Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-10-11
TAFT'S IDEAS ARE
ALL IN LEAGUE
Cox Makes Public Correspond
ence With Wilson, Showing
How Taft Has Changed
(By Associated Press,

Springfield, ILL.,, Oct. 11-Cable
correspondence between Presi-
dent Wilson and former President
0Taft in 1919, during drafting OF
Z 1.-THE League of Nations covenant
Vat Paris, was made public here
by Gov. James M. Cox, of Ohio,
Democratic Presidential candi-
date, together with a statement
by the candidate criticizing Sc
verely Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge, of Massachusetts, and 9TH
er League opponents.
Mr.. Taft, the correspondent de-
tailed, sought and had cable COM
munication with President Wilson
submitting numerous suggestions
for changes in the tentative Lea
que draft and advising the Presi-
dent regarding its presentation to
the Senate.
Gov. Cox's statement issued
prior to his departure to make adj
dresses in East St. Louis Monday
and St. Louis, Mo-, said that he
published the Taft-Wilson CORES
pondence-a White House memo
randun-because of the "equivo-I
cal position former President Taft
and other friends of the League
now occupy in their support of tire
candidate of the League destruc-
tionistS."
The correspondence, Gov. Cox
said, was initiated by Mr.. Taft
as a result of his study of the
draft agreement" and he quoted
Mr.. Taft's own words, "when sim
cerity of mind and intelligence
were not beclouded by the parti-
san prejudice of political cam
paign."
The White House memorandum
containing some of the cables ex-
changed by President Wilson and
Mr.. Taft, stated that in every in
stance, the President followed Mr..
Tafrs suggestions, and Cox. CoX's
statement declared that "every
suggestion of Mr.. Taft was fol-
lowed literally"
The correspondence indicated |
that Mr. Taft's suggestion dealt |
principally with protecting the
Monroe Doctrine and dealing
with American domestic ques-
tions, withdrawal from the Lea
que, unanimous League decisions
and disarmament.
The correspondence made pub
lie contained two cablegrams
from the President to Mr.. Taft |
and several from Mr.. Taft to the
Executive, including one in which
A. Lawrence Lowell, president of
Harvard University, joined.
The White House memorandum
quoted at length league amend
ments to show adoption of Mr..
Taft's suggestions.
The final cablegram from Mr..
Taft sent to Secretary Tumulty
and forwarded to the president, as
given in the published cores
pondence, was dated June 28, 1919
just before the president return
cd to present the treaty to the
senate. 1t reads:
81 would like to send a return
message and that is that the pres
ident argue the league and its ne
cessity; the impossibility to Sc
cure peace without it, the dread
full unrest in Europe, the pressure
of our allies to ratify and and Sc
cure peace at once the need of the
league with the United States to
stabilize and to resist Bolshevism,
the necessity for renewal Of nego-
tiations if an important amend
ment like striking out Article X
is made, the absurdity of a con-
gressional declaration of peace on
one side, the giving up of all OBJ
iects of war in such peace if
Germany were to mack similar
declaration. | hope sincerely he
will not attack the republican
Senators. His appeal will be much
more influential if he pleads his !
cause and does not attack the op-
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