The daily times., 1922-01-23
AFTER ALL SENATE
HAS LAST WORD IN
FOREIGN SUBJECTS

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States will: be represented at the
economic conference at Genoa.
Remembering that the Senate re-
fused to ratify ,he treety of Yer
sailles and diminished the diplo-
matte influence of the Executive
branch of the American govern
ment, the fear is expressed that per-
haps the Senate will again repudiate
the executive and demonstrate that
whether the administration be Re-
publican or Democratic, the legisla-
tive branch of the government is the
final authority in America on foreign
affairs.
The Harding Administration TAX
ing it's lesson from the experience of
it's predecessor which negotiated the
treaty of Versailles covering as many
as 200 subjects, outlined a simple
program for the present conference
Far Eastern affairs and reduction
of armament. The land armament
problem was abandoned and the
program was still further narrowed
down. Now it looks as if those two
items would cause such disagree
ments as to endanger the ratifica-
ton of the principal treaties.
What use, therefore, is it for the
executive branch of the government
to think about more International
conferences as for example the one at
Genoa? A European government
which is represented in the negotia-
tions by ministry can commit it's
parliament to approval or it prompt
ly shows the negotiators that the
ministry is overthrown, group fails.
The action is quick and decisive. If a
ministry overthrown, a group fails.
II the executive branch of the gov
the deadlock cannot be Immediately
broken by the substitution of the
policy advocated by the opponents of
the executive. Too much time must
elapse before charges can be regis
tered. International action under
such circumstances is almost imposs-
ible. -
These views are not merely acade- !
mic theories by students of govern
ment but practical questions which !
are being raised everyday in the dis
cussions concerning future policy in [
official quarters. Before the Euro
pean war, the question never arose. |
Not until the Senate repudiated the
Versailles treaty did the problem !
grow complex and it is only now
when the full effects of that action ;
are being quietly admitted by Re-
publicans in positions of responsible |
ity that apprehensions about future
cooperation are ex-
pressed.
To mention political conferences
of an international character is to
scare away any chance of American
Were it not for the
pressing necessity of helping in the
economic restoration of the world,
the Harding Cabinet would pursue a
but every day the European economic
problem grows more dangerous to
Americas economic status and the
government here is loath to turn
its back on the Genoa conference if
that meeting should offer even the
slightest chance of economic recovery
for the European continent.
But the program of the Genoa con-
ference includes German reparations
and the French premier says he will
not discuss that. 1t includes discus
sion of the status of Russia and there
is opposition everywhere to the re-.
construction of the soviet govern
ment on political grounds. Until the
political and economic phases of the
Genoa program are disassociated
Americas participation may be con-
sidered as very doubtful. But until