The Washington times., 1922-10-02

WILLIAM HARD. propaganda and
are making an
issue Of It against the foreign policy
of President Harding.
In doing 80 these organizations
are making a special appeal 10 the
Protestant Communions which have
large moral and material interests
in Turkey. The Catholic Church Is
also possessed OF large moral and
material interests in Turkey, tut
IL Is not so readily reached by the
cry in favor of American interven.
ton against the Turks.
| For many centuries the French
government has had special
! standing as the recognized pro-
tector OF Catholic Christians in the
Near East. Out of long experience
in such matters. from the time OF
Catholic Church tends toward
policy OF warfare in Near Eastern
| quarters.
The graves OF the crusaders in the
| whole region from Constantinople,
around through Jerusalem. to Alex.
andria in Egypt, are Catholic graves.
! The living Catholics are not no ken
| for holy wars against the Moslems.
II is among Protestant eCclesiastics
| and among the leaders OF Protestant
| benevolent and humanitarian socie-
| ties that the demand is raised for
American Intervention on the Bos-
phorus and on the DardanelleS, and
II is noted here by Republican lead.
ers that the European foreign policy
OF President Harding Is now under
| attack by the following powerful
groups OF energetic critics:
Numerous prominent business men
Who want the Government OF the
United States to cancel the debts
which are owed to it by European
! nations, although it Is not by any
means clear that these business men
are in favor of allowing those ma.
| tions to cancel the debts which they
owe to American private banks.
Democratic party leaders who
| never have ceased to advocate the
League of Nations and who directly
or indirectly are always intimating
| that most Of the woes of Europe
and many of the woes of the United
States are largely directly due 10
Americas absence from Europe's
council tables.
Large numbers of enormously ac-
tive members of pacifistic organiZa-
| tions. which, by a great expenditure
| of personal effort and of money, are
| every day promoting the entrance OF
the United States into any world in.
stitution owning Court-like the
| court Of the League of Nations--fCr
terminating wars.
The Protestant eCclcsiastic leaders
and philanthropic leaders are at.
tracted by Lloyd Georges proposal
that the League of Nations shall Ere.
side over the Bosphorus and the
Dardanelles. and are in favor of
American participation in any inter
national enterprise which will place
the United States firmly and per.
manently on watch over Turkey.
All these elements will make them.
| selves felt in the election this fall.
1t is admitted by Republican party
managers that many votes will be
cast against Republican candidates
on the ground that the Republican
party has failed to come to tho rescue
Of the world situation in Europe, and
that just recently II has emphasized
this failure by failing to de-
fend European Christian civilization
! against the followers OF Mohammed.
II can be stated with certainty.
nevertheless, that the overwhelming
bulk Of the campaigning done by the
Republicans this fall will be in ubso-
lutely total defiance of such senti-
ments.
The Republican candidates, by 81.
lence or by outright statement. will,
almost all Of them, give their consent
and support to President Harding's
policy OF abstinence from Europe.
On domestic affairs the Republican
| candidates will be speaking with
| many different voices. There will be
reactionary voices among them in
some parts OF the country. and radi-
cal voices in other parts. But II hap
pens that on the point OF foreign af.
fairs the radical Republicans are
most Of them hearty supporters of
| Warren Gamaliel Harding's ideas re-
garding the desirability of American
aloofness from European struggles.
The Republicans who favor that
aloofness are dominant today in both
sections of the party. They ar"
dominant among the conservatives,
who are most powerful in the party's
Immediate management, and thev
are dominant among the radicals
who have gained such surprising
strength inthe West and Northwest.
Against all possible accumulated op.
position the Republican party is
going into this campaign dominantly
determined-at present writing-to
uphold the principle OF absolute
American neutrality in Europe.
That principle is developing into
the link between the two wings OF
the party. On that principle Frank
Brandagee, of Connecticut, and Rob.
ert Marion La Toilette, OF Wisconsin,
are united. Against II the Demo.
Gratis will gain many votes from dis