Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-19
NOT AUTHORIZED TO
APPROACH HARDING
Charge Says Government f1as
Commissioned No One 10
See Him on League.
pross To Eyery Evening

c,.,o,, pr,,ss to Every Evening
washington. Oct 19.-Assurances nave
-, ,,,ycn the State Department oy
Count pebearn, French charge neie'
that the French government has no. gwen
'.'.s .'.,, y" 40 anyone to approach Senator
Uard,ne with suggestions that the ne
,,,hLcan Presidential nominee take the
load in forming a new world associaCloi'; =,
Calling The attention to an oilciai
a.niaI issue d by the French foreign Once
Yesterday. the French charge toio oiloel-
SECRETARY of State Davis that he was aSsuI- VI
cd that the French government hau uele-
GATED no spokesman TO act for IL III itSo
tiations with Senator Hardu,e eii'e' 5
formally or informally, ofhciaiiy vi "ii
officially -. r tho
The announcement of the visit ot the
E,anch cSarge To the State Department
Yesterday afternoon was made today py
Nr Davis. who said that while 'oun'
Deboarn had delivered no formal reply 10
the American note of inquiry 10 inc
French government dispatched yesterday
be s,,pnosed that the assurances gwen oy
Oh. charge were the result OF previous
communications with his government.
Wor.,,s,er Mass, Oct. l9.-Senator
u,rding's exclamation regarding ms re-
uarks relative 10 the alleged French over
tur,s for n new association of nations
was ridiculed here today by Governor VoA
of Ohio in An address 10 a large sta'ioh
crowd =. =,
Senator Harding is having lot ol
,ro,,hl. occasioned by his own WORDS
said Governor Cox Il think the gehtie-
man consulted was not dipioInat nor :
statesman. Here we have a great i''el'
rational question and the gentleman con
suited by Senator Harding was the lui'h.
man, the humorist Of France
Governor Cox apparently referred .
Maurice Dekobra, q french au'I,'
whom the governor mentioned ~ ~
Buffalo address last night. Referring I
Senator Hardings statement III 'ouA'
paper the governor SAID; ,
iIt IS amazing how stupid the America
noonle are. They Just can't mako out TN
man from Marion
IT, governor also repeated llfs stand o.
,bt League Of Nations and sHld II eiec'e'
ho will personally take up the question Q
Irelsnd before the bar OF public OPINION J.
The world. characterizirg the present con
ditions in Ireland as war OF externl"i''
ton.
N.sb,,a \. H. Oct. 1a-Senato
uardinr's statement regarding allege
French overturcs toward new aSsocIa
t;on 81 nations was hailed by Governo
Gov az Ohio in speeches through Ne'
England today as blunder ana
attempt TO deceive the American people
After President Wilson had aSke
hin, " said Governor Cox. III he had reali
stated that France had been gIiitE
such a breach OF international manner
h. complalned that he did not see no
his words could be misconstrued rs Tneat
inc that France had sent her spokes,i'a
n him when all he meant was that thei
had been those who spoke sentilnei
which they represented to he very man
fest among the French people ne lac
ilstify the conclusion that Senator har'
ing has stupidlv, though Deliberately Z
tempted 10 deceive the people oi Y
United States
After talking to the king ot irene
bunorists he leaves the direct inference
his statements that the people o. frahc
through governmental agent, We're CO
veving to him their dissatisfaction vi,
The league. when all the world knows u
exact opposite Is the truth. II IS condu
.o reprehensible as not TO be excused a
stupid blunder a..
The governors reference 10 the XII
az French humorlsts was apparently
Maurice Dekobra. French author ira
cling with Senator Harding whom 20
ernor Cox mentioned at Buffalo last mgr