The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-06-25
OMIT ARTICLE
xAND RAT|FY
HOOVER SAYS
Food Administrator Urges
Course On C. O. Mis-
souri, Men Call On Leaders
To Get Out.
HARDING SEES "TEDDY"

AFTER the ellmlnatOA OF article y OIL
the league of nations covenant, was
urged by Herbert c. Hoover, in a state
ment in the Evening Post today as the
platform on which the Republican
party should stand in the coming
presidential election.
Mr. Hoover took the stand that the
implied threat of employment of mill
tary force to guarantee the integrity
of foreign states was out of place in
league which he declared was the
product of the liberal ideals of the
world"
The leagues power, he declared
. would be more potent if the threat of
military force were removed and the
league relied wholly on it's moral and
economic power"
1t appears to me to be time to raise
the question:" said Mr.. Hoover, "as
to whether this same cause-I refer to
the guarantees and the use Of military
force-that has brought about the dis
sention in the United States, is not
also undermining the league in Eu-
rope. / put it to friends of the league
in all countries. Has not experience
and discussion shown that the time
has arrived to reconsider this part Of
the league formatiop?"
The basic need for such military
alliance" as he sees in the league
covenant with Article X intact, Mr..
Hoover pointed out, was to control
states which persist in armament
which renders them capable of ag-
gressive action.
While he expressed the belief that
economic measures eventually would
prevail even against such states, ne
declared the first and foremost duty or
the league" was reduction OF all arma
ments, and he suggested that Amer
ica's continuance as league member
be conditional on the achievement or
a reduction within specified time.
Mr. Hoover declared that sooner or
later the United States must ratity
the treaty of Versailles in some form.
and that talk of negotiating a new
treaty was bunk"
THE treaty of Versailles" he said,
''is the charter of independence of Po-
land, CZeeho-Slovakia and Finland,
and the warrant of increased national
territory Of several great nations, and
they are not going to reopen discus
sion as to their titles.
= 1t is the guarantee of the disarma-
/ment of four great autocrac1es, and
no European nation is going to risk
their revival. It is a mortgage on the
enemy states, and they are not going
to offer the opportunity to Germany,
Austria, Hungary, Turkey and Bull
garia, to escape their debts by intrigue
at a new peace conference.
League Covenant is Essential.
"The league of nations covenant is
an essential party Of the treaty. 1t
does possess two functions, first it
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governs certain neutralized areas; it
ramifies the score of details of settle
rcent with enemy states. Its second
function is it's provisions for preven-
tion of future war. The first phase
can no more be reopened than the
treaty itself. The second function re-
lates to the future and is subject to
amendment; it can be amended by
the league organization itself
"In the face of these conditions he
concluded, cannot the Republican
party strengthen its own position by
adopting the definite constructive pol
icy of ratification subject to the minor
reservations and a wider vision of
strengthening the league by excluding
the guarantees and their military en-
forcement-and making membership
in the league conditional upon disarm
dmenL WllnlH d given pcllOu
Such policies will protect American
independence, free from every entan-
clement except the use of our moral
strength to enforce peace. 1t will
leave our Democrat friends fencing
upon the ground of advocacy of a
practical military alliance = upon
. which their safety devices only fur
ther endanger the real value of the
league"
SEDALIA, Mo. June 25-Resolu-
tons demanding the removal of Jacob
L. T~1'er. Republican national COM
nit 4 from Missouri and w. L.
Cole Republican chairman. were
adopted Thursday at a meeting of
Missouri Republicans called here for
the purpose of cleaning house" in the
Republican party in the state.
Both men admitted by the senate
investigation committee that they had
received money from managers Of the
Lowden campaign for presidential
nomination
After reciting the circumstances |
contained in the Babler-Cole testi- |
mony before the senate committee !
the resolutions continue:
BE 1t resolved: That our party Or
of every man who has prostituted it |
to commercial purposes and to the |
end that those now known to be guilty !
may not 60 unwhipped of justice, we
demand that National Committeeman |
Babler and State Chairman Cole re-
sign from the positions which they |
have wantonly dishonored, and that |
every other party committeeman with
In our organization. guilty of similar
conduct, do the same and that refus-
ing to act upon this demand by i'm
mediately rendering their designations |
we call upon the state and national |
committees to remove Chairman Cole
and National Committeeman Babler
from office"
Hays to Get Resolutions
The resolutions call for the appoint
ment Of two committees-one to pre-
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