Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-05
Harding.to Revert to Round Robin
Signed. by Republicans of Senate r.
AS Basis For His Foreign Policy
(By David Lawrcnce)

(By David Lawrcnce)
Copyright by The G. f. Herald.)
Marion, Ohio, Nov. 4.-President-
elect Harding Will revert to the round
robin. signed by tho Republicans of
the United States senate in March,
1919, as the basis of foreign policy
in the new administration.
This plan which has been confiden-
TALLY discussed during the campaign
will be put into effect just as soon af-
ter Inauguration : as possible. 1t a
the merit Of affording a beginning in
the inevitable process of reconciliation
between the various factions Of the
senate. fH..t. e ~
4,sNo matter what the votes may have
been on the peace treaty and covenant
the round robin is the single document
that all the Republican senators. both
irreconcilables and seservationlsts,
have signed. Senator Borah may have
remarked during the campaign that
he was against demonstrations ortaili-
ances of any kind but his name was
signed to the round robin he text of
some kind Of a. League of Nations.
Moreover, it may be a surprise to
thesIvorlds ,outside Of Marion. Ohio. but
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tRoak ssH39-not lie secretary "of. state in
the next administration. Alsot it may
be disclosed. that Mr. Root is. not In
particular high favor here and that
heswAlaeot beaAhe minister e~StEaordi-
nary orNhigh Notwithstanding deal
with Europe as SO many people have
SUPPOSED. There is not the intimacy
betWeen5 Senator Harding and Mr..
Roaf which has been SO often :;Sug-
sested az The basis for a Harding-Root
team onyforeign policy in the next Re
publican administration. This may be
disappointing to a large number OF
people but it is nevertheless true. 1t
is known for instance that Mr.. Root
sl.nt SeHator Harding a cablegran,
from Eondon. the f~riendliness OF
which to the present League OF Ma
tions was not to the liking of the then
Republican candidate for the presi.
dency.
Also there is a feeling here that Mr.
Root didn't play the game during the
campaign and that the part he took
in the formation OF the international
court which has. been created under
recognition of a type of world organi-
zation which the Republican party
was fighting. NH WHAT
No Bitterness.
There is no particular bitterness O.
present League Of Nations out one en-
counters strong convictions among the
men who reflect Harding's viewpoint
conditions that lean, more to the So
! called "irreconcilabfes' like Johnson,
1Borah and Mccormick than the pro-
leaguers like Root or Taft. To be sure
most OF the folks surrounding Hard.
ing from whom he has been taking
advice are anti-leaguers- and bitter.
lenders" They make no secret of the
4 fact. that the overwhelming election
ireturns are calmly pointed to by them
Jas aaVindication Of the "irreconcilable'
Aviewpoint. Senator Harding. however
I has always insisted that his political
opponents purposely misconstrued his
position as one of opposition to any
, league. or association whatsoever.
Perhaps this was because neithe,
Senator Borah nor Standardization
leaders of the i~rreconcilable group
spent much time arguing which kind
of a league they would favor but con
demning the present league. The Re
publican platform in Chicago. accept.
ed by B6rah and Johnson, favorS gar
International agreement to adcom.
plish the same general objects which
the democrats have claimed the pur.
pose of the Wilson covenant. But NOR
specifically thar h Republican plat.
form, the Harding policy is reflected
Lin the following tex of the famoi:
lrovnd robin Sent originally by the Re.
publicans in the senate as a warning
Ito President Wilson in the midst Of
the, peace negotiations:
Whereas, q committee Of the peace
tc0nference has proposed q &constitu.
ton for q. League, of. Nationa and. thu
sproposal is now before the, peace con
fference for its consideration, now
therefore,
y It resolved by the senate Of the
unttedastates in the discharge of it.
constitutional duty Of advice In re,
gard to treaties that tits the n o1
the senate that while It Is their de.
stre that the nations OF the world
should unite to promote peace and
general disarmament, the constitution
OF the League Of Nations in the form
now proposed to the peace conference
should not be accepted by the United
Estates and,
BE It resolved further that it i.
the saense of the senate that the ne.
gottations on the part of the United
States should be directed to. the ut
most expedition q the urgent busi-
ness OF negotiating peace termss salts
factory to the United States and the
nations associated In the war axains,
the German government aAdlthe pro-
Eposai for League ,oes Nations to In
sure the permanent peace Sof the
world should then be taken up for
Ecerefti and serious consideration."
GanAot Go Back OMIT.
II issthe last paragraph favoring q