The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-15

men of the first importance. He needs
their counsel, as he already has had the
counsel OF Mr.. Root, Mr.. Hughes and
Col. Harvey. Probably the President
elect will take days, even weeks, for
further consideration of the plan TO re-
model the Government. The news point
of the immediate present is that he is at
work upon a tremendously important
constructive plan for real business
administration
While this plan has engaged the
larger part of the thoughts and doubt-
less OF the imagination of the Presi-
dent-elect, he has devoted much time
also, to his world association" plan. TO
consideration of the new foreign poll
cies of the United States. Col. Harvey's
outgiving last night reflected something
more, IL is learned. than the concrete
notion of forestalling war by an agree
ment among nations that the people
shall have the say.
IL is pretty clearly understood here
that the President-elect believes the
league proposition can be pared away
from the other provisions of the treaty
and that the other provisions of the
treaty can be carried out by the United
States in perfect faith and fairness L..
our allies and associates without our
remaining bound by the league dictums
That being the case, the way opens
broadly, THE New York HERALD is in
formed toward the kind of world as
ISOLATION Preseident-elect Harding
seeks most earnestly.
The President-elect in his talk with
the newspaper correspondents to-day re-
ported progress in finding foreign pol
icy upon which American can unite.
1T is not proving so difficult as some
supposed it would" he said
He preferred not to discuss the plan
proposed for the United States to lead
in an association of nations pledged to
a peoples referendum on war.
Its a big idea" he said. 1--WE have
talked about it for a week But | can
make no report on that now
Bryan Favors Plan.
He minated that the idea was not
entirely the product of Col. George B.
Harvey's mind. but that the Colonel had
sreatly assisted in clarifying it. WILL
lam J. Bryan, who will be here next
Friday. has favored the plan, and I'M
doubtedly will be given some credit for
its success. Mr. Harding approved of
the idea being put out by Col. Harvey.
Other leading minds who will be here
this week are e-President-elect Coo
lidge. Gov. Sproul of Pennsylvania, Will
II. Hays and Raymond Robins. Mr..
Robins will be here tomorrow. He may
be offered place in the new Admins
tration, and has been mentioned in gos-
sip for the post of Secretary of Labor.
Other things than questions of foreign
policy are discussed at the Marion con-
ferences. Mr.. Harding indicated. but did
not mention what they We're The plan
to reconstruct Government itself Is one
OF them.
His reference to making progress Is
taken to refer partly to the common
ground which he and Mr.. Root found
yesterday in the world court plan. With
or without the new association proposed
by the Harvey Bryan notes, IL is possible
that the new Administration may get
behind the court rs outlined by Mr.
Root.
Bishop William i. Anderson of Cincn-
natl came to Marion to-day at Mr. Har-
dings invitation to talk over the inter-
national situation. He originally was an
advocate of the league without reserva-
lions, but changed his position during the
| campaign and came out for the Repub-
ucan position. He left his ideas for a
Settlement with Mr. Harding, including a
provision that the United States shall not
be bound either by Article X. or any
other article TO participate in war or en-
gage military forces except by act OF
Congress. Another proposal was that the
| United States should go on record to the
effect that American public sentiment
will highly approve the fuflment of
Japan's promise to return Shantung to
China.