The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-08-14
ruANCELLORIES FIND
COOLIDGE PULLING
I EUROPE ASKING WHAT
W. lind OF MAN NEW PRESI-
nrNT IS. LIKED HARDING.

pARIS.-What manner OF man is
Calvin Coolidge,
n every chancellery of Europe this
,astion has been asked since the fate
~ G Friday morning when the cable
" r.dio flashed news of the death of
T,r,rren G. Harding. The difference in
time between Europe and that far
5;st.nt American city, San Francisco,
:. ,bont nine hours, so it was not I'M
Il welt along into Friday morning
.Lo announcement of the passing of
M M Harding became known.
VT Tba American administration sys-
...,l i go little understood by the or
tG-,l European that the accession of
NJ W- Coolidge to the duties of the
oaras;dencv has raised, and will con-
t;nne to raise, many hopes of Ameri-
. .an participation in the affairs of Eu-
. .ona The new presidents declaration
! .Lat M change in the policies of the
i, President Harding is contemplate
Ia @t' has been accepted not in the same
Tght that it was received in the states,
bnt rather in the belief that Mr.. Cool
doe felt it the polite and proper thing
~ do at the moment he assumed the
Office of chief executive.
Expect Closer Contact Now.
In brief. there is the hope, that the
new regime may lessen the attitude
Of aloofness held by the United States
SINCE Mr.. Harding came into power.
All over Europe, in the simple
homes of the plain people, there IS
real grief over the death of Mr.. Hard
# can be said with utmost conf
dence that no American president of
recent times made so direct and
Straightforward an appeal to the SYM
nathv of the common man.
"He was a good man, an honest
man. sincere man."
These phrases were those used most
BY the groups that gathered to discuss
the news of Mr.. Harding's death. They
felt that he was some one like them
selves, plain citizen striving to make
the elementary qualities of honesty
and good will prevail over the more
subtle forces of the international po-
litical game.
The writer, in visits to all the coun-
tries of Europe, has often had occa-
sion to become acquainted with the
popular feeling regarding Mr.. Hard
ing. and has heard countless Euro
peans express themselves in terms
that made it plain that they regarded
Harding more as a warm-hearted and
generous friend than as the chief of
great state who might inspire awe
and respect because of the power vest
ed in him. They felt he was more
in people than anything
else. and even when his official acts
might not be approved by national
sentiment in this or some other ma
ton there was rarely a word OF re-
sentiment against the man himself.
Common People Miss Him.
Millions of people in Europe today
are Struggling amid the bitter disap-
pointment of war-wrecked lives. The
loss of the kindly sympathy OF man
they loved and trusted is felt keenly.
Such vast gulf exists between the
personality of Mr.. Harding and that
OF President Coolidge that Europeans
as they read the cabled
and sketches of the new
executive, were puzzled by the con-
uast. Mr.. Harding they knew to be /
Of genial and expansive temperament.
Indeed, Mr.. Harding had spent some
time abroad and because of this was
better known than most men who