Evening star., 1925-06-15

Several of the big guns of the United
States Senate contribute to The
Searchlight on Congress" their views
on Vice President Dawes plan to
turn off the gas. Senator Borah leaves
no doubt Of his uncompromising op-
position:
L do not know what changes
Vice President Dawes proposes
with reference to the Senate rules.
l have not seen any statement
which he has made indicating just
what he has in mind. In a gen.
eral way it seems that he would
adopt strict cloture. I am opposed
to cloture in any form. l have
never known a good measure kill
ed by a filibuster or a debate. I
have known Of a vast number OF
bad measures, unrighteous meas
ures, which could not have been
killed in any other way except
through long discussion and de-
bate. There is nothing in which
sinister and crooked interests,
seeking favorable legislation, are
more interested right now than in
cutting off discussion in Washing
ton. II they can succeed in re-
ducing the situation to a point
where they only have to see one
or two men, either to put through
or kill measure, they are masters
of the situation. I am opposed to
1t in any shape or form.
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France has politely, but firmly, de-
clined to permit the United States
Army to send a military air observer
to look at the war in Morocco. The
French are making so extensive use
Of aircraft in their operations against
the elusive Riffs that our War De-
partment thought useful information
could be derived. It was planned
that the air attache at the Paris en-
bassy should go to Morocco, If he
were welcome. The French author
tiles pointed out that they were in
viting no foreign observers, and there
fore could not extend the desired
courtesies to the United States.
Frances position in the matter is not
unusual. 1t is uncommon to permit
foreign officers to observe military
operations that are regarded purely
colonial" When the nations have
q real war with one another, observers
are given front seats.
Senator William H. King, Democrat.
of Utah is on the Atlantic on the first
leg of an extensive expedition Of In
quiry in Europe. After visiting Lon.
don, Paris and Berlin, King will go to
Constantinople, and possibly Ar
menia. In the Senate next Winter he
will strongly oppose the ratification of
the Lausanne treaty, on the ground OF
it's injustice to the Armenians. Later
in the Summer Senator King will visit
Geneva. He desires first-hand informa.
ton about the World Court, prepara.
tory to taking an active part in the
fight for American entry when II
comes before the Senate in December
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Representative John Philip Hill, Re
publican, of Maryland, inveterate wet
Is spying out the land with a view to
entering the lists as a candidate for
the United States Senate in 1925. II
he determines to do so, he will seek
the seat now held by Senator o. E
Weller, Republican. One day last week
Hill addressed the State Firemen'
Association at Ocean City, Nd. and
his friends consider the occasion as
the opening gun Of his fight In the
senatorial primaries next Spring. Hill
told the flremen that the Dawes plar
for a revision OF the Senate rules is
IAN Anti-Saloon League attack on the
fundamental principles of the Consti
tuition"
There's a certain attractive foreign
embassy appointment that will soor
be filled, for which no fewer than 81
applicants have put in a bid. Most o
them are rich. some have experiencs