The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-05-21
Did Ambassador
Go Farther Than
His Chiefs Desired?
nY DAVID nAwHBNcE.
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Washington. May 90 OF th":c
awkward SituHtinuS IN "hich a'INn't
President Harding n"r SECRETARY ~
State hughes c3tn -! Unytntng withou>
canning 10 di>approNr one of their own
ambassadors has arisen. For tn" Sptech
It Ambassador Harvey IN London >aSn
~uhmittcl u the American government
urforc il WAS made and the chances arc
.,,At il would have brcn edited anu GER
i:iu phrases toned down II IL had oecn
,ubled here for approval. AS Il Is TIC
administration Is obliged puoiic'y 10
~tani by the speech and I" ave the IN
-%SSinn that Ambassador lIarNe! hash
aid anything fndiS"r"et.
NeNerthclrSS in his $WcHpins denun-
...ation Of the league Of nat IONS and c!s
~arCaStic references To- Ir"Siucnt VIII
LAS war uttrrances. Ambassador har-
Vry has admittedly gone farther than
las either Mr.. Harding or Mr.. Hughes
n stating American foreign policy.
president Harding IN his speech u con-
Srcss sail America never would enter
,he present league. He aerer closed
he door against modification Of the pro-
Visions of the league 50 as 10 square
with American desires. The Europeans
have hoped that 4 commission mlsrt
re appointed 10 consult with America
md work out 4 program OF changes sat
factory to the United States and thus
bring America into the council II na-
lions. But Ambassador Haryc? has
la shed aside such hopes with this state
ment:
.'Thcre stnl seems TO linger IN the
minds of many here the impressions
that in some way or other. BY hook or
crook. unwittSncly, surely. unwilling
~, America may yet be becuiled into
The league Of nations. II follows the1
hat the present government OF the
United States could not withou: be-
trayal Of its creators and masters.
and will not I can assure you. havo
anything whatsoever to do with the
Ntcsi ion l.
i~e appointed by II or responsible TO
1t directly or Indirectly. openly o.
t1rtiyely.'
The big news OF that parasraph-'in-
led the sensation which far surpasses
n Significance the denunciation OF the
.-aguo Of nationS-is the knowledge that
\mba ssador Harvey publicly disap-
proves Of the plan for world court
Jurmulated by Elihu Root. Tpe "orla
.ourt plan called for the appointment or
Iudges through the league Of nations IL
iced the court has been created as
part of the league machinery and :rnnu
root has said this seemed 10 MIN
wise idea.
everybody today WAS asking whether
\rnba ssador Harvey intended to make
his repudia tion Of the league SO wide-
weeping as TO include the court or IN,
iernational law which Mr.. Root heIped
r:-ame. It Is fact that Mr.. Harvey
lid not hesitate privately heretofore 10
..Npress his diSapproval Of the Root plan
:,.cause il was tied UP to the league OF
nations but not until TO-DAY mas tne
Harding administration directly or in
directly been In the position ot ropod-
:,tinR the Root plan. Did Ambassador
Harvey speak his own views or tnose
Of the Washington government
Friends of Ambassador Harvey. es,
peciaIiy those In the "irreconcilaSle
Sroup, believe Of course that ne has
only paraphrased President Hardings
,ndiscreet for a diplomatic representa-
live OF the United States 10 take issue
with the speeches made by preceonS
PRESIDENT of the United states IN Wnic4
Americas war aims were proc4tmeu
yeasons, nevertheless It Is true that Ar +,
Harding as q senator took the posnlon
J nat the war against Germany was no'
SO far as the United states was coa
.rnrd a war for humanity but war .
IN defense OF American rights ~nicn
mad been violated on the high seas. inns
was his view on the night ne Noteo io5
declaration Of war with GerinanE anu
3js view In the last campaign. Atnoass
dor Harvey will not get into not water
The cmbara ssment arises from the
act that Ambassador Harvey mas nlaoe
speech in a tone that rekindleSs nero
nc fires OF parttsanship. He was spec
.Hcaily instructed by Mr.. Harding as
..arting word that psrtisanship ended at
ne coast line. but then Amoa ssaaos
,iarvey feels ne is peculiarly we'll fitted
',tr the task Of spokesman OF the Hard
'n: administration. He lived at Marion
i,rrny weeks last summer and wrote por-
ions Of the Harding campaign speeches !
10 knows the mind Of his chief.
Tho chances arc that while he may !
l,Ive gone too far in expressing Ameri.
in foreign policy, ne will not be re-
liked for il. The man who Will really
-, more unhappy about Il than anybody
So will be Charles Evans Hughes. who
las been trying to be especially cautious
nd discreet as he slowly evolved the
main principles os American foreign pol
y. While Ambassador Harvey WI NOT
., reprirnanded il Is a safe bet that ne
DOESN'T make another speech in many