The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-12-17
HARDING SEES
ERA OF PEACE
Hope Rests in Disarmament Con-
ference, President Asserts in
Message to Congress.
HELP IN WORLD RESTORATION
United States Will Assist in Restoring
Stable Order and Normal Relation
ship-Enactment of Tariff and
Foreign Debt Refunding
Bills Urged.

shington.-President Harding in
formed congress in his first annual
message that "a most gratifying world
accomplishment" by the arms confer
ence us not improbable"
The Presidents message, delivered
in person, is in part as follows:
Mr. Speaker and Members of the Con-
gress: 1t is very gratifying privilege
| to appear before the congress with the
republic at peace with all the nations of
| the world. More, 1t is equally gratifying
| to report that our country is not only free
from every impending menace of war, but
there are growing assurances of the per-
| manency of the peace which we so deeply
| cherish.
For approximately ten years we have
| dwelt amid menaces of wars, or as par
| Elephants in wars actualities, and the in
| evtable aftermath, with its disordered
conditions, has added to the difficulties of
| government which adequately cannot be
| appraised except by those who are in i'm
mediate contact and know the RESPONSE
| bilities. Our task would be less difficult
! II we had only ourselves to consider, but
| so much of the world was involved, the
| disordered conditions are so well nigh uni
| versal, even among nations not engaged
! in actual warfare, that no permanent re-
| adjustment can be effected without con-
sideration of our inescapable relationship
to world affairs in finance and trade. In
deed, we should be unworthy of our best
traditions if we were unmindful of social,
| moral and political conditions which are
| not of direct concern to US, but which do
appeal to the human s7mpathies and in
| terest of aspeople blessed with our ma
uonal good fortune.
Need for Restoration of World.
1t is not my purpose to bring to you a
program of world restoration. In the
main, such program must be worked
out by the nations more direatly conc
| cerned. They must themselves turn to
the heroic remedies for the menacing con-
ditons under which they are struggling;
then we can help. and we mean to help.
| We shall do so unselfshly, because
there is compensation in consciousness
of assisting, selfishly because the COM
merce and international exchanges in
trade, which marked our high tide of for
tunate advancement, are possible only
when the nations of all continents are re-
stored to stable order and normal re-
lationships
In the main, the contribution of this
republic to restored normalcy In the
world must come through the initiative
of the executive branch of the govern
ment but the best of intentions and most
carefully considered purposes would fail
utterly if the sanction and the co-opera-
ton of the congress were not heartily
accorded.
/ am very sure we shall have no con-
fiict of opinion about constitutional duties
war, when necessities seemed compelling,
there were excessive grants of authority
and an extraordinary concentration of
powers In the Chief Executive. The re-
peal of wartime legislation and the auto
matte expirations which attend the peace
proclamatons have put an end to those
emergency excesses, but / have the wish
to 90 further than that. / want to join
you in restoring, in the most cordial way.
the spirit of coordination and co-opera-
ton and that mutually Of confidence and
respect which is necessary in representa-
tive popular government.
Harmony Imperative Need
Incroachment upon the functions of
congress or attempted dictation of its
policy are not to be thought of, much less
attempted, but there Is an insistent call
action to speed the solution of the diff
cult problems confronting both the legis-
lative and executive branches of the gov
eminent
acknowledgment of the really large
volume and excellent quality of work
accomplished by the extraordinary ses-
adjourned. / am not unmindful of
the very difficult tasks with which you
were called to DEAL and no one can
ignore the insistent conditions which,
during recent years. have called for
the continued and almost exclusive
attention of your membership to pub
lie work. 1t would suggest insincer,
with every expression recorded In
your roll calls, but we are all agreed
about the difficulties and the newt
able divergence of opinion in seeking
be content with the billion dollar re-
adjustment of the burdens of taxa
ton. Later on. when other problems
are solved, / shall make some rec
concentrations about renewed consid-
Grafton of our tax progress, but for
the immediate time before us we must
be content with the billion dollar re-
l dnAfinn in the draft the neOnl9.
and diminished irritations, banished
uncertainty and improved methods OF
the rigid economies already inaugur--
ated. with hoped-for extension of
these economies and added efficiencies
in administration. / believe further
dering burdens abolished.
In these urgent economies we shall be
immensely assisted by the budget system
traordinary session The first budget is
before you. It's preparation Is signal
achievement and the perfection OF the
system, a thing impossible in the few
months available for its initial trial, will
mark its enactment as the beginning OF
the greatest reformation in governmental
practices since the beginning of the re-
public.
Az to Foreign Loans.
There Is pending grant OF authority
to the administrative branch OF the gov
eminent for the funding and settlement
of our vast foreign loans, growing out
of our grant of war credits. With the
hands Of the executive branch held Inn
, potent to deal with these debts. we are
hindering urgent readJustments among our
debtors and accomplishing nothing for
ourselves. i think 1t is fair for the con-
gress to assume that the executive
branch of the government would adopt no
: major policy in dealing with these mat
tiers which would conflict with the purpose
of congress in authorizing the loans, ce-.
tainly not without asking congressfo
approval, but there are minor probe
7 incident to prudent loan transactions aid