A very short Reuter telegram tucked away in the newspapers
of Wednesday is perhaps, both historically and actually, one of the most interesting pieces of news of recent times. The paragraph states that it is understood that President Harding will call representatives of the Senate to be present at the Disarmament Conference next November, because " of its joint responsibility with the executive in the matter of the nation's foreign relations." In other words, as the Senate has the power to veto any treaty or arrangement which may be made at the Conference, it is judged that its representatives should be present and the Conference saved the trouble of deciding something which the Senate will not ratify. By this single step President Harding has ensured that the Disarmament Conference shall be a true Conference to which every competent American authority shall be a party.
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