The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-08

moment in fact 3s well as in name, the United States will have represen- tative who will take part" in the deliberations
 MEANING OF LANGUAGE
 The meaning of this language is plain and it came as a great surprise to virtually all of the members of the Senate. It had been stated in what might be called semi official circles that the President would take no ac- tion on the allied invitation to send representatives of the United States to the supreme council meetings until he had consulted freely with senators re- specting his decision. The announce ment of Friday night, however, was made without the knowledge of a great majority of the members of the upper branch of Congress. It was suggested in these same semi official circles that if the invitation was accepted at all it would be only in very limited way. Few persons In Washington were prepared for the statement that a representative of the President would actually take part" in the deliberations of the council.
 Irreconc!lable senators saw in the announcement an end to their plans to notify the world that America would be content hereafter to mind her own business" and to direct the President to withdraw American troops from tn Rhine. That the new administration is to take an actually wider part in world affairs than the Wilson admin istration accomplished is shown by the concluding paragraph of the Hughes note, which read:
 The government of the United States notes with pleasure your ex- pression of the belief of the represen- a of ha sembled in Londo-., that American CO., operation in the settlement of the great international questions growing out of the World war will be of ma terial assistance"
 U. S. WILL COOPERATE
 This is Interpreted in Washington today as meaning that the United states will cooperate in all the un- dertakin.gs of the supreme council. in- cluding the settlement of the German separations question. The announce ment has cleared up many points that have been perplexing Washington and has brought joy to France and Eng land, and to the other allied countries. Long before the matter was known to nave been taken up in Washington Paris dispatches indicated, some of them two weeks ago, that the United states was about to participate in the allieu councils. The word seems to have spread abroad some time before the thought of action by the Harding government was accepted as possible in this country.
 The action of the United States in ]olnlng the allied council takes the sung completely out of the Knox resolution for technical state of peace with Germany. It indicates what MT. Harding had in mind when he ex- pressed to Congress the hope that if would do nothing to embarrass the executive in his conduct of the foreip, affairs of the United States. Mr. t1ardlng still clings to that hope He reels that. however bitter few of the irreconcilabes may be. he can count upon the support of a solid ooay Of republicans, who, with the heip of democrats who favor the policy announced Friday night, can swing the Senate into line for en- larged American foreign participation
 IN SENATE CIRCLES
 In Senate circles the decision of the United States to have a representative take part" in the supreme council is attributed to the influence of Secre- tary Hughes with President Harding. Senators have seen MT. Hughes be-