The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-08-11
ACCEPTANCE OF WORLD
COURT BY SENATE SEEN
RECENT STATEMENT INTER
PRETED AS ASSURING QUICK
END OF OPPOSITION.
HARDING'S PLAN is FAVORED
Senate Regulars" Wary of Clash
With Coolidge on Protocol. Early
Committee Action Likely When the
Congress Meets in December.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Predic-
tons that President Coolidge's world
court recommendations will be accept
ed by the senate at its next session
were made today by two prominent
members of the senate committee on
foreign relations-Senator Lenroot,
republican, of Wisconsin, and Senator
Swanson, of Virginia, the ranking
democratic member
American adherence to the world
court will be accomplished by vote of
the senate after three years of delay
over the proposal, without the amend
ments to the charter of the court de-
manded by the committee on foreign
relations in adopting the so-called
Pepper plan" OF 1924.
Republican opposition to the origi-
nal Harding plan, having rallied
around the Pepper resolution to pre-
scribe conditions which President
Coolidge held unacceptable and "un-
worthy of America" in his Memorial
day address of 1924, will be negligible
now that Senator Pepper has disown
ed them.
Mr.. Peppers statement was inter-
preted as formal notice that all life
had gone out of the republican opposi-
ton 10 the world court proposal.
Senate Regulars" Wary.
To President Coolidge's personal
influence before the country is at
tributed the backdown of the opposi
ton which has delayed action on the
world court proposal for over two
years. Republican senators who are
regular" in all other matters do not
wish to open the session of congress
by clashing with the white house, be-
cause when winter comes primaries
and elections will not be far behind.
Administration forces had major
ity of at least six for ratification be-
fore Senator Peppers statement. 1t
would be surprising in the new situa-
ton if as many as a dozen votes were
cast finally against approval OF the
proposal-Borah Norris, johnson,
Brookhart, Reed of Missouri, Ship
stead, Frazier, Copeland Wheeler and
possibly one or two others.
Consideration of the world court
plan has been set for December IL,
a special order making it the "unhn-
ished business" for that date having
been entered before adjournment of
the special senate session in March.
The proposal was submitted to the
senate on February "a. 1923, by Pres
ident Harding, who accompanied his
recommendation with letter from
Secretary Hughes embodying four
suggested reservations which he held
adequate to detach American partici-
patton in the court from any political
relationship with the League of Ma
tions.
Democrats Backing Harding Plan.
After the proposal had been per-
mitted TO repose in pigeonhole in
the foreign relations committee room
Tor more than year the committee
by margin of one vote adopted
resolution prepared by Senators Ledge
and Pepper. Democrats on the COM
mittee, led by Swanson, Of Virginia,
gave notice they would support on
the floor the original Harding plan.
In his Arlington address of last year
Mr. Coolidge announced he would ac-
cept nothing short of the Harding
plan with the Hughes reservations,
because he considered anything less
unworthy of America"