The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-10-20
COX ASKS NAME
OF 'SPOKESMEN'
Governor RidiCuIeS Idea That
TRAP" Had Been Laid for
Republican Nominee.
ATTACKS NUTMEG soLoN

- En Route With Gov. Cox, Providence,
| " l., Oct. a0,--U. n, S)-Gov. James
Nj, Cox viii ask Senator Harding TO
reveal the identity OF the "spokesmen"
OF france who approached him on tho
subject OF tho proposed new assocla-
tlon OF nations"
The governor made this statement
today following publication OF the re-
port thnt Harding headquarters had
denied Maurice do kohra, Partisan hu-
morist and journalist, had been granted
an interview by Senator Harding In n
previous statement Gov, Cox had asked
senator Harding II the spokesman" In
question WAS not do Kohrn
so they say II was not dc Kohrn,
sald the governor upon being shown the
Marion dispatch IN which the Harding
nunlleltN nTont was quoted as saying
senator Harding had never heard Of
dc kohra until yesterday
We'll then" he continued wen
Just ask the senator who It was"
Cox ridiculed Ruggcstions that a
trap had been laid for the rcpub-
llcan nominee, and intlmatcd his in-
tention Of pressing his demands until
senator TN view of nl the circum-
Htanros,' he said, "thc public Ia cntl-
tied TO know who Il was
FOLLOWING u morning speech here Gov
COX is scheduled To enter Connecticut
tho home state Of Senator Brnndegee
whom he characterized ms an active
member OF tho senatorial olgarChv." "
ana he planned TO continue his attack
which he carried on yesterday IN New
hampshire aud MaSsaChuactts against
Senators Moses and Lodge. lilo viii ASH
tho people OF Connecticut ITO keen
hrahdoRee home" because now faces
are necessary in the senate II the League
OF hhtlons covenant ta 70 he ratified,
Senator Harding himself, declined 10
DISCUSS the governors references to de
Nohra or 20 say anything further in re-
Ehrd 10 his uttoranec ut GFcencRHtIo
ile Indicated that with hts reply TO
lTcHldont Wilson's lcttor on tho subject
last night he WIS Inclined 10 regard
tho Incident ns closed. ana hc did not
intend to reveal the identity uf his in |
iormhnts or nnv other details OF the |
them.
NJ Welllyer'E statement follows,
IN hIa Hpecch ~ Rochester, n, y,
last evening, Gov Cox II quoted as
snfnr III FfcfeFthco TO senator Hard |
ink'a statement that 'Hpokasmen of
France had informally asked that !
should lead the way for an
OF nations
dare Senator Harding 10 toll |
America publicly whether or not the
representative OF France was Maurice
de kohra, Of Paris, II this bc true.
hhu ! nave strong reasons for believing
II IN, | wish To remind you Of Senator
! llnrdlng'E Oft repeated assurance that
he intended To take counsel always with
others, We have here an instance OF
tho kind Of counsel he win Hoolt In CON
noction with International affairs Mon
7leur do kobfn appears to be n fine
gentleman, but ho ~ n humorlst and In
his own bohnlf ! doubt II he would say
he In profound In international affairs
"Gov Cox has fallen into mont little
Trap that had been SGT for senator
Harding senator Harding never saw
NJ, de kobra and never heard Of him
lntll today, The facts about this pleas
ant little conspiracy are. briefly. these. |
"On Friday evening last a fcw MIN
itoH after Senator llnrding'a train had
arrived ~ indianapolis. NJ do kobra
same to me ~ the Scvorln hotel, intro
iucing himself aH the correspondent Of
Ia I4iherte of Paris. and asked that hn
audience with Senator Harding be ar
'angod, ! declined ana NJ de kobra
became insistcnt lIc said he had becn
ravollnE with Gov. roN's party. and.
lnvlng secured tho Cox Viewpoint on
International matters was now doplr-
'uH OF nm interview with Senator Hard Z
ng IN order that he might present the
'epubicnn side of the matter, lie was .
cry lnhlhtent upon seeing Senator
hfdlng aud seeing him Immediately q
hnhlly told him II was lmpotgihiC.
M, dc kohTH did not ~ that time
r. any other. even sponk TO Senator
iardlng. Senator Harding was not In
ormed OF NJ de kohtn'H lmportuuf. !
les, Indeed never saw or met him at ,
my time.