Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-08
cox TALKS LEAGUE
ON SOUTHERN TRIP
Almost His Sole Theme IN
Speeches in Kentucky
and Tennessee.

into the South. made several speeches
Yesterday in Kentucky, winding up a
strenuous day in addressing great meet
ing here last night In his talks the Clover
nor concentrated upon the League OF
Nations iSs,,e almost to the exclusion ol
many questions that have heretofore hg-
ured in his campaign addresses Ills
second big tour thus secs change III
tactics that will probably keep the League
In the foreground from now on.
In his discussion Of the League the
Governor began with the plea, adureSSS'i
tn his audience al Bowling Green, NY,
~ ..Cct down 10 brass tacks' with HIM
This getting down to brass tacks, re-
suited in the most exhaustive proscnt;l-
tion of the League ISSUE that he has
thus far made. =,
Charging that the opposition did not
care to consider the vital question, Cover
nor Cox said:
'sFhe League is so simple that when
understood II can be explained to any
ono
He tben eave his reasons for advocat-
ing the League.
~ am a progressive IN government
because | believe government should
subject itself 10 the changing conditions
of h1Irna nitv Ii il does that, then 1t may
he useful to humanity II 1t fails In thus
either government cases 10 hold the contl-
dence Of the people. As progressive |
am fighting tho old order in the world,
am s,,eakinc for new order. As pro
gressive | believe that if We subscribe
70 the doctrine that behind everything
there Is s. divine purpose, We viii bCllevc
that It probably required 8 war such rs
the one We have just passed through 10
bring the nations OF the world TO q reah1a-
ton OF the necessity of binding ourselves
together m an agreement to end wars
The only question Is whether or not the
civilization Of the world ought TO establish
some guarantee against wars
In recitinc the history Of the formation
II the league. Governor Cox declared that
$50 Of the best minds Of the world had
assumed JOINT authorship, that ex-Presl-
,lcnt Taft, Charles +. Hughes snd t.llhu
Root had offered suggestions, most OF
which were adopted and that the official
head Of every church III America had aT~
proved the league as adopted at Paris
without reservations.
We we're agreed politically and
spiritually. he added. until a group ID the
Senate determined that the league should
not be adopted rather thar have II hailed
rs an achievement under the President
against whom this group had uttered its
creed Cf hate
In answering the argument that the
league set up q super-govcrnment- Gov
ernor Cox said that President Nilsson had
saved the instrument from dong that
very thing
The plan originally advanced by OK
President Taft and A Lawrence Lowell
president # Harvard University, he said.
provided for the JOINT use = armed forces
- the members d the league. his Was
altered by President Wilson. Governor
Cox asserted. - that the council q the
league was empowered merely to 'advlso
the members what action, IN It's opinion,
should Re taken.
Discussing the causes ~ wars. Governor
Cox saIl thai the auth r. ffhe league had
found theIa ~ BE- fourfoll-teTTItorial aC-
,resslcn d. secret treaties. excessive arra-
raa.' .-ad INADEQUATE pr VS.. I iar aTts-
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