Evening star., 1925-09-24
CAPPER FOR GIVING
D. c. MONEY ASKED
Sees Brilliant Future for
Capital After Visit to
Great Cities Abroad.

washington, so far as natural
beauty and the possibilities of future
development are concerned, far eXcelS
the ca nitals OF Europe. and / am con-
vinced the time has come when we can
go faster with a program Of improve
ment.' said Senator Arthur Capper of
Kansas. chairman of the Senate Dis
trict committee. today. He has just
returned to Washington after a two
month visit TO Europe, during which
he travelled in eight countries.
Il believe that the Bureau of the
Budget should grant all Of the money
requested by the authorities of the Dis
tr.ct in the budget which will be sent
to Congress in December" Senator
Capper continued. I'VE have been too
much inclined in the past to cut down
and eliminate appropria tions which
were greatly needed for Washington.
Praises Site.
While l was abroad / visited Lon
don, Paris, Vienna. Berlin and other
famous capital cities. and on my re-
turn to Washington I was immense
ly impressed with the fortunate cir
cumstances Of the selection of this site
for the Capital of the United States.
We are in a position here to build
the most beautiful city in the world" ."
Senator Capper said that he pro-
posed to pay particular attention at
the coming session of Congress to
legislation for the public schools, the
sewers and street and lighting. He
expressed his interest also in the
problem of adequate safe bathing
beaches for the people of the Dis
trict, and said that when he returns
again to Washington in November
he will give this matter his atten-
ton. He will leave here tomorrow
to go to Kansas.
Urges World Court.
The entrance OF the United States
into the World Court, Senator Capper
declared, was desirable, with the res
ervations TO the protocol now before
the Senate which have been suggested
by President Coolidge and before him
by Secretary Hughes and the late
President Harding. Senator Capper
visited the World Court at the Hague
and talked with a number Of the
judges. The Court, he said. Is highly
regarded abroad. He believes that for
eign nations would make no objection
to the reservations proposed by the
President. On the other hand. he
said there probably would be serious
objections to reserva tions which would
call for the rebuilding of the Court
entirely, with the necessity of going
back to the governments which al
ready adhere to the court.
He visited. too, the Assembly of the
League of Nations in session at Ge-
neva. and found the sessions interest
ing.
THE League of Nations is doing
good work and has come to stay" said
Senator Capper. Il do not, however,
believe that the United States should
become a member and involved in the
problems which after all are strictly
foreign to this country
Studied Farm Problems.
Senator Capper gave much atten-
ton to farm problems abroad. He
said that he had found in the coun-
tries he visited the farmer is the back
bone OF the people, the conservative
force as rule. In France. he said
the government has done much to aid
the farmers and the French farmer on
the whole is prosperous. In England,
on the other hand, the farmer has
been more or less neglected for the
city man and the industrialist. The
department of agriculture in England,
he said. does not compare to the De
partment of Agriculture of the United
States in helpfulness to the farmer.