HARDING SUPPORTS ALLIES' DEMAND THAT GERMANY PAY UP
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On May 9, 1921, a "high spokesman" of the Harding administration "made it clear (that) this government is vigorously behind the Allies in the demand that Germany* accept the terms just proposed."
Carter Field, in his front-page story in the New York Tribune, reported that Republican leader Frank W. Mondell** of the House of Representatives "had a long conference with President Warren G. Harding today" and verified that the Knox peace resolution "would be held up in the House indefinitely."
*Germany was under the Weimar Republic, a federal constitutional republic, 1918-1933. The 1st constituent assembly took place in the city of Weimar.
**Frank Wheeler Mondell (1860-1939) was born in St. Louis, Mo. FWM became mayor of Newcastle, WY & served in the US House of Representatives 1895-1923. He was majority leader 1919-1923. In 1924, FWM served as chairman of the Republican National Convention.
SOURCES
"Harding Insists Germany Must Pay Its Debt," by Carter Field, The New York Tribune, May 10, 1921, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
"Mondell, Frank Wheeler," History, Art and Archives, United States House of Representatives, www.history.house.gov/
