Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-13
~U.S.ToKeep
Clear From
AllTangles
Administration Replies to
Criticism of Senators Who
Feared Outcome of Euro.
pean Conferences.
Situation Is Now Easier
By ARTHUR SEARS HENhING
Chicago Tribune Omaha Bee Leased Wire,

Chicago Tribune Omaha Bee Leased Wire
Washington. May l2.--Thc Hard,
ing administration wants it to be dis,
tlnctly understood that the rcsump.
ton OF American representation Ill
allied councils is not going to involve
or entange the United States i'll al
iairs OF purely European concern.
For example, when the settlement
OF the Silcsian boundary question is
taken mp by the supreme council,
Colonel Harvey, the American am
hassador to Great Britain. vino has
been delegated to represent the prcsi-
dent in that body, will not participate
,.in the discussion.
The Silesan and all other boundary
questions are regarded by the admin
istration as matters of purely Euro
pean concern, it was stated auihorita-
lively on behalf OF the administca-
ton. II has been the traditional
American policy, it was pointed out,
TO refrain from participation i'll
European affairs of no concern to the
United States and the president may
be relied upon to carry out his pledge
TO discntangle the nation from such
participation at variance with thi,
policy as would have resulted from
unqualified acceptance of the Yer
saillcs treaty
Reply to Criticism. #
This is the answer OF tho admins.
tration to those republican senator's
who have been criticizing the presi.
dent for rcsuming representation i'll
allied councils and have been utter
ing grave lorebodings of the ,n-
tanglements in European affairs to
which such policy they thought
would be sure to lead
The administration takes note also
of certain senatorial suspicious that
the presidents step represents a
covert effort to carry the nation be-
yond the line oi disentanglemen.
IRON European affairs to which the
republican party is committed and in
Nolve us in the settlement OF Euro.
pean questions that would make
withdrawal difficult.
The administration pronounces
these fears and suspicious wholly
, ,eroundless and in the effort to prove
\ them SO. made known its intention
TO take no part w the settlement OF
the Silssian situation.
This disclosure of policy tends to
strengthen the belief that the adj
ADMINISTRATION has no notion of I'M
e1trwriting any Of the boundary pro-
visions OF the Versailles treaty and
that if any part OF the treaty is ae-
cepted it will be. mainly the eco
nomic sections.
Fear Future Move.
The principal fear OF the irrecon-
eilable senator's has been that the
administration is proceeding with
the intention of resubnitting the
Versailles treaty eventually for rat
itication with reservations. They
were inclined to look upon the re-
sumption OF representation in the
allied councils as a step in this di-
rection. particularly as it. is well
known that several OF the most in
flucntial members OF the cabinet are
in favor of the acceptance OF the
treaty with reservations.
Some of the irreconcilablc lead
ers lost no time in sounding Presi-
dent Harding as to his intentions
and reported they had received as
surances from the executive that he
does. not contemplate resubmis-
sion of the Versailles treaty. What
the president apparently has IN
mind. according to this report OF
his views, is the negotiation of
treaties with Germany and the al
lies embodving such provisions OF
The Versailles, treaty as the United
States is willing to accept.
The surrender OF Germany to the
allies on the reparations terms has
eased the situation produced by the
criticism Of the administration III
the senate because il has removed,
for the time being at least, the pos
dbility of involving the United
Atates in the reparations settlement.