Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-03-10


amended form, will be a prellminar
step In the movement for the formU
latlon OF a general foreign relation
policy.
A member of the new cabinet ha
told your correspondent that Mr.. Han
dlngs pronouncement early in tn
campaign in favor of the immedat
passage of the Knox resolution wa
TOO specific and too apparently heart
1elt TO admit of any marked chang,
In the presidential policy expect fo
the most urgent reasons. 1t also wa!
sald that at present there is no rea
son to believe that Mr.. Harding in
tends TO change his mind In this mat
Ter. There was, however, attached tC
the Knox resolution for immediate
peace a paragraph which was strlck
en- out because several senator's OBJ
Jected 10 1t. These senator's said thar
they We're afraid America might com
NIT itself TO some International agree
ment Which would prevent future In
dependent action by this country
along certain lines of definite Amer
ican policy.
It was in the summer of 1919 thai
a part of the Knox resolution tC
which objection was entered was
stricken out. 1t was a declaration o.
American intention toward European
aHalrs In case another kaiser, OF
somebody else, should strike a blow
at liberty and democracy.
Hughes to Have Free Rein.
President Harding at times ha,
more than suggested that he will ia
yor some kind of an association OF
nations which will enable the worlt |
to work for peace.
Since the appointment of Charles
/ Il. Hughes as secretary of state, it has
| been said that he will be given a free
rein to work out his own information
al policy. Of course no such state
ment of entire freedom of actor
would have been made unless Mr.
Harding believed that in a genera
way, at least, Mr.. Hughes views or
international matters are like his own
1t is taken for granted in this city
that the new President and his secre
.tary OF state win favor some kind Oi
prohouncement which will declare
that America Will not view uncon
eernedly any attempt of great mil
fsaFg power ID pTerrun another cnnn
ut liberty and democracy II Is foil
this reason that the feeling seems te
run here that the clause in the Kno2I
resolution which once was stricken
out, will be reinstated.
Recently the French and British
press have been asking what Americs !
intends to do. In the Intransigean |
of Paris, Gabriel Hanotaux has put tht {
question thus to America: {
Frankly we want to know how she q
Is going to end the war. With us ol
without US? That is what we wani
to know. The rest does not matte, n
much" ~
France Wants Promise Of Aid. @
1t is apparent from this that France Il
lesires today, as she always has de a
tired, that the United States will Il
make some kind of agreement will o
Ter guaranteeing aid in case of ar Il
ttack upon her by great military a
,ower. When President Wilson wa. r
broad he gave assurance that tht h
Jnited States would make treaty
f alliance guaranteeing American ait U
n case of a German attack. The fC
reaty alliance matter has beer In
helved, temporarily, at least, and now W
rance is asking again what the Unit II
d States will do for her along this
ne. e
1t is said that all the democracies lie
nd near democracies of Europe want fr
guarantee in behalf of liberty tt CT
nable them to go ahead with their CO
ldustrial work, TO cut down military pl
and to get a sense OF Jl
lat freedom which will enable then II
, pursue the paths of peace and OF
without the daily fear OF 81
black inroad upon their villages anC va
aims. an
The part of the Knox resolution y"
hch was stricken out had nothing tC ma
}, of course, with q defensive all h''
ice with any country, but 1t did &C 10
far as to say that America would mi
Ike measures to meet any situation co
hich involved aggression by mill "a
ristic and autocratic power which
as threatening the peace OF coun
les which were minding their owD
siness and ruling themselves dem 'e
IRE
Hughes Sorry He Sold His House.
Several of the men who are to sarve 81,
President Hardlngs cabinet are Inc
W to Washington life. while ,
ne of them have spent good yo'
It of their adult years in the pay
bic service of this city. Wash VIZ
ton, however, is not strange to any
them, for all of them have spent ''''
ne time here In the prosecution OF "o
ir business activities. que
'hares Evans Hughes, the new sec
ary Of state, was an associate JUS ""'