Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-05-13
UNITED STATES IN
ALLIED COUNCILS
Decision is Reached After
Cabinet Discussion
HARVEY AND WALLACE TO ACT


Washington. - President Harding
and his Cabinet made the far-reaclfing
decision to accept the Allied invitation
that the United States once more take
its place in the Allied Councils.
The decision followed a meeting
of the President with his Cabinet
The session was devoted almost en-.
tireIy to a consideration Of the rela.
tions of the United States to the rest
of the world. The action was first
announced at the White House and
later confirmed and elaborated al the
State Department by publication OF
the correspondence between this Gov
ernment and Premier Lloyd George OF
Great Britain.
The decision has been carefully
reached. Administration officials have
thoroughly considered every angle OF
our foreign relations and Of American
opinion as represented in the Senate
and elsewhere.
The communication addressed by
Premier Lloyd George to this Gov
ernment for the Allies invited repre-
sentation on the Allied Supreme Com
Gil, on the Allied Council Of Ambas-
sadors and on the Reparations Com
mission. 1t was decided to have rep
resentation on ALL George Harvey,
United States Ambassador to London,
will be the Representative of the Pres
ident of the United States in the de
liberations Of the Supreme Council
Ambassador Wallace, until relieved
by Ambassador Herriek at Paris, will
be an unofficial observer" on the
Council of Ambassadors; while Roland
Boyden. Of Boston, will resume his
task of representing the United States
in an "unofficial' capacity on the Rep.
arations Commission.
In accepting the invitation the Pres.
ident makes IT plain first of all, that
this country proposes to maintain its
traditional policy of abstention in mat.
ters of distinctly European concern,
but admits American interest in prop.
er economic adjustments and the "just
settlement" of world affairs.
With this explanation and with the
combined official and unofficial repre-
sentation on the various Allied organ.
izations it is believed by the Harding
Administration that there will be no
question Of the American intention OF
refraining from renewing any entan.
clements with European governments
such as were contemplated in the
League of Nations covenant.
At the same time, the note of ac.
ceptanee registers the determination
of the Administration to participate
in world affairs so far as they con
cern the United States, and especially
to interest itself in such settlements
growing out Of the war
None of the Allied organizations in
whose operations the United States
will thus take part in one form OF
another are creatures of the League,
and only the Reparations Commission
is creature of the Versailles Treaty.
The Allied Supreme Council con
sists of the ruling heads Of the Allied
governments. It is merely an associa.
tion of supreme chiefs for the pur.
pose of carrying on" in a spirit of
allied solidarity. 1t is for this reason
that Mr.. Harvey is designated as the
Representative of the President" but
this designation also carries the furth.
er suggestion that the United States is
openly aligned with the Allied Powers
in the sense of an associated ma.
tion" as It was during the war.