Evening star., 1926-10-04
PRESIDENT BACKED
BYBORAH ONCOURT
DeiIghted That He Stands
Firmly for Reservations,
Says Senator.
BY G.. GOULD LINCOLN.

BY G.. GOULD LINCOLN.
"I am delighted that the President
stands so firmly by the American
reservations to World Court adher'
ence." said Senator Borah of Idaho
chairman of the foreign relations
committee, who today returned to
Washington from the West.
Senator Borah led the fight against
American entry into the World Couf'
last Winter The attitude or the loi
eign nations toward the American
reservations has made the chance oi
participation by the United States III
the World Court at present declueulS
remote.
During the Summer and early Fan
Senator Borah made many Speecilef
in his own state and in other Sta.eS
of the far West, in which ne diS
cussed the World Court. foreign debt
settlements and prohibition. with pai
ticular reference to rcferenda III
some of the states which he holds
would "nullify" the Constitution. III
Senator Borah's opinion. the Nest II
strongly against American autleIel'oe
TO the World Court.
Sees Debt Propaganda.
Tho Idaho Senator said that he was
convinced there is at present Gtet'
effort being made through propaSan
ia 10 bring about the cancellation ci
tho war debts owed the nit@d states
He said that literature is being WluelS
circnlated in Western States faVorlne
.uch cancellation. The people OF the
west. he declared, however. are op
posed to any such cancellation as tnd'
advocated by former Secretary Oh W ai
Newton ID. Baker, and former Gov
.Tov of ohio. II anything, they be-
1ieye that the settlements nave peeH
too lenient.
The Republicans have a hard hgnt
on their hands to retain control OF
the Senate go that they VIII ne aple
70 organize that body IN the oeN.
entieth Congress. in the opinion OF
Sanator Rorah. He said, however,
that he believed the chances favored
the Republicans to retain TINS con
troll.
In Idaho. where his colleague. Sen
ator Gooding, is campaigning for re,
election. Senator BOrdh said he had
no doubt that Gooding would win
IN some of the other Western States
he indicated the Republican sena-
torial nominees we're facing very st1ff
fights.
Expects Jones to Win.
lie looks for the victory OF Senator
Jones in Washington and Senator
Shortridge in California, Senator 80
rah said.
An indication of the anti-World
Court sentiment in the West, Senator
Rorah said. could be found in the
declaration by Senator Gooding and
bv the Republican State convention
of Idaho against the Court, and more
recently in an interview given by
senator Cameron. Republican, of Ari-
1ona. who also is up for reelection.
opposing the Court. Both Senator
Gooding and Senator Cameron voted
in the Senate last WINTER for al
herence to the Court.
Prohibition, Senator Borah said. is
not playing an important part in the
campaign in the Far West, although
there are referendaS on the wet
and dry question in Montana and
Colorado.
Generally speaking, both the Re-
publican and Democratic parties are
dry and for the prohibition laws,
said Senator Borah. He admitted,
however, there was much discussion
of the question.
The campaigns in various States OF
the West. Senator Borah said, are
being fought out along personal lines.
Party lines are not 50 closely drawn
as they have been in the past. The
Democratic party, however. has not
recovered the ground which it lost in
the last national campaign.
The people are interested In i'm
portant questions of the day. includ-
fng American adherence to the World
Court and the foreign debt settle
ments, he said There is still a farm
problem in the West. though there is
Il division Of opinion over the Nc
Nary-Haugen hill plan OF farm relief.
The fruit growers and the potato
growers of the Northwest, he said,
really are suffering more this year
than the wheat farmers
Will Stay In East.
It is Senator Rorah's purpose to re-
main in the Eastern part of the cOun-
try, making his headquarters in
Washington. until the Senate meets
in November TO try Judge English of
the eastern district O: Illinois. He
may go into the campaign in several
OF the Eastern States. although he
has no program yet Appeals to him
70 make speeches for Republican can
didates have come from several quar-
ters.
When Senator BOrah left Washing
ION for the West last summer, 1t was
understood that later he would return
to attack the wet and dry referendum
in New York State. He insisted that
the New York proposal was nothing
more than qualification of the Con
stitution." The New York referendum
proposes that the States be left to
decide what was in reality an intoXi
eating beverage in the meaning Of the
prohibition amendment 10 the Con
stitution.
Senator Borah was silent on his
speaking plans today. however. The
attitude OF the dry organizations OF
the country. which have urged prohi
bitionists TO refrain from voting in the
New York referendum on the ground
that II is ut!onal. has prac
tical1y conceded the victory TO the
vets In this referendum.