Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-03-17
.)usserand
Pays Visit
To Harding
French Ambassador Calls OH
President to Learn Attitude
OF U. S. Toward Yer.
sailles Treaty.
VIVIAN Coming March 28

Chicago Tribune Omaha Bee Leased Wire
Washington, March l6.--A confer
ence today between President Hard
ing and M. Jules Jusserand, the
French ambassador, brought to the
fore the question of the new admin
istration's attitude toward the Yer
sailles treaty, the league OF nations
and pending differences between the
United States aud entente allies.
Ambassador Jusserand, whose gov
ernment desires American aid III cx-
acting reparation from Germany
American acceptance of the Germal
peace treaty and the tripartite ALI
ance for the protection OF France and
also the entrance of the United States
into some sort of league of nations,
and remained an hour in the White
House. --
When he emerged from the execu-
tive mansion shortly after 5 o'clock
: .he ambassador said that he had
called to announce to the president
the forthcoming visit OF former Pre-
Inier Viviani who is coming to pre-
sent the good wishes of the French
government to the new administra-
Zion. President Harding had nothing
to add to the ambassadors explana-
ton of his mission.
Due Here March 2S.
Niviani is scheduled TO sail Satur-
day. reaching this country March
20 for stay of about three weeks.
1t is reported that the British gov
ernment also contemplates sending
an official of high rank to extend
fluctuations to the new administra-
ton whose favor it desires to culti
vate.
To what extent Ambassador JUS
serand elucidated to the president
the underlying aims of the Frencl
government, which presumably the
Viviani mission is intended to fur
ther, and to what extent Mr.. Harding
defined his attitude towards the ques-
tons thus raised are matters left
to speculation. aided by such glimps-
es of the presidents statements as
have been vouchsafed up to date.
That NJ. Viviani is coming to
Washington to state the European
situation from the French Viewpoint
and 4 to learn to what extent the
United States is disposed to partiei
pate in European affairs, is aot
doubted. 1t was only last week the
French foreign office stated that
Ambassador Jusscrand had been in
structed to ascertain sMliether the,
United States would join modified
league of nations.
Want American Aid.
Indications are not wanting that
what France and the allies most
keenly desire at the earliest possible
moment is some manifestation that
the United States endorses the rep
arations bill presented to the Ger
man government and the measures
adopted by France and Great britain
to compel German acceptance. There
is no doubt they want American
troops to remain on the Rhine and
that they would regard the with
drawal OF those forces as certain TO
encourage German resistance to the
reparations terms.
II American troops remain on the
Rhine and il in addition the Ameri-
can government were to express ap-
proval OF the reparations cxacted OF
, Germany and the measures taken TO
enforce payment, the allies would
hav, reason to believe that the Ger
mans would abandon hope OF moral
support and yield to the terms.
1t is not doubted that the presi-
dent will inform NJ. Viviani, il lie
did not inform Ambassador lusse-
rand today. of the policy adopted by
his administration which was Off
cially revealed last Saturday and
presumably was impaired to NJ.
Tusserand by Secretary OF State
Hughes in their first .all, a few
days heretofore.
! Demand Full. Rights.
This policy is that the United
States purposes to insist upon full
recognition of all its rights flowing
from participation in the defeat OF
Germany and does not intend to dis
cuss matters brought forward by any
nation which does not satisfy the ad-
ministration on this score,
In pursuance OF this policy the
president and Secretary Hughes
would decline to entertain from the
allies proposals OF action by the
United States until they have caused
tho modification of the mandates for
former territories of Nle central pow
ers to the satisfaction of the Ameri-
can government.
The United States contends that
the Mesopotamian ard Pacific is
lands mandates fail to guarantee the
open door for American enterprises.
and that the allies disregarded Presi-
dent Wilson's reservation, including
the Island OF Yap iii the Japanese
mandate.
These denials of inalienable Ameri-
can rights derived from American
participation in the war can be re-
tracted by the allies, if necessary,
through the league of nations coun-
Gil, which they control, aud when they
have done so the Harding admins
tration, il it adheres to its enunciated
policy, will be willing to discuss
allied proposals as to other, matters
but not before.
As TO the Versailles treaty, the
\ Knox resolution, declaring peace
with Germany and the formation oi
an association of nations, these are
questions on which the president
does not expect to reach any definite