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Show HARQINGWILL DDT REVERSPQLiClES FIRM STAND FOR THE NATION'S RIGHTS DETERMINED UPON j BY CK.EF EXECUTIVE. ! Will Continue to Defend Contention That United States Will Not Be Deprived of Any of Her Rights in Adjustment of Problems. Washington. The poliey of 1 lie Harding ailmiiiistra ion Willi respect lo American rights growing out of tbe j i;i rt i c i 1 ;i t ion of t lit' United States in the world war will not differ materially material-ly from that of the Wilson administration, administra-tion, it has been learned in autliorita-li autliorita-li vc- quarters. Adjust nient-of the situation growing out of the award of a mandate over the Pacific island of Yap to Japan will be insisted upon as determinedly by this administration as it was by the last, it was said, and the attitude with respect to the British mandate over Mesopotamia will be maintained. It has been made clear that the new administration will continue to defend the contention that the United States has not yielde( and cannot be deprived of any of her rights as one of the victors, and must be considered in the adjustment of the problems created by the war Confidence has been expressed that an amicable adjustment of all questions ques-tions will be effected, although government govern-ment offieia's have not yet completed a definitive charting of the course they will follow in all cases. |