Evening journal., 1920-07-14
HARDING MAKES
LEAGUE ISSUE
Gladly Accepts Cox-Roose-
welt Challenge Given at
Wilson's Behest
REPUBLIC is
, PARAMOUNT

MARION, Ohio, July ii.-Charging
ladt President Wilson stlll Is In com
2iele control OF the, policies and pro-
;Wm or the Democratic party, Sen
1ior Harding has accepted the Dem
pcratic challenge TO a nght on the
issue or whether we shall have four
years more Of Democratic readiness
To- surrender this republic"
The. Senator had announced that he
would be In secluslOn. finishing his
peech or acceptance The rest OF the
week. But when he read that the
Democratic nominees had decided 10
make ratification Of the League Of
Nations without reservation the dom
'nant issue Of the campaign he
merged long enough 10 make the
most vigorous and belligerent declar-
ltlon that has been issued since the
campaign opened.
The significance OF Senator Hard
mss statement was enhanced by the
act that nothing Of the sort was ex-
| pccted from him, at least for some
/ time But he has been following re-
'ent events very closely. and appar-
/ emily was unwilling 10 walt for his
/ speech OF acceptance to declare him
self regarding what the Democratic
leaders have decided to make the par
! amount Issue. This Is what he said .
4
ing the conference between the
Democratic nominees for Presi-
dent and Nice-president on Mon
day say that Governor Cox left 10
10 the NiCt-prcsidential nominee
10 make known the conclusion
reached. And thus authorized to
speak for both OF them the Vice
Presidential nominee stated that
he considered the League OF Ma
tions one Of the dominant issues
OF the campaign, not only I'm the
East but in The West. He expect
cd TO make his campaign chiefly
on the League Of Nations issue
80 we have the complete proof
that President Wilson has won
and forced acceptance OF his par
amount issue. The party machln-
cry has been taken over by the
Tammanys OF New York New
Jersey and Indiana. but President
Wilson has forced his issue on
them He has but one concern
and that is the vindicatlon Of his
foreign policy, FIRST by his party,
later by the country.
The Democratic campaign Is
going DO harness the party abso-
lutely 90 the Administration
policy Of ratification without
protection 20 American interests.
Should the Democrats win, the
league would be ratified, and
America would become at once a
party 10 the twenly-one wars
, now going on in the world Eu-
rOpean leaders have repeatedly
explained that it is impossible
for the League Of Nations 10
, function effectively so long as the
United states has not ratified.
g The obvious Implication Is that
, when the United States ratines.
the league Will proceed 20 settle
e up these matters. 10 enforce its
1. authority In the conflict between
, Poland and Russia 10 settle the
Adriatlc troubles, compel peace
r. between Turkey and Greece. as
sumo responsibility for ratiflca-
ilon OF the whole Near East and
F. Middle East
IAN this cannot be done unless
the league employs force. Amer
lea would have 10 contribute ITS
I'd army and navy. President VIII
a son has urged acceptance. Of
mandate for Armenia which the
p HarbOard Mission found would re-
of quire MS to employ a great army
and pour out money by hundreds
," OF millions. Congress over
m whelmingly refused. and the
IN NvuHtIN udS suHtdlntu ll so IN
y" sistently that even the san Fran
cisco convention did not dare in
dorse the mandate. Yet that man
date would hardly he more than
Tu an intimaii0n Of the many world
a flung conflicts into which Amer
Ar ica would be protected by rqtln-
cation Of the league without
n, rigidy safeguarding reservations.
N THE President demands a cam
paign on this issue: the Demo-
H. cratic platform makes the issue
paramount and finally the Demo-
cratic candidates unduahnedly