KEEP OUT OF EUROPE

Evening Star, Issue 18503, 10 December 1923, Page 5

KEEP OUT OF EUROPE

NO HELP FROM AMERICA. ENGROSSED WITH HER OWN AFFAIRS. Pres® Association—By Telegraph—Copyright, LONDON, December 7. The ’Washington correspondent of ‘ Tbo Times,’ in commenting on President Cooliclge’s Message to Congress, says the central point, was the words, *' main problems are domestic problems.” Tho applause with which the words were greeted told the story of tho session in advance. Tho Senate’s Foreign Relations Commit tee will be packed with men pledged to keep tho United States out of Europe. The domestic problems are so many and so engrossing that all else must give way to them. Not one of tho many Congressmen with whom the correspondent talked believed that there could to any change in tlie situation within a period which could bo forecasted. Scores of Americans who visited Europe, particularly Congressmen, have returned dismayed and con vinced that aloofness must bo tho part of wisdom. Europe must expect no help from Congress. The. Executive can do little without Congress, nor does tho President intend to do much.—A. and N.Z. Cable. NEW YORK, December 8.

The country appears to have reacted favorably to President Coolidgo’s first Congressional Message. The newspapers unanimously praised his courageous, outspoken opposition to the soldiers’ bonus, and his advocacy of tax reduction. Some papers express regret over Mr Coolidge’s alleged timidity in approving only of a World Court instead of entry into the League. Popular reception of the Message centres chiefly in approval of his attitude on taxation and the bonus. Congressional action upon Mr Coolidge’s proposals seems difficult to predict owing to vigorous Democratic opposition abetted by the Radical Republicans, who are eager to forestall the constructive attempts of the Republicans in order to cancel a possible advantage at the political convention next summer. Thus the Republican leaders predict that the bonus will be passed by Congress, and vetoed by the President. The taxation proposals will be bitterly opposed. Approval of a World Court is doubtful in view of judicious jockeyings by the Democrats and the Radical Republicans. The latter undoubtedly hold the whip hand at the ensuing session, and openly revealed their intention to lash the Republican and Democratic Regulars mercilessly.—A. and N.Z. Cable.