The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1921-04-06
HARDING FAVORS PLAN
OF WATCHFUL WAITING
president Frowns On Anything B1rd-
cring On Haste With Re-
gard to Matter.
MAY USE KNOX PLAN AS LEV ER
TO Force Allied Nations to Think Well
of Americas League
Substitute

washington, April 5.-Whatever
may be the expectations of Republican
senators who want All early dcclara-
ton OF peace with Gem any, it was
made know authorita.ivcly today
tsat President Harding had not
thrown the influence Of his admins
!raIioh bchnd the movement but was
inclined to look with disapprovaI on
any prospect of prccipitate action,
1t was revealed that the President
had not, IN fact, committed himself
TO any definite program for the res
tofatlon of peace, though he was said
10 pc learning more and more To n
belief that the Versailles covenant ,-,n
not IN any practical way be used now
as basis for his association of ma
tons. He is canvassing the situa-
ton carefully in the Ii ght of infor-
nation and advice which has come
TO hlm since inauguration, and al
though part of his program may be
dcc1dcd on soon, it probably will be
man ywecks before it revealed il, it's
entirety.
In his consideration of the peace
resolution, which some Of the Serate
leaders want to press to an early pas
sage in the special session of Con
gress convening Monday, Mr.. Harding
is understood to have taken the post
ton that in the settlement of so I'M
portant a question the nation must
proceed with care and prudence. It is
sad that he has not withdrawn the
approval he gave the resolution when
ne supported II in the last Congress-.
put is convinced that the present sit
uatlon does not require haste SO much
as 1T requires painstaking delibera-
ton.
The administration has not revealed
"hat elements are involved in the de-
termination of its attitude, but there
nave been indications that it would
consider itself in better position TO
make advances for an association of
nations if the peace declaration wora
deiayed. lntimations have come To
officials here that some of the lcadino
allied statesmen would consider pas
sage of the measure great handcap
IN the negotiations Tor Il peace con
cert, weakening the position of the
American government with its former
associates IN the war and making
them less susceptible to American sur-
gestion.
1t has been limited to the President
by some of his advisers that like the
outstanding war debt, a pending reso-
luton OF peace might be used as a
potehtlal lever to bring the Allied
governments into accord with the pro
noSalS Of this government.
At Il dinner here last night soma
OF the Senators most promner5 in
foreign relations are understooG to
hav2 informed NJ. Viviani, the former
rErnch premier who is visiting here,
that that ms government need not hope
that 4 peace declaration would be lonr
delayed. They plan to bring the meas
ure quickly into the program of he
Spcc1al session and they express un-
bound confidence that it will be
adopted quickly.
There has been no indication that
me President would make an open
light to delay action, but what he
says mat his message to Congress will
be studied carefully for delicate shade
OF meaning, and the impression he
conveys IS expected to have much
weight with many Senators of his
party.