The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-12-19
Association
OF American
Nations Now
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
NEoU! iEhi ~ The t1telNgepcSs)

WAsA!aR'pH. Dec. ,7.--Trcs!dcnt Hard
* has decided to cell into action m"
gssot:a,:oH o. American nations.
The occasion Tor the cal. happen %
b n" question o. whether The govern
Hient OF Guatemala shall be recognized.
Aut this ~eal,y - 4 vehicle for ram
american understanding on other mat
ters o: general concern 10 the nations
e: the western hemisphere.
Ever since the armament conference
HsS summoned and newspapers began
% look upon the gathering Of tie prn-
r.pal allied and associated powers az
sort o. executive committee which
"oGld manage the affairs o! tAe world,
tie countries IN the South American
contirea, have .eit sighted. They were
not invited 10 tie Washington confer
eace. Their only contribution 20 Il was
the use OF tne pan-AmeCICan lnlon
ouiidinE %)r TIE conference committees.
President Harding has from The start
lad N mind a polly OF closer aSsUcta-
;!on between the twO Americas AZ
sort OF substitute tor the inclination %
;he ,aSt administration - busy 'tsett
With European affairs. The greater
interest," o. tile United states. ne has
;ndIrsted. LES sou;hwa-d Hni not eaS:-
ward. Vet tGe press o. Other matters
has caused him 20 he diverted 20 either
Phases o. foreign ?oi!sy. The Co0cII-
SlGr ~ tAe rnur-Hower treat relative
20 Islands n tie tactic stretching i've
thousand miles west o: the American
ruast hax mace sua,e SoIth Americans
opp-eheHs.ve ;nHt Mr.. Harding Ike his
predecessor. 10d Strayed FAR aheId. and
that !" might neEiec: ne affairs %
'enlval and South America.
Has Not Forgotten
Mr. Harding has Ut I be hnowD shat
e has rot forgotten. In fact. he las
limited that IN affirmative policy IS in
course OF PREPARATION which shall assure
unity o: action by tho countries OF
TAILS hemisphere or all matters OF
American concern. The deepest inter
es: attaches 10 this move Tor l. Will
90 recalled thar Rhile the South Arneri-
car countries have all Jo:ned the League
o. N"tioHA some OF them failed 10
setcnG tho last meeting OF the assem-
hly because OF belief that tho aIoor-
GeSs % the United States should be
beeded by them.
W. Harding usually refers 20 The
,eagus itse'c as tAs European League
- Nations" md while he insists that
iHe United States has not sought TO
.7dLre any nation 20 withdraw from
TO European league :he Washington
goverHmcH, hRs 10. failed TO show its
Hi7'avo- :he 'r"rHeat an" American
r.rSt:"r VS. tU';cn ~ b. the league.
re Dsrrr:@ert q! State really pre-
cntel the le7Ere from taking coEni-
zane - tie costa Rica Panama dis
us'e. The rortrovN~Sy between Chile
nd reru ore" boundaries has been
rr'o'A TIE leeEUe on,y 20 have (
D.. = oH.No'ci 'o- Sea- the UH.ted states
r,t-f. 10: IKE T.. De7:atS and counter
4rH;I;S were entered :hat tae Washing
ca e=n!rent had offered no objec-
on. aDd HAD indeed suggested tina: this
f'SpUtc 50 he;o-c The 'eaSue.
Regional Associations
But aside ron tie I've qu"Sc.ous
watch are St-siniHE relations between
la-ious countries n the hemisphere.
Ne question 90 recognition N Guate-
';'a.a md a similar question in Mexico.
he Idea o. paN-AmR-.caH understand
,ux ar.Yea ou, %; M, Hard:nEs con-
re?:ioa Of raE!ona. Associations of
NJ t!naS. r.urope's league = one thing
TIE creation OF p1ciac ,caGus OF
rNt.oHt as embodied IN the four- power
pac: = another.
Nov. the American association o.,
nscionS Is 70 ne revived so I: may seek
. Rrromp.!sI precise objects Mr..
Harding hei!eves internat!Ona. confer
arce~ Should be summoned % settle
specific things ~ particular regions Of
10 Klohe IN Ire with that Idea. lie
aas called tho principal nations con-
.erHed !3:o separate meetings. VIII he
ask ~, ,&e 'wenty-one republics OF
''rntra' ard South America 10 get
'ogecAs- j. single conference That
las h""n ~" formula OF the past and
na~ Ia"oivel d!,Hcu!t;es because I, has
p,.CSG 'IrEe nations Ike Argentina.
Ers7... CHi'e. rerl. or a footing of
qua, iHhueace with Haiti. San Do
7rinEo. o. Nicaragua. The chances are
,Aa; tAe-e VIII De group analogous
o cA- principal allied and associated
mowers" with perhaps rotating per
some, 40 as 20 take care o: The inter
rsts o. tho smaller nations. bu: IN
any event a smaller group than has
heretofore been organized FOR the dis
QUESTION - Pa1-A:ne-ican affairs.
As TO Mexico
Although Guatemala = ro- The mo-
men: ,he subject OF consideration the
rgesttou % recognition in Mexico -
2ex!HeA % become a Pan-American
ahai- again The las. administration
h"s'atrd :onE about recognizing Car
ra0za. and finally summoned the six
rau~ rE diplomats rap-rS~nta;ives In
Washington - 40 Central and South
American coTH'ris- hasor~ deciding
Whether conditions ~ recognition had
oeen 'UlA"ed. The United States gov
eEnTIeH: under tho Harding adn!aistra-
ton. may DO tho same tainS--narne,y.
'ay all tho facts % It's controversy With
Mexico before Fan-Amer!can meeting
IN no svent OF an adverse or favorable
decision With respect 20 cha Obreg"n
government. the policy would bs tho
result OF a genera, accord instead ~
individual. responsibility. When Pacific