Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-01-14
WASHINGTON
DAY BY DAY
From our Special Corres0ondent)

Washington, Jan. 14.-Presiden1
Harding is not opposed to the ap'
pointment of member OF the feae'
raj Reserve Board as a Representa-
tive of the farming interests Gut ne
does not believe that ms hanos
shonld be so tied by any resolution
which Congress should pass compel
ling him to name dirt farmer on
the next vacancy which IS TO take
place on this Board. =, =
Two Southern Senators-Smlth, OF
South Carolina, and Simmons, OF
North Carolina called upon the Chief
EYecutiye late yesterday afternoon
and urged that he appoint farmer
On the Federal Reserve Board. The
Chief Executive, while declaring his
opposition to the bill which the Sen
ator from South Carolina had intro
Juced compelling the Chief Executive
to name the next vacancy on the
board farmer, he did say that II
such a resolution were modified so as
TO permit of his own selection, ne
would eventually nominate to the
Senate man representative OF the
"dirt" farmers. In other words the
South, represented by the Senators
who called at the White House yes
terdav, may expect recognition on
the Federal Reserve Board at the
time of the resignation of William
P. G. Harding, Chairman of the
Board. Harding, the Southern Sen
ators say has been against the IN
terests of the cotton men OF the
South, despite the fact that he halls
from Alabama. That is why they
would like to get rid of him.
DESPITE the obvious pessimism Of
the delegates to the arms conference
over the French Cabinet situation,
there is strong belief here that no
matter what happens, the decision OF
the conference will not be overturned
bv the new French government. AS
to what will happen to the Cannes
and Genoa Conference there are va,
rving opinions, most we'll informed
persons declaring the Cannes confer.
ence will stop where it is and that
the Genoa conference will never be
held.
The opinion that the Washington
decisions will not be overturned IS
based on the theory that no matter
what may be the extent of the reac-
tionarv sentiment controlling the
French government of the future, no
Premier could afford deliberately to
isolate his nation and sacrifice the
friendship of the United States.
Albert Sarragt. head of the French
delegation to the arms conference.
received today long cablegrm from
Aristide BRAND former French pre-
mier. thanking Sarraut for his work
as Minister of the Colonies in the
BRAND Cabinet and expressing
strong support Of the manner in
which Sarraut carried on negotiations
in Washington.
BRAND also informed Sarraut that
President Millerand would want Sar-
raut to continue his work as head Of
the French delegation until the end
Of the Washington conference
Sarrant has ALWAYS been one of the
principal hackers of BRAND and has
provided a large bloc of the votes
that helped BRAND keep his majority
of the French parliament.
It has been decided by the heads of
the delegations in the arms confer
ence to prepare a special map,
which will be included among the ap-
pendices to the naval treaty, defin-
ing the precise area intended to de-
note the "region of the Pacific
Ocean" in which America, Great
Britain and Japan have agreed to
maintain the existing status quo as
regards Notifications and naval
bases.
Heretofore, in international inter
course the us of the phrase region
of the Pacific has not required an
exact definition. An entirely new
significance attaches to it because OF
the Notifications project, and in or
der to avoid the necessity of specify
ing by name each individual island to
which the agreement shall apply, IT
was found necessary to have specla!
map drawn with lines demarkine
what is meant by that phrase.
Isaac Gregg