The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-04
BY MARX SULLIVAN.
National Political Correspondent of q
Intnlll rannnr nd Nav York EtNellI

In,elligencer and New York Evening
Post
Washington. Dec. 4.-Senator Harding
arrives in America tomorrow. BY an
interesting coincidence. which has, now
ever. no more than whimsical signill-
canoe. he arrives exactly two years af-
ter the day when President wilson Set
out on his unprecedented trip.
Many OF the questions which President
Wilson went TO l'aNs to settle are TO-
day almost as unsettled as they were
then, and those questions when nave
been the burden OF the last two years Oh
domestic and International politics VIII
again be the principal questions that
MIR Harding will take up with the ad-
v!sers he has summoned to confer win
him next week. During these past TWO
years the forces Of nature and thr laws
OF economics have made some llttIe pro-
gress toward healing, but the statesmen
and tho politicians have been less sue
rhe public curiosity is chiefly intrnt
on whom senator Harding has chosen
to come TO see him and talk WIN MN,
and is focused on finding out what inc
Prestdent-elect says to hts callers, Rut
no less Importance attaches to what me
callers say to Mr.. Harding. And THIS
lattor is, for the present. much easier
" find out or Surmtse with reasonan!e
accuracy, Within the past two or three
weeks l have talked with most or the
men whom Harding has invited TO coun-
sell with him and IL is comparatively
easy to predict what counsel they Will
A Confusion Of Counsel.
This counsel will be varied in subject
md on many points contradictory. inc
more rager-one might say the moro eN-
r!table-of his visitors will urge hr
Harding TO put his mind instantly ana
exclusively on what they REFER 10 as
business conditions.
II Ton
other leaders believe that the suffering
of business men from recent events IN
the financial and economic field Is NOT
only q matter of immediate concern, out
tends to run on Into an economic cohut-
ton which may affect largo numbers
and all classes OF tho community. ana
may reverse the political conditions that
gave Harding and the Republican party
so large a majority last month. IheS
leaders will plead with Harding that tht
most immediate DUTY IS 70 naSe - Sue.s
nnd. In addition. to make announcement
Of policy and of appointments OF CHAR
acter 10 create confidence for the future;
Specifically. some OF these leaders Will
advise Mr.. Harding to announce tho
names Of his secretary OF state and his
secretary of the treasury as early as
possible without waiting to name the
rest Of his cabinet, SO that the pubic
generally. and business men more espe-
ments some assurance as to foreign pol.
icy and financial policy upon which they
can base their future actions. -,
Further than this, these leaders VIII
suggest to Senator Harding that ne
should call together Immediately the
members Of the finance committee OF tho
nav senate. and have them 10 10 work
at once upon such subjects as the tariff.
the refunding Of the public debt. taxa
ton. and the extending of treasury or
banking relief to farmers and otner
classes who are now suffering from the
fall in prices.
The Question Of Foreign Policy.
without going into too many details,
the advocates Of immediate announce
ments OF policy and Of appointments IN
the field Of government finance and taN.
alton have in mind acts which can be
accepted by the public as definitely out
lining the policies that are to last Tor
long time to come.
This brings US directly to the qucs-
ton Of forelen policy. On this subject
Senator HardinE's advisers fall roughly
Into two groups: One group says that
the recent election was an orerwhelm-
Ing verdict Of public opinion antagon-
lstic to any League Of Nations what
eyer. The senators and leaders VII"
take this view are not the largest in
number but are decidedly the more az
grpssive In spirit.
Onnoscd to them Is n Croup who VIII
tell Senator Harding. with all the en-
nhasis they can command. that nothing
that he can do and nothing the Rcpub-
lIcan party can do and nothing the
country can do can stabilize business
permanently until our relations with
the rest Of the world are first made
stable. Specifically, these leaders Claim
that In tho economic condition Of the
world as II stands today there Is ono
indetermfnate factor which, SO long rs
II remains indeterninate. viii prevent
everything else from becoming stahll-
lied. That factor Is tho amount Of tho
Indemnity which Germany Is required
TO pay.
Senator Harding will be told that tn"
amount Of tho German indemnity must
he made a fixed sum. so that GERMANY
will know how much she Inns to pay and
can order her economic future sccord-
inEly. and SO that the allies will know
how much they are to receive and cnn
order their fiscal futures accordingly.
These leaders say that the size Of thu
sum which Germany Is TO be made 10
Il should he n fixed ann and not an In
discriminate sum. Until this indcterrni-
nate factor Is turned into n fixed and
known uuantitv these leaders say there
can be No stability IN fnrei~n exchange.
no stability In foreign markntS. and M
stehn'tv IN domestic business.
When II comes 10 the question OF
how much pOwor America now hrs
toward living this sum. Senator Tnrd-
Ing and his advisers are face 70 face
Constantine will not be restored hut
merely convalescent.