The Washington times., 1922-05-05

Ds&sSAzs1saEysase1 States. Mr.. Nc
WILLIAM HARD. CATCHY says:
AT the very
moment when California was being
honeycombed for the relief of the
Poles and for the relief OF the
sufferers in the Near East. quite a
number OF orphan asylums in Call.
fornia were in danger Of being closed
because they could not obtain funds
sufficient to keep them running. In
ono instance. In Oakland. a director
Of such an institution wrote to me
| to say that II was q difficult task
| indeed TO get money enough to keep
up the supply of milk for the babies.
At the same time the city Of Oakland
was sending tens of Thousands OF
dollars across the seas"
Mr.. McClatchy observed the relief
given by means OF American money
to destitute children In many Euro.
pean cities. and he has compared II
| with what we have done for destitute
children here during these hard times
OF business depression and OF un-
employment. and he says:
Nothing was done for our owl
children In any way approaching
what was done with our money Tor
children in Poland. for children In
Russia and for children In the Near
East. Only a few months ago there
was another big drive here in Amer
| ica for millions OF dollars more for
relief in the Near East. ! talked with
one OF our relief workers in Con.
stantinople. She was an admirable
woman. a very jealous woman, and
infatuated with her work. l told her
OF conditions existing In the United
States and wondered why there were
% many American women over in
Europe helping - nourish and edu-
cate the offspring Of aliens while the
conditions in the United States needed
90 much attention. The good woman n
did not dispute my statements about
the United States. but admitted them
all. Her only answer was in these
words: Mr.. McClstchy. you don't get
the thrill In your work in America
that you do over here.
Mr.. McClatchy believes that the
/ tim. hsN some to stop having thrills
abroad and &c. busy 'rytns TO Get
thriII. ~ the enormous problems OF
d~stitu on and Of decentralization and
, os crime within our own borders. His
Program 10 that from now onward
I our charity should not only begin
/ but stay at home.
The case Of Mr.. Bakhmeteff, the
smhassador without country.
bring. back TO mind q bold and SEN
sible statement once made by War
rem Gamaliel Harding against med
dlesomeness abroad. One OF the pur.
poses to which Mr.. Bakhmeteff de-
voted the funds in his care was a
propaganda In favor Of American
support for Kolchak. Mr.. Bakhme-
teff In his house on Sixteenth street
In Washington. wanted Americans 10
go TO Russia and help Kolchak beat
I>enin and set up what was called
stable" government In Russia
In the course OF that propaganda.
Mr.. Bakhmetefrs editorial agent got
out q special Issue Of the pro-kol.
chalk magazine called Struggling
Russia" in which large numbers OF
distin guished Americans were In
duced to write articles and give in
terviews saying moro or less On To
Moscow" and Down with Lenin"
and Let us help the Russians to run
Russia" Warren Gamaliel Harding
was asked to appear among these
distinguished meddlers with other
peoples affairs. He appeared. but
what he wrote was this:
| IT DO not think that II IN for the
outside world to re-eetablish stable
| government in Russia"
Mr.. Harding as Senator was
against meddlesomeness and he is
against meddlesomeness as Presi.
| dent. The recent action OF the
| Illinois Republican State Convention
will give added strength to his feel.
ings against meddlesomeness. That
convention resolved against the
| League OF Nations outrightly and
| totally and 1t also firmly held that
we ought not to undertake any Off
cial participation whatsoever In any
board or commission set up under
| the covenant OF tho League Of
Nations or under any other part OF
the Treaty Of Versailles.
The nomination OF Beveridge in
Indiana is another additional support
to the elements in Washington that
ton in the reparation commission
and in other similar commissions
under tho Treaty of Versailles.
Beveridge used to write to Washing.
ton urging relentless opposition to
the League Of Nations. II is calcu-
lated that he will Join himself to
those whose foreign policy for
America Ia about as follows:
Action by America for American
purposes in American ways abroad
but no official enlargement with
European institutions set up to meet
European necessities and dominated
fproperly enough therefore) by local