The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-24
EMPHASIZES OBJECTION

htne covenant as written. Clearly tha f@dpreme council trespassed the rights of the small nations and assumed to decide ther very own political and economic analra and then set about to maintain the existing order of things bv inc r,lla of force. It has been the republican purpose all along to establish a world association for the rule of justice rather than force.
 Clearly Europe understands that "hich we are coming to know. that the league as written commits America to ene armed support of the four great pow CTS Tn maintaining the integrity of their enlarged dominions whenever attacked rom without. This is why America will vote its unalierabie hostility to Article A. Nhen that is done, we may seek A new ders,a.id .lIg, one which will hold Us unmorsgaseu to Europe and Orient. . The senator male no speeches dIrin 2 the day, but in eIa Iaborating his comme, : on the Bratiano interview, he gave out several quotations from Thomas Taffar son. GroVer Cleveland and Woodrow will son, Which he said had a direct bearina on the whole league issue He called af. eentioh that u was ninety-seven years ago tomorrow that Jefferson wrote to Monroe: "Our first and fundaments, maxim should be never to entaneIe ourselves in the broils of Europe
 Ihe following he quoted from speech of Cleveland on December 1885: e'
 We have foreborn from takins par in any controversy between foreign states, but have left to every nation the exclusive conduct and manarement '. of its owR affairs"
 QUOTES PRESIDENT
 His quotation from President wilso, was taken from a newspaper report Of the Presidents words on May 6 1e1A and was as follows:
 America should lead her own life We cannot form alliances with those mo are not going our way We need TO. ana we should not form alliances with any nation in the world"
 In his comment on these utterances Senator Harding said:
 J l 10 all Americans, and especially to all democrats, it must appear that Ar ticle \ of the League of Nations whis, would submerge American nationality and lndependence in an armed alliance wearing mask of benevolent idealism Is a complete reversal, not only of American, but of democratic policy.
 do not hesitate to say that stand <bJ the expressions of Jefferson CleyaZ land and that of the President. made in lsl4, for am unflinchingly opposed to Article x
 Neither Jefferson, Cleveland nor
 
 to cooperation between America ana other nations of the world in the pre- vtntioh of war or agreements in peace l am not opposed to such cooperation I favor 1t. It is now the obligation of the republican party and will be my obligation to take up the construc- tive work of an association of nations behind which American opinion can be harmonized and America united"
 Mr Harding spent virtually all of today at work on the speeches wf-t which he will wind up his campaign next week in ~Oho. He also gave his final approval of the itinerary for the trip, which provides that he leave Ma rson at 12:40 p. m. Wednesday and not return until early Sunday morning. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nights are to be spent at hotels in thescities where he speaks
 The schedule includes My the fol-