A correspondent of the Manchester Guardian, writing from Ne_w York,
has described how Senator Johnson (the most prominent • figure in the Republican Party), since his return from Europe, has denounced the idea of America joining the League of Nations and the World Court more vehemently than ever. It is very plain, the correspondent says, that Mr. Johnson hopes that irreconcilability will carry him farther than before in the Presidential elections. He is always violently prejudiced and confident, but he also has a kind of shrewd common sense that appeals to his American audiences. It was characteristic of Mr. Johnson's oratory to say that France and Britain did not want America to join the League because of her wisdom—" They know they could get more wisdom about the Ruhr out of Denmark. But they do not say that Denmark is essential to the League. What is the difference ? The difference is that the United States is the world's largest reservoir of money."
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