Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-10-15

Charging that secret diplomacy" as
praeticed by Democratic officials had
kept American business men from learn
ing of trade opportunities abroad, the
Republican presidential nominee declar-
ed the state and commerce departments
must be re- organized to give more active
aid in developing commerce with other
nations.
Mexican Policy Denounced.
The presidents Mexican policy he de-
nounced as having brought distrust in
Mexico and humiliation at home and he
advocated program of amicable rela-
tions to insure protection of American
interests on Mexican soil without inter
fering unduly with the internal affairs
of the Mexican republic.
In his discussion of the league. he
reiterated that he wanted no council of
foreign powers to dictate Americas part
in the world, and. reading Article 10. told
his audiences that as spokesman for
the Republican party, he was opposed
to it," He added that in due time the
nation would find a way safely and
practically to organize the conscience
of the world for peace.
Foreign Trade Plan Condemned.
The senator's arraignment of the Dem
ocratic attitude toward foreign trade was
the theme of night address in the
Louisville armory. Reaching here late
in the day he eluded a rhrong at the
railway station by leaving his train at
the edge of town but he was recognized
and cheered by many along the streets
and was the center of a rolling wave
of applause wherever he went. Spend
ing the night here he will turn florthward
tomorrow for a whirlwind swing through
Indiana.
State Department inefficient.
Stigmatizing the state department as
the lowest possible ebb
Of government service in building for
eign commerce, the candidate declared
In his speech here at night that com
plete new policy was necessary If
America was to take it's place in inter
he said had been '.demoralized' by the
of men. some OF whom
had no other qualification that that OF
being large campaign contributors.
international Association.
The first task of the nation in working
for world peace. he said, was to set its
face toward an international associa-
ton under which the United States may
be free not only to express and nam
tain it's own nationalism. but in which
mutual commercial and trade problems
may be worked out" He also outlined
again his plan to put the nations for
eign loans in negotiable form.
Electors Not Alarmed.
The candidates Mexican policy was
outlined to crowd of several thousand
who surrounded his car at Somerset,
KY, and was repeated in several later
speeches during the day. He declared
Democratic campaign speakers were
saying Republican victory meant war
with Mexico, but added that this cam
paigns care will not deceive America a
second time" Confidence and tran
luility, he said, would result from the
program he proposed to inaugurate.
Two Texts of Treaty Necessary.
Referring to Governor Cox's sugges-
ton that the voters be supplied with
copies of the league covenant the senator
showed to the crowd at Oneida, Tenn.
a bulky print of the 10000 word peace
treaty and said that even reading OF
the English text would be unsatisfact-
ory because it differed from the French.
II hold in my hands, he said,
copy Of the treaty of peace with Germ
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