Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-10-12
Asks Whether Former Pres
ident Is Party to DE
librate Deception"
QUOTES UTTERANCES
Nine Questions Fired at Harding Sup
porter, Who Once Denounced Db-
StructiOniStS
Calls Them League Liars

Cantcn, Ills, Oct. l2.-"Lea@ue
laus,' was the Characterization APP
piled by Franklin D. Roosevelt. Demo-
cratic vice-president;al candidate. in
an address here last night to hundreds
of prominent Republicans, Who in
their private and business life are
models cf lecitHudc, ard who would
r:t stc3p 10 deceive, but who are daily
making deliberate and ma lclCus mss
statements about the league of na-
TORS"
ST. Louis, Mo-, Oct. l2.-Govcrnor
| Cox, in his address here last night.
wopounded nine specific questions to
Former President Taft bearing upon
the lattcr's support Of Senator Hard
ing, the Republican presidential nom
inee.
The Democratic presidential can.!i-
date gave numerous quotations from
Mr. Tafts statement to-day ard pas;
speeches in support of the league.
The Governor asked whether Sen
ator Harding ana the former Prcsi-
dent were net joined together ";n-
deliberate deception
One Of the largest audiences Of
the Governors campaign packed the
Cc!;.eum. where President Wilson
was rencminated four years ago. Lo-
cal authorities said seats were pro-
v;dcd for l2.4OO. Hundreds jammea
the aiS!e~ tightly anl window led"cS
An car-sE,:tting fia%-wav!mg dem
on>tta.fon lasting eight minutes was
given as the Governor entered the
! Coliseum accompanied by Mrs. Cox.
Before the Governor arrival n DEM
ogstrat:an .aSting sixteen minutes
! followed The mention Of Pres;dc:s
Wilson's name by Jchn VI. Atkinson.
Democratic candidate far Governor
"Ex- President Taft" Governor Cox
toad .hrong of thousands in the
! Coliseum an a recent statement. dis
cusses the proposal CT adopting the
league Of na;iors by leaving Ar
t;clc Y. out Of it. and responds to
tie suggestion with these words:
THAT is exactly what we want. ]
should Ike to ask Judge Taft these
| questions:
did you not. in an article to the
Coverartcr, under the t:rle The Pr:n-
cTplc We Fought For. discuss Ar
t;c!e Y. in these words: The law cf
the league. with the sanction of III"
league. thus for5ids the violation of
the international commandment.
"Tiisu sha t not steal by farce II i
the embodiment Of the principle that
we entered and fought this war to
ma&rta;n'?
"2-Dd you not also. in the same
art~le. say. The Monroe Doctrine
as originally declared h. Monroe.
J was Article Y. limited to the az
ercssion of non-American nations
against countries CT the Western
Hem: sphere?
"3-Did YOU not. in the same ar
t:c!c. also use these wcrds: Article \
is one of the great steps forward
provided in The league tor the Sc
curing of general peace?
"t-You say that the le"guc t" en-
force peace. cf which you were chair
man. hsl not Article y in its propo-
siticn. Shouldn't you have been more
frank with the American pccpe by
telling them that your p'aE Only had
four a,t:c es in it. and that Your sub
st,itu.c for Article X was .Nlt'c!" III!
Can YOU Gcny that in your Ar.:cl" II
vcu provided for the joint use o: the
military forces of the s;gnatorH pow
c,S in evert of violation Of the ccnd'-
items of the covenant?
"5.-nid not your proposal carry a
definite legal obligation to employ
forces ard in this respect was 1t not
very much more drastic than AT!c!e
\ of the league?
''6.-Ycu say that Senator Harding
has already voted twice for fhe
lrnnuc with lcscrv3-;cn. but you
failed to say that your candidate
iwitlcin the last two weeks very detl-
-'jte!y announced that if he had. Il to
10 over again he would. not vote fer
4 The league even with. the Lodge re
i,servationS. =. .,..., 4. -.