The Washington herald., 1921-02-20
HARDING APPOINTS
CHARLES E. HUGHES
SECRETARY STATE
lCoNTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.


Gently described by Harding as in
stances when more Of ones enemies
than ones friends 60 to bat" Men
said Hughes was too inexperienced
and "temperamentally nufitted" to
be Secretary Of State. They referred
to his practically unfamiliarity with
foreign affairs and to his lawyer
mind" Both arguments being more
or less well founded, ways and
means already have been devised
for meeting them. Hughes is to be
provided with an undersecretary
like David Jayne Hill, Henry P
Fletcher who is to relieve him vir-
tually of all routine business for
the conduct of which diplomatic eN-
perience or detailed knowledge is
required. His "temperamental de-
fects" were mainly considered to
concern his reputed incapaCity for
toam work, principally with the
Foreign Relations. Committee of
the Senate.
Those, it is believed. speedily will
be overcome by the fond desire OF
Harding's former associates in the
the utmost Hughes will be Hard
ms SECRETARY Vi oNdNt- =
old time pals on Capitol Hill will be
for Hughes, because Harding is for
Hughes. That prediction is ven
tured on the authority of a mem
Der of the Senate who was in St.
events speedily would belle the
prophesy of a certain Senatorial au-
tocrat who foreshsdowed Hughes
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upset the Secretary Of State in any
such premature fashion. il today's
events mean anything, seem des-
tined to meet with stern opposition
on the part OF Warren G. Harding.
Early Peace Likely.
No one has authority from the,
President-elect or Hughes to an
nounce the foreign policy which
presently and henceforward viii
bear their joint imprimature. What
it will look like, however. can be
outlined with some probable degree
OF accuracy from a variety Of in
dications. There will. in the first
place, be the promptest possible
peace with Germany. 1t almost GER
tainly will be declared by concur
rent action OF both Houses of Con
gress in general terms of the Knox
resolution. The Knox resolution, II
should not be forgotten, specifically
reserves to the United States all the
rights accruing to US, as against
Germany, which the treaty OF Yer
sailles guaranteed. For their for
NAL assertion and enforcement.
commissioners will be required and
the country may expect to find men
of the caliber of Root, Pershing.
Sims, Dawes and Lodge entrusted
with that task. 1t is not excluded
that upon all or some of these com
missioners President Harding may
impose the coincident duty OF spy
ing out the European land as a
preliminary to his plan for world
association.
Have Open Minds.
Harding and Hughes. have eX-
celleHt reason for saying, will ap-
proach world association" on the
clean-slate principle. They confront
what they consider, in the language
of diplomacy, de novo" situation.
What has gone before doesn't count.
They purpose sitting in an entirely
new deal" Harding intends ap-
preaching it impersonally He is
inspired by no ambition to stamp
his individuality on a new world
order" He will place Americas re-
sources in statesmanship at the
worlds disposal for a mutual ar
rangement conceived, as far as the
United States is concerned, in
spirit of moderation. commonsense
and helpfulness. The Harding for
eign policy, lit win be found. con-
templates no punishment or rewards
for what is past. The war and all
it's works apparently are to be re-
garded as belonging to oblivion.
Harding's world views are to be es-
sentially of the forvard-looking
type. -E ~
The President-elect told the writ
er t is impossible at the moment