The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-07-28
cox suRRENDERs TO WILSON,

Tween Governor Cox and President WI
| son would result in their complete
agreement, Senator Harding issued the
following statement before word hac
reached Marion regarding the outcome
lof the Washington conference: @
."rhe president and the democratic
nominee for his successor are in con
ference today, and at the conclusion il
Twill inevitably be announced that. they
found themselves in complete accord
that harmony reigns and unity is estaD
llished in the democratic party.
s'The significance of that announce
ment will not be missed. There is just
| one way that can establish accord be
tween himself and the nresidentTtha
lis by yielding his own opinion at every
point to that of the president. When
the nominee establishes accord with
the president, it means that the latter
lis in charge of the campaign and viii
be the real force of the next admins
Itration, If it is democratic.
wherefore In connection with the an
nouncement Of harmony between the
president and the democratic nominee
Lit will be pertinent TO inquire the basis
Of the agreement. The country is very
anxious to know if an unqualified ac
ceptance of the league OF nations pro
gram is agreed upon.
"'"Second: Has Governor Cox pledged
himself to ratification of the treaty and
league without essential notifications!
Third: Has Article x been accepted!
It has repeatedly been declared that
Article X is the heart Of the treaty,
and that to cut it out would break the
heart of the world. Is the democratic
ticket still for Article x?
Fourth: The president = naturally,
has stipulated that Governor Cox must
assume, underWrite and liQuidate all
the international commitments in which
the present administration has involved
itself and the nation.
"The president could not possibly de.
mand less. A democratic successor
could not possibly grant less, because
he stands upon platform That makes
the same guarantees.
lit becomes, therefore, timely to
ask: What are the various, mysterious,
uncertain obligations to which the pres
ident has committed US? ~,
Somebody must tell us, because the
people are wanting to know.
elias Governor Cox undertaken. in
case he is elected, to renew demand
that this country take q mandate over
Armenia? Has he undertaken to main
tain the administration policy in the
Adriatic, where we have well nigh for.
feited the friendship Of the; great Ital-
ian people, brought Italy to the verge
Of revolution, and almost wrecked the
establishment of peace?
"Has he pledged himself to insist
that Thrace shall be joined to Bulgaria,
instead of to Greece, regardless of the
wishes of the Thracians, the Greeks
and our allies?
Broadly, has the nominee taken oy-
er the various and unknown commit
ments Of the present administration Is
foreign policytin order to establish har'
mony- -bstWeep the president and him
10 these questions the American
people are entitled to an answer. They
will insist on knowing what they are
assuming. hi
at is perfectly apparent that Presi
dent Wilson'S foreign policy involves
the need Of a great army and navy
for the administration demanded that
we build by 1925 a navy equal to Brit
aims. 1t also demanded the creation
of a regular army twice as large as we
ever had in peace. ~ ,
what did the president want OF
these vast ornaments, unless to hgh1
with them? Governor Cox will know
now, for he is in complete accord with
the president.
SIT is earnestly to be hoped that Gov
ernor Cox will frankly and promptly
answer these questions, because the re
publican party wants the country to
know it rejects all these ill-consideret
commitments and pledges it's admins
tration against Them