Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-01-22
HARDING'S MEXICAN POLICY
IS SCRAPPED BY COOLIDGE

Therefore, the Harding policy was
overthrow and the bidding, and
| huckstering for southern delegates
will go on as in times past, grleV1ng
the righteous Republicans who
thought they had eliminated that
putting a presidential nomination on
! the block. so far as southern dele
gates affected the nomination.
The next reversal Of the Harding
policies is the sale of arms to the
Obregon government. One of the
Harding policies on which the late
president congratulated himself as
one that would signalize his admin
istration was his hostility to selling
arms to Central or South American
states. He didn't love to follow Will
son, but Harding and Wilson took
the same course when certain South
American countries wished to buy
surplus naval craft to strengthen
their navies. When such sale was
pressed Mr.. Harding said: Il
would gladly waive any financial adj
vantage that might attend such sales
to make sure that none of our sur
plus equipment is employed in en-
couraging warfare anywhere in the
world" That is sound, and made for
peace on this hemisphere.
"Nigger in Woodpile"
Coolidge may be right. He may
be wrong. That is a question of
opinion. L believed from the day
Of his election to the presidency
Obregon should be recognized with
out all the dickering and delay and
conference with those who had COD
cessions in Mexico. The delay weak
ened Obregon and made it impossible
for him to carry out the reforms on
which his heart was set. When
there came revolution and the OPP
ponents of the Obregon government
were giving him trouble, Coolidge
directs that arms be sold to the Obre-
gon government. Mr.. Wilson kept
arms out of the hands Of Huerta,
who had come into the presidency
| by assassination. Now Coolidge
keeps arms out of the hands of an
other revolving Huerta, but goes fur
Their and sells them to the existing
government l hope it will keep
| Mexico stable and prevent revolu-
! ton.
The Fairchild resolution in the
| house, approving the Harding policy
and barring the war department
| from selling arms to a foreign gov
eminent raises an interesting ques-
| ton. The resolution asks: From
whom did the suggestion first come
| that resulted in any such agree
! ments, understanding or conversa-
tons, and from what department of
| the United States government and
from what department official did
| the suggestion or advocacy Of any
! such agreement or understanding
! first Gomez" Evidently Fairchild
knows something and is hot on some
| body's trail. He thinks there's a
| niger in the woodpile," but he will
| get no answer. 1t will be "incom-
patible to the public interest to an
swer such impertinent question of
the sacrosanct state department. 1t
reports to nobody.
Many thoughtful men believe that
if we ought to uphold Obregon's
government, it would be better to do
so by armed intervention than by
armed interference. In armed inter.
vention there is always opportunity
! through administration to allay the
feeling that follows it, while in
armed interference there is, no such
opportunity.
Calvin Coolidge is president OF the
United States and the day of carry
| ing out Harding's policies" closed
when the first frost came Nobody
ought to object to a president being
| president in his own right and carry.
ing out my policies" particularly
since within a few months he must
win or lose the nomination on his
own record