is OF kind which will
hiitne tnem Wiling to serve again III
case of their country's need.
There is an organization called the
Reserve Officers Association of the
! United States with headquarters In
| Washington, of which John Ross Della
field, brigadier general In the Reserve
corps. is the president This ussocia
tion, composed us It Is of men who
have served, and self-sacrificingly ar,
willing to serve again, is looking with
| dismay and disgust-disgust Is the
word-on the action of group OF
several hundred delegates TO recent
convention of an organization of stud
ents of the United States who. aftel
I their convention was over. as IL minor
ity insisted that meeting should bt
| called later to discuss the question
/ of whether or not the students Ol
| America should pledge themselves t,
refuse in the future to aid in the
| prosecution of war, either directly on
| indirectly
The members of the Reserve corps
nre civilians and not professional
soldiers. They are in every walk OF
life. Through the president of til,
association has gone telegram o.
! protest TO DIR. Joseph c. Robbins, chair
man of the recent convention of stu
dents, saying that those delegates t,
| the convention who insisted that q
meeting should be called to discuss
the question given above were guilt.
of treason to their country.
Denounced by Delafisid.
Now it must not be understood thai
this convention of students which was
held recently endorsed the plea OF
many of the delegates that pledg,
should he taken to refrain from any
act of helpfulness in a war In which
their country might become engaged
The main body of the delegates de