The New York herald., 1922-02-25
SENATOR REED RAPS
HARVEY FOR SPEECH
Resents Ambassadors Para
phrasing of Webster's Speech
on the Union.
Special Dispatc,. to THE NEW York HERALD.

Special Dispatch. to THE NEW York HHaAI D.
New York Herald Bureau,
Washington, ID. c., Feb. "a.
IF his sentiments were expressed In
sobriety, George Harvey. Ambassador
the Court of st. Jamess in his recent
London speech does not represent either
the spirit or the sense and judgment of
the people of the United States" Senator
Reed (Mo) declared to-day in the Sem
ate in an attack upon the official rep
resentative of the United States to Great
Britain.
Senator Reed indicated his belief that
Ambassador Harvey had imbibed TOO
freely. if not too well. before he was
called upon to make his speech. To
support his opinion he read a poem en-
titled Americans in London Now Sing
ing" which appeared in the London
newspapers the same day Ambassador
Harvey's speech was printed. 1t ran:
Sing song OF six pence,
A bottle full of rye;
Four and twenty Yankees.
Sitting parched AMI dry.
When the rye o,,encd
The Tanks began to sing,
We won't go back TO the u, 5. A.
God save the King.
"T presume that poem refers to the
London dinner said Senator Reed. and
Senate and in the galleries.
Senator Reed went on to say that he
would be willing to vote for the repeal
of the prohibition law III by so doing
we could recall George Harvey from
England
Then he added: II wish IL were pos
sible to send some diplomat to that
court who as soon as he puts his feet
under British mahogany could keep his
head above British influence. Upon
what kind of food and drink do they
feed Amba -sadors of ours? Imagine
Daniel wehater playing the part OF the
sycophant to some gentleman who held
the stirrup for William the Conqueror
Amerfcs's Two Great Georges.
America has produced two great
Georges" added Senator Reed. repeat
ing a sentenc of his Chicago speech
George Washington. the Father of his
Country. and George Harvey, the Am
bassador to the Court of st. James's. [
happen to be the only Democrat If !
remember correctly. who made speech
defending the appointment OF Mr.. Har-
vey | withdraw that speech ] adorn
myself with the sackcloth of repentance
and | put the ashes of contrition upon
my brow. Let II never be said here
after that ! have not. at least once in
my life. humbly confessed my wrongs
and asked forgiveness for my tres
passes"
Then Senator Reed quoted the Harvey
paraphrase of Websters sentiment ::
mot liberty alone, not union alone. but
liberty and union, one and inseparable,
Is in fairly accurate parallel the chief
requirement of Great Britain and the
United States"
The Senator added That Is fair
paraphrase OF the declaration OF this Of
fetal representa- tive OF the United states.
declaration OF this kind cannot be
passed over ligatly. IL amounts TO moth
Ing less than an advocacy OF doctrine
which mas been whispered about in this
country Tor tw enty years that the United
States and England ought to form one
empire 1t would be reasonable III II
were not idiotic.'
Then he reviewed at length some
American hiitory to show the absurdity
of the suggestion. lie declared that In
any combine { on OF the two nations II
would be British empire with America
the greatest nation on earth playing
the second fiddle.
President Harding. II was stated at
the White House. refused TO take seri-
ouSly any criticisms hurled at Ambas-
sador Harvey. The President. It was
stoted. feels that any Senator or private
citizen has the right TO make any criti-
cisms he may see fit of the public ut
terances of an official representative or
the United States