New-York tribune., 1921-01-04
Harding League
Plan Worries
Bitter-Enders
Hints That Some Phases of
Covenant May Be Utilized
Bring Curtis and Knox
to Marion in Protest
Would Bury Wilson Ideas
Tariff Program Encounters
a Snag in South Ameri-
can Trade Propaganda
From a staff Correspondent

MARION. Ohio, Jan. 3.--President-
day that vigorous Senate opposition
would be brought to bear on any scheme
for an association of nations that in
cluded plan to salvage portions Of
the league of Versailles. This time
the warning was borne by Senator
Charles Curtis, Republican whip of the
Senate. A few days ago similar warn
ing was brought to the front porch by
Senator Philander Knox, of Pennsyl-
vania.
Genuine alarm among Republican
Senators is believed to be reflected in
the unexpected visit of Senator Curtis,
close on the heels of Senator Knox.
Their conferences cannot be classified
S part of Senator Harding's plan for
the meeting of minds, because he saw
both of these Senators in Washington.
lie spent an entire evening with Sem
ator Knox
Senator Curtis revealed some of the
trouble in the minds of Senate irrecon-
cilabes to-day when he said:
I'm its general outlines. as now un-
derstood, the Harding policy seems to
be generally favored, and, with others,
am hoping the Senator will be able
to work out a plan agreeable to the
other powers. while avoiding resort to
any part of the Wilson program
-Enders Still Active
Until Senator Curtis said to-day that
he hoped Senator Harding would be
able to work out q plan" it had gener-
ally been supposed here that the Presi-
dent-elect's plan was complete as to
fundamentals. The Curtis statement
IS interpreted here a clear indication
that the line of cleavage in the Senate
IS likely to be drawn as sharply by the
irreconcilables when Senator Hardng's
plan is presented s when President
Wilson submitted the Treaty of Yer
sailles. That is, it will be drawn un-
less the Presi sident-elect changes the at
titude expressed in his speech of Au-
gust %. Then he said that he was
prepared to accept workable portions
of the Wilson league in his proposed
plan.
The President-elect is having other
difficulties besides those with his as
sociation of nations plan and his
Cabinetmaking task. For one thing
he has discovered that there are going
to be almost insurmountable difficult
tleS IN tne way OF reconclllng two of
his pet policies. He is wondering how
he is going to emulsify his plans for
a high protective tariff on agricultural
products and his plan for developing
South American trade
Senator Harding has been told. for
example, that Argentina, the creates,
of the South American nations, is
finding serious fault with his plans
for a high protective tariff on the
ground that it bars from American
markets her principal articles of ex
port, wool, wheat, hides and meat.
The President-elect has been told
that Argentina feels that if she can't
sell her products to the United States.
she certainly cannot buy from the
United States.
Argentine Finance Muddled
The Argentine financial situation.
Senator Harding has learned, is badly
jumbled The currency of the South
American republic has deprecated %
per cent and the Argentine govern
ment is putting out feelers to dis
cover how the United States would
regard an effort to float a S1O0, 900 900
loan IN this country. This, of course
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