Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-11-26
Substitute
For League
Proposed
Association Of Nations as Ad.
vocsted by Harding Likely
To Be Launched Dur.
ing Arms Conference.
Would Include Germany
BY ARTHUR SEARS HENNING

BY ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
chicago Tvibune-Omaha Bee Leased wire.
\ Washington, Nov 25.--An asso-
ciation OF nations, destined TO super
sede the existing league of nations
as a stabilizcr OF world peace, is
likely to be formed in Washington
before the adjournment of the con-
ference on the limitation OF arma-
mcnts.
President Harding, it was authori-
tatively stated today, contemplatcs
the founding OF such IN association
! OF nations for annual conference as
\thc logical and probable result OF
he deliberations now III progress,
this conclave achieves success in
4 ne effort to bring about an agree
y ert 10 reduce and limit naval arms.
1.-The president would have the
other nations invited to send dele
gates to Washington before the con-
ference adjourns, to sanction the
agreement on reduction of arnna-
ments and to participate in the for
nation of the association of ma
tons.
Would Include Germany.
AiAong such other nations invited
10 Washington, the president would
include Germany and the other for
cign enemy countries, which have
been excluded from the league OF
nations.
The project the president has in
mind is the association of nations for
conference OIL the preservation OF
peace, limitation Of ornaments and
other world problems for which he
contcnded in his election campaign
as more practicable way of seek
ing to minimize the possibility OF
war than that represented by the
Wilson league OF nations. He has
never lost sight of that object since
his Inauguration and he believed
from the start that the outcome OF
the conference on the limitation OF
armaments would test the feasibili-
ty Of his plan.
Since the foreign delegates
reached Washington the p1cnipoten-
tiaries OF number of powers
have volunteered the suggestion to
the administration that this would
be an appropriate occasion for the
organization OF the association OF
4 nations advocated by Mr.. Hard
ing. They we're led to make this
suggestion, it was said, by tie pros
pcct OF the success Of this confer-
cnee in effecting a reduction OF
armaments and by the conclusion
that the method adopted by Mr..
Harding is more practical than the
super government scheme OF the
league of nations.
Only Hope to Include U. S.
In addition, it is surmised, the
foreign delegates had reached the
conclusion that there is no hope
OF drawing the United States into
the league of nations and that al
association OF nations of the charac'
ter proposed by Mr.. Harding is
the only international organization
for dealing with world affairs il
which the American government
would be disposed to participate
The allies doubtless would like te
bring before a future conference O
an association OF nations, the ques
ton of inter-cancellation OF wal
I debts and other financial problem!
which the United States excluded
from the present conference.
If the present conference succeeds
in bringing about a reduction o
naval armaments it will have dem
onstrated that the president invoked
a more practicable process tor deal
ing with the question than had tn
league Of nations. for among the sig
nal failures of the league has beel
its effort to put bounds on the build
ing of navies and maintenance Q
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