New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-25

ator Beckham, who said Democratic
sentiment In that state was unanimous
IN indorsing the selection of the San
francisco convention, and that general
sentiment indicated strong drift to
Cox. eve will carry the state easily"
Beckham predicted. Governor Cox
promised Beckham to make several
speeches in Kentucky.
Interest in League Stand
Interest here centers upon what he
will say concerning the League Of Ma
ton in his speech of acceptance.
The files of "The Daily News" Gov
ernor Cox's newspaper. disclose his
attitude on the league between Decem-
Der IA, 1919, and May 20, 1920.
On January 81, 1920, when he was
himself prominently mentioned as a
possible successor to President Wilson
as leader of the Democratic party,
Cox's paper declared editorially:
Zone phase Of the League Of Ma
tons control is found in the fact that
while officially the United States is
not represented in this association, 1t
Is, nevertheless, bound by the rulings
of that body
tives of their governments in the
league council at Paris should, For
example, determine upon any scheme
touching universal development, Amer
lea would be bound to comply with the
action of the council, even though we
have no voice in the discussion and
ultimate action"
Cox Defended League
President Wilson has called Article
X "the heart of the covenant" and in
sisted that it must be left untouched.
In an editorial printed January 16,
1920, Cox says:
1.-THE League of Nations to be worth
anything at all must perform Just this
service to small and less important
nations of the world If any bully
among the great powers should at
tempt to seize sovereignty over a weak
err nation Article X would serve as 4
policeman to hold the power in check.
If the independence and integrity Of
all members of the league are not to
be guaranteed, why a league at all
President Wilson is right. Article X
is the very heart of the treaty and if
it is emasculated or amended so as to
rob it OF its sustaining and protecting
influence the league itself is nothing
more than a collection of phrases, pur-
poseless and impotent."
Cox says in an editorial April 10,
1920:
"An analysis of the European situa-
ton this very moment discloses a COM
plete disregard of the essentials of the
treaty of peace on both Sides" and
declares that England and France have
inaugurated a campaign in direct vio-
lation of the stated principles of the
peace treaty. The editorial concludes
with this unqualified declaration:
%f bn1n ,{,,a sr
found in the failure of any one power
in the world to yield single ounce
Of energy in behalf of world peace"
Assaulted Grey Letter
AS to reservations, the Cox attitude
is set forth clearly in an editorial
called forth by Viscount Grey's famous
letter to "The Times" in London de-
claring that the American reservations
acceptable to the Allies. In an cdi-
torial in February of this year, Cox
said:
"Viscount Grey's position is un-
tenable, considered in the light of good
faith among the Allied and associated
powers"
Just what position Cox will take in
his speech of acceptance is the main
topic of conversation among the poll
tlclans who are arriving in Dayton in
goodly numbers in the hope of seeing
Cox or of finding some way to come to
his notice. 1t is felt that much of the
success or failure of the Democratic
party in the November elections de-
ponds on what attitude Cox takes.
Of course, there are those unfriendly
to Cox who say that he will stradde
the question, and that his speech of ac-
ceptance will successfully avoid COM
hitting him to either the Wilsonian or
the moderated league program. To all
such Cox made answer December ID,
1919. in an editorial that was almost
prophet He said:
ut becomes increasingly difficult to
straddle the treaty fence"