Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-07

no longer perhaps. than il will take /
Secretary of state Hughes to get ready |
a substitute resolution and acquaint the |
Senate with the programme. 1t has |
been suggested that there Is prac- |
teal reason for delay in the status of
questions between this country and the
Allied Governments. 1t Is about settled
that there shall be some sort OF
acknowledgment in the resolution of
continuing sympathy among the nations
that fought Germany: an intimation
that IL the peace of the world is again
endangered by ambition or aggression.
that our ears will not be deaf to the
call for help.
The thought that il might be well
| to hold back on this until we see how
| the European powers are going to
| deal with our contentious about zap
| and the Mesopotamian oil concessions.
| Put rather brutaly this theory sug-
/ gests that we hold the peace resolu-
| ton as a sort of club to insure that
we will he treated justly. The note
about Yap made public today by
| Secretary Hughes is taken TO be one
Of the medalions in the mosaic which,
when completed, will present the In
ternational policy of this Government;
/ n pretty vigorous pattern IL the zap
/ note be n typical detail. Tho peace
! resolution must dove-tail in with the
rest If the symmetry Ia TO be pre-
! served. Hence il must come along IN
it's proper order. and nobody but the
| President can say Just when IL is 10
| drop into place.
II must be confessed that the Sena-
tors eager TO get the war behind them
are not very patient with this talk of
mosaics and medalliOns, but II is "a
pretty serious thing to\ stand out
against the President and 40 II is sur
missed that the grumbling will die away
and the thing To be done as the Presi-
dent wants IT, Only he has not really
told anybody just how he wants ii yet
Perhaps the conference today among
Secretary of state Hughes. Senators
Knox and Lodge and Ambassador TO
England designate. George Harvey. set
tied it, None of those present will say
anything about what was done. which
suggests that the Senators did not pre-
vail.
Ii became known today that Mr..
Harding expressed himself plainly dur
ing a recent conference with Senator
Knox as to why the resolution should
become an Administration measure.
The suggestion was made by the Prcsi-
dent that he issue some kind of a state
mont. prior To the introduction Of the
Knox resolution. which would carry all
the suggestions Incorporated in the
resolution. thereby making it n policy
on which the contemplated legislation
might be predicated. lie thought this
might be sufficient to impress the Ad-
ministration stamp.
Senator Knox told the President with
f,pI 10, ~
, authorship. that all he sought was such
) results as would re-establish peace he
tween the United States and the Cen
trail Powers and that either a state
ment of policy. or "A rcdrafting OF the
resolution would bo perfectly satisfac-
tory To him.
In view Of these facts an impress
sion now prevails among members OF
Congress that some statement on pol
icy will preccde the Knox resolution
The belief is that Mr.. Harding has de
termined TO take up this subject more
] | elahorately in his address to Congress
than was at first contemplated. II il
r considered not unlikely that he will gC
I SO far as 10 outline all the chief fea-
!, tures Of the Knox resolution. deciar
ing them 10 be his immediate policy foi
: the restoration OF technical peace.
There were intimations yesterday tina
3 Senate leaders might ignore the Admin
: istrations counsel against preCipitatt
/. action and might bring up the knol
= resolution in the early days OF the com
ing extra session. But these intimation
s. arc not taken seriously. II Is not be
r licved generally that the Senate woult
!, dare run counter TO the Administration
y in a matter OF such Importance. \ sepa
J. rate peace with Germany will com
y when the word is received from tn
! White House that IL is timely, and tha
/ word Will not be given until Mr.. Hardin
q and Mr.. Hughes have agreed that in
Il ternational circumstances make dcsir
" | able the passage Of the peace measure
II is being recalled that the Hardin
J. foreign policy. as officially outlined YES
. terclay. is a return TO the formula frs
d enunciated by Mr.. Harding almost i'm
er mediately after his first conference n
= Marion in December with Mr.. Hughe
The significant circumstance IS tha
I. the original statement Of policy cam
= out Of Marion after an extended eN
an change OF views between Mr.. Hardin
f. and Mr.. Hughes and that the final STATE
Q. ment has come after further conferenC
On in Washington between these two me,
n. One other interesting fact has deve
! oped in this general connection. Sena'
- ! leaders VINO nave COntenued LOT the IA
ge / TWO years lhat they were ihe virtual dl
1d | tators Of the foreign affairs OF the Co
of ..-,,.. 49, ,,,,,- hoa,, ,,a5a 20 ,,,do
9. q 10 4'"'
ed stand that this Administration. as We
III as the last, proposes TO take the lead
fixing the nations international reli
- tons and that IL is the function of Il
Senate 10 approve or disapprove Il
y 10 initiate policies.
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