Resign?

Colonel George Harvey is to resign as American Ambassador to the Court of St. James. At any rate, that is the opinion of David Lawrence, correspondent for The Springfield Republican and other journals, who ranks with Mark Sullivan, William Hard, Robert Barry and John C. Owens as one of the greatest of political reporters.

" Harvey is through," says Mr. Lawrence. " The name most prominently mentioned as successor is that of Henry Fletcher, Ambassador to Belgium." Lawrence claims that Harvey has disagreed amicably with the President over the World Court. The rift goes back to Harding's campaign, when Harvey disregarded a telegram from Elihu Root, which declared that "it is very unwise to declare that the League is dead." This telegram was sent from Marion, shortly before Harding, then a candidate, made his Des Moines speech against America entering the League.

An " official statement" from the White House contradicts all these remarks with the assurance that Ambassador George Harvey will remain in London. Harvey himself declares that he supports the President's World Court policy.