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Show Inauguration Comments nation of Industrial blues. In the opinion of E. L. Cragen. head of the Aluminum Chemical company. Readjustment In industry wu completed com-pleted by Harding's Inauguration, Cragen Mid. "In ' every Industry there has been a certain apprehen-aire apprehen-aire uneasiness," Cragmn said. Thla, I believe, has now been dispelled." Cragen aald the overwhelming vote that ewept the Harding admlnla-tratlon admlnla-tratlon Into tha White Houae ahowed that both capital and labor have utmost ut-most confidence In hla administration. administra-tion. PARIS. March ( (By United PreesV The Republican motto will be "America above everythlnc.' declared the newanaper Bon sol r today In dia-euaalnsr dia-euaalnsr President Harding's inaugural inaug-ural addresa. After ealllnir Hardlna; "a worthy son of Monroe." the Bonsofr declared It was looking forward to 124. sarins, sar-ins, "we must hope that Hsrdlng's successor will be less removed from the Democratic. bumanl'Hn M-on Ideal." The newspaper called Hardfna: a "second class personality." and concluded con-cluded hy celling upon the allies to revise the treaty of Versailles which prolonrs Kuropean unrest, perpetuates perpet-uates the denser of wars and Justl-flee Justl-flee the nontius pllate attitude of the I'nlted States. LONDON. March t Ry the t'nited Preaa). The British press was tren-erally tren-erally ftiendlv to President Harding's Inaugural address today. The concensus' con-census' Teemed' to tw that "mens ""dig-"" nlfled If not striking" and that he "naturally concentrated on domestic problems." The Dally News deplored but accepted ac-cepted Hardlna's decision not to Interfere In-terfere in old world affairs, especially especial-ly through the league of natlona. "The I'nlted States can. by con-temptuoua con-temptuoua Indifference or passive discountenance. . strike a disastrous blow to the hones which the league Inspired." the Dally News aald. "or they can. hy mere respect, without the allrhtest dancer to their nation.) I NEW ' YORK, March . The tone of President Harding's inaugural address ad-dress ia "Inspiring" from an economic viewpoint. George E. Roberta. vice president of tha National City bank, declared In an Interview with the United Preaa today. Roberta, an authority on economics, atreased the presldent'a attitude toward to-ward International relations and tax revialon which he characterized aa "admirable." "I'realdent Harding's conception of the position which this country should aspire to occupy In world affairs is most Insplrlnr. and will meet with hearty response from our people," Roberts said. ' "The world needs peace; the 'spirit of cooperation and relief from heavy expenditures upon armies and navies. The time seems opportune for the I'nlted Statea to take the lead in this direction. "A revision of the methods of tax-atlon tax-atlon ia imperative, for the change In Business conditions hna changed the j haata upon which a very large part of our present revenues are obtained." FKRI.IN. March S. Tha Tagellsche Rundschau eays: "If President Harding failed to refer re-fer to Germany, this does not mean that the I'nlted Htatea Is content to sea Its commerce. Its export trsde, permanently Injured through the economic eco-nomic ruin of Oermany." "ROME. March . Epoca. commenting comment-ing today on the Inauguration of President "Herding," Hays the passing-of passing-of the presidential powers to Mr. Hsrdlng closes the historic period In which tha I'nlted Rtatee collaborated with Europe. The Trlhuna In welcoming President Presi-dent Harding, says he Is called on to govern 10S.000.000 people who now are "the richest and most powerful in the world." The newspaper expresses the hope thnt at the moment Mr. Harding takee the relna of government he understands under-stands the Impossibtllv of the United Ststes completely dtslnteresting itaelf In Europe. sovereignty or Isolation, secure for It the ,fslr field In the struggle against obsolete prejudice and Inveterate Invet-erate jealouay which ia needed for ita success." The Chronicle waa dubious regarding regard-ing Hardlng'a reference to tariff and shipping, believing It foreshadowa a rising tsriff. The Financial Press was openly diesppolnted st the Isolation nolicv. The Financial Tlmea aald the apeech contained "noble sentiments" vaguely expressed, and that it waa "too aelf-eentered to he of any real eervlre to a distracted world." References to tsriff and shinning were criticised by the Financial News which ssld it "cannot see how American Ameri-can trsde will be benefitted especially especial-ly aa It hn-s never shown very greet vigor when confined to American bottoms." BERLIN. Msrch I. From the German Ger-man standpoint It msv have been hoped that President Harding would assume another position than that indicated in-dicated In hla Inaugural address, aays the Lokal Anxelger today. In Hi comment com-ment on the American presidential utterances, but from the American viewpoint It thinks there Is no denying de-nying the wisdom of an attitude which reserves the right of freedom Of action in Euromaa erfalre TOKIO, March t F!y The Associated Associ-ated Press). The Tamsto Bhlmbun In Its welcome todsv to President Hardlr.g