The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-05-30
By MARK SULLIVAN.
National Political Cores ponGent
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: Washington. May - \ good deal Of
! the srire that goes with Washington
, conversation nowadays consists Of TO-
marks quoted from rX-Trcsidcnt Wilson
rr attributed 10 HIM. Til" burden Of
MANY nr these remarks. authentic or
I alleged. is ironIc comment on how tn"
republican party. having marched VIC
lrntlv down tho hill from where Wilson
took tho world. is now turning SLOWLY
round and getting ready TO march up
again.
! Il would be unfair To Wilson IN Imply
. that any of his humorous irony. II h"
has INDUCED in it. has been in any de-
gree touched with malice or the salts
faction Of Il told you so" The fact is
quite tho contrary. Wilson has been
helpful I" tho present administration
in the untnnglnE Of our foreign rr!a-
tinnS in every way that lie could help
or that tn" administration has wanted
his help Also it would be u most lncor-
rect inference to suppose that any re-
publican leader has tho faintest notion
Il going as far up the hill rs President
Wilson once was.
Nevertheless. II Is the cl'arcs, fact IN
lexington that every other question
b. .,rw taken Il position inferior 10
oar nHrStrial relations. At the begin
! nan. ,f tho administration. three
: months ago. emphasis WAS laid Ch:clly
! on our ,ir In"stic program. on the tarIH'
. ON TAX, :. and on III" rcOrganiza ton
D. # the = ,:umCnt. 50 FAR AS emphasis
VAS Ii ii Gar foreign relations at all
, that nmll., 4; vas in the direction ut
making Europe understand that we
. wanted tn have the least possible 10 90
! with her. in IL political sense at lrast.
! From Tho time Of HardnE's inaugural
speech on the An Of March until AM
/ bassadur Harvcy'S speech two weeks
. ago. the process was one OF te!iihs
E,Irurr. N louder and louder tones. that
We would have nothing 10 do with the
/ League Of Nations. The general impress
sion sc"mS to be that Ambassador Har-
v.y's effort was Suffi":rntiy high pitched
To- he WnmiStakab Bile.
And vet tho fact - that today the
body Of questions which are included In
tho Lea que Of Nations is precisely the
body "f questions to which our govern
mcnt is giving most concern. and which.
incidentally. Is giving most concern to
. our ,,uNcrnment There is no incon-
S,St"n"y in this. and ii is probably en-
tircly according To schedule Harding
un doubtcdly regarded II as his nrSt
business Ia get II clearly into the under
standing Cf Europe that the verdict or
our people on the League Of NatiC~fs
had been such that his administration
must stay out Of II, and that Europe
must adjust herself 10 this condition
before HardIng'S administration could
make any progress with Europe toward
a different sort Of undcrs standing.
Anyone who wishes Il short cut TO
understanding Of the administration
r position can get il. IN a way. by re-
. mcmhcrInG the distinction between what
is political and what Is economic. Poi-
lically. We Will take no hand in the
Sterilization Of Europe or IN the main
tanning Of any Of the political entities
of Europe: economically. all our con-
Germ IS in the direction that Europe
shalt arrive a. soon as possible at
state whore the world feels secure about
their p"rnancnce.
The republican leaders know we'll.
and frankly admit. that our economic
prosperity is dependent on tho stability
Of Europe They know that practically
every European country wants To buy
goods and credits in America they
know that II is to Americas interest
10 sell goods and credits to Europe. In
fact they know that We cant begin a
new cycle Of rising prosperity until We
begin 10 ship goods To Europe. They
know THIS would como soorcrs i the
, United States would JOIN the League OF