Evening star., 1927-11-27
BY WILLIAM HARD.

- NOCGH Senators and Repre-,
l. sentatives had returned to
Washington by this week end
IL 10 Justify fairly definite fore
cast of what is going to hap
pen in the next Congress touching the
field of our relations to great AFFAIRS
abroad.
The first foreign problem to chal-
1enCe the next Congress viii be Iuf-
kew. A fight will be made against the
confirmation of Joseph {. Grew 70 De
Ambassador to Turkey. This VIII not
he because of anything against Mr..
Grew, 1t will be because a great many
clersvmen in this country and great
MANY politicians are strongly opposed
10 anv dealings with the Turks untll
the Turks engage to do something for
the Aimenians.
The Turks have not left many Ar
menians to do anything for. Inc
Armenian population of Turkey Is
now very small. Nevertheless many
Protestant preachers and many Sem
ators still think that we ought 10 re-
deem at least some small part OF the
large pledge made by President Wood
row Wilson when he promised the
world a free and independent Ar
nlenia.
Long Fight Near Close.
The Senate foreign relations com
rittee will, therefore. soon witness
the last lingering round of the long
fight between the 'internationalism
of Woodrow Wilson and the isolation
ism" of William Edgar Borah, who is
now the committees chairman.
1t is believed that Mr.. Borah will
now have his way. It is believed that
Mr.. Grew will be confirmed as Ambas-
sador to Turkey. It is believed that
the new Turkish Ambassador to the
United States will next month be hos
pitably welcomed by President Cool
idge. 1t is believed that these re-
stored relations of diplomacy with the
Turks will then be followed by COM
pletely restored relations of commerce.
Isolation" and trade will triumph
over adventures in high and remote
responsibility for massacred Armenian
Christians.
The next fight will be over the con-
firmation Of Dwight w. Morrow to be
Ambassador to Mexico. Senator
Robert NJ. La Toilette has issued in
his personal magazine a violent attack
upon Mr.. Morrow as the representa-
tive of selfish American interests in
Mexico.
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and anti-interventionist Senators will
join Mr.. La Toilette in opposing Mr..
Morrow
Mr. Morrow is himself intensely anti
imperialist and anti-interventionist.
Unusual Exhibition Promised.
We shall thus be treated to a most
enthralling exhibition. Anti-interven-
CT n N Dti il
jnteryentionist Ambassador, because
he was a member of j. p. Morgan G.
Co. Pro-interventionist Senators will
support an anti-interventionist Am
bassador because he comes from such
respectable financial surroundings.
Mr.. Morrow has separated himself
from all his interests in Morgan &; Co.
He and Mr.. Borah have exchanged
views. They have found themselves
in virtual agreement regarding the
practical points in our policy toward
Mexico.
1t is believed that the progressive
Mr.. Borah will ally himself success
fully with the senatorial conservatives
to confirm the progressive Mr.. Morrow.
The next problem will be the new
treaty with Panama. The sticking
point to this treaty is the provision
that whenever the United States is
at war the government of Panama
will at once enter the war on the side
of the United States.
1t has been charged that this
provision was forced upon Panama by
the pressure of our State Department.
That view is totally erroneous.
Holds Charge Is False.
The foreign minister of Panama.
Senior Morales, told the whole story
to the last Assembly of the League of
Nations. He said:
1.-The United States has been accused
of forcing Panama TO accept this
provision; but my government solemn
~ declares that allegation to be false.
The provision was proposed by the
Panaman government itself as a
proof of it's solidarity with the United
States in regard TO the defense of the
canal"
In other words. the canal is a fact;
and therefore in war a defensive
alliance between the United States
and Panama is bound to he fact.
The treaty really merely states that