says It thinks ths I'nlted Ststes must share the responsibility of remedying unrest In Kurooe. As President Harding Is a practlcsl stateamsn It declares there Is little doubt the world will benefit hy his administration. Ths newspaper says that "it la to be hoped he will map out a policy permitting both countries (Japan and the I'nlted States) to work In harmonioua cooperation for world peace." BI'DAPKST. Msrch S The, nation- al assembly sdonted a motion today j expreasing official greetings to President Pres-ident Hnrdlng. gratitude for Amerl-csn Amerl-csn relief work and the hope that the United Btatee "will not be Indirfer-ent Indirfer-ent to the Injustice done Hungary. Fifty thoussnd children assembled today to sing "America" and attend a service In honor of President Harding Hard-ing aa a method of thanking the United 8tatee for the relief work accompllahed by Americana In Hungary. Hun-gary. CHICAGO. March l.-The Insugu-rstlon Insugu-rstlon of PisMnJJtsrdjnj-Urehe "It ia safe to assume," concludes " this newapaper. "that tha new prea- Ident will not fall Into the mistakes ; which handicapped tha work of his predecessor." The Tsgeblatt profeeeee to see In the apeech America's flat and final ; jejectlnn nf Ihe league of nations, bur believes that President Harding "will not dig the grave of the league without with-out offering Ihe world something new and better. Hla program calla for a compulsory International tribunal and , probably with thla In mind he called Mr. Hughes to the cabinet. Thla ui--irawell for the world court plan." : rThe conservative Industrial Dla Post, believes President Harding la reckoning on the possibility of the I nlted Ststes being forced Into war aa evidenced by ona passage In his addresa. ROME, March 5. "Harding's message mes-sage Is Wilson's sepulchre," says the Idea Naalonale. it continues: "The Wllsonlan policy hss been ab- Jured entirely burled; the alliance "this trait Is thoroughly American." it praises the paaaagea declaring for nonentanglement aa aupplylng "a remarkable re-markable model of patrlotiam" . and notes that the presldsnt does not fear to conaider the poaalblllty of war. Recognising the aignlflcance of the declarations regarding foreign affnira. It adds: "But there Is in the message a phraae the importance of which sur-pssses sur-pssses all others: There was no American failure to resist the attempted at-tempted reversion of civilisation; there will be no failure today or tomorrow.' tomor-row.' " The lntranslgeant says thanks sre due to President Harding for spesk-ing spesk-ing with clearness and frankness. The messsge, it says, in its reference to nonentanglements, brings disillusionment, disillusion-ment, but It continues, "the essential thing la that it haa not disillusioned the uilies at London awaiting the tier-man tier-man reply," and It hints that Oermany Oer-many will find amall comfort In the addresa. w.m r ranee and England annulled, participation in the league of natlona suppressed and aubatltuted by disarmament disarm-ament and a court of arbitration, and direct intervention in the Kuropean policy haa been replaced by a return to the traditional Monro doctrine." ' LONDON. March i The Weat-mlnster Weat-mlnster Oasette commenting on the Inaugural address of president Harding, Har-ding, aays: "Iet us not be dismayed because President Harding says that America will not do certain thinga which President Pres-ident Wilson wanted her to da If she will not do these, she will do certain other things of which we may say at least that they do not all conflict with our aims or what we understand as the general alms of the Wllsonlan policy." LIMA, Peru, March t. Newspapers gave prominence to the Inauguration of President Harding, publishing portraits por-traits of him and commenting upon hie entry Into great responsibilities. Tha responsibility placed on the new I ; administration is very grave, and Pe- ruviana hope that the new leaders will hasten to find a solution for aaivaR-inr aaivaR-inr what was left over by the Inter, esta which played with the International Interna-tional equilibrium," says L iTensa. VIKXNA. March a The new a pa-pens pa-pens today expreased the keenest disappointment dis-appointment at !raidem Harding s Inaugural addretta. The Arbeiter Zeitung aaya: "The message will scarcely bring to f pathetically disorganised and heavily j burdened Europe the fulfilment of Its wishes." i FAR 18. March J. French official I I circles, after atudying Frealdent Har- I ding's Inaugural address, regard U as Justifying rYench opinion that the I'nlted tftatea would always champion j France In matters of right and Justice, j and declare no cause for disappointment disappoint-ment or diacouragement la to be found In the meaaage. While satisfaction waa expreaaed with Mr. Hardlng'a declarations, de-clarations, regret waa felt that there waa nothing to Indicate hla attitude toward the Versailles treaty and other problems. Frankness and alncerlty are found hy afternoon newspapers today In the addreaa although there ta a sens of disillusionment In their comment Particular satisfaction 'a found In the fact that Germany, aa they view It. will find no comfort In the speech. The Temps emphasises the optimism It find la tha meaaafe, noting that |