| Show BITTER ENDERS FAVOR KNOX by arthur sears seara henning lihu root often called the mas mind ot of the republican party man all whom senator harbing Is h hg strongly urged to appoint sect 11 aay iry of state hati had a four hour con n nce lee recently with senator Senater pall Fall of Al mexico exico who Is perhaps the dante in washington ot or the AB ident elect he fact that the two men hed had retracted tall talk aroused aro used the utmost 10 rest among politicians bulso but so tar far y ast known curiosity was efat sails t both bolh senator fall and aaa mr t declined to preveat the nature of ir r confab ar r root vent to washington to nd a meeting of at the orial norial commission tile the lixi sinesS was soon ais disposed posed ot reubon hoi hei hastened to the capi atal lid soon was closeted with ilia ha tel wall solon scion ile he was llian to in acu icu it with tho the man maa vho aho saw more benator donator during the iho two lv 0 s stay ot the president elect in sh hington ington thau than any other r not eson een harry liberty chief lieutenant of ilia ding ln staff ir r rail fall as guest like senator ot rard ard B mclean and abid gossip lies has see at the two senators had a heart 9 eart lalk alk on tile the formulation of bf of leg cles and the tha composition of at the 63 net at here ere ia a widespread belief ballet ing republican politicians that tor fall WUI will he 19 ja the cabinet fw V iome eoma think they have reason to I 1 eve ve a portfolio lies has hoen been offered j I 1 senator Is so impress y the high regard mr harding harddng aw manifested tor for the ability of fell all that he says no one need be alsed isea it if the new maxico mexico senator I 1 appointed secretary of state re s who think mr air fall Is likely in the cabinet are ot of the eat at lie he will get the hie interior ine f a time mr air root was rated a alto ie e possibility 1 for secretary of 0 a because offis eminence in state tand diplomacy his author 1 ij ot of tile the treaty and league rations adious plank in the republican soria orm which was but slightly res A and his work at the hague in formulation Ormula tion ot of an international wt ot of justice then it became I 1 E krown known that senator harding and mr root were far from agreement on tlc alc se matters and that the selection of I 1 the lie veteran new yorker for a cabinet post was wa exceedingly unlikely developments during the isalt ilsie of 0 senator hardine to washington gave no reason to believe that mr root was being considered in any more favorable light than before hn his name practically has been dropped from the list of possibilities anad in addition to the largo large number ot of parsons ft lie ho regard mr root the foremost most american statesman there lire arc liow lower erful lul eugue and financial lu fix fluentes fluen aluc aces ces being quietly exerted in ills his behalf beli alf and in it these quarters the matler Is regarded its as tar from settled mr root I 1 looked upon liron tig ar tar far to do t o friendly to a league of nations by the 02 ot vill chich icil seri senator aloi fall is one it ia deemed certain that after aho tour four hour leid mr fall possesses a full understanding der standing of th tha position of 0 mr poet en an understanding 1 fi I billich mr will share for mr root is one of fla lic best minds to confer with the elect lect almarion at Marion alie ot of the alwi enders for secretary of state is senator eti duox duox the best information avail alir alli la ia that hs he Is the choice of Senator harding Kar ding ills views ot of ili the treaty and the wilson covenant and of ajla ot of an association 0 o ra na bious ava a world understanding accord with those ot of cleat I 1 and represent essentially shat abat mr air Il aiding advocated on oil the s lucip aan abid what was so overwhelmingly in by the american people in llie ilia recent election it Is the general opinion among republican senators that if mr knox kno c Is offered the portfolio he will accept and for the ilia third time lime enter the llie cabinet of a president it if he should decline david jaynes hill is regarded as tho the next bet best man dr hill an eminent diplomat and international lawyer has been a keen ke erl analysis of the wilson covenant and aal his views are widely regarded as having inspired the attitude adopted by mr harding whom he be has known k intimately for many years like mr harding Hard lne nr dr hill is a baptist and once was the pre president of a baptist seminary |
