The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-01
|U. S. VIEW on
NATION LEAGUE
IS UNCHANGED
Replying To Letters
Doesn't Mean Wen
Join 1t.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
Copyright, 1921
N~OPJ
(Special to The Arguts

ID
Copyright, 1921
Especial to The Arguf
Washington, Oct. 1.-SpdIzsSs,,eu
of the government hers a<s,.Iained
today that if officials of the league
of Nations think the UnitedI States
has changed it's attitude towaEi that
body simply because severalf man
swered communications frdsl the
league have suddenly beeN an
swered, they are attaching toe
much significance to an ordinary
act of politeness.
Geneva dispatches tell of the
qualification of officials Of the
i league because Secretary FEehe:
has entered into correspondents al
last with their organization. The
fact is the United States govern
ment learned 4 few weeks age
through the press that the League
of Nations secretaTiat was CRITICS.
/ ing the United States for failing tC
answer letters Secretary Hughes
/ promptly had a search nlada OF
! state department files and discov.
cred that since many of the com.
! munieations were in the forIA Of
printed circulars they had beer
pigeonholed without replies. H,
ordered that all the letters and ir.
culars and notes be rounded uT
and promptly acknowledged.
Single Sentence Explains.
The terms of the replie= a. q
identical and set forth the LnaArI
can governments attitude in a n
gle sentence which says not i:
taken of this information for u,
purpose of relevancy to the Un e
States which is not member of H.
Leagae Of Nations"
In other words the American 81
ernment does not wish to be disA
speetful TO the league but it has d
planed that so far as the UnitkC
States is concerned, it must be re
garded as "a non-member state" (
the Washington government hS
anything to take up with the Ieagu
} it will do so by sendIlg notes to III
, individual powers which make u
thai body Under no circumstances
viii the League of Nations be rec
Eogmzed as having jurisdiction owe
purslL AIaag ssa r1gstis' W q1'es
: tics.
Wopld Not Kill League.
tcidentally, this correspondent
leR Rns further that the Harding ad
n stration hopes its attitude will
noHbe misconstrued as one of hos
u to the League of Nations il
SUI parts of the world and witt
reT beet to such nations as do accep
: dissatisfaction. Any thought tha
, tntHarding administration has Sc
), oukon a deliberate course of kill
mi athe league" is absolutely with
? es authority for that statemen
, United States government
G. eposed of many persons some c
. IN like the league and others c
In dislike it. But the trad
+ II policy of the United State
, nas y to encourage all organize
toa4 lich have for their objec
tfe preservation of peace. Not
persbn connected with the admins
ira ton is authorized to raise a han
et1qr here or abroad against tn
success of the work undertaken {
Ge1eVa, This declaration cannot b
toC strongly worded, for it is a fac
nHe d, the hope here is that th
lie iene of Nations will so thorough
y eYt7elish itself that it may hel
tn league of old world nation
so y aroblems which are largel
the y lwn. 1t is recognized that
ktas I'D Europe means reviv;
I OF An lean trade and industri;
pr So ty here. But aside frol
thf ere is enough altruism an
ldt al n to want to see every intel
IA il 4 organization succeed wit
rep to those nations which b.
loE G o it
Cites Monroe Doctrine.
s ior the new world the Centr;
ant iiouth American republics al
| tied 20 the United States by bono
OF 1riendship stronger than any TO
) ma institution. The United State
4 is not urging South American coul
r tries 10 withdraw from the leagu
| ! For old world problems it may |
= convenient for the nations TO IL
south: OF us to have a point of col
r tact with the league but most a
l suredly the United States will DR.
!. ceed hereafter on every Central ar
4 South American question affectir
= the united States exactly as
would have proceeded in 1914 whe
:, there was no League of Nations.
e Even the covenant of the leag1
y as accepted by Woodrow Wilsc
= contained a phrase to the effect TIL
= nothing in the league should "affe
: the validity of regional understanl
:. 1nSs like the Monroe doctrine
Some objected that this wasn't bros
enough but inasmuch as Ameri,
didn't join the league, the interpr
tation of that clause is superfuou
50 lar as this government is col
D cerned, the Monroe doctrine r
mains and the League of Nations
regional understanding itself
which the United States will not i,
terfere. Purely European question
T can be settled by the League of n
a tions. American questions will
a settled by the United States in co
d suitation with her nearest neig
Y bors.
d FORM WORLD WIRELESS CO
Paris Oct An inflammation,