The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-19
SHUN ARMS
ALLIANCES
..
--HAR .DING G
Pro gr am to- Submerge
Nationality Must
Fail.

yorktown. Va, Oct. 10.-United
p,sss,-Presfdent Harding here
,oday announced his unequivocal
o,uosit!on to the United States be-
coming a party to any alliances in
arms" or submerging its national
nv TO a world sovereignty.
Sanding on the spoI where ithe
pritish general, CORVALLIS, ended
tbe Revolutionary war by surren-
dsriug to George Washington, VINO
onnosed entangIing alliances at the
birth of the republic, the president
indicated he hoped the forthcoming
imitation Of armaments would
ming an understanding and CO.
naeratiye endeavor which shuns
he alliance in arms
Opposes ABglo-Jap Pact
The presidents speech was taken
70 mean that ne is opposed to sug-
sestiops from abroad that the Unit
cd States Join the Anglo-Japanese
alliance or ratify the tripartite
treaties with Great Britain and
France for the defense OF the lat
ter.
: Harding emphasized that inter
dependence among the nations is
necessary, but asserted emphatic
ally that mo program which seeks
TO submerge nationality will sue
ceed"
Regarding a world sovereignty
which might be taken TO mean the
League of Nations, the president
said:
No @WorId Sovereignty.
zone need not picture a world
soTereignty ruling over all the
varying races, traditions and ma
tional cultures because it would
asYer be.
THAT would mean a social. lnstl-
tational and intellectual standard
iration utterly inharmonious with
the plan that filled the world with
differing peoples, civilizations and
purposes.
"No program which seeks to sub
merge nationality will succeed
This republic will never surrender
50 priceless a heritage. will never
destroy the soul which impelleC
our gratifying attainments."
Praises Washington.
"Out of the revolutionary wa
we came, a triumphant nation
which caused an honorable ant
unbroken peace between the Unit
ed States and Great Britain foI
more than a century" Harding
said, adding that "a future breaci
Of our peaceful and friendly rela
tions is unthinkable".
| After praising the genius o
Washington, Harding said:
Il "0ur thoughts have lately beel
concerned with those events whicl
4 made history on the scale of
B world, rather than of a continent
Yet the lesson is the same. 1t i
Il the lesson of real interdependenc
among the nations which lea
Il civilization.
L 4 believe the time is come whel
there must be recognition of es
sential cooperation among nation
devoted, each of them in its ow
peculiar national way, to the com
mon good, the progress, the ad
vance Of all human kind"
Guests of Honor.
Il Yorktown, Va, Oct. 19.-(Assc
eated Press-)-President and Mr.
Harding were guests of honor tC
cay at the celebration marking tn
1tOth anniversary OF the surrende
OF Lord CORVALLIS to the colonial
under Washington and Lafayette
The presidential party arrive
from the capital after an owe
night trip on the Maytiower, whic
cast anchor in a cove whiC
through many summer weeks, Il
years ago, reflected the grim por
tof the anchored French neet, as
lay watching the beleaguered Bri
Ish army.
Goes to Williamsburg.
Mr.. Harding's address, the fe
lure of the days program, was d
RRered at the foot of the Yorktov
Aaonument, erected in 1881. AT
Aanclusion, he proceeded to W
iamsburg to participate in the i
Astallation of DR.. J. A c. Chandlt
LIS president of the College of w
aam and Mary. Since the origin
slebration of Yorktown day, st
tents of the college have made
annual holiday, journeying
his place in a body to join in t.
eremonies.
From Williamsburg, Preside
arding plans to go to Jamestow
ae site OF the original white settl
sent on the North American con-
aent Tho Maufipu-a- will aws