Show I I JOHNSON SCENTS REfUNDING DANGER W WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Jan 26 Announcing ing his opposition to the pending allied debt funding bill in its present form Senator Johnson of California Republican Republican Re Re- publican Irreconcilable in the league of nations controversy declared today in inthe inthe Ahe the senate that the proposed funding W I law would so BO involve the United States in European affairs that you wont won't need a league of nations nation to drag you you Into every imbroglio across the water The Tho California senator offered an anI I amendment providing that entered into with debtor nations by bythe bythe bythe the refunding commission created by bythe bythe bythe the bill be subject to the approval of congress Negotiations to be carried on I under authority of the proposed act he declared would Involve the largest financial transactions between nations in the history of the world and for that reason congress should move with the utmost caution The small attendance in the senate chamber ther chamber ther being only about a dozen senators present was present was decried by the senator who turned his attack on the executive sessions lof the arms conference Ho lIe declared that a real disarmament program would have resulted re resulted resulted re- re had the sessions been open for forone forone forone one week after Secretary Hughes had mado made his masterful presentation to all the world of ot the things America would do dc He lIe added that developments developments develop develop- ments In the conference had Justified the demand for open sessions BRIAND REQUEST CITED All AU of the big things of recent years have been accomplished itt Ain in the open Mr Johnson added He reviewed how how- when Mr Balfour Balfour wanted to lay the British position before the arms anns conference conference con con- ference ho he called for a plenary session and how when the French position was to be stated M. M BrIand asked to be al allowed allowed allowed al- al lowed to speak in public Ah Ahl It Is because we are approaching approach approach- ing a new era the senator went on Statesmen everywhere are learning that the people have found out that the they have rights and that those rights must b be respected Reverting Reverting to the debt bill the senator senator senator sen sen- ator declared ared that through it congress proposes to give away to a commission commission commission commis commis- sion another of its rights tights rights which he declared after atter all aU belonged to the people of the nation I fear that our system of checks and balances is tottering he contin contin- I am afraid that when the Proposed Pro pro- proposed posed commission functions the poo- poo I pie will not know what is going on and that when they do learn it will be too toolate toolate late at for the settlements will already have been made BOND DANGER SHOWN Referring to the suggestion that foreign refunded bonds be sold In the United States Mr Johnson demanded to know whether those who favored suc such a proposal were willing to link up the United States with Europe after it had been een thoroughly demonstrated that the American people did not wa want t the league of nations Bring Brins those bonds over here the senator queried I Look at t France f Russian bonds Inthe in inthe inthe the hands of f every peasant And what are they worth And how have they interested France in the Russian wreck Why those who favor this bill say we are not dealing with the purse- purse strings of ot the tho nation I say we are working at the very vitals of the country's country's coun coun- try's os finances I know men who are almost financially ruined because they tried to do all aU that was demanded of them in the purchase of Liberty bonds We took that money wrung from our people In th the stress of war times turned it over to our associates in the struggle and now It l 13 proposed to give I them something in payment which would result only in linking us Inseparably in inseparably inseparably In- In with every foreign con con- S SAN iN N FRANCISCO Jan 26 Author Author Authorities lUes insist that Dorothy Dalton film star be vaccinated I have been vaccinated vaccinated vaccinated vac vac- and will show it when they send a qualified physician around Dorothy said |