Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-10-31

ARE NOT APART
OF his POLICY
Will Lend Helping Hand "a
European Nations Al Any
Time
THEIR TROUBLES DOMESTIC
Reviews What Has Been Accom-
plished Already liz
Pacific
BOSTON. Mass. Oct.

bOo YIN, Mass, Oct. oI. u
foreign policy o. helpfulness. and
good understanding, without entan-
clements which would fetter Aneri-
can independence, was outlined by
Secretary hughes of the state de-
partment in an address in Symphony
Hall last night reviewing the record
of the Harding administrations in tlAa
field of international relations.
By the lead it took in the arms
conference, the secretary said, aud
by its effort steward harmony among
the nations of the Western nelnis-
phere, the American government
during the past twenty months has
set record Of accomplishment far
beyond what was expected of Il when
the new administration came into
power.
SO far as Europe is concerned, Mr.
Hughes declared, President HARDING
and his advisers always have been
ready to lend a helping hand where
it would do the most good, but are
not willing to fritter away the IN
fluence of the United States by inter-
vention in controversies that are
rooted in age-old national rivalries.
"The chief trouble at this time in
Europe" he continued, ''is that tha
great powers have not been able to
agree as to questions which, being
distinctly European questions, direct
ly concern them, and their want Of
agreement is due to different con-
ceptions Of essential national policy.
For us, international cooperation
does not mean that we should en-
broil ourselves in controversies not
involving our own interests"
The secretary added he believed 4
way might be found for the United
States to participate in the selection
of judges to the recently Organized
international Court of Justice, a
project which from the first had the
sympathy of this government. He
declared that already in a human
itarian way and through the cnanreIs
of trade the United States was real /.
ly giving aid or a value incalcuIabIe.
He praised the arms conference
agreements as meaning %the rescue
of the world from despair" and pre-
dicted that despite the present de-
lay the Washington treaties would
be ratified by all the powers sigma
tory to them Ultimate failure of
the conference program, he asserted,
had been precluded in any case by
the notifications already voted by the
United States, Great Britain and
Japan.
Among the other accomplishments
reviewed by Mr.. Hughes a part 81
the constructive program of the ad,
ministration were the negotiation OF
a peace treaty with Germany, tn
Yap agreement protecting American
interests in the mandate islands Of
the Pacific, the reorganization ST
Cuba's finances, the Tacna-Arica ar
bitration agreement between Chile
and Peru, the calling of confer
/ ence of Central America republics,
and the stabilization of Haiti and
Santo Domingo.
/ Toward the people of Mexico, the
secretary said, the United States en-
tertains only the friendliest senti-
ments although it is unwilling TO
recognize any Mexican internal poll
icy based upon confiscatory meas
ures against foreigners. He alluded
also to the Near Eastern situation,
repeating the declaration that tho
American government. although in-
! terested deeply in some phases of
the Near Eastern settlement, can
not appropriately attend the 1aus-
anne peace conference beealse Il ].
was called to sett.e a war to which
the United States was not a party.
Secretary Hughes began his adj
dress with a eulogy to Senator Henrys
1 Cabot Lodge, chairman of the COM
mittee of foreign relations and Re-
publican leader of the senate. Mr..
Lodges defat by ibis Massachusetts
constituency at the November cleo
ton, the secretary declared, would
be not only loss to the state but
AN irreparable loss to the nation
Discusses Administration.
In bis discussion Of the policies
Of the administration, Mr.. Hughes
said;
"Of course, there have been DIFF
4 ferences of view, freely expressed.
That is wholesome sign; there have
been no attempts to establish one
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