The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1920-09-04
HARDING GLAD
AMERICANS ARE
4 FREE PEOPLE

warren ~. liardih.. EcpnhllsHu notni'
nee Tor President. In n speech d.llv.
cr-i to u delegation from Indiana
which called on Lim her, To- pledge the
support of Indlnbs Republicans. lie,
sinrri that twlc. President Wilson had
M opportunity to obtain ratification
of the League of >ation's covenant
nnd that he put ratification R-id" be-
suus.' hc would not accept r-s.rsa.
lions designed solely To- safeguard
American rigbis. senator Harding
snid:
i greet you ib n spirit II rejoicing
not q rejoicing la ta- narrow personal
or partisan sense. not In III" grntifyipg
Prospects IL party triumph not In tn"
contemplation of abundance In the
harvest fields and ripcnlbg corn fields
aud maturing orchards: not In the re.
assuring approach Of stability after u
period ~ wiggiing ana wobblIng which
mngnlficd cur unccria'niy-th though all
"f thcs" arr ample for our Wide rcjoi'-
ins ! rejoice that America II siiil
free and independent aud In u position
~ DIFFERENTIATION. which are price
less possessions In the prcscn, turbu.
lcnc~ III the world.
Let ia suppose the senate had rati-
fled the pcac~ treaty containing the
league covenant ~ submitted tn N by
III" president In July II last year.
What would he the situation confront
Ing our common country todayt To my
mind there In but one answer. Before
this day we would have been called
upon tn fuifill the obligations which
we had assumed under Article 10 of
the league covenant. to preserve the
territorial integrity Of Poland ms
against external aggression.
Il shnll not now attempt To measure
the boundlcss sympathy for the Just ny
piratioos and restored Independence OF
Poland. Our present concern Ia the
International situation which Poland
has brought to our attention.
THE council Of the League Of Na-
tions would have reasoned. aud rca-
sonsd correctly that the United
States could furnish the munitions,
and, n necessary, the men to with
stand the hortlcs advancing from Rus
STA fur more easily than could the
exhausted nations III Europe. More
over. inasmuch as this would he the
first test Of the scheme of world gov
eminent which WIS formulated aud de-
mnnded by the President, speaking for
the United States. the fact Of u special
responsibility. resting upon our Shout
ders, manifcstly would have been I'M
dcninhle. Undoubtedly the league
council. In advising upon the means
by which the obligations 10 Poland
should he fulfilled. rs provided in the
covenant. would have so held, and
probably the conscience Of America.
certainly the opinion OF the world.
would have sustained that Judgment.
''rhe conclusion that our country
might now be confronted by such
situation. II the senate had ratified
the league covenant. requires no
stretch OF the Imagination. None can
deny that II IL possible To many can
did minds, as to my own. such n dis.
tresslng situation will seem highly
probable. Let us assume that the rati-
ncation had tnkcn place. Let us as
sumo, further. that the performance
OF tho allotted task required the waging
of war upon the Russian people, rs of
course. II would. what would result;
what would OF necessity have to re-
sultr Nothing necessarily. we are glad
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