The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-11-08
President-Elect viii Play
Golf and Meet the Fishes
in Gentle DaIliance
in Texas
MANY SURMISES AS TO
PRE-INAUGURAL STEPS
FOREIGN RELATIONS AND ASSO.
CITATION or NATIONS Dis
CUSSED; NO MENTION MADE
OF LABOR POLICIES

On Board President-Elect Hardings
Special Train, Nov S.-Coming 10
Texas for a vacation after the trying
requirements Of his compaign, Presi-
dent-elect Harding declared today .he
was determined to put the thoughts
Of his coming responsibilities out OF
his attentions and to give himself
over for the next two weeks to com
plete rest and recreation.
In the language Of his own profess
sion, he told his friends that he ex-
pected to stay off the front page
and to cease temporarily 10 be more
than a secoud-rater in the day-today
columns Of American newspapers.
From the time of his arrival today
at Point Isabel, small and remote
village on the southern Texas coast
he was ready TO plunge unreservedly
into the swing of a real vacation.
Hunting, fishing and golf are the
particular vacation offerings Of the
place, but of three, he expected
to omit hunting, because il never
has been among his favorite sports
A mornings expedition and an after
noon on the golf links were to con-
stitute his routing during every day
Of his visit.
The fact that Point Isabel lies only
six miles from the Mexican border,
has given rise to many whisperings
of possible conferences between the
new president-elect and representatives
of the new regime in Mexico, but
those closest 20 Mr.. Harding were
inclined TO throw cold water on such
of these reports as have come TO
their attention. Mr.. Harding himself
said today that no such conferences
were "in prospect and that he had
heard them expressed only in news
paper speculation.
The same attitude was taken by
the presldent-elect toward published
suggestions that he might begin his
Inauguration in formal conversations
with European governments regarding
the formulation of an association OF
nations. Not only does he want his
vacation undisturbed; but he has said
in public utterances that he desired
to have no negotiations with foreign
agents, until he actually had come
into authority.
The delicacy of Mr.. Harding's posi-
tion in that regard has been pointed
out more than once by those closely
associated with him. Elected to the
presidency by an overwhelming ma
iority after promising many changes
in the nations foreign policy , he
naturally is looked to by foreign gov
egnments to take the proper steps to
put these changes into effect, yet by
provision of American law, unique
among the greater powers of the
world he remains private citizen
for four months, forbidden by diplo-
matte propriety to take any hand In
the direction of executive affairs
At time when important interna-
tional problems are pending, rot only
with the powers Of the old world, but
with Mexico, Japan, China and other
nations, this situation takes on addi-
tonal interest.
IL is understood that several men
representing themselves, either truly
or falsely as the spokesmen of for
eign statesmen, attempted TO gair
interviews with Mr. Harding at Ma
rion, even before his election, but his
headquarters officials say all OF then
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