The Cordova daily times., 1921-03-04

WASHINGTON, March 4 (by Asso. ciated Press) ).-Confident of her abil- ity to work out her own destiny and jealously guarding her right to do so. the United States asks no part in directing the destinies of the old world, President Warren G. Harding declared today in his inaugural ad- dress.
 We do not mean to be entangled. We will accept no responsibility ex. cept as our own conscience and judg- ment in each instance may deter mine.
 Our eyes will never be blinded to any developing menace; our ears never deaf to the call of civilization. We crave friendship and harbor no hate, but America, builded on the foundation laid by inspired fathers, can be party to no military alliance. It can enter into no political commit ments nor assume any economic obli- cations or subject our decisions to any other than our own authority.
 We are ready to align ourselves with the nations of the world for con ference and counsel, to seek ex- pressed views and world opinions: recommend way to approximate dis armament; relieve the crushing bur dens of military and naval establish ments. We elect to participate in suggested plans for mediation, concil- iatiOn and arbitration and would glad ly join in expressed desires for prog ress which seek to clarify and write new laws governing international re- lationships, and establish a world court for the disposition of such justi- liable questions as nations are agreed to submit thereto. But every commit ment must be made in the exercise of national sovereignty.
 "A world super-government is con- trary to everything we cherish and can have no sanction by our republic This is not seltishness; it is sanc- tity. It is no aloofness; it Is secur- ity. It is not suspicion of others; it is patriotic adherence to things which made us what we are"
 Uttering his profound faith in the destinies of America and divine in- spiration of the founding fathers, Harding did not attempt to give de- tailed attention to many problems, but his address touched rather broadly and generally the entire field.
 Our supreme task" he said, lis resumption on our onward normal way. Reconstruction, readjustment restoration-all these must follow. Let me repeat for our nation we shall give no people just cause to make war upon us. We hold no national prejudice, entertain no spirit of re. Venge, we do not hate, do not covet,. dream of no conquest nor boast of armed prowess. If war is forced upon us, l earnestly hope way may be found to unify the individual and collective strength and consecrate all of America to her national defense"
 He struck at war profiteers when he said, Something inherently is wrong when one portion of our citi. zenship turns it's activity to make gain amid defensive war, while another portion is fighting for our national preservation"
 The nation, said Harding, must turn it's attention toward the tasks of today. All the nations of the world are groping for the return to stable ways.
 "Discouraging indebtedness con- fronts us and, like all war-torn ma tions, these obligations must be pro- vided for. No nation can survive repudiation"
 Declaring that our most dangerous tendency is to expect too much of our government and at the same time do for 1t too little, Harding declared, "We need rigid, yet sane, economy