The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-05

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|ROB|N' WILL
FIx POLICY
lsmous Senatorial Docu.
/ ment Will Be Text for
League Formation.
NJ DAVID LAWRENCE.


I BY DAVID LAW kENCE.
k Special to The Argus.)
MARION, Ohio, Nov. 4.-President-
.s,srt Harding will revert to the
ssuud robin. signed by the Republic
5eans Of the Unietd States senate IN
11rch. 1919. as the basis OF foreign
s1lIcy in the new administration.
This plan, which has been conf
Z fa,stially discussed during the. cam
airn. will be put into effect just as
s1on after inauguration as possible.
4 has the merit OF affording a be-
inning in the inevitable process OF
nconciliation between the various
actions in the senate.
No matter what the votes may
have been on the peace treaty and
eoyenant the round robin is the
Jingle document that all the Re-
pablican senators. both irreconcila-
lie and reseryationists, have signed.
Senator Borah may have remarked
hiring the campaign that he was
assinst all associations or alliances
I 4 any kind but his name was sign
Va to the round robin the text of
which puts him on record as favor
ing some kind of a League of Ma
tons.
Moreover, it may be a surprise to
The world outside Of Marion. Ohio,
but II Is an open secret here that
Elihu Root will not be secretary Of
state in the next administration.
Also II may be disclosed that Mr..
Root is not in particular high favor
Aere and that he will not be the
Minister extraordinary or high COM
nissioner to deal with Europe as SO
may people have supposed. There
kHk the intimacy between Sena-
~ prding and Mr.. Root which
- len so often suggested as the
~ Tor Harding Root team on
81 policy in the next Republi-
II administration. This may be
appointing to a large number OF
Hcple but it is nevertheless true.
Il Is known for instance that MIR.
hot sent Senator Harding a cable
gram from London. the friendli-
ness Of which to the present League
Of Nations was not to the liking Al
the then Republican candidate for
Ne presidency.
Ri Also there is feeling here that
NJ, Root didn't play the game dur
hg the campaign and that he took
n the formation of the internation-
lcourt which has been created un-
der the League of Nations was a
direct recognition Of type Of world
0ganization which the Republican
Hrty was fighting.
There is no particular bitterness
= hate against the people who
nade the present League of Ma
tons, but one encounters strong
mavictions among the men who re-
Act Harding's viewpoint, convic-
uons that lean more to the so-called
rreconcilable' like Johnson,
1orah and Mccormick than the pro-
hesuers like Root or Taft. To be
Nfe. most Of the folks surrounding
harding from whom he has been
1klng advice are anti-leaguers and
inter enders." They make no Sc
a1 OF the fact that the overwhelm-
g election returns ARE calmly
Dolnted to by them as vindication
the "irreconcilable" viewpoint
sehator Harding, however, has al
ysN insisted that his political op-
asns purposely misconstrued his
sition as one of opposition to any
sgue or association whatsoever.
Famous .R0und Robin"
Perhaps this was because neither
aator Borah nor Senator John
leader OF the irreconcilable
sesn spent much time arguing
1cn kind Of . league they would
sSor but condemning the present
we. The Republican platform
Chicago. accepted by Borah and
onson, favors "an international
1eement' to accomplish the same
1eral objects which the Demo.
~ have claimed the purpose OF
wilson covenant But more
emcally than the Republican
auotm, the Harding policy is re-
ed IN the following text of the
oas round robin sent originally
me Republicans in the senate as
sining to President Wilson in
suu mldst OF the peace negotiations
wnereas committee Of the
ce conference has proposed a
- ss'.Sution for q league of nations
ue proposal is now before the
- conference for its considera.
now therefore.
y resolved by the senate ol
oaNed States in the discharge
constitutional duty of advice
.d TO treaties that it is the
" the senate that while 1t Il
~. oesire that the nations of the
~ snould unite to promote
...a ana general disarmament, the
1.utlon OF the League Of Ma.