WORLD COURT IDEA
REPUBLICAN DISSENSION
FACTORS VARY IN OPINION
DEMOCRATS STAND BY LEAGUE.
(UNIKD PRESS ASSOCIATION COPIRIGHT.) I AUSTRALIAN - NEW ZEALAND BABLB ASSOCIATION.) WASHINGTON, 12th April. Mr. Hoover's speech has caused an avalanche of dissension between the various factions of the Republican' Party, while the Democrats stand aloof, feeling that they fought the League of Nations issue in 1920, and their support for the League and the Court is still sWong. . The Republicans are divided into five classes—those for the Court; those utterly against it, such as Senator Hiram Johnston; those undecided, such as Senator J. E. Watson; those who think the Court is insufficiently powerful, such as Senators Pepper and W. E. Borah; and those who think the Court and League should both be entered by the United States, with reservations, such as Senator H. C. Lodge. There was much talk in Washington to-day among these groups,- and various Senators issued statements airing their views. . . . i
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 89, 14 April 1923, Page 7
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