The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-11-26

make and give out a certain number
of decisions and appointments, which
will be the fairest possible basis for
judgment on the part of the public
also, during these weeks he will be
visited at Marion by number of po-
litical leaders and other leaders, of
thought They will be summoned for
the purpose of counsel, not only about
our foreign policy, but about other
subjects and about appointments.
AS to who these visitors will be-,
lists have lately been published which
have been seriously inaccurate both
as to some of the names mentioned
and as to many of the names omitted.
II these lists should be accepted by
the public as finally would be the
basis of most unfortunate misappre-
hension. So far as that goes, there is
no very formal list.
Carries Out Promise. .
1t is true that Immediately after his
election Senator Harding recalled his
promise to the public to make the sub
ject of our foreign relations his first
concern. In the spirit of carrying out
this promise he did write to few
men asking them to come to see him
at Marion; but the ones he invited
then were only the more obvious ones
and were probably intended as, mere
ly enough of a beginning to be a sign
of his intention to carry out his obi
cation. Later on, apparently in the
course Of acknowledging messages of
congratulations and in other informal
ways, he asked other men TO come to
see him. To others he has sent infor-
NAL messages through friends which
have not yet been delivered. But
there was, and is, no formal or COM
plete list of such sort as to justify
the deductions that have been made.
Probably one of the least accurate and
most misleading reports that have
emanated has been the one to the eff
feet that Senator Medill Mccormick
of Illinois is on his way to Europe as
an agent of Senator Harding, with a
commission from him TO negotiate
with European statesmen concerning
Senator Harding's policy with regard
to the league of nations.
Mccormick Not Envoy
The only truth in all this rumor is
the fact that Senator Mccormick is
! at this moment on the ocean bound
for Europe. There is the best of rea
sons for saying that Senator McCor,
mick has no commission from Senator
Harding and does not represent him
Senator McCormicks trip is wholly
personal and wholly for rest.
Senator Mccormick is one of the
most determined, as we'll as one OF
the most honest-minded of the op
ponents of the League of Nations
That a senator with such views should
be said to have been selected by
Senator Harding as a legate to nego
tiate with the league would be unfor
tunate if it were not, happily. so gro
tesque as to be ridiculous. 1t would
be unfortunate not only from the
standpoint of Americans interested in
this question, but douhly unfortunate
and seriously misleading considering
the fact that the League Of Nations is
now officially in session. and has post
poned considering any amendments
until they know Americas intentions
Senator Mccormick himself would
such a misconception as has attended
the beginning of his journey.
Most of the surmise about cabinet
appointments is less harmful, and
| some OF it contains elements of pretty
! shrewd surmise. But a little of it
unfortunately. is animated by the wish
. to further some appointments and tC
impede others.
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