National Affairs: Pepper

The astute Senator Carter Glass of Virginia, thoroughgoing Democrat, has no use for diluted World Courts. Accordingly when Senator Lodge and his Republican colleagues on the Foreign Relations Committee reported a proposal by Senator Pepper for a much amended and reservationed World Court, Mr. Glass explained: "If I were disposed to treat such grave matters with levity, I would say that Senator Lodge had changed his tactics—heretofore he has been throwing sand in the eyes of the people, while now he is throwing Pepper."

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