Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-07

tives in the councils of the Allied
Powers.
President Harding holds it obvious
that the United States must have a part
I'm the deliberations affecting American
and world interests. and cannot proper
In cooperate in the settlement of great
international questions unless ii has OBJ
servers To furnish information upon
which advice and decisions by this Gov
ernment can be based IL has been
found unsatisfactory TO trust to cahled
communications to guide this Govern
ment i'm important decision in It's for
eign relations.
The unofficial representatives at the
Council of Ambassadors at Paris and on
the Reparations Commission win OBJ
serve and report. but the Government
at Washington will take decisions. AM
bassador Harvey at the Supreme Coun-
ell of the Allies will represent the Presi-
dent. under instructions. and his powers
will be limited by those instructions.
Denial of Enfanglements.
Ii was emphasized in an authoritative
quarter that the reply to the Allied inv1-
tation was not intended to mark a new
policy of ENHANCEMENT in European af-
fairs and that IL must not be regarded
as suggesting even remotely becoming
involved in the League of Nations. II
was emphasized at the White House
and at the State Department that the
Allied Supreme Council and the Con-
ference Of Ambassadors ut Paris We're
not league bodies and that while the
Rcparat tion Commission was set up un-
der authority of the Versailles Treaty,
II also was not a league body.
II was also emphasized that the United
States would not be bound by action
taken by any of these three bodies mere
" because Of representation on them.
but that the American representatives
would observe and report 10 Washing
ton. leaving decision TO be made here.
President Harding has no assurance
that under present conditions. he has
authority at this time 10 20 further
than accept tire allied invitation to the
extent decided upon today. The Ad-
ministration feels. however, that the
policy adopted avoids any Objectionable
cntanglement in European affairs.
At the State Department yesterday
the character of the hree allied bodies
on which he United States will now have
representation was explained. The Su-
preme Council is a conference of the
heads of the allied Governments. or
their representatives. which came TO
function during the World Wa, con-
tinueu to function after the armisticc,
and is still functioning because of the
necessities Of the effort to restore peace
and economic stability TO the world
President Wilson was at one time a
member Of the Allied Supreme Council.
Its members now include the British.
French and Italian Premiers and rep
resentatives Of the Belgian and Japan
cse Governments.
Status of the Three Bodies.
The Alliet, Supreme Council must not
he confused with the Council of the
League # Nations. the executive body
Of the League. The Allied Supreme
Council is not under the League. hut
merely !; conference hCdy of the heads
of the principal allied nations or their
representatives.
The decision today. in effect, puts
President Harding hil self in the Allied
supreme Council. through representa-
tive. This council deals with matters
which. because of their nature, cannot
bc delegated to other bodies Govern
ments represented in il can only be
bound by what their legally constituted
heads do in accordance with law and
the Constitution.
Il IS not the purpose of this Govern