AMERICA'S NEW LEADER.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17730, 15 March 1921, Page 5

AMERICA'S NEW LEADER.

FORECASTS OF POLICY. STRONG NAVY ADVOCATED. SUPREMACY BEFORE A TRUCE By Telegraph—Prea» Association—Copjrisht. (Received 9.25 p.m.) A. and N.Z. NEW YORK. March 13. The Washington correspondent of the New York Times understands that Mr. W. G. Harding regards the possession of the most powerful navy in the world by the United States as a guarantee of sincerity •when the proposed change in international relations and reductions of armaments takes place, since the United States is financially in a better position to maintain such a navy. The Administration desires to complete the capital ship construction programme. In the event of fractional disarmament being agreed upon, the naval power of the United States for defence should not be diminished, since its army is proportionately the fourth weakest in the world. ATTITUDE TO TREATY. NO RIGHTS SURRENDERED. A. and N.Z. NEW YORK, March 13. The Washington correspondent of the New York Tribune says that it is expected that the new Administration will insist upon every right which the United States gained as a result of participation in the i . war, and will refuse to recognise that i these rights have been surrendered in the slightest degree by the rejection of the Versailles Treaty or the possible failure of the United States peace mission properly to safeguard these rights. Informal conversations between the State Department and the French Embassy concerning the possible entrance of i the United States into the League of Na- I tions have found the United States emphasising the necessity for rectification of apparent injustices to the United States in connection with the Japanese mandate for Yap and the British mandate for former Turkish territory, Mr. Harding reaffirming Mr. Wilson's Notes on these matters. =====