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HARDING, Warren G. Typed letter signed ("Warren G. Harding"), as President-elect, to Henry A. Wise Wood, Marion, Ohio, 3 January 1921. 2 pages, 8vo, on Senate Chamber stationery.
HARDING ADMITS HIS IGNORANCE ON FOREIGN POLICY: "I HAVE NO HESITANCY IN SPEAKING MY LACK OF INFORMATION ON THIS TREMENDOUSLY IMPORTANT SUBJECT."
A fascinating letter discussing America's relations with Japan and Germany: "The possible alignment of great nations in the future is of very genuine concern to us. I am much impressed by what you say concerning the possible alignment of Japan, but I am frank to admit, I do not see how we can hope to bring about any very marked modification of the treaty which has disposed of German territory. We might well have interposed at the time the treaty was made, but since it is effective I am less optimistic than you are about our effecting a modification of the influence of Japan or Great Britain over the territory which has been assigned to their sponsorship. All that you say concerning Germany is quite beyond controversy. You offer a very marked suggestion in the proposed proclamation of the Monroe Doctrine in the Pacific. In simple truth, it is very unsatisfactory to attempt to write you about these things and convey such impressions as I have in my mind, and I certainly would not wish to write concerning them in finality until I had more fully acquainted myself with our great problem of foreign relations. I have no hesitancy in speaking my lack of information on this tremendously important subject. It would be fine if I could sit down and have an hour or more with you to go over these matters." The admission is not surprising given Harding's insistence on an isolationist platform during the 1920 campaign, when he promised America a "return to normalcy" and an end to Woodrow Wilson's commitment to the League of Nations.
HARDING ADMITS HIS IGNORANCE ON FOREIGN POLICY: "I HAVE NO HESITANCY IN SPEAKING MY LACK OF INFORMATION ON THIS TREMENDOUSLY IMPORTANT SUBJECT."
A fascinating letter discussing America's relations with Japan and Germany: "The possible alignment of great nations in the future is of very genuine concern to us. I am much impressed by what you say concerning the possible alignment of Japan, but I am frank to admit, I do not see how we can hope to bring about any very marked modification of the treaty which has disposed of German territory. We might well have interposed at the time the treaty was made, but since it is effective I am less optimistic than you are about our effecting a modification of the influence of Japan or Great Britain over the territory which has been assigned to their sponsorship. All that you say concerning Germany is quite beyond controversy. You offer a very marked suggestion in the proposed proclamation of the Monroe Doctrine in the Pacific. In simple truth, it is very unsatisfactory to attempt to write you about these things and convey such impressions as I have in my mind, and I certainly would not wish to write concerning them in finality until I had more fully acquainted myself with our great problem of foreign relations. I have no hesitancy in speaking my lack of information on this tremendously important subject. It would be fine if I could sit down and have an hour or more with you to go over these matters." The admission is not surprising given Harding's insistence on an isolationist platform during the 1920 campaign, when he promised America a "return to normalcy" and an end to Woodrow Wilson's commitment to the League of Nations.