The Hope pioneer., 1921-04-21


or of Germany's failure to pay. The
British are so occupied with their
great strike that they have not had
much to say about the message up
to the time of writing.
An interesting bit Of comment
comes from Buenos Aires, where a
leading paper sees only self-interest
the United States.
"The egoistic Independent national
ism which is proclaimed as the law of
international activity by the United
States is dominant in Mr.. Harding's
words" the newspaper declares.
"Americanism and Monroeism, no.
tions clear and concrete, which have
had their rise and fall since 1924, re-
appear with more vigor than ever in
the directing thought Of the United
States"
Concerning domestic matters, which
he declared Of prime Importance, Mr..
Harding said nothing unexpected, ex-
pressing what leaders Of his party
called ''sound Republican doctrines"
He especially urged speedy relief for
the ex-service men and the passage
of an emergency tariff bill.
The latter is already before con-
gress the ways and means committee
Of the house having reported out
combination measure including the
farmers tariff bill which Mr.. Wilson
vetoed, an anti-dumping bill and
new provision for the regulation of
foreign exchange. The Democrats Of
the house speedily organized their op-
position to the measure under their
leader, Representative Kitchin Of
North Carolina. Mr.. Kitchin charged
that the bill is not in the interest of
the farmers Of the country, "but is
really for the purpose of swelling the
already swollen fortunes of the trusts
and spectators" He declared that
1t gives ITO the packers trust, the
sugar trust and the woolen trust the
right and privilege to take from the
American people the enormous sum of
over $775,OOO.00O, increasing to that
extent the present high cost Of liv-
ing"
Allusion is made above to the Col
ombian treaty. This was the first
thing the senate tackled, and a fight
developed at once. The pact is the
old one giving to Colombia 100000
for the loss of Panama and the Canal
Zone. It has always been bitterly op-
posed as virtual reputation of the
acts Of Theodore Roosevelt when he
was President, but now it has been
modified by the omission of any ex-
preston Of the governments regret
for the part played by the United
States in connection with the separa-
ton of Panama from Colombia. Pres
ident Harding has told the senate he
hopes it will ratify the treaty, and it
probably will do so. Senator Lodge
led the debate in favor of the pact,
and revealed one of the strong rea-
sons for its adoption-the existence
of rich Oil fields in Colombia which
Americans wish to develop.
Senator Kellogg of Minnesota said
the ratification Of the treaty would be
a pusillanimous act, and on the
strength of telegram and letters
from Colonel Roosevelt. written in
1917. he declared it would make the
United States liable to international
blackmal running into hundreds of
millions of dollars. The telegram
said:
81 know, Of course, that you are
against this infamous Colombian
treaty, but l wish you would point
out that it makes precedent for some
successor Of Wilson to pay at least as
large sum apiece to Costa Rica,
Nicaragua, Haiti and Santo Domingo
for what has been done to them re-
Gently. and also to Chile for our in
so,ent and improper treatment of her
in connection with the Alsop claim"
President Harding has approved a
new list of brigadier generals to be
raised to major generals, and Clarence
Il. Edwards, whom President Wilson
omitted from his list and who COM
manded the New England National
Guard division in France, comes first
Of all. Among the others are Generals
Haan, Bell, Allen and Menoher. A
number of c0lOnels are recommended
for promotion to brgadiers.
Germany will refuse to accept the
indemnity figures Of the allies when
they are presented on May /, accord