The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-28
HUGHES AMERICANIZES
NATIONS FOREIGN POLICY
League of Nations Wou Have
Brought Uncle Same Into Mess
Of European SquahbIes
Saves S4oo, 900

Washington, June 27 II the Hard
ing administration did nothing more
than Ameritanize the foreign policy
OF the United States it would more
| than justify the tremendous majority
the Republican party received at the
polls last November.
That the policy is clarified and com
pletely Americanized becomes in
creasingly evident every day, in sp te
Of the Efforts of the last ditch leaguers
to create the impression that Uncle
Sam Is still flirting with the coyen-
ant.
Let those who still rest under tn
impression read the excellent address
of Secretary Of State Hughes at
Brown University asst week in which
he says that it is not desirable that
Americas helpful influence should be
| FILTERED away by relat ng ourselves
unnecessarily TO political questions
IwGch involve riyalries Of interest a.
broad with which we have no proper
concern Let them also take cogni-
zance Of the fact that direct negot a.
lions have been begun between the
United States and Japan for the set.
tlement OF the questions pending be
tween them negotiations that are be.
ing conducted by Baron Shidehara,
the Japanese ambassador and Secro
tary Hughes,
II behooyes the American peop e
to turn for moment from the domes-
Itic problems which bear down upon
them and consider the present status
OF Europe. They will find plenty Of
inspiration for giving thanks that
America escaped the league of nat
ions.
America escapes JangIe
Not since the downfall of Napoleon
have affairs on the continent been
so unsettled Russia is still a chaos
Poland, recently liberated. has
ambitions which run counter to the
interests Of some Of the larger pow
ers, and are apt to kindle another
European war at any moment
Siles'a, involved in civil war. is pa.
Itrolled by allied soldiers, and the
Americans would be there too, were
we members OF the league. Greece
and Turkey are at war and here, too,
are the seeds OF another general con
flict. Great Britain has already sent
word to the porte that an assault on
ConstantinOple means was between
Turkey and England There is ciyil
war and unrest in the Orient, with
Persia and other Asiatic countries
Threatening to throw off the Western
Europe influence to embrace Dol.
sheyism
Even Great Britain, the strongest
power of them all seethes with un.
rest, and faces a general demoralizat-
ion of industry because of the strike
of the coal miners.
Politics makes strange bedfellows
in Europe as well as in America.
There are abundant signs of dineren-
ces between France, Great Britain
and Italy Great Britain interfered
in behalf of Germany in the Silesian
controversy thereby offending the
Poles and the French And now
comes a hint that there is brewing an
economic understanding between
France and Germany that would re.
bound to the advantage of both ma
tions--a possibility that is causing
Great Britain concern.
1t is true that the league is not
functioning that the member nations
are quarreling and bargaining with
no reference whatever to the rules Of
the league. Participation of Amer.
ca in all these quarrels has been avoi-
ded by the rest on election day last
November, Let us therefore pause
for moment to give thanks.