El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-17
BRITISH WATCH
PRESIDENTIAL
CAMPAIGN
Many Foreign Interests in
Balance, Belief in
Europe.
FUTURE OF WORLD
CALLED AT STAKE
by JOHN LLOYD BALDERsToN.

by JOHN LLOYD BALDERsTON.
7 ONDoN, Eng, July 17.-Europe
IL watched the 1915 election with
anxious attention in the belief
that Hughes stood for war with Ger
many and Wilson for peace. This
year, for the second time IN our his
tory. our presidential campaign has
become OF worldwide interest. fraught
with important consequences for
every other nation. And nowhere
outside our own frontiers will IL be
followed so closely or with such anE-
iety as in England
The angle Of vision from which the
campaign win be viewed here. that
1 shall try to explain In this story.
is very different from the attitude
OF either Of the parties. or OF the
Independent voters, at home. Europe
has no affection for either OF our
two great parties, and stands frankly
puzzled before them Many times q
day during the convention days I
the difference between a Republican
and = DemocratY" and have tried with
poor success TO clear up a question
that might puzzle even some people
/ in Gods country.
AZ They See the Issues.
The issues OF the campaign as they
are seen here. the points which affect
the whole world on which America
years, and which il Is thought must
be determined by the new admins
tration, are in the British viewpoint
these.
ratification OF the peace treaty
Decision to get in or keep out Of
the league Of nations.
Decision whether to attempt to out
build the British navy.
Decision whether 70 accept any re-
sponsibiiities for peace and order in
Minor or elsewhere in the Old
Financial policy toward European
debtors. which includes everybody in
Europe except Russia
Ireland
Discrimination In favor OF American
shipping. which includes the Panama
tolls controversy
Wants Ratification.
The disposition Great Britain would
like the next administration to make
OF the problems tabulated can be in
dicated in a Few words She would
ike America to ratify the treaty. TO
come into the league OF nations. and
both as soon as possible She would
like the defensive alliance with
France accepted, and the American
fleet kept down to a level at which
il viii not contest the supremacy Of
the Union Jack on the seas OF the
world. a policy OF hands of Ire .
land" which should include the sup
preston OF Sim Fem financing ana
be appreciated
ANY move toward discriminating IN
favor Of American shipping at PAN
ana or elseWhere viii be regarded /
as highly unfri sndly. while England
has not altogether given up hope that
the terrible massacres which every
one knows are coming through the
eastern world will rouse America to
the Armenisns. Finally, England's |
debt to the United States Il Is hoped I
here, will be regarded by the Occu- Z
pant OF the white house and the new I
general fnterallied indebtedness. and
the inability OF Russia France ana I
italy to pay England what they owe /
her viii not be overlooked
Don't Expect Too Much
Both Republican and Democratic .
platforms and candidates viii be
Judged here according to the stand /
they are believed to take on tue cues 1
tons as told It IS known, Of course; I
that neither Harding nor Cox VIII /
adopt a viewpoint satisfactory 70 I
England on most Of them. Accord 1
ingly. opinion here viii favor which /
ever man is thought 70 take up the /
most reasonable" flair" "intelli- /
what does It matter to Us what 4
the English think OF the issues at /
stake OF who they would like TO VIM.
is a question that may be asked at /
home. The answer, ! think. Is that /
II we could see ourselves as others
see us II would help broaden our un-
Outstanding as 70 the general posi-
ton OF the United States as q world d
not we have become. Our financial j
entanglements in Europe, III nothing
else, make our elections and our poll
cies a matter OF vital concern over
talk about isolation in a political
sense. no matter how much we may
long to return 70 the days when we
could play in our own yard without
attracting the interest OF our neigh
II both Democrats and Republicans
try to ignore some or all Of the issues
indicated as those which appeal. TO
England. they viii not in the least
avail to disentangle American affairs
from those Of the rest OF the world.
in the opinion Of observers OF inter-
national politics here For the Amer
lean elections to be Fought out on
the old lines, with the introduction
OF Bolshevism and the cost OF living
and the railroads and other domestic
problems as paramount issues, VIII
merely be to bury our national head
in the sand like an ostrich, and leave
a legacy to the new president OF
middle from which escape without
disaster Of some sort viii become IN
creasingly difficult That is what
am assured here, BY all observers
Disappointed Mt Choice.
It Is evident that the predominant
feeling here concerning the Chicago
convention is one OF disappointment
II Is realized that for British inter-
ests senator Johnson would have been
a much more damaging choice, but
Harding. Il is felt, win take a narrow
and selfish view Of international az
fairs, and under him the prompt con-
structive action by the United States.
which Il is felt can alone help
straighten matters out, viii not be
taken. Hoover would have suited
British statesmen, and the general
public here. down to the ground and
this Is not because Hoover is regarded
as pro British" in the sense in which
this term is used in America
What England, and indeed all Eu-
rope. wants. is an American presi-
dent who has been over here during
or since the war in close touch with
the realities OF TIE world position
Hoover Is not alone the only Amer
lean, but almost the only man. who
came out Of the peace conference with
a greatly enhanced reputation, re
spected IN all allied countries.-Copy-