The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1921-04-06
HARDING FAVORS PLAN
OF WATCRFUL Waiting
President Frowns On Anything B9rd-
ering On Haste With Re-
gard to Matter.
MAY USE KNOX PLAN AS LEVER
TO Force Allied Nations to Think Well
of Americas League
Substitute

Washington, April 5.-Whatever
may be the expectations Of Republican
Senators who want an early declara-
tlon of peace with Germany, it was
MADE know authoritatively today
That President Harding had not
thrown the influence of his admins
tratlon behind the movement but was
inclined to look with disapproval O.,
any prospect of prccipitate action.
1t was revealed that the President
had not. in fact, committed himself
TO any definite program for the res
toratlon of peace, though he was said
TO De learning more and more to n
belief that the Versailles covenant can
not in any practical way be used now
as a basis for his association Of na
tons. He is canvassing the situa-
ton carefully in the light of infor-
nation and advice which has come
TO nm since Inauguration, and al
though part of his program may be
decided on soon, it probably will be
man yweeks before it revealed in it's
entirety
In his consideration of the peace
resolution, which some of the Senate
leaders want to press to an early pas
sage in the special session of Con
gress convenng Monday, Mr.. Harding
IS understood to have taken the posi-
ton that in the settlement of so i'm
portant question the nation must
proceed with care and prudence. 1t is
said that he has not withdrawn the
approval he gave the resolution when
he supported it in the last Congress-,
but is convinced that the present sit
uatlon does not require haste so much
as 1T requires painstaking delibera-
ton.
The administration has not revealed
what elements are involved in the de-
termination of it's attitude, but there
have been indications that it would
consider itself in a better position to
make advances for an association of
nations if the peace declaration were
delayed. lntimations have come to
officials here that some of the leading,
allied statesmen would consider pas,
sage or the measure a great handicap
IN the negotiations Tor a peace con
cert, weakening the position of the
American government with its former
associates in the war and making
them less susceptible to American suv
gestion.
1t has been limited to the President
by some of his advisers that like the
! outstanding war debt, pending reso-
luton of peace might be used as Il
potential lever to bring the Allied
governments into accord with the pro
poSals of this government.
At dinner here last night some
of the Senators most prominent in
foreign relations are understood to
have Informed M. Viviani, the former
! French premier who is visiting here,
| that his government need not hope
that peace declaration would be long
delayed. They plan to bring the meas
ure quickly into the program of the
special session and they express un-
| bound confidence that il will be
adopted quickly.
! There has been no indication that
! the President would make an open
! hight to delay action, but what he
! says that his message to Congress will
be studied carefully for delicate shade
or meaning, and the impression he
conveys is expected to have much
weight with many Senators Of his
| party.