Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-09
HARDING PLEADS
TO NATION T0STAY
''OUT Of LEAGUE"
Says He Wants an Associa.
ton BASED on Justice,
Not Force"

BY the Associated Press
ST. JOSEPH. Mo-. October 8
Reading for return of pop
ular. representative government and
repeating his appeal that the ma
ton stay out of the Versailles league
Of nations, Senator Harding declared
in speech here yesterday that
usurpation of power had caused the
nations chief trouble at home and
abroad
The nominee spoke to crowd of
several thousand in the St Joseph
Auditorium, and his thrusts at the
Wilson administration were received
with repeated applause.
Before the speech Senator Harding
rode through the streets of ST. Joseph
in an automobile parade Cheers
greeted him along the way. and when
he appeared on the stage of the Audi
torium the audience got to it's feet
and roared a welcome.
Mrs. Harding also was introduced
by the chairman, and was given a
Chautauqua greeting. Senator Hard
ing began his speech by saying that
he credited his applause to the fact
las a presidential candidate, l come
before you thinking of America first"
Many Women Present
He noted the large number of wom-
en- in the crowd and expressed his
thankfulness that women now had
voice in the government. Only one
thing could ever make him regret the
coming of woman suffrage. he said.
and that was for women to segregate
themselves into party of their own.
A plea for party government. the
nominee promised that with the return
of the republican party to power there
would be an end to 'one-man DONNA
ton and added that he hoped the peo--
pie would elect a republican Senate, as
well as republican House.
Senator Spencer, he declared, ought
to be reelected.
Trouble With Administration.
1.-THE trouble with America today"
said Senator Harding. 'iS that the ad-
ministrative part of the government has
been thinking too much of the affairs
of the old world to the neglect of af-
fairs at home We've been wasting our
attention on dream of world domina-
ton with which the United States has
no business.
the league of nations, some one in the
crowd yelled, League of notions" and
the senator laughingly replied:
Il accept the amendment"
He added that he wanted to be fair
and that he did not oppose President
WILSON "Trip u Europe, put only OD-
jected because he didn't take any one
with him.
Il want to turn back" he continued,
land note the world back, which is
synonymous with again. want to turn
back to constitutional government.
There used to be considerable criticism
of the senate. 1t used to be called
rich mans club But know that today
it is representative of the intelligent
thought of the country. Why, the Sem
ate preserved to you your United States
of America
States Position ON League.
Stating his position on the league, the
nominee declared that "the democratic
nominee is in favor of accepting the
Paris covenant for a league OF nations,
and says he is"
I'm not" he shouted, and the crowd
again rose to it's feet and cheered.
II mean by that. that as President,
will never submit a league or an as
ISOLATION of nations with anything
like article X in it, he added. Under
that article when the league calls.
America must respond or be guilty of
gross International dishonesty, and 1
am proposing that we make sure
before we go in rather than trying to
|sneak out afterward.
Wants nm Association.
IT want America to do it's part. I
believe it is inevitable that there be
some association of nations for the
promotion of peace. 1 think that's
likely; nay, more, I think it's right.
But I want that association based on
justice, not force.
THE league of nations as proposed
by President Wilson-mark,I say that
league, the league we're not going to
have-sets up a militaristic power. 1t
violates every fundamental principle
of national freedom. Instead of add
ing security to the world, it's the big
geSt threat of war ever proposed to
mankind.
Yet our sympathies have been ap-
pealed to. 1t has been proposed that we
take a mandate for Armenia. l know
how appealing it was. but they didn't
tell you that the other nations had taken
all the valuable territory about Armenia.
and had left for America only the suf-
fering ArmenianS. The Senate found it
would take 100000 soldiers to carry out
that task, and it would have involved us
in all the quarrels of the old world.
Battle Fronts Ahame.
1.-THE simple truth today that, although
the league has been organized and is
functioning, with nineteen battle fronts
af1ame, it hasn't amounted to a CONT
mental in European affairs.
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