The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-11-09
UNITED STATES
HL PLAYS |
Lone HAND
& Aabassad or Harvey
Tells En glishrlen
hat w ashin gton's
olicy Of No En-
tangli ing Alliances
Holds Good

eiated Press George Harvey,
the United States ambassador to
Great Britain. told an audience at
the Liverpool chamber OF COM
Iasce tonight thatit was futile to
hope that america, as Lord Derby
racently had been Suggesting, may
some day be merged in a definite
alliance with Great Britain and
{ France.
This statement was made as q
aggression from an address on eco
monies and the internationai indus
trial SITUATIONS, in which the am
b8ssador attacked communism and
socialism and defended the princi-
pc Of indivi1ualism-
m his digression, Ambassador
grvey recalled Lord Derby's state
melt In a recent address in Bir-
H1inghan, in which the latter voic-
ia the conviction that the success
az the Washington limitation cf
afsEaments conference would mean
neaee and that its failure would
SIkzt><xL e&6I5 tli Lie lilfi1fSu4c1SCTA AoCdi e.
The speaker also recalled Lord
Eserby suggestion to former Pre-
Poincare of France at a din
zsef last Tuesday that ana anglo
rsneh alliance would be desirable
the interest OF peace. infimat-
Tag the strong hope" that Amer
ca might eventually join nzthescom-
Inatiors
sow it seems to have fallen to
1fs unhappy lot since have been
england. e continued AInbassa-
sr Harvey, s.eto dispe1 illusions
xSpregepfing the attitude OF atle
limited States can conceive Of
n0SIRore effective seryice, on the
part of an envoy, desirous as I am
oE eliminating all causes for mis-
apprehens1on, than to set forth
9rankly al certainty which may
bear upon the in1nediate future,
hoWeEer disAppoanting it maybe to
earefs In puEsuaneeauf this
pozisE COR wrongful as it
feeS inapelled. to- say
Efnankl that tke hope voiced by
Derby must be regarded as
rst presideat Sed; tho
Srsign policy OF the Unite1 states
s|scssaIgy and uneauivocally when ne
aS55nred his counfrymen never to
enter permanent alliance with
any ether power. This policy has
been reaMrmed by practically all
q lis successors. It was reiterated
great positiyeness in our. la
est national campaign by ourpres-
esst president and was confirmed by
lie majority: of the people 50 great
as te 90 beyond the pale of COM
psrison
view Of these circumstances.
Am doing more than stating the
wEoEIy obvious and inescapable
fact when pronounce the en-
rance Of the United States into
any permanent alliance, however
desirable that action may seem to
be an utter fnpossibility- May it
mot, be then the part of wisdom to
aEpid discussion or even suggestion
of proposaI which,. however
praiseworthy it may be, could hard
~ serve any purpose other than
TO feed enemies and distress friends
o8aboth Great Britain and France
S6 live in America"
eE1bassadcr Harvey in dealing
N 81 the subject Of world eco
Monies said the aftermath Of the
war was hardly less diseoncerting
and devastating than was the war
itself.
the expiration of the en-
suing week he continued. 1--WE
shall have reached the beginning
of the fourth year following the
arnaistice. Even then we shall
ongy be approaching what we hope
may prove to be the first definite
and enduring settlement looking
towards the lifting Of burdens and
the estab1ishme1t Of international
agreements or understanding fore
.shadowing prosperity which: can be
attained only through the assur-
anee Of tranquil relations among
the powers OF the world
There was. he added. political
peace in a broad sense and it was
Industrial peace that now vas be-
Ing sought and which must be OBJ
tained.
We must face the issue square
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