Connecticut western news., 1920-09-09

Marion. O. (Special.)-Senator War n<n c. Harding, Republican nominee 1bg President, in speech delivered to . delegation from Indiana which called & him here to pledge the support of Indiana Republicans, declared that nwtce President Wilson had an oppor- tnnfty to obtain ratification of the Keague of Nations covenant and that me put ratification aside because he weE1d not accept reservations assigned sssely to safeguard American rights. Senator Harding said:
 T greet you in a spirit of rejoicing 1; nst . rejoicing in the narrow personal CT partisan sense, not in the gratifying Nxespects of party triumph; not in the contemplation of abundance in sthe Harvest fields and ripening corn fields and maturing orchards; not in the re- assuring approach of stability after period of wiggling and wobbling which Magnified our uncertainty-though all a6 these are ample for our wide re- 1skeing-but rejoice that America is sffD free and independent and in po- Rni0n of self-reliance and holds to the Eght of self-determination, which are Erfeeless possessions in the present turbulence of the world.
 let us suppose the senate had rat Med the peace treaty containing the Aague covenant as submitted to 1t by hhe president in July of lsst -s.., { what would be the situatiea csasreas- Ing. our common country today7 To MgA mind there is but one answer. Bo- 95rer this day we would have beea ~xfled.; upon to fulfil the obligations Wkfch' we had assumed under Article 73 of the league covenant, to preserve ANe territorial integrity of Poland as against external aggression
 Sympathy for Poland.
 T shall not now attempt to meas uye the boundless sympathy for the fns& aspirations and restored independ- Gmce of Poland. Our present concern h the international situation which @efand has brought to our attention. 'The council of the League of Ma s6ons would have reasoned, and req ssned correctly, that the United States rsuld furnish the munitions and, If . Deeessary, the men to withstand the Msrties advancing from Russia far zMsre easily than could the exhausted 2ntions of Europe. Moreover, inas- wneh as this would be the first test mS the scheme of world government which was formulated and demanded by the President, speaking for the Tntted States, the fact of a special responsibility, resting upon our should nmS manifestly would have been un- 1 asnfable. Undoubtedly the league 1 rsuncif, in advising upon the means By which the obligations to Poland aa0uld be fulfilled, as provided in the gsyenant, would have so held, and webably the conscience of America, eertainly the opinion of the world, would have sustained that Judgment.
 ~The conclusion that our country msght now be confronted by such a situation, if the senate had ratified ne league covenant, requires no stretch of the imagination. None can deny that 1t is possible. To many candid minds, as to my own, such a distressing situation will seem high H probable. Let us assume that the Justification had taken place. Let us assume, further, that the performance i ef the allotted task required the wag- Ing of war upon the Russian people, as Of course, it would, what would rssaIt; what would of necessity have GDy result? Nothing necessarily, we ws glibly informed, since only the Congress can declare war, and the Congress might reject the appeal of the executive. But would the Congress doa that? Could the Congress do that without staining indelibly the honor C&tFHe nation?
 Answer Is "No."
 "r answer Mo- and say it not on my own authority alone. Back of my yndgment stands the President of the Emitted States. Upon that point there Es first-hand information. In the course ,of the discussion which took place al fhe- meeting of the President and the Senate Committee on Foreign Rela. sfons I raised the question by statiaa @ Hypothetical case precisely analogoul toe that which have depicted, and thea Inquired whether we might not ri9ht Snaslg be regarded as perfidio@ eww-