The Washington times., 1920-08-28
SENATE
TREATYACT|0N
Prevented Allies From Using
This Nation to Advance Their
Ends, Harding Claims. :
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people, as, of course. It would. w
are glibly informed that only Con
gress can declare war, and Congress
might reject the appeal OF the Execu
tive.
s@CouIA Congress do that wfthou
staining inaelibiy the honor of th'
nsuoay
~ answer Nor and back of nay
judgment stands the President of th'
United states-"
QUOTES WILSON STATEMENT.
Senator Harding explained that al
q meeting OF the President with ths
Senate Foreign Relations COMMITTEES
he put just such a situation as this
before the President, who, after some
evasiveness, replied that 1--WE would
be untrue IL we did not keep oul
word"
1t was with reluctance and grave
misgivipgs that he voted for the res
ervatiohs to the league, Senator Hard
ing said.
NBut now,1 he continued, "condif-
lions have changed. We know now
that the league constituted mt Yer
ssdIIes is utterly fmpotent ss a pre-
ventive Of wars- II fs so obviouSsy
Important, II has not even been tried.
II could not survive a single test.
The original league. mistakenly con-
eeived and unreasOnably insisted
upon, has undoubtedly passed beyond
the possibility of restoration. IL
rested upon the power of might, not
Of right.
"The assertion is made frequently
that through the surrender or our
nationality we might have saved the
life of the covenant: that is, although
twenty-eight nations could not make
II function. one added to that twenty
eight could make it glowing success
provided that one be America.
"Nhat can 1t signify n not that II
II to the United States alone that the
other twenty-eight nations look for
the bone and sinew, the money, num-
ftions, and men to sustain the entire
org anizntion. not ms AN agency Of
peace, but Ms nm armed force"
senator Harding qnoted Lloyd
George. the British premier. ns saying
that no armed force could he sent to
Poland. aid because the European
nations could not furnish the troops
and the United Statcs had "withdrawn
from cooperation"
"Could clearer indication OF what
would have been expected of this
country as a member of the League
be required?" ne asked.
$50 many things have been done
by the present expiring admin'stra-
tion that no power on earth could In
duce me to do that. I cannot even
attempt to recount them.
1.Iyowever. II I nm elected. ms 7 fully
expect to be, I will not empower nm
Assistant Secretary OF the Navy to
draft constitution for helpless
neighbors in the West Indies md jam
IT down their thronts at the point of
bnyonets borne by United States ma
rines.
1wILL NOT MISUSE POWER"
0Nor will I misuse the power of
the executive to cover with veil of
secrecy repeated acts of unwnrranted
interference in domestic affairs of the
little republics, such as In the past
few years have not only made enc mics
of those who should be our friends,
but have rightfulIy discrehited our
country rs their trusted nelghbor.
"On the other hand, I will not sub
init to nny wrong against any Amer
Scnn citizen by any government. This
statement is made In all sc,emnity,
for ali. II 1t particularly applies to
Mexico, the application has been d.
rected by the robbery and murder Of
hundreds of our people in that un-
happy country who were lawfully
there. These Outrages are largely the
consequence Of wiggIing md web
bling, the supine waiting of our own
Government.
"This admonition is not directed
exclusively toward our next door
neighbor IL In intended for a plain
notice to every government on the
face of the earth that the entire re-
sources of this nation nre pledged to
maintain the sncredness OF American
lives md properties. This fs not
bombast, my countrymens 1t is n note
of assurance that is the right of
American citixenship.
"The line of demarcation between
our attitude and that of our political
opponents is perfectly plain. The
President has made his position clear.
He still holds Article X to be the
heart of the covenant So does the
Democratic platform. So does the
Democratic nominee.
ISSUE is VITAL.
THE Democratic nominee has flat
ly said he is in favor of going in.
] am not. That Is the whole differ
ence, but 1t is a vital one. for 1t in
wolves the disparity between a world
court of justice supplemented by a
world association for conference, on
the one hand, and the council Of the
League on the other"
4sThere arc distinctly two types of
international relntionship. One is nm
great powers Like that created mt Yer
saiIIes, to impose their will upon the
helpless peoples Of the world. nm