Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-13
circulation tNerv 1OO00
Evening Yesterday / CSOO
WEDNESDAY, APRIL ls. 1921.
ulRpING'S SURRENDER.

nAknlNG'> Sukkf Nbtk.
President Harding has surrendered
10 the airreconctlablos."
IN his nrqt annual message to Con-
sr,.~s delivered in person yesterday,
hc said that he wished II definitely un-
aerrtocd that the United states would
NOT cntcr tho League of Nations. no
matter a. what cxtcnt tho Covenant
rien, he amended or modified.
rhc shock az this decision was tern-
noranlv sottened 10y his statement fav-
nrins an association of nations 10 pre-
arvy, peace which ne hinted nc would
~ - oreantz, hefcrc this session Of
.ourros. closes I;ut that statement
.na, rc taken uorc., as a SOP to those
a-t,are within r,e porty and 20 the
rat mas. 81 r~orI, without who favor
,nu, rta thr rcady functioning
earnc
sigrif. taa. before ne went
- ~ capitol + d,i,cr his message
,su,d INTO eart.rcrcc several q the
usst, r.rd- of the Republican PARTY.
SIS VAR, ,eiei to state their opinions
ar yicvs vhich d, had rcnncd the
before These wcre Senator
,tr-ar ar out and-ou' opponent ~
ioasuc scnator Mccormick. also
rrocoroIahlc senator Kellogg and
.naor N.cuwbrt msd reservation
who's. l~dor for the Ioague never
nsccndrd the torid point
IS Understood mat those gentle
.rr aerecd heartily with the tcxt or
IN message and !; may Re assumed
th,t mos viii lead the nght in the Sen
at, fo the adoption % thr peace roso-
a;loH which Senator Knox is scheduled
g. introduce at an early moment. With
ut le.ur irto ar, - the rs and ands
question { may be assumed that
separate peace VII hr declared with
vtraa' his Senatorial fight.
ta. Amer.ca shortly VII stand
uer IN Tho vor d--having repudiatod
he IDEALS fsr which her sons blcd
and aea rn the nelds II France.
~. President may attempt 10 es-
t4hH-h ms proposed association ot ma
uons q. preserve peace. hIt his voice /
even when anpldcd ny the neEaphone
= the Presidency. may not carry TO /.
ae tired nations = tho world. which I
.day place their hopes n the League /
Nations which has moro than 40 ac- I
aee members. and is functiorinr easily. !
is noticeable thar ne called for f.
tbe immediate consideration OF tho army .
lid navy appropriation bills. we shall
not entirely discard our agencies for
defence uutn there is removed the need
- defend" ho declared 50 the arrDa-
nent race wiu continue and the taxes
>,ul pile upNtEher on the hacks OF the
rcple while we prepare for the next
var Against which we have no safety
t VIZ" aA'4' a. the covenant would
.a,. oxsended to us We shan stand
,one ,rmed to tho teeth suspicious
. cN'' nation passing by
Tf. re'aainder Of the President.
sprech vac mediocre. lie spoke in
rlattudes which rold US OF the things
which al ~ Us desire but he did M,
teiI ~ how those desirable Things could
1e attained. lie commented on the cur
rent thought Of the country. in a con
'er'atiNe Republican manner. But he
did not offer w leadership-he did not
strIke into the wilderness Of the future
and show Us the way He listed the
reconstruction need. but hc did not
proneI methods by which The period
could H. PASSED ia safety.
L j row evident that be viu IL, !.
~ Np' z President who leads his
."',.w-ru1' I.athcr he v.l b. tbo
r. ''' tot. 81 safety .4lve 10 thc
''.-''alon atd brake Is the pro
s''''''' ''efhen' within and without his
r"rty vh,ch desires mat ne I-nt,oa
states ueaa fhe path 81 progress
w. h''e returned e "normalcy with
! seugcanc,