Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-13
BRITISH LUKEWARM
m HARDING STAND.
,,,...r,irster Gazette Declares
D,osident's League SubstI-
tute inadequate
s.rIsFACTIoN IN PARl S
IT, thc Associated Press

,,aor April 13.--Prcsident hard
~, message to Congress was r"'',V'"
ny ,.,o for editorial comment IN TN"
"o '.r,. % newspapers. although sum
',..s ..io. Of ihc message appeared IN thc'r
na n,.,,s crowdcd othorwis" with news
r,',hc ,hc critical industrial situation
Wv .Ji,orial writer's Of the afternoon
Thc r'''I bowcvcr. had opportunity to
iouInubbI ,bc message, and they devote con
'iSSotobIc iS% attention 10 those asSas.I
n0,irr with tho League OF 'Nh'loIs az"
dru"iiG dI%"rica : foreign relations IN general
hTbo Westminster IinHcttc pays vs.
.,;oI attention to tho derrlrhtion III
rpy'r, n,cSeoro Of America intention 10
S.r, ", ~ no part in the existing League OF
Nations. ohos ,o ogor for
"ohytcntiun. Il says. "but America
.o, Ina, hive matters both ways. Sh"
nnm "o, abstain and then complain that
rsu"; gay ,.;c,ors have made of the league
tne ,,birg other than America would
%nb boJ II The 'cOmpacts OF amltN.
nSI aI ,bc association 10 promote peace,
suu o,ccIIcnt enough aS evidences OF
,r ,,rrcrico's % good will. but they form no
rg.a,otr substitute for tho league aS
= r1isbt have been had America wiIlcd
The Fail Mall Gazette says President
uordlrg's conception OF tho future
,aoms n", r' 10 BE- expressed m HIS reference
:. .',otiou, asaOriatcd for world help
t'rrs. without world government and
we trust he will preserve in tho
,H,rt 10 show how this conception can
10 raoIizcd without disturbing the use
a., work npon which the League Of
Nations is already engaged.
Paris. April 13.-(By A. P.l--Pres-
u'rt IIgrdings message 10 Congress
rrootcd a most favorable impression In
pors in official rs we'll as other cir
90. Particularly favorable was the re-
sntion Of the passage in the message
;r,crprctcd here As recommending tho
,stifroton Of the trcnty Of Versailles
dstorhcd from the covenant OF tho
League Of Nations and with reserVa-
tons .p.
Gable extracts Of the address Of Prcsi-
dent Harding before tho nited states
Congro>, arrived hero too late, and were
loo brief, 10 permit this morning s
rpvsnapcrs to comment cditOrially. The
prominence given Mr.. llarding's mes
ngc. however, showed the inportanc"
attached To il in this city.
"pcrtinnv." political editor OF the
Echo do Paris, was the only editorial
writer 10 havr something to say re-
nrlirg the message.
"Thrrc is no longer any doubt as to
tie policy tho new American PRESIDENT
md his advisers intend to pursue. he
remarked II was not generally eX-
ppCtcd Mr. Harding would announce
Immediately his d"sir" I" Scc the theo-
teticaI state "I war with ''rlnanS
ended. France. for tho past two years.
has been consistently mistaken about
Washington capable ot rnIightcning ana
oTa'!He T5 .N a., ,.., .,,..o
lto "rF'r hS>'T''u ,I'' l"t' , l,,nS.
VA Hl ,!,anl ~ I'',I'.'r ~ ,|' i,,,
" rj'n'r 'Iah.; "ho' i' "'cIareu' ""''
0'De "'S ''S''
See Prudence in Message
1in,o .urnriyc with thc ,cxt or tho
ns,,,,o sc, v.a. 'l ov,rosynI nv Nv newsnoncrs
,noj r,ro toI,r a, roon
"prrd,,ro " GorI.,rcd tho Paris Mid,
'vIia, ., ru,tnmorv nrolitv nf Amer .
ran rr,, ,ijon,. rn,,,H. .mnrcr,o in Nr
go,linc's ,nn.,o,,o ,rrnra 49, No ocno,
.on inv u. cit%9r n iiyht hon6ros in
,.1oI,o,io" 'i,r' w. oIo,.,"h Lm rsL' fnm iS ,hn
President is rcsnrv"d % Amrricon m,bIic
nnIpjrn !, ,,,,,L loyy 80 Tn I'll nmnrs