Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-07-11
BRITAIN HASTENs VOICE OF
j. S. ON FOREIGN POLICY
Important as Period OF Submis-
sion of Versailles Treaty.
VITAL STEP NEARs HEAD
President to Insist on Protection of
American Rights and Opportuni-
ties in All Countries and ASSOcia-
ton of Nations.
by Robert J. Render,


WASIIINGToN, July lo.-Whcthcr
by design or not. the British For
cign Oilicc is tending to hasten the
voice OF the American government ON
tho question of President Harding's
foreign policy.
There is. therefore. an expectancy
in we'll Informed quarters here,
! though having no material or official
basis as yet. that the coming week
may prove as historically important
as the week of July 10, 1919. when
Woodrow Wilson submitted the Yer
saillcs treaty TO the Senate and be-
gan his unsuccessful fight for it's
| ratification.
President Harding. during and
since his campaign for election. has.
generally speaking, set forth his for
cign policy as follows:
! Peace with Germany
y movement 10 effect Il policy OF
armament reduction throughout the
world.
! lnsistcncc upon and protection OF
American rights and opportunities in
all countries.
I'm association OF nations to en-
nance the cause Of international
peace.
Pence with Germany.
Peace with Germany, the first of
| liardings foreign problems. has been
7 1 4
/ Will be officially proclaimed by the |
President this week.
| Informal moves to determine for
cign sentiment toward II disarina-
ment rarley have been going on FOR
some time under 1arding's dircc-
| ton.
| Insistcncc upon equal rights ana
opportunities for America. as we'll as
ali nations. has formed the basis OF
several notes sent since March To
| England. Franco. Italy. Holland. |
Japan and China.
| Because the administration regards
both disarmament and international
agreement to freedom OF opportunity
! for all nations as embodied in the
principle upon which an association
Of nations might develop. it may be
said that work has begun even on
this phase of the Harding foreign
policy.
Far East Proves Obstacle.
| 1t happens. however. that the Far
! East has been al obstacle in the |
! path of this countrys policy. Ger
many is impotcnt. France and Italy
have subscribed TO Secretary Hughes
] desires for agreement in principle to
equal rights and opportunities for ali
nations in settlements growing out /
| OF the Versailles treaty and, as pre- |
viously stated in these dispatches |
the American government. having |
decided the best way to play inter- |
national ball is to play with Eng |
land and not against her, the Allan |
tic affords no serious possibilities. |
as the administration secs it.
| With the Anglo-Japancsc alliance.
however, are coupled questions of the
open door in the Far East. including
China and zap, we'll as the prob
lem of disarmament. England real
ICES this as is plainly evidenced in
her recent mancuVcrs. She has
| shown herself to be- eager to remove
the delicate problem involved in the
| whole Far Eastern issue. She wishes
To do ii. not only 10 ease a situation
growing out of opposition by her
colonies, but to enhance the POSSIBLE
ity of Il better understanding and
closer cooperation between the
United States and Great britain.
This is the basic reason for her re-
cent "feclcrs' regarding a quadrang-
uIar conference among the United
states. Japan. China and herself on
the Far Eastern problem.
Great RrItnin Eager.
Great Britain's cagcrncss. as cx-
cmpliiicd inS Lloyd Georges an
nounccmcnt to the Commons las,
week that he was awaiting responses
| from China and the United States.
has naturally served TO bring such
a conferences before the world now
as something which England actively
| supports. And. because our own
statesmen have argued that the Pa
.;ihc danger is the only real danger
| now, Enslands official support Of
such a conference naturally tends.
psychologically. to push the Amer
lean State Department..
This governments attitude in the
situation is this: 1t wishes IL thor
| oughly understood that. in develop
! ing it's foreign policy, both as re
CARDS disarmament and the doctrine
OF equal opportunity throughout the
world, it already has taken the initia-
tive. and Will go ahead rs rapidly
as IL deems conditions warrant! and
| on such Il basis as IL has established
| Englands open interest in the Amer
lean advances naturally serves TO en-
| pcdite the work OF Harding and
! Hughes. which accounts for Il belief
here that new and vitality impor-
tant step in the Harding foreign
policy is coming to a head.
SEE GERMAN CLASH WITH
PREPARATIONS COMMISSION