Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-10-31
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enecs Of view. freely expressed. That
Is a wholesome sign; there have teen
30 attempts to establish one man
yule. The Executive has fully apLre-
.eiatcd the great powers confided to
Him by the Constitution and he is
Exercising them
- 'sThc American government is
Icing conducted without usurpation
and with the proper influence and
Cover of effective and constitutional
leadership. That is the reason
&astclul expenditures have been cut,
Necessary economies enforced, eff
Gicncy. vastly increased, and our great
National concerns safeGuardcd.
~ This method and result are due
10 the spirit and purpose which have
dominated the Administration. They
ere due to the sagacity, the stcadi-
ness. the incXhaustible energy, the
rOnstant labors, the intimate kn,Wl-
Edge of human nature as well as
of governmental affairs, the i'm
plcdiate and just appraisemcnt Of
difficult situations, the courteous con-
especially the untiring zeal for the
public interest which characterize
our chief. Warren G. Harding the
president of the United States.
. 1T would be difficult to imagine A
Morse tanslc in our foreign relations
ffan that with, which this Admins
f1ation was required to deal. 1t took
NfGe two years and nearly .our
= ,mths after the Armistice. bu. VIC
were yet at war. The peace nago-
tiations had evoked bitter and
.endyng controversy 1t had been
patent. l think, to those who had
endeavorsd to estimate the public
judgment that the American people
would never consent to assume any
obligation moral or legal, which
honld fctter their appropriate free
Eehcics.
y 'Whilc VIC have been justly solicit
tous of American rights and interests
IN every part of the world, we have
been eager to do all within our power.
81 Accordance with the genius OF our
settlements and international cooper
ation. We favor. and always lave
Favored. an international court of
Jnsticc for the determination accord
1ng to judicial standards of justici-
Rbfc international disputes.
:. 4 believe that suitable arrange
,1nefts can be made for the pait,ci-
NpE h. Ia;
Election of judges of the International
Tonrt which has been set up, so that
xlis government may give it's formal
1unport to that court as an indie
pendent tribunal of international
Justice. To support an institution
3ou must have proper provision for
z >pce in its constitution and think
that provision to this end car be
n1ale.
~ The fundamental and pressing
prdblems of Europe are political
Urdblems involving national hopes
IND fears; decp-seated convictions
rs to national safety and oppor-
pi1ity: national ambitions. in some
gases long cherished, in others re-
which have become postulates in the
thought of peoples. The reason that
the. main problem of Europe cannot
ke solved. save as Europe helps her
1clf, lies in the fact that each major
Amculty centcrs in the self-deter-
mined action of Independent states
and is beyond external control.
There is no reason why we should
Eitter away our helpful influence
~ becoming partisan of either
RaEty to such controversies, much
IesS make the fatal mistake Of at
Ensptins to assume the role Of
1ictator.
= Europe is at this moment bur-
dened with the expense of large
Ntnics heavily disproportionate to
0ler financial ability of the respective
aatcs to maintain them. These
Smics are maintained because of dis
kust. apprehension and national
aspirations. Every effort to remove
Tie. burden by agreement as to Ami-
Etion of land armament has failed.
+ 4 recognized that nothing Gao be
lone without the consent of the
Bowers directly concerned and that
they are not ready to consent.
= But while the question of reduc-
Hon in land ornaments could not be
sclved because of conditions IN
Eufope. there was an opportunity
3'esented to us, because OF our
4etial relation to the matter, to deal
NTH the question Of naval armament
md to stop the naval competition
UPON which we had entered with
Great Britain and Japan.
1.-THE conference on this subject not
Only furnished an opportunity for.
but the exigency required, the con-
alteration of Far Eastern problems.
When \hiS administration came into
cover the air was rife with rumors.
md the pseudo patriots. who make
q their business to stir up suspicion
Id distrust by attacks upon the
motives and purposes Of other peo-
pies. were at work with a larger
measure of success than any actual
point Of difference justified. 1t was