Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-11
|RARD|NG'S treaty
PLEA PERSUASIVE
In Total Contrast to Wilson's
!. Method Of Presentation on
Similar Occasion
GIVES CREDIT TO SENATE
nv CIrNTON W. GILBERT


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washington. Feb. 11.--President
Hardings manner OF presenting his
z treaties 70 tho soro,o wo, co,ci,,atory
An ,bo ... =, 49,,
'"e extreme. 1t was In total con
10 the manner of President VIII
son performing n similar duty. The
former presi,len, uorId ,,rooL ,s - he
wero ,,o ",''" 80
,v;., e 'oiee Oh the who'e "or'u re-
SuIrihg mat certain things be done ;
harding as IL ne had been the
agent of the Senate reporting back to
initiative "e ''"' ''"e y" '''
Mr.. Wilson always stood IN like tho
embodiment of a moral force which the
senators might defy az .hc!r own peril
Mr.. Harding was persuos sion itself.
The BEGINNING he told the senate,
was upon your slv!os "
BY this he meant TO recall tlat the
Senate itself had yone on record ,or die.
armament, referring TO tho Eorah reso.
9ution calling for a conference Of the
Powers to cut down navies
Again he says:
THE Senate's concern for freedom
from entanclnments for nrcscrved trn
ditions. for maintained INDEPENDENCE.
was never once forgotten py the Ameri.
can delegates. If I did not believe these
treaties brought us not only new guar
antees of peace but greater assurances
of freedom from conflict I would not
submit them to your consideration"
And again:
II am not unmindfuI nor wss Tho
Conference, of thc continent of tbis
chamber against Old World entanele-
ments. | bring YOU every assurance
that nothing IN any Of these treotiss
commits the United States or ,nv mower
70 any kind of alliance ort,,,Inmont
or Involvement e'''a'S 'en'e"'
ThiteTs Senate's Dignity
Not in many years has prcsiJe,t
sent a message to the Senate so con.id.
crate of its Importance as n co.ordi.
nate branch, so flatterirp to i,s dig,itr
as this address of Mr Ii,riinc I'll,
from this note Of resnect for tho Sue sn"
ate. there were two outstond;,o ,n;rts
in the Presidcnt's sn.erh po'"''
One was where be so;J
The Four. powcr Trco.r
no war commitment - IL soi.,aths
resnect ~ o,cb ratio,'. the
tion 70 tts insmlar noasossis isn.s ~ reIa-
~ cont-oyorsr ba,,,.oa. .I IN case
nart;os =, is ,rooI eaIe.u g. sne coVenanting
aJ;nst,ran. s'eu 10 confer ana seek
the tnrod "nn IL sa'n rights are
o,,teISo po us assress're % acton or any
rssnactin, ono ana,h 49, .rienalS Powers,
eptls p!ts one uhotner, are to COM
,nuI,ira.r, ,In pernaps CONFER. in order to
.I unuerstanu wnat action may be taken.
!ointLE OF stpara'eiy' 10 meet Il menac-
aug SITUATION.
Ihere Is no commitment to armed
iorce, no a!iiance' no written or moral
oblisation TO JON in defense. no ex-
pressed or Implied commitment to ar
rive at any agreement except in ac-
cordance with our constitutional
ihe.hous. IL Is easy 10 believe. how
ever. that such conference of the four
Powers il moral warning that an ag-
gressiVe nation, giving affront to the
four great fOwers ready to focus world
opinion on given controversy, would
be embarklng ON hazardous enter
prise:
This meets the chief objection likely
TO be raised by the irreconcilables
against the treaty. namely that though
disguised IN other language it involves
tEe commitments that the League Of
Nations covenant did.
Op this point 1t is understood that
the President Is willing to accept a
reservation to the pact. should the SEN
ate desire to say that only peaceful
means OF adjusting disputes should be
considered at the conferences of the
Powers which the pact provides for.
Another important point is that he
made when he said:
Il submit to the Senate that if we
cannot Join In making effective these
covenants for peace and stamp this con-
ference with Americas approval we
shall discredit the influence of this Re.
public, render future efforts futile or
unlikely and vote encouragement where
new hope
Much will be heard in the debate of
this argument. The agreements made