The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-11-28
Harding Plan
Not Rival. of
The League
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
,2yrlkht By The Intelligence,

WastinEton. Nov. 27.-rreS'dent Har-
INK has t8hcH informally the hrSt step
.oWard the pcrpetuat:on OF the idea o.
uternatroral conference a. de'ei"ped
~ tho meeting Of The present confer
nee tor tho limitation "t armam"nl>.,
Mr.. Harding Is sounding ;A~ powers
e % his rlan. II - not league OF
nations nor An association or nations
m th~ sense that the Versailles treaty
reated an internattnna body. No Such
snrra, or rigid institution nor Such
rrlles and regulations or obligations, as
no covenant Ot the league provided are
81 Mr.. HsrdirK's mind. but he does hope
- develop = sequel 20 the frst and sec
nd Hague conferences % 1922 ana lso'.
mich rlav hercht b. the experience Of
hose twn International gatherings and
h~irE about general Get-tosether
meeting Of nations 1T frequent inter-
ais.
VIII Avoid PiaAnA
r.. president has about him men liEe
tH,hu Foot. Who ara familiar with the
}iagun conference work and its defects.
and VINO can advise him how TO avoid
rha pitfalls ~ those meetings ono
roubl.. vas that the initiative in calling
Iecua conferences WAS left 70 An ind!-
dual The emperor Of Russia called
Na meeting III 1899. ard Il was ircSI-
mt EOCaele,t who vas about - hriNS
,ar second conference into SESSION when
- rrreror % Russia again took the
ni,atISn in 1907 The undcrStandlnS
hen WIS that the conferences would De
uaid avery seven years. and thru
rrrr-cnre VAS about 20 he summoned
.,reu the EuroCean war clouds OF I!lt
.stha"ed and prevented = meeting.
Nrs mn NrnNPmpnt upOn
re oris.nal Hague plan ia the setting
> ~ = machinery for thn calling OK
- conferences Here at Washington
IVA, ro.n, VII be discussed. and II IS.
deed jra Only thinE thai need be ls'd
-Asgra the powers. for Mr. Harding
,fsa = that the conference shall mas
rsooo rules uhen IL meets. shall frame
- own program and Take action a. IN
...dua, sovereign nations and not as
Super.Gol ernmcai.
PORN = Nucleus
rho president feels that the prime
"a, af,. .d and AS sociated powers form
nucleus. Instead Ht leaving the cal
tho conference - one executive "r
n. 10, eminent. , standing committee
len. 10 aprn,ntsl consisting ~ repre-
,rtsri, .. Of SeN Aral countries % whpn
,cr.,rcr fer an International confer
r,o ,o,ld hr r,,le. For the moment
"a. ,lr.<.lcnt feels that meeting every
.sr would Ne a good 'dea. but som-
~n,: .j"n would haV" to Se made. ~
,vr,e ~. the calling o' conference
ron sr,c-c anCles e'or"d. and " Is
- 80. ~rascn \ standing committee
- f..>n Yvsel - some c. IN" counsel
.rs .nn hs,e ,a.d the matter before
.r~ iarh.rS
/. : more than coincidence. per
..-~- 'Ha' to- Grst HAGUE conference
- ca''cd ror the very purpose ot limit
-, .~n.aneHts. hut Germany was un'
..'..,r :" aSr"r tn reduction or hm'
.Uor we NrSt Hague conference o.
80 ,,aS ne ~ less experimental only
,o7,,-s.A ernmerts being repre-
or;ed Tho second conference In l9oi
.,.,rG ro-t,-t tour states represented and
-arn't. ~,,.AS ot international law were
avn up Which unfortunately were
.s-eva-,,ed hy many ~ those power
oc0 10 war nt 1914 broke out.
no Rival OF League
IA r~rrn a:tnmatinx to create riFa
.. the league Of 't.on>. Mr.. Harding
,Oa - that 'he latter body Is essen
,r, an institution tor the enforcement
. the treaty ot Versailles, and as such