The Foreign Relations Committee of the Senate at Washington has
decided to postpone to the next session of Congress all action in regard to President Harding's request that the United States should become a member of the International Court of Justice. And yesterday it was reported that Mr. Harding had no intention of calling a special session to deal with the question. ' This virtually means postponement for a year. The request of the Senate for further information from Mr. Harding- regarding the protocol seems very reasonable. But, in spite of the growing conviction in America that abstention from European affairs is not after all a profitable policy, there still appears to be a large amount of non-inter- ventionist opinion. We are glad to notice that Mr. Harvey, the American Ambassador, at a dinner of the Pilgrims on Wednesday, definitely denied the idea that this country had guaranteed the American Loans to the other Allies.
