Arizona republican., 1920-10-09
ROOSEVELT CAMPS ON HARDING TRAIL
 WITH LEAGUE TALK
IRepubIIean A. p. Leased wIrel

DIES MONIES, Iowa, oct. S.-Re- plying to Senator Harding's criticism of the league of nations made from the same platform less than 36 hours be- fore. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Demo cratic vice presidential nominee, ad- dressing an audience at the Coliseum here tonight. charged that the Repub- lican presidential candidate has "scrapped the Monroe doctriner along with the league.
 ''The die is cast" he said. "The issue is joined. Three months have passed in the attempt to establish out of Sem ator Harding's own mouth his de- termination that the United States shall under no circumstances join hands with fl nations to end future wars. From now on the existing league of nations becomes the over shadowing issue in this campaign.
 ''The policy to which Senator Hard L. ing has committed his party means that the United States casts it's lot with Russia, Turkey and Mexico. With the exception of Mexico we have cut ourselves off from every American re- | publics in the American union have joined or are about to enter the league.
 Tt is a momentous decision that
 Senator Harding has been driven to-
 From now on his leadership is that of | little Americanism,' of Chinese wall exclusion, of America against the
 world. In November the American i people will vote. not on the mere ques-
 tion of who is to be president for the
 next four years, but on the proposition
 affecting the future of the United States for generations to come
 'If we stay out of the league, one oi 1.-two results must inevitably come. Il
 without us the league becomes the suc-
 cess which the nations of the world
 are honestly seeking to make it, the United States will lose untold advan- take by not participating More thar that. we will be handicapped, commer. cially. economically and industrially
 because it would be natural for othel
 nations to pay scant heed to tn,
 United States if we remain skulking il
 our tents. Or else if the league should
 fail to accomplish the great gooC
 which today is expected of it. the blamj
 for any failure must rest squarely or
 the shoulders of the United States" The purpose and conception of tn
 league of nations" he continued. lis
 deliberate carrying out of the highes teachings of Christianity. Tn this tn churches and teachers of the land ar united. America, retaining all our ma
 tional rights. must in good faith keel , faith. Senator Harding has not onl. made it clear that he opposes the keep , ing of that faith. but he has also sai without qualification that he is withou a specific foreign policy at the presen E time
 B During the remaining three week of the campaign Mir. Harding wi 1, stress the dangers. He will appeal ( f the fears of the type of citizen wh n cannot see beyond his own nose. F ,, appeals primarily to the kind of min 2 which has never yet been able to un % derstand what business We had gettin f into the world war in 1917 tn - kind of man or woman who canno y understand why events which occu 70 outside the United States have an q bearing on the life or prosperity of tn Q people within the United States. NJ Q Harding's appeal is that of monasti g Cism for clOistercd minds"