Evening star., 1926-01-29

Echoes OF the seven-week battle in
the Senate over the World Court are
not destined to die out for many a
day. Inventories Of the profit and
loss account. from the standpoint OF
victor and vanquished. are now In
progress. Ono of the commonest
Speculations Is whether William L.
Borah. in his first major engagement
as chairman OF the Senate committee
on foreign relations, has enhanced his
reputation or now finds himself In
martial eclipse. The anti-court oppo-
sttion pinned great hopes on Borah S
influence and eloquence. 1t is an open
secret that he did not quite measure
up to expectations. Court foes, in an
effort to diagnose the failure Of their
leader and hero, incline to the belief
that Borah's heart was really never
In the fight They do not suggest
that he was insincere in his opposi-
ton. What they mean is that. having
scented almost certain defeat, the
Demosthenes of the Senate did not
throw himself into the fray with that
dogged energy and devastating bril-
lance that usually characterize
Bcrah's crusades. His friends among
whom are many political opponents.
don't think that any Of Borah's four
anti-court speeches found him any
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torical form.
Who killed Cock Robin? There be
those who say that Calvin Coolidge,
with his quiet little bow and arrow,
performed that operation. The Presi-
dent did not go about the business
with either big stick or brass band,
but opinion is unanimous that had the
White House not steadily and sternly
pressed for the court 1t might today
be on the rocks. Now that 1t can be
told. there are any number of Senators,
mainly Republicans, whose enthusi
asm for the court is less than luke
warm. That block Of 40 of them who
pumped for the resolution Of ad-
herence was a Coolidge bloc" as cer-
tain as anything in politics can be.
The President demanded and received
what Is known In European parlia-
ments as q vote Of confidence from
his own supporters. Votes In favor
of the court were virtually made the
symbol of Republican loyalty. They
would be withheld. those in question
were given to understand, at the cost
of ranking offenders henceforward as
disloyalists Mr.. Coolidge began his
gum-shoe work for the court at
Swampscott last Summer. 1t lasted
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Indiana's two Republican Senator's,
James E. Watson and Arthur r. Rob-
inson, voted against entry into the
World Court, furnishing the big sur
prises of the last act of the senatorial
drama. The Hoosier statesmen are
| too canny politicians to have leaped
before they looked. Watson Is up for
| reelection this year. Robinson will
not have to aspire until 1928. All in
dications suggest that both Of them
preferred Klan friendliness to Cool
idge support in the fights that lie
ahead in Indiana, both in the pri.
| maries and at election time. Vim"
Watson hitherto has been considered
| an out-and-out World Court man.
But the Klux drive sent him scamper-
| Ing Off the reservation at the eleventh
| hour. It looks az II Bevertdge, In the
hope Of Coolidge backing. might now
| feel the urge to tempt fate again in
the Indiana senatorial race. If Wat
son and Beveridge 60 to the mat in
( the primaries there's one member Of
the administration who will have di-
General Harry s. New.
One Of the promptest hits scored
by newcomer TO washington
kaleidoscope diplomatic corps is
Nine. Henri Berenger. wife of the
lately arrived Ambassador of France
Men and women mean to pay her the
highest of compliments when they
| suggest that Mrs. Coolidge herself
Is In danger of a rival from the stand
point Of vivacity. charm and per-
sonality. Nine: Berenger Ia q tall
lsleuder. auburn haired cVysuchworaau.
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