The Washington times., 1922-10-03

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and for diplo.
matically setWILLIAM HARD.
Ting It.
The Government could take part
in such conference without au.
thorization from Congress. Will Mr..
Hughes want the Government TO do
so? And might he then afterwards
propose to Congress that the United
States should be permanently repre-.
sented in some commission for guar.
anteeing and guarding the neutrality
OF the Dardanelles and the Bos-
porus?
II is remembered that Mr.. Hughes
was heartily in favor OF the entrance
OF the United States into the League
OF Nations. Ii is remembered that !
he subsequently,. as Secretary OF
State, was supposed to be about 20
resubmit the treaty of Versailles TO
the Senate 1t is remembered that
later on he was supposed TO be an
earnest advocate OF the idea of di-
rect official representation by the /,
United States in the Reparation Com
mission at Paris.
The "irreconCilable" element in the
manner of Qualms and quakes when.
ever Mr. Hughes is seen in a position !
in which he could jump off into any !
new variety OF American participa
ton in European affairs.
Distinguished persons from the
/ "irrcCOnCilab BILE" element are always
on such occasions seen vending
their way TO the White House to see
II the President is leaning toward
| Europe. II he is, they blame 1t on
| Mr.. Hughes and they come back
with re-enforcements and try TO
push the President over into leaning
the other way. The President then
has the best minds" on one side
OF him pointing him to world
view and he has the 'irreconcil
ables" on the other side of him
pointing him to the fact that II he
! takes a world view" the next view
after II will be the disruption OF the
Republican party.
In this sort OF argument the "ir.
| reConCilablcs' have the best Of II
because they are very much more
| likely than the best minds" are to
run straight off the party reserva-
ton II enraged. The result to date
has been that the President, as the
leader of the Republican party. has
saved the party even II he has not
saved Europe.
We did not enter the League; we
did not reconsider the treaty of Yer
smiles: We did not send an official
repr esentatve to the reparation COM
mission; and numerous powerful Re
publiCans who otherwise would be
roaming the wilderness or sulkinS
| in tents are engaged in ardently fight.
ing the Democrats for a Republican
party victory this fall.
The unity OF the Republican Party
depends very largely at present
upon the maintaining OF an IRE
| concilable" attitude toward Ameri-
can participation in European NJ
fairs. That is the political fact
which will have more weight in
the White House than will be had
by any demand for making the
waters Of the Dardanelles and the
Bosporus run the way they
should. Moreover. Mr.. Hughes Is
at least sixty or seventy times as
accomplished in practical states
manship than he was when he first
took charge of the State Depart.
ment, and II Is noted that in recent
months he has clearly shown that
he does not think IT wise to press
this country into foreign tasks which
the American political situation
would not endure and sustain.
"Irreconcilable' persons here
have noted with pleasure the vigor
of the language used by Mr.
Hughes to Bishop Cannon when he
tells the Bishop that the State De.
partment has not been authorized
by Congress to go to Europe with
an army and to settle the prob
lens which have vexed Europe for
generations" That tone is pre-
cisely the tone that the "irrecon'
cilables' like to hear. Their esteem
for Mr.. Hughes rises. They incline
toward the hope that he will re.
frain from Dardanelles commissions
Just as much as from reparation
commissions. And they point out
strange and striking historical par.
allel to the present situation.
The present situation rests very
considerably on sympathy for the
Greeks. Once before In American
history-and just exactly 100 years
ago-there was a great sympathy III
America for the Greeks. President
Monroe was about to make public
demonstration Of this sympathy by
extending recognition to the Greek
revolution against the Turks, who
then were the masters OF Greece.
But he did not do It. John Adams.
! his Secretary of State, pointed out
| TO him that he could not meddle into
the quarrels OF Europe and at the
same time effectively warn the Eu
ropcans against meddling into the
destinies of America.
President Monroe refrained &C.
Cordingly from acting on behalf OF
the Greeks and he shortly after.