Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-07-14
HARDING CHARGES
 WILSON FORCES HIS VIEWS ON NOMINEES
Presidents One Concern Vim dication of Foreign
 Policy
SAYS C. Q. P. WILLING
 TO ACCEPT ISSUE
Senator Declares American Public's Wish is FlOuted-Spends Much of Day Preparing His Speech
 of Acceptance


 Harding charged, in statement to night, that President Wilson hat forced the democratic presidential ant vice-presidential nominees to accep his view that the league of nation: should become the dominant cam paign issue. The presidents one con cern, the senator said, is the "vindi cation of his foreign policy" and h' insists upon "his issue, regardless O costs or consequences"
 "The republican party and candi dates gladly accept the challenge, the statement said. "We are moro than willing to make the election { national referendum on the question whether we shall have four year: more of the democratic readiness tt surrender this republic"
 The statement resulted from the announcement of Franklin D. Roose welt, the vice presidential candidate following his conference yesterday with Governor Cox, that his cam paign would be made chiefly on tho league issue.
 The statement follows:
 "Columbus dispatches, describing the conference between the demo cratic nominees for president ano vice president Monday, say that Gov ernor Cox left it to the vice-presi dential nominee to make known tho conclusions reach, and, thus author ized to speak for both of them, thu vice-presidential nominee stated tha he considered the league of nation! one of the dominant issues of tho campaign, not only in the east bu in the west. He expected to mak, his campaign chiefly on the league O nations issue
 "So we have the complete proc. that President Wilson has won, ant forced acceptance of his paramoun issue. The party machinery has beer taken over by the Tammanies O. New York, New Jersey, and Indiana but President Wilson has forced hi. issue on them. He has but one con cern, and that is the vindication 0, his foreign policy, first by his party later by the country.
 "The democratic campaign is going to harness the party absolutely to tn, administration policy of ratification without protection to American inter ests. Should the democrats win, tn, league would be ratified, and Americs would become at once party to the twenty odd wars now going on in tho world. European leaders have re peatedly explained that it is i'm possible for the league of nations tt function effectively so long as tn, United States has not ratified. Tn, obvious implication is, that when tho United States ratifies, the league vii proceed to settle up these matters to enforce it's authority in the con fiict between Poland and Russia" tt settle the Adriatic troubles, compe peace between Turkey and Greece assume responsibility for pacificatior of the whole Near East and middl, east.
 Must Employ Force.
 "All this cannot be done unless tn, league employs force. America would have to contribute it's army and navy President Wilson has urged accep tance of mandate for Armenia which the Harbord mission fount would require us to employ grea army and pour out money by hun dreds of millions. Congress over whelmingly refused, and the coun try has sustained it so insistentl, that even the San Francisco conven tion did not dare endorse the man date. Yet that mandate would hard ly be more than an intimation o the many world-fung conflicts int which America would be projecte, by ratification of the league withou rigidly safeguarding reservations.
 "The president demands a cam paign on this issue; the democrati platform makes the issue paramount and finally, the democratic dandi dates unqualifiedly acquiesce. Tn score and more of democratic sena tors who voted for the Lodge reserva tions, are repudiated. The real opin ion of the American nation is fiouted because the president insists upol his issue regardless of costs. Tn republican party and candidate gladly accept the challenge. We ar more than willing to make the cleo tion national referendum on tn question whether we shall have fou years more of democratic readines to surrender this republic"
 That he might have opportunity t work on his speech of accepting tn republican presidential nomination Senator Harding received no caller today.
 He did confer briefly, however with Congressman Longworth of Gin cinnati. who, with Mrs. Longwortl daughter of Former President Roose welt, spent the night at the Hardin home. Before departing later flo Cincinnati, Mir. Longworth announce he had discussed the political situs tion with the senator with whom, h said. he was in absolute agreemen