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Show oo STRIFE CAUSED BY BOM PUN Idaho Senator's Proposal For World Meeting Violently Vi-olently Opposed By J. BART CAMPBELL (Intornatioual News Service Staff Correspondent) WASHINGTON. Doc 23. All tho storm nnd strife kicked up in the senate sen-ate over the league of nations and Iht four power treaty was raging again tonight, as senators of all factions found themselves In violent disagreement disagree-ment over Senator Borah's proposal to have President Harding summon B world economic and disarmament conference. con-ference. There wore unmistable Indications: that Borah's plan to solve tho reparations repara-tions tangle and "restore Europe to a sound economic and financial basis" would be the center of one of the bitterest bit-terest fights waged In the senate In recent years when he undertakes n.-x" week to have It written Into the pending pend-ing navy appropriations bill. OPPOSED BY WATSON Tho outstanding developments of tho sltuutlon today were: (1) Following a conference with President Harding at tho White Houso Senator Watson of Indiana, administration adminis-tration spokesman, announced himself against the Borah plan except with reservations preventing any cancellation cancella-tion of the allied debt or Amorlca becoming be-coming Involved in any proposition relating re-lating to the Versailles treaty. (2 Senator Borah declared the United Slates was already In both Europe and the Versailles treaty and It was time to "drop pretense and camouflage" regarding the administration's administra-tion's "unofficial" observers overseas. (3) Senator Hiram Johnson of California severely condemned the Borah proposal as reflecting the "policy "pol-icy of Woodrow Wilson" and certain "to dump into America's lap the economic eco-nomic Ills or Europe and reparation muddle." (4) Senator Arthur Capper, Republican, Repub-lican, Kansas, chairman of the senate "agricultural bloc," In strongly favoring favor-ing tho Boruh proposal, expressed tho opinion It would bo widely supported by the farming interests desiring a restoration of Europe's buying power. Senator Wateon declined to dlscloso the president's attitude toward the Iiorah proposal. He said he was speaking only for himself In stating ho was against It Senator Johnson's denunciation of Borah's proposal was embodied In a carefully prepared statement that ro-vealed ro-vealed a serious "break" betweon two of tho "irreconcllablos" In the old league of nations fight SENATE ADJOURNS WASHINGTON. Dec 28 (By tho Associated Press) After transaction of eomo routine business and bearing Senator Myers, Democrat, Montana, read a Christmas editorial, tho senate today began Its holiday, adjourning until Wednesday. The naval appropriation bill will be taken up first and debated until disposed dis-posed of. Unless rural credits legislation legis-lation has been reported by tho banking bank-ing and currency committee the struggle strug-gle for dominance between support rs of the administration shipping bill and of the Norrls agricultural financing financ-ing measure then will be resumed. |