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
Filibuster May Hold Up Proposal
at Short Session.
FACES FIGHT IN SENATE
RY g. GOULD LINCOLN.
StsT Correspondent Of The Star,

STATES rs going INTO the WOrfd 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
pS the Republican national commit
tee means anything and the RepubIi-
can ticket is successful at the polls
in November
The President won out in his fight
ior the inclusion of definite, un-
compromise Endorsement Of the
existing Permanent Court of Interu.-
tlonal Justice and the proposed ad-
herence of the United States under
the plan proposed by him.
Now ne must fight il out with the
senate In this latter fight he will
De successful also, it is confidently
prediction Not only will he have mo
support of the majority of his own
party IN the Senate, but he will also
nave the support of the Democrats rr
the Senate. with the exception If ~.
or TWO senators. The Senate. undr r
lhe constitution. along with fhc
PRESIDENT. is vested with the nnu.rr
OF dealing with the foreign relation,
or the country II requires "A Two
lhirus vote or the Senate 10 approv.
treaty or protocol
History of Protocol,
The protocol proposing adherence
OF the United States To tho World
court, with certain reservations safe
guarding the United States from he
coming involved in the league of ma
lons, was sent to the foreign rela-
tions committee of the Senate nv ma.
late president Harding. There IL has
slum bered. Recently the world court
proposal was revived. and a resolu-
ton drafted by Senator Pepper of
Pennsylvania and representing 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 fayorably
to the Senate.
The resolution was a straddle. Tn.
senators who supported II were anx-
ious that a similar compromise prop
osition should be included in the Re
publican platform.
President Coolidge and his support
ers have contended there should be a
clear-cut. definite statement with re
gard to the world court Either the
United States should go into the
court or il should not. That is the
question as seen by the President.
There has been no thought of inVolv
ing the United States in the league Of
nations. The league Is an issue which,
the President has considered closed. 4
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.
Those senators who have been op-
posed 10 the plan - ,he President.
either in whole or in part, came 10
Cleveland with the intention of haN
ing included in the platform plank
which. As they said. should be broad
together on. This spelled compro
mise if carried into effect. But Presi
dent Coolidge showed himself sadly
lacking in Willingness to compromise.
And the plank now adopted is the re-
suit of his insistence. !
johnson Efforts Failed.
Senator Hiram Johnson Of Cali
fornia campaigned for the Republi
can nomination for several months.
attacking the Coolidge administra
tion and laying particular stress on
the iniQuities of the world court. He
found that the country was against
him. Even California, his own state,
instructed its delegates to the con-
Vention for Coolidge The world
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 com
promise, for something that would, As
he said make il possible for all tn"
Republican senators 10 approve tho
foreign relations plank. There was
much discussion of the plank. FL
.orts were made by those whom Serg
ator Watson represented to have IN
cluded A phrase to the effect that III"
world court was tribunal TO Whl'h
we might go. but not be brought, hut
this wa. 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
a Coolidge speech included in the
plank, because he thought they would
not make the plank read so PLAINLY
and bluntly in favor of the court.
But were saying just what yoI
want to say, only saying II good
deal stronger" explained Chairman
Warren of the com mittee- but hhai-
Iy Watson demanded heatedly.
WHY are you so anxious to have
1t read just your way. Warren
Because that is the way the Presi-
dent wrote the plank" answered
Mr.. Warren. calmly:
The plank, as finally adopted reads j
The Republican party reaflirms l'S
stand for agreement among the ma
tions to prevent war and preserve
peace. As An important step III thiS
direction, we indorse the Permanent
Court of International Justice. ana
favor adherence of the United states
to this tribunal as recommended hy
President Coolidge. This government
has definitely refused membership III
the league of nations. and To aSsum"
any obligations under the covenant
of the lea que. On this We stand"
There is nothing equivocal abou'
it. The country will know where
President Coolidge stands.
The world court proposal will not
come before the Senate until Con-
gress reassembles in December, UNI
gether earlier in special session. That
will be a short session, in which fill
tactics may easily be used Ia
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 it has
been given undue prominence in the
last week or two. If SO, it was be-
cause the world court presented an
issue between the President and
group of senators. 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 as the
Senate oligarchy" In measure.
the world court question has been
only one phase of the contest for
leadership. The Renuhlican partv