U.S. FOREIGN POLICY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18295, 11 January 1923, Page 7

U.S. FOREIGN POLICY.

, «_» BITTER CRITIC IN SENATE. WORLD CONFERENCE WANTED Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 10.5 p.m.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. Mr. J. D. Robinson, Democratic Senator for Arkansas, in a bitter speech assailing the Administration, declared that the ship of State was drifting without a : chart or compass while the helmsman was apparently asleep at the wheel. He demanded to know why the Government would not recall the American troops in Germany in . conformity with the resolution passed by the Senate. Mr. Senator Capper, Republican Senator for Kansas, in a speech in the. Senate, in which he urged the Administration to call a; world economic conference to solve industrial and agricultural problems, pointed out that the United States was the most powerful influence in the world for disarmament whereby Governmental expenditures abroad would be decreased and debts owed to the United States would be paid. Mr. Hiram Johnson (California), who opposed the Bill introduced by Mr. Robinson for the representation of the United States on the Reparation Commission, favoured Mr. Capper's suggestion as precluding the possibility of foreign alliances, commitments, or cancellation of war debts