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“While there is Life there’s Hope” APRIL 28, 1921 Published by LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY London Offices, Rolls House, Breams Bldgs., London, E, C. 17 West Thirty-first Street, New York HATEVER _ The idea seems to be that we are not to is in their way. The emergency (’ the country have that separate treaty with Germany Mr. Harding favors does not s¢ gets in the way of © that Mr. Knox used to think well of, but the facts of the current worl or wise merely a gesture of some kind to say, turns out to be impossible to take legislation in the “Fritz, the war is off,” and then go after Mr, Harding objects to in the Snext four years it details to the Treaty of Versailles and join Versailles, we may have to get along will have to get, in that, excepting so much of it as we do out that. If the association of n: barring accidents, by consent and co- not like. Whether we could join in that for the attainment of peace that Mr. Han operation of President Harding. What good — way, accepting what we approve and re- ing suggests turns out not to be strong it gets by appointment of competent men jecting what we disapprove, Heaven knows. enough medicine for Europe, Mr. Hardig to office must also come through him. It does not seem so, but maybe we could. may be disappointed about that. He thinks Being the national executive he can be the Mr. Harding applies epithets to the he would like the League without & national leader if he has the wit and the League. He does not like it. He says itis covenant. Whether he can get it or not will for that employment. Never a man a super-government. But he says he will depends upon the facts of current life had better wishers than he. Many people go in for something. that will associate It was evidently these great facts that feel that through him our immediate the nations. were in the mind of Senator Hitchcock vation must come if it is coming. People when he said, in commenting on the mes want to approve him quite irrespective of j sage: what party they belong to. They know Z We can have neither revival of basi : ness nor prosperity in my opinion unti rant? thé hat’ We adopts the people of Europe become able SPRL BIS TEKS ares CHAR NE AGOyS tO Fe our great surplus of agricultural, mining lieve them to be wise measures that they “THERE is a good deal of talk stored and manufacturing products. This they . = . : cannot do until by co-operation ani : ___in these suggestions of his about the hited action the nations under:ake to to see his message to the new Congress Treaty and the League. And no doubt it stabilize the social, business and govern and everybody has been thoughtful about will come out. These projects will be mental conditions of the world er 1 J x mek Every nation is now going it alooe, what he said. thoroughly discussed. Mr. Harding in due wasting vast’ sums on armament and With a good deal of it nearly everybody time will find out whether he can have sinking deeper into debt and possibl bankruptcy. In every nation unc x y nat ‘ ment is increasing and production i raised to take care of our governmental give it to him, we suppose that he will, creasing. We suffer along v cost of living and the interest of our though the country is full of League Re- Test. The cure is not domestic. but is lebts. We all he railroads if fi ; ternational. President Harding appar: debts. e all want the railroads to get publicans, and there may be some left in ently fails to see this. He sre.ns to along better. We want the army and navy Congress. But whether the nations that think that wean Procure prospe . by A ae te « mattnme lene. naniediil te ec swapping jackknives amoi selves to be paid, and we want the national belong to the League will be able to give SR APRINE Jackinives: amon budget system, and reductions of cost of him what he wants is another question. markets of the world .to our government by efficient management, and He is up against a propensity in his own pis products: is high and I thins be 4 : i ta is purpose is high an in's bh we are against lynching. Some of us will party to be divided, and that may em- more than anxious to bring relici to the want “instant emergency tariff enact- barrass him because if he suits one wing Americas people. He is ansious to e ent,” ill wi : " arty Sas ss duce governmental expenditures, liut he ment,” and others will wish to see the en of the party and not the other he may lose seems to forget that eighty cents actment before they can tell whether they his majority in Congress. But in foreign every dollar of taxation is take want it or not. affairs, besides that, he is up against the taxpayers, because the woril . been and still is organized for war. As for the present foreign policy as some enormous facts—the facts of this he will do nothing toward organi ing it discussed in the message, the disclosure is current world, that do not stop to think for peace. not so complete but that it may be helped by — what is expedient or convenient or adapted These remarks are to the point. Thert interpretation. For our own part we would to unify the Republican party, but come — was inflation and there had to be ‘eflation like to see it interpreted a little before down the middle of the road, regardless, and that is costly, But now the cure of attempting to reach conclusions about it. and keep on coming, caring not at all what present ills seems not so much domest the times are extremely difficult. They can support. So everybody was interested will agree. 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