THE WORLD’S PEACE

Otago Witness, Issue 3510, 21 June 1921, Page 24

THE WORLD’S PEACE

PRESIDENT HARDING’S VIEWS. NEW YORK, June 14. The New York Globe's Washington correspondent learns on sound authority that President Harding is considering an Anglo-American Entente as being the safest means of protecting America and of promoting the world’s peace. The difficulty is finding means of putting such a policy into practice without upsetting the Washington doctrine against alliances. Such a foreign policy, while generally approved by President Harding’s advisers, would provide obstacles for the party undertaking its establishment, especially in the case of the Republicans, who are under obliga tions to several anti-English factions for their tremendous victory last November.

The correspondent states that while it seems doubtful that the Administration will go so far as to broach a formal alliance with Britain, it may conclude a eommercieal treaty and an amicable under-

standing. It is declared that President Harding is holding to his ideas despite factional opposition, and is frequently discussing with his closest advisers. AMERICA’S INTEREST IN NEAR EAST. WASHINGTON, June 14. The State Department states that America will probably not be represented at . the meeting of the League of Nations Council, which will discuss questions pertaining to mandates The Administration is interested in the Near Eastern mandate, like the British mandate over Mesopotamia, but is little concerned regarding African territories. DISARMAMENT THE ONLY PANACEA. NEW YORK. June 15. Dealing with the questions arising out of the war, Mr J. H. Thomas (representing British Labour unions), addressing the Convention of the American Federation of Labour, declared that lie believed the war was won, blit he was very apprehensive if we had won peace. There was much artificial prosperity, which was due to the mistakes of the Governments confusing paper money with wealth. We had been living in a fool’s paradise. The workers of tho world were suffering from the inevitable price of living a riotous life for six years. Disarmament was the only panacea for the world’s ills.

JAPAN ANXIOUS TO CO-OPEEATI NEW YORK. June 15.

Count Ucfcida, Minister of Foreign Affairs, has cabled to the New York World : “The action of the American Senate in requesting the President to call a Disarmament Conference has aroused deep interest in Japan. It will remain a milestone in this important movement. I emphatically repeat that Japan is anxious to to co-operate with other countries in the achievement of the noble aim of relieving the nations from the heavy burden of armaments and of establishing a stable peace throughout the world.”