Evening star., 1921-02-21
Senator Johnson Praises
independence Of Hughes,
Did Not Oppose Selection
Continued from First Page,


freyealed after Mr.. Hughes has been in
office a short time. Mr.. Hughes thinks
| in straight lines. He will endeavor, of
| course, to meet the pledges which the
| republican party gave at Chicago, out
he will work out a foreign policy III
his own way.
The fact that Senator Johnson OF
California is pleased with the selec-
| ton Of Mr.. Hughes does not mean
that the new Secretary OF state mas
said something or is committed TO
some policy which is pleasing to the
| irreconcilable group in the Senate.
Mr.. Hughes on Foreign Policy.
On the contrary, an examination OF
Mr.. Hughes utterances on foreign
policy shows that he has maintained
a certain flexibility of viewpoint
which will come in handy when the
many factions of the republican party
start pulling and hauling Tor their
! own theories.
Here, for instance. are the main
! points which Mr. Hughes mace on
| the covenant, indicating the condi-
tions upon which he might favor the
entrance of the United States into
| the present league Of nations;
/. Omitting the guaranty in ar
I ticle ten.
l z
of the leagues inquiries and action
| 80 as to leave no doubt that the IN
! ternal concerns of states, such as
| immigration and tariff laws. are not
| embraced.
2. Provision that no foreign power
shall acquire by conquest prss,en purcna,ss,
or in any other way, any possession
on the American continent or the IS
lands adjacent thereto.
4. Provision that the settlement OF
purely American questions snail De
remitted primarily to the American
! shall not. intervene unless requested
to do so by the American nations.
S. Provision that no member OF
! the league shall be constituted
no European or Asiatic power shall
De constituted mandatory OF any
American people.
6. Explicit provision that unani-
nous agreement or decision is re-
] quired.
Z. Provision that any member of
, the league may withdraw at its
pleasure on specified notice.
Mr.. Hughes to Formulate Plan.
| Mr.. Hughes has inclined toward
the view that there was a substan-
tial basis in the treaty of Versailles
| which could be utilized in negotiating
new understanding with Europe.
Whether that amount of good in the
i treaty can best be retained by rati-
1 flying the pact with a new set of
| specific reservations or by negotist-
| ing an entirely new treaty with Ger
many is the particular problem which
l Mr.. Harding has asked Mr.. Hughes
| 10 solve. What Hughes says will
| be done.
President-elect Harding believes
| that man who came within a few
| electoral votes of being elected Presi-
dent of the United States and man
who has held position on the Su-
| preme Court of the United States will
be trusted by American opinion, no
matter what his conclusions may be
after studying the facts.
! During the campaign Mr.. Harding
| expressed broad principles and did
not attempt a formula. Mr.. Hughes
will endeavor to work out detailed
| formula, and whether it squares alb
] solutely with the utterances of the
campaign is not going to worry Mr..
| Harding. so long as 1t does square
! with the plank in the republican ma
tional platform written by Elihu Root
! which committed the party to IAN
| agreement" covering substantially the
same general objects as were. from
the republican viewpoint. wrongly
phrased by the democratic admins
tration.r
And when Mr.. Hughes gets through
with his job his promotion to his old
place on the Supreme Court OF the
United States may be his reward.
Copyright. 1921.)