23 APRIL 1921, Page 2

In this connexion it is important to notice that President

Harding, according to a telegram in Monday's Daily Chronicle, will send an American representative to the Allied conferences on reparation and other questions arising out of the war. He had told Congress, in his first Message on April 13th, that America's " peace engagements cannot ignore Old World rela. tionships and settlements already effected," and that he looked for " such a measure of continued co-operation with the Allies as care for American interests will justify." He declared that

• America would have no part in the League of Nations, but would accept " the confirmation of her rights and interests as already provided under the existing Treaty," provided that she remained free from inadvisable commitments."