Evening star., 1925-11-01
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.
DVOCATES of American en-

A DVOCATES of American entry
~ into the World Court-Repub-
"A licans and Democrats alike
4 4 now claim confidently that
their fight is won. They have
reason to believe that the United
States Senate in January, 1926. at
the latest, Will vote overwhelmingly in
favor of the United States adhesion
to the international tribunal.
Discussion of the subject will be
the Senate's special order of business
on December II. Debate will i'm
nediately ensue, but, as the holiday
recess will intervene, q vote Is not
expected until the new year. Before
the year Is very old the ayes and
noes will be demanded. y poll made
by Senator Claude y. Swanson, Dem
ocrat, of Virginia, on whose resolu-
ton the Senates forthcoming action
will be based, indicates that not more
than 16 adverse votes at the outside
are in prospect. It would take 33
votes-one more than one-third OF
the Senate-to defeat the Swanson
resolution.
President in Earnest.
President Coolidge, there is author
ity for stating, Is preparing to go
the full limit Of his power to secure
adoption of the World Court pro-
posal. His third annual message to
Congress. at the opening Of the COM
ing session, win relterate his ap-
proval of it In the strongest terms
he has yet used regarding it. Some
friends of the court have now and
then felt that Mr.. Coolidge'S support
was lukewarm and perfunctory and
lacked the zeal of a crusader. Other
pro-court authorities have been dis
appointed that the President did not
crack the Republican party whip over
reluctant c.. O. I. Senators in be-
half of the court. Men who have
had opportunity to observe the Cool
idge point Of view in recent times. in
consequence of personal contact with
the President, now report him heart
and soul for the project. They say
that any doubts about the sincerity
of his interest in the World Court or
his desire for American entry Will
soon be effectually removed. That
the requisite pressure has been exer-
cised by Mr.. Coolidge in his capacity
as leader OF his party will also be
manifest. There prospectively will be
only a handful of Republican SEN
ators who will vote against the court.
Against the Court.
authoritative quarter with the names
of the 16 Senators who are known to
be either openly opposed to American
entry or whose attitude is so doubtful
that they are classed as opponents.
The list Is as follows:
Republicans-Borah of Idaho, Yep
per Of Pennsylvania, Moses OF New
HAMPSHIRE, Wadsworth Of New YORK.
La Toilette of Wisconsin,, Brookhart
of Iowa, Johnson of California. Reed
of Pennsylvania, Norris of Nebraska,
Norbeck Of South Dakota and Howell
of Nebraska. CTotal, ID Democrats
Reed of Missouri, Dill of Washington,
Blease Of South Carolina and Copeland
of New York. (Total, A. Farm-Labor
-Shipstead of Minnesota CTotal, -
While these 16 Senators are consid-
cred to be anti-court, of them are
temporarily put in the doubtful col
emn-Reed OF Pennsylvania, Howell,
Norris and Norbeck, among the Re-
publicans, ana Blease, among the
Democrats. Reed Is expected to fol,
low the lead of Senator Pepper, and
Howell and Norris to vote alike. The
expectation, but not yet the certainty,
is that all 5 of the Senators just
named will join the opposition.