The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-10-31
HUGHES PRAISES
ADMINISTRATION
IN WORLD ISSUES
Record Exceeds Expectations of
Present Officials
OUTLINES FOREIGN POLICY
For Us international Co-Opera-
tion Should Not Mean
Enlargement
OUTLINES FOREIGN POLICY

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Boston. Oct. 3l.--A foreign policy
Of hclpfuiness and good understand
ing without entangiements which
would fetter American independence,
was outlined by Secretary Hughes OF
the State Department in an address
in Symphony Hal last night review.
.ng the record Of the Harding admin
istration in the fed Of International
relations.
by the lead II took in the arms con.
ference, the Secretary said. and by
It's efforts toward harmony among the
nations of the Western Hemisphere,
the American government during the
past twenty months has set Il record
Of accomplishment far beyond what
was expected OF II WHOM tho. new adj
minlstratfon came into power.
SO FAR as Europe Is concerned. Mr.
Hughes declared. President Harding
and his advisers always have been
ready to lend helping hand where II
would do the most good but are mol
willing to fritter away the Influence
of the United States by intervention
in controversies that arc rooted in
age-old national rivalries.
The chief trouble at this time IN
Europe" he continued us that the
great powers have not been able TO
agree as to questions which. being dis
tlnctly European questions. directly
concern them. and their want Of
agreement Is due to different concep-
tions OF essential national policy, For
us, international cooperation does not
mean that we shohld cmbroIi our
selves in controversies not involving
our own interests
The. secretary. atNed that in liu-
manitarian efforts he believed a way
might be found for the United States
to participate formally in the selec.
tion OF judges to the recently orga.
nized Court of Justice. project
which from the first had had the sym.
pathy OF this government. He de-
clarod that already In humanitarian
way and through the channels of
trade the United States was rea iy
giving aid of value incalculable. lie
praised the arms conference agree.
ments as meaning the rescue OF the
world from despair am predicted
that despite the present delay the
Washington treaties would be ratified
bv all the powers signatory TO them,
Ultimate failure of the conference
program, he asserted, had been pre-
cudcd in any case by the ratifica.
tons already voted by the United
States, Great Britain and Japan.
Among the othcr accomplishments
reviewed by Mr. Hughes has part
of the constructive program of the ad.
ministration were the negotiation of
a peace treaty with Germany. the
zap agreement protecting American
interests in the mandate islands OF
the Pacific. the reorganization of
Cubas finances, the Tacna.Africa ar.
bltration agreement between Chile
and Peru. the calling of conference
here OF Central American republics,
and the stablization of Haiti and
Santo Domingo.
Toward the people of Mexico. the
Secretary said. the United States on.
tcrtans only the friendliest senti-
ments although II is unwilling to rec.
ognizc any Mexican internal policy
based upon couIlscatory measures
against foreigners. He alluded also
to the Near Eastern situat on. repeat.
ing the declaration that the Ameri.
can government, although interested
deeply in some phases. of the Near
Eastern settlement. can not appropri.
ately attend the Lausanne peace con
ference because II called To settle a
war which the United States was not
u party
Secretary Hughes began his address
with a euogy to Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge chairman of the Com
mittec on Foreign Relations aud Re
publican leader OF the Senate. Mr.
Lodges defeat by his Massachusetts
constituency at the November cleo
tion. the secretary declared would
be not only loss to the state hut
IAN irroparablo loss to the natlOn.'
In his discussion OF the policies nj
the administration. Mr., Hughes said;
"0f course. there have been differ
ences of view, freely expressed. THAI
is a wholesome sign. there have been
no attempts to establish one mar
rule. The Executive has fully ypprc
ciatcd the great powers conildod Il
: him by the Constitution aud he is cx
crcising them
"Thc Amer can government Is be
| ing conducted without usurpatlon ant
swith the proper influence and powe,
of effective and constitutional leader
ship. That Is the reason wastem
expenditures have been cut, neces
sary economies enforced, efficienc,
vastly increased. and our great ma
t'onal concerns sa(eguardcd
This method and result are du,
to the spirit and purpose which hav,
dominated the Administration. The,
are due to the sagacity, the steadI
ness, the nexhaustible energy. III,
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