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FOREIGN POLICY FAILS BEFORE DEBATING UNION

HEATED ARGUMENTS REMINISCENT OF CAPITOL

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The present administration's foreign policy of isolation and non-cooperation was condemned by a vote of 29 to 11 at a meeting of the Debating Union last night, after vain attempts were made by members of the Republican Club to uphold their party.

No opportunity was ignored by either side to use vigorous language against the other, and at times the discussion became as heated as any in the national House or Senate.

J. H. Smith '25 and William Exton Jr. '26, both of the Democratic Club spoke against the administration's policy. They maintained that the little cooperation which this government has attempted to embody in its foreign policy, has been ineffective and inadequate under the Republicans.

Speaking for the Republican side of the question were Charlton MacVeagh '24 and J. McK. Kimball '24, of the Republican Club. They pointed to the Disarmament Conference and the Austrian Loan as examples of foreign cooperation on the part of the Republican administration, but stressed the fact that it is not in accordance with American tradition for our government to become involved with questions purely European.

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