Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-10-17
LESSOR BUTLER FLINES THEORY
 F WORLD LEAGUE
late for G. o. P. Nom |on Points Out Faults
 of President

on Points Out Faults
 of President
 ondon Conn.,, Oct. 16.-Dr.
 Murray Butler, president of
 university, New York, m
 ss here tonight pointed out
 called defects in the pres
 ,a of nations covenant and
 nded adjustment of interna- Faculties through a tribual ed after. but amplifying, rhe Hague.
 ublican administration head dr. Harding, he said, would
 Inv respect shirk it's duty as
 he family of nations, though
 not become a member of ting league.
 are mistaken who think
 Republicah party when again l with the responsibility for ;nistration of the government er upon any backward path" /" red. "The spirit of progress, lion to serve, of zeal to solve bt and vexatious problems bn of the Republican party bnfron+ the people are in full
 he. I am confident that when hs of government shall pass publican hands on March 1,
 e ripest wisdom, the widest
 re and the best talent which ntry affords will be called
 assist in shaping those poli-
 ich shall hasten a solution
 eople's problems and a meet the peoples needs.
 Would Trust G. o. P.
 arty, no government, can ac- h the impossible but the Re
 party may confidently be
 to open in 1921 new era
 History of the country, and to owerful and permanent con- n to the cause of information
 and concord and to the ad- Int of the worlds satisfaction ppiness, without in any way g the control of the American lover their own politics and Id without in any way bend breaking the Constitution of fted States, the sheet anchor ship of state"
 utler asserted that much dis
 of campaign affairs have rence to great present issues. he said, are only two in num-
 follows:
 relation which the people of ted States are to bear, to oth- Ons and to those movements tical and economic opinion common to civilized peoples kout the world, and
 relative fitness of the Demo hnd Republican parties to up Rd defend the American form frnment, and to deal in truly ctive and courageous fashion he problems of taxation, o1
 living, of transportation, o1 Pf administrative efficiency Immediately confront the Am. Epeople."
 flng out the record of the Uni. tes as leader in world move. for international settlements |codified law, he reviewed tho Gs correspondence with for. latlons under Presidents Nc. Roosevelt and Taft relative te fles of Hague conferences, ant Fed those who refer dispar of the Hague Tribunal on tho Is that it failed to prevent tho |an war.
 |ald that in 1914, though the not generally known, !" a def Ian to strengthen the tribuna Fhe establishmet of an inter Rl high court of Justice wa: consideration by the govern of Europe and the Unite, With every prospect of agree
 Says Wilson Erred.
 ne end of the war, he declar esldent Wilson made capi Tor of jurgment," in going i, to conduct peace negotiation. IS. This, he said, made neces ne like attendance of heads o. nations involved, with the re at they Host contact with thei, late advisers, with their par Us and with their peoples" peace settlement, he said, com 'aer the pressure of the times settlement of the issues o. as a mistake.
 . procedure, far from bein, mph of statesmanship," he ad vas a blund<r of the first mag ana IS chiefly responsible fo. '"appy event~ of the past tw. ior the outbreak of a dozen mi ars' for the delay in economi, sruction, and for the feeling O. ana despondency that hay,
 oowh ever so much of tn, ahSlous :, was the world fo, however, that nation after na the covenant for a lea nations without hesitation ant ' serious debate"
 butler suggested that the Re tn national platform offers ,,lie1 aieernative to the league, t, ipllSh the Samo opds ;.