The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-16
PRESIDENT ASKS
HELP IN EFFORT
To SAVE EUROPE
"Best Minds" Sought by HARDING as
to Best Means OF Preventing Eco.
nomlc Crash In Old World;
10 Encouraged.
ANTICIPATED MOVE BY
GOVERNMENT WATCHED
Not Since Days Of Arms Farley Has
Interest Been SO Keen; Expected
TO Call for Show Down; U. 8.
Has Three Weapons.

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Omitted Press staff Correspondent.
Washington, Dec. 10. President
Harding today sought the counsel o
HIS most trusted advisers as 10 IN,
best means OF Intervention TO pre-
vent the approaching economic crash
IN Europe.
Il ls understood the president feels
encouraged by the favorable re-
action In European capitals TO the
news of Americas determination ia
prevent collapse.
In addition to frequent consulta.
tlons with his cabinet, cable discus
sions with American ambassadors
abroad and his forthcoming confer
ence with Ambassador George IIar.
yey, the president viii seek the ad.
ylco OF leading senators. including
the irreconcilables In the treaty
fight. and OF prominent leaders in
American thought.
Not snce the dramatic days that
developed the great disarmament
conference here has Washington
been so tensed 70 an anticipated
move by the government II is be-
lieved that the present contemplated
action may even snrpass the dis.
armament conference in world I'M
portance.
The impression continued to pre-
vail in official circles that another
international conference would be
called, but II was believed a final
decision would not be reached until
after the consultations here with
Harvey about Jan. l.
The coming move by the United
States will In effect call for SHOW
down" in Europe; it will require an
answer from the European nations
concerned whether they are reidv
in a broad way to approach a solu-
tlon OF the world problem that has
developed abroad, consistent with in.
ternationai peace and reconstruc-
tion, or whether they prefer TO con
tinue on the road that Is dragging
Europe into a pit of disaster
Three great weapons that tie
United States has to aid it in bring
ing about settlement Of the Euro
pean crisis were seen here today
tv trservers
The readiness Oh American
bankers to float loan for Ger
many up to any figure necessary
estimated from $1,000. 100000 = pro-
vided an agreement Is reached on
reparations and France abandons
such policies as those calling Tor
sizure of the Ruhr valley.
2. More leniency in the collection
of the allied war debt Of $11,0OO,OOO,-
600 to this country, including re-
ductions in interest rates, provision
for reloaning to debtor nations, ana
material extension of the present
period of 25 years for repayment OF
the principal
3. The moral influence of the
United States throughout the world,
which President Harding has indi-
Gated he believed is one OF the
greatest factors in the situation.
However, in any economic CONFER
ence in Washington or whatever
move is made by the United States
those three things will be offered
only on the provision that the Euro
pean nations reciprocate.
Finally, settlement of the German
reparations problem, the root OF the
trouble in Europe, will be asked
This country also wishes assur-
ances that France will not take
such drastic steps Of coercion that
would again bring turmoil in Eu-
rope and tend to prostrate Germany
permanently.
Frances fear of Germany has
again brought into discussion here
the possibility Of an agreement IN
europe modelled after the four-power
pacific treaty. Such European
pact for nonaggression, including
for instance, Great Britain, France
Germany and Italy, might give
France the necessary guarantees
against future attack from Ger
many.