The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-02
SLIM HOPE FOR
WORLD COURT
IS SEEN
Action in Special Senate Ses-
sion Likely to Split
Party, Is View
Nv WILLIAM HARD.

BY WILLIAM HARD.
The death of Senator Mccormick
has naturally aroused great specu-
lation here as to the influence it
will have upon American foreign
affairs and particularly upon the
American attitude toward the
League of Nations and toward the
League World Court.
It is noted that of course the
old Battalion of Death" against
the league is now gravely crippled
and diminished in the Senate; but
IT is noted also. on the other hand,
that certain new recruits have
recently been added to it from
among men who were not orig
inaIly members of it in the Senate.
But Seven Survivors.
The old Battalion of Death
never at any moment had more
than fourteen really desperately
fighting members. Among them
there have been the following IA
talities:
sherman of Illinois retired.
France of Maryland and Poindexter
Of Washington and Shields OF Ten.
nessee were defeated. Brandegee OF
Connecticut and Mccormick Of Illi-
nois and Knox Of Pennsylvania
have died.
Exactly half of the battalion is
IN
Vivors: Fernald of Maine, Moses OF
New Hampshire, La Toilette of Wis
consin, Reed of Missouri, Norris Of
Nebraska, Borah OF Idaho and john
son of California.
1t would seem strange IL these
seven men could prevent the United
States Senate from enacting Amer
lean entrance into the League World
Court.
Several Recruits.
It happens, however, that certain
Senators who never wildly opposed
the league are unexpectedly dubious
about the league world court and
suspicious of it.
Among them may be mentioned
Senators like Wadsworth Of New
York, who was never numbered
among the irreconcilables, but who
is now thought to be trending in
the irreconcilable direction.
The same thing may be said OF
Senator Pepper of Pennsylvania,
who, as a private citizen, was will
Ing to accept the League with GER
tain reservations, but who now, ever
since the advent OF the League proto-
col. has grown so fearful OF the
League that he is exploring new
ways of trying to- separate the
League World Court from the League
before entering even the Court.
An even more surprising change is
believed to have taken place in the
case of Senator Butler OF Massa-
chusetts, the Presidents closest polit-
zeal friend in the Senate. Senator
Butler is reported to have been at
one time extremely favorable to the
League, just as it is reported that
Calvin Coolidge himself was at one
time extremely favorable to it, when
he was more under the influence of
lis Murray Crane training in Massa-
chusetts while Senator Crane was
alive.
Butler Is Turning.
The President since then, as is
well known, has turned away from
the League; and it is now reported
that Senator Butler is doing likewise.
In fact, it is reported that he is
even beginning to give some weight
Il. some of the arguments against
the Court.
The political upshot of the mat.
ter is believed to be that all effort
to bring forward the League Word
Court problem i'm any special SEES
sion of the Senate Immediately
after the coming inauguration may
have TO be abandoned.
1t is known that strong represen-
tations have been made to the
President to the effect that any
debate on the League World Court
problem at this time would split the
Republican party so seriously that
all hope Of any regaining of party
unity within any reasonable sue
ceeding time would be destroyed.
1t is known that the President
has listened to these representa-
tions attentively and without trying
TO controvert them. Some peci.le
have come away from such con-
ferences with him convinced that
he will not personally press the
World Court matter in the Senate
at this time or at any time during
this coming summer with any
notable urgency.
Khan Opposition Bitter.
A new element has further been
injected into the difficulties sur
rounding this matter by an out.
break of anti-foreignism in the
Ku Klux Khan press. An out.
standing Ku Klux Khan official
organ is giving much space to de-
nunciations of all efforts 10 bring
the United States into closer con
tact with the European world
Democratic Senators coming from
districts where the Ku Klux Khan
Is strong are some of them be.
ginning, accordingly to weaken
bit in their devotion TO the Demo
cratic party doctrine of information.
a. cooperation.
The friends of that cooperation
ere planning accordingly to con.
duct a long and intense campaign
this summer of education for the
purpose of bringing more and more
favorable public pressure to bear
upon the Senate when it meets
next December The summer
seems likely to be devoted not to
any decision of the problem, but
to protracted endeavors by botn
sides to present their arguments
further to the country.
Copyright, 1925.
COLONIALS WOULD HAVE
PAID SIS FOR OUR LIGHT