The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-24
HARVEY NUT TO : ,.5::ltCTURED
 WHILE IN U. 5.
Democratic Opponents of the Ambassador to England Had . Hoped He Would Be Given Scolding by Members of
 State Department
WASHINGTON BUREAU l
 THE AGE-HERALD Washington. ID. C.. Dec, Z3

tR THE AGE HERALD Washington, ID. C.. Dec. 23
 Information at the state depart ment is to the effect. that George Harvey, United States ambassador to the Court of St. James, will be questioned, on his arrival, relative :, to matters of supreme importance, only.
 This information is said to be of grave concern to many democrats in | Congress, and many men and women, in private walks of life, in every state of the union. It is un- derstood that the general hope was l that the Secretary of State and the President. would hold the ambassa- dor to strict accountability for the alleged innumerable blunders which he is said to have committed to the Shame" of this nation during his residence across the Sea.
 Were the critics of the ambassa- dor to have the opportunity soon to be afforded Secretary Hughes, they would ask him to defend the knee-breeches, silver buckles, land everything; his declaration that the United States fought Germany, not ito make the world safe for de- mocracy,v but to preserve its own skin: his recent financial utterance which is alleged to have dele teriously affected the price of American cotton; and his cynical" inquiry into the problem of whether or not women have souls. 1 CIaims Depressed Price | Harvey's critics have exhausted their vitrial vials In reference to the fact that 1t was in the Blackstone motel room of the ambassador that republican chieftains decided to | 1t is only infrequently that one re- members with 'shame" that Harvey l took issue with former President Wilson in respect to the causes
 
 to send its troops into Europe. In- asmuch as the court dress of the ann bassador is regarded as, to certain | extent, personal, or a-matter of per sonal taste, the indications are that Harvey, were he required to face his critics. would be. questioned most pointedly on his alleged "premedi- tated' effort to depress the prEe of American cotton and his insinuated doubt regarding the possession by women of immortal souls.
 I Some days ago this bureau report ed that John s. Wannamaker of South Carolina, a well known head of an organization formed for the purpose of advancing the interests of cotton producers. had entered com rlaint that Harvey's sad picture of the financial ruin of Europe had had serious Ill effect on the value of American cotton. Senator William J. Harris of Georgia mailed copy of the Wannamaker letter to the Secre- tary of State, and that functionary inlm ediately promised to take the matter under consideration. In view of information emanating from the state department, however. it is re- garded as improbable that because I of the Wannamaker strictures the ambassador will be ordered "out on the carpet
 Heflin Attacks
 The American cotton producer and the American woman have no more ardent defenders throughout the land than some of the southern senators in the Congress of the United States. | One of the most ardent, by common consent, is J. Thomas Heflin of Ala hsma. Before what had been termed 4b ba foo ct iua nd V in ha ] world" Senator Heflin, relative to | Harvey's alleged blunders, proceeded: ."The export figures which have II been called to our attention by the senator from Utah (Mr. Smoot). flatly N contradict the statement given out by the ambassador to Great Britain. MT. Harvey. There are a great many people here who believe that he made the statement for the purpose of in-s juriously affecting the cotton market of the United States. It did affect 1t. l All sorts of things arc resorted to to affect the cotton market. and to aid the speculator in robbing the farmer of the United States.
 This same man Harvey. who made the statement just referred to. net long ago rose on a solemn occasion in London and expressed serious doubt as to whether woman has soul. I submit that acting as ambas- sadcr of the greatest government on the globe, he cast a reflection on every woman in the United States and in the world Paul said to Timothy: Z! Quotes the BIble
 ".The faith that is within thee was first in thy grandmothe Lois, and then in thy mother. Eunice.
 "Woman has been and Is today, the keeper of the faith.
 If there is one CT the other who has not a soul, 1t must be George Harvey. If I had been President of these United States when this am bassador made that speech in Lon don. I would have recalled hAn by cable. would have employed whatever method that would have the more punished and humiliated him. The President owed it to the Chris tian nation which he represents to call that man away as ambassador to Great Britain. But this man who mis- represents our country, strange to say, has not been removed It is , strange. indeed!"
 !, It is understood that Harvey will not wear his pantaloons while visit Ing the United States