New-York tribune., 1922-12-04
Harding's Plan
OF Association
Is Tigers Hope
Clemenceau in Interview at
Capital Tomorrow May
Seek TO Revive Project
Evolved During Campaign
Denies Plea for League
Conference May Reveal How
Far Europe Is Willing
TO Modify the Covenant
By Boyden Sparkes

PITTSBURGH. Dec. aboard clem-
ssseau special train en- route to Balii-
-sore).-Tueked away somewhere 10
he White House are some mem0ranea
hat are the fruit of the meeting OF
she "best minds" ia Muriou during me
nterregnuni following The eiee'ion O.
Warren G. Harding. Possibly they
rave been drafted into a series o.
articles in which there IS nothing
comparable 70 the hateful Article \
u the League Of Nations covenant
Georges Clemenceau has visited the
tosabs Of Roosevelt. Grant. Lincolni ne
las seen a Yale Harvard football game
no slaughter pens Of the chicago
stoekyards, fabulously priced works o.
art ard stuffed elephants ~ museums.
Hss interest IN Gli Of these mas been
Dolite, sympathetic, hut there IS reason
- believe that the real object Of tins
gentleman's sightseeing tour Ia the
evening Of his life IS that almost Tor
gotten memorandum IN the Wnits
Housa which outlines scheme OF
.sso-iation among the nations Of the
-Vorld in whieh President Harding
believes his eountrymen would po
willing % participate.
The editor from Marion and this
;oarnalist from the old World. when
hey meet In Washington, probably on
Tuesday, will discover, II they DO not
already know, that they are IN Aeeord
about the limitations and the possibili-
les of a League Of Nations. Neither
hsiievea that war will vanish from the
,-ocabularies Of mankind By the simple
process Of Welding the world into o
single nation.
Chief Bar Removed
Both believe that through con-
Jsrenees and good faith the difficulties
II nations may be settled az among IN
dividuals. The stumbling block lending
20 abandonment Of the league IN the
FORM In which Il was conceived az NeT-
gnilles, the stumbling block designed
by President Wilson, was the weaving
together Of the treaty Of peace ana the
covenant. That stumbling block no
longer exists. because, on the wora OF
". Clemenceau, the Treaty OF Nei-
sAIlles remains unexecuted.
The question Is whether the present
members Of the League Of Nations
would consent to rcwrite the covenant
% meet the objections Of the United
states II thereby they could persuade
sa!d repeatedly since he landed et the
Battery ffteen days ago, "Come over
and We will do anything you ask.
BRAND and Viviani last winter and
Clemenceau now have dinned into
American ears that all they desire Tor
their country il reparations and Sc
curity. There are ways Of guarantee
Ing these without en- Article X.
v ~ 4. aHrHn n rH :
n. Ciemenceau spoke Of the framework
Of the League OF Nations. II is a
phrase that was hrst used by President
Harding in his campaign speech Of Au-
aust 2s, when he said he would be
willing 20 build his association on the
framework Of the league. Il would
seeu that ~. ClemeneeGu and his Amer
fcan sponsors have been studying those
speeches Of Mr.. Harding the candidate.
Denies Appeal to Join League
The "Tiger" was tremendously an
noyed to-day as his train borO him
eastward across the cornhelds o. In
diana and Ohio 10 discover that some
newspapers had interpreted his re-
marks AZ 50. Louis as an invitation 20
enroll IN the League Of Nations.
II did not appeal 70 America 70 come
futo tne ittkues no tANteLlNt Nut'
afternoon with the same sharpness
with which be used 20 rule meetings
Of the heads Of the peace delegations
II don't believe IN the League Of Ma
rions, 80 it would be funny for me 70
beg America 20 join It."
AZ the same time NJ. Clemeneesu left
no doubt rs 20 his faith In the idea Of
mutual cooperation among nations.
de called attention 70 his words at ST.
Louis, where he said Of the league: at
has already done some good; II has
done taking; Il has done something IN
the case Of Austria and Silesia.'
He was asked this afternoon n he
did not feel that tho security Of the
Rhine could be maintained by the
league. "What," he demanded with an
impatience that was almost profane,
what has Paraguay got to do with
the RhineT
Clemenceau. like Viviani and BRAND
when they were speaking IN America,
explains that his ideal Is an alliance
between France, Great Britain and the
United States. but he could hardly en-
tsrtain serious hopes OF persuading the
limited States AZ this time 70 enter