Evening star., 1926-02-09


uary 27, tive hours after the United
States senate had passed the resolu-
ton Of adherence by 16 TO II.
The chairman Of the foreign rela-
lions committee will speak at Chicago
under the militant auspices OF another
Big Biu"--W illiam Hale Thompson.
former mayor of the Western me-
tropOlis, and the present leader OF the
Thompson Barrett CroWe-Smith fac-
organization which is hostile to the
ton IN Illinois politics. This is the
Coolidge Mckinley Deneen Federal and
State adherence.
Appealed to Borah.
The Better Government Associa
ton" of Chicago appealed to Senator
Borah mot to lend his great name
and popularity" TO the purposes of the
Thompson group, describing the lat
ter as being mainly responsible for
the breakdown of local government"
IN Chicago. But the Idahoan. evil
.lently anxious To lose no time in un-
haining his new anti-court thunder
bolts. decided to fulfill the Chicago en-
Eagement.
Senator Borah sent the Better Gov.
ernment Association" the following
telegram:
II am not speaking on local issues.
am speaking in behalf of the princi-
pies and 20 iCieS of George Washing
ton. in the hope that We may keep this
country out of the political entangle-
rents of Europe. Any one who will not
Join in that kind meeting. regard
less of local conditions, is, in Lly judg
ment. not q good citizen. l have no
compromise to make with any tne or
my political party. or any urganiza-
lion. which will hold back from a
proper celebration of Washington's
birthday and the support of priciples
and policies for which he stood"
Mrs. Medill Mccormick. Republican
national committee woman from Iii
noiS, and leader of the League Of Ill
1lois Republican Women. urged Sena
Tor Borah 70 go to Chiago. The widow
Of the late Republican Senator from
Illinois is an active foe of the World
Court. From all interested quarters,
Borah has been assured he will be
greeted by monster meeting, alive
with anti-court enthusiasm. He Is eX-
pected to make one Of the oratorical
efforts of his life. when he stands up
in the famous convention hall, in
which Taft and Harding were nomi-
mated for President, respectively, In
1912 and 1920.
Views Are Unchanged.
Senator Borah's views on the situ-
alton created by the Senate'S deci
sion to adhere to the World Court
have undergone no change in the
intervening fortnight. They have on
rhe contrary been fortified. Il said
Ihen," the Idahoan declares, and /
want TO say now, that we do not re-
gard the contest as closed. SO far as
] am individually concerned. l pro-
pose to give whatever of energy and
ability | possess to the undoing OF
what was done on January q. The
tight must he transferred from the
Senate chamber to the people-to
that tribunal which is the court of
last resort in all problems involv-
ing the international welfare of our
country. l am myself in favor OF
carrying the matter back directly to
The people and making it Il specific
issue.
Going Back TO People.
From the moment cloture was
voted on the court debate 1 have not
ceased TO receive scores of petitions
with many thousands of signatures,
Hnd hundreds upon hundreds of let
fers, indicating the feeling which OBJ
sains throughout the country. Nee
essarily, the matter is not regarded
by the people as settled.
1T is not only necessary that we
,arry the fight back TO them in order
that we shall undo what has been
tlone. but that we may not be plunged
further and further into the mael-
,trom of the European system.
We must therefore. organize In
every single precinct Of the United
states and extend the fight to the
point where those who would entangle
us in European affairs shall no longer
bo considered as the representatives
OF the views of the American people"
Borah's 1928 presidential boom,
which has always been alive, is bound
TO be revived afresh, his admirers
now contend more vociferously than
ever. by the World Court aftermath.
lie is looked upon by the opposition
clement as the logical leader of ma
iional movement to withdraw the
United States from the court. Politi-
cal Washington will watch eagerly TO
see whether Senator Borah at Chi
:ago on February % gives any con-
crete indication of the state of his
mind regarding 1928.
Copyright. l926.l