The Washington herald., 1921-03-05
HARDING
ADVENT OF new
ERAFOR NATION
Sounds Knell of American
Espousal of League
Covenant.
SEEKS NEW ORDER
FOR TRADE WORLD
New President in Ad-
dress Repudiates Will
sons Pact Hopes.
n, AnTHuR ssAps HEsNiNc.

Inaugurated the twenty ninth
President Of the United States yes
terday. Warren G. Harding. chosen
by an overwhelming majority of
the people. invoked the advent OF
an EZRA Of good feeling" a return
ito normalcy" and the reputation
Of former President Wilson's effort
to commit the nation to the league
Of nations covenant and other en-
tangIement in European affairs.
Mr.. Wilson did not hear the knell
of American espousal of his doc
trine of internationalism sounded
by his successor. For the first time
in a century the outgoing Presi-
dent did not witness the installa-
ton of the incoming executive.
Mr.. Wilson drove with Mr.. Harding
from the White House to the Capt.
tol and occupied the Presidents
room off the Senate lobby. but just
as the inaugural procession was
about TO form the distinguished in
valid begged to be excused from
participation, feeling unequal to the
exertion. He left the Capitol be-
fore the Inauguration ceremony be-
gan.
Appears In senate.
Another innovation was the ap-
pearance of President Harding be-
fore the Senate Immediately after
the Inauguration to present in per-
SON his nominations for his Cabi-
lnet. After reading the list to the
Senators and commencing his ap-
lpointees to their approval, the
President withdrew and the nomi-
nations shortly afterward were
lconfirmed.
For the first time the delivery of
the inaugural address was some
Thing more than a formality foi
Ieyery word of the speech was
heard, by virtue of the sound am
plifiers. by the $4,000 people massed
lon the plaza as far as the Congress
tsional Library, block distant.
The vast throng broke into ap-
plause repeatedly, particularly in
approyal of those passages con-
demning the Wilson league of ma
tions covenant and pointing the
way "back to normalcy" from pur-
suit of the visionary aims OF the
Wilson regime.
. Program Features.
The salient features Of the Hard
| ing program as presented in the
| inaugural address are: yyt
/. observation-disclosures Of the United
States from Old World affairs. so
as to preserve full freedom. OF ac-
ton on all political and economic
questions arising in foreign rela-
tions. r
2. Rejection of the league Of ma
tions covenant as a permanent
military alliance" repugnant to the
principles on which the American
government is founded.
8. Readiness to join an associa-
tion of nations for conference and
counsel on all suggestions for the
preservation of peace and promot-
| ing the welfare Of the world. ~
4. Endorsement OF the move
ment to reduce military and naval
armament.
Wants World Court.
s. Desire for the establishment
of q world court to adjudicate
justiciable International disputes.
6.\A new order of finance ano
trade" designed to bind other ma
tons to us in closest" intimacy,
as lthe United States ,conspicuossly
has failed to do so far on the
American continents.
| 2. Reduction of government ex-
penditures and taxation
3. Cessation of Unnecessary in
reference of government in busi-
ness and cessation of .government
ownership experiments.
. Extension Of credit facilities.