INTERNATIONAL COURT.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 645, 2 March 1923, Page 5

INTERNATIONAL COURT.

DELAY IN UNITED STATES. CONFERENCE WITH PRESIDENT, WASHINGTON, < Feb. 28. After a conference with President Harding, Senator Lodge definitely decided not to bring the World Court proposals before the Senate this session.—A. and N.Z. cable. NEW YORK, Feb, 28. The New York Times’s Washington correspondent says that it is understood that what occurred at tiro conference with Mr Hughes 10-day was that the Secretary of State informed tho_ President that even if the Senate began immediately consideration of the International Court proposal, there was no hope of its passage during the present session. Meanwhile, necessary legislation that had been delayed would never be passed, on account of the shortness of the available time. Senator King, in deference to the wishes of many Senators, refrained from calling up his resolution for a day at least. It is now undetermined whether he will attempt til is to-morrow. It is understood that in that event either Senator Lodge will move to have the resolution tabled, or the Republican Senators will vote to refer it to the Committee on Foreign Relations, The result will be the same—that the Senate will not consider the proposal during this session. President Harding has informed Senator Lodge that the preparation of his answer to various questions asked by the Foreign Relations Committee will take some time. The Foreign Relations Committee would be supplied with the desired information in doe course. The correspondent understands that the President gracefully accepted Senator Lodge’s explanation of the situation and his proposal that the matter remain in abeyance till the next session of Congress, but was somewhat taken aback by Senator Borah’s request for information—A. and N.Z. cable.