Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-21
WOLCOTT DEPLORES
ATTITUDE TAKEN
BY Mr.. HARDING
Senator Made Able Presentation
Of Campaign Issues at High
School Last Night.
POSITION OF AMERICA

forccful dcnunciation Of the "fatuous'
attitude of Senator Harding, Republican
Presidential candidate, ON the League OF
Nations issue. and of the "small-mindcd-
ness shown IN the general Republican
attitude towards conditions effected by
the war, was expressed last night IN an
address bv United States Senator Josiah
q WolCott delivered at citizens meet
ing IN the High School The auditorium
was we'll filed with men and women.
Charging that the Republican rejcc-
tion of the League of Nations was simply
a result Of the fact that it was born under
Democratic auspices Senator Nocott
declared that such a stand regarding an
Issue whrh effected the peace of the en-
tirc world. was a type of thing with which
only small minds would have To do.
Tic added that all of the criticisms of the
Democratic administration IN handing OF
the war, was an cmanation of the same
spirit, that because America partlcipa
tion was under Democratic direction. il
was therefore wrong.
1t Is not my contention that no mis-
takes were committed, he said. mis-
takes arc inevitable After AL the war
was not won bv the Democrats, but under
DemSratlc leadership 10y the American
pcoyI If there were mistakes they are
hlanfhle, not 10 the Democrats, hut 70
all pSDplc In the Spanish-Amcrican war,
which was a skirmiSh compared TO one Just
over. according To the records left by Col
onCl Roosevelt and others, there was
marked inetiicicucy in its handling by a
Republican administration, and this war
required the transportation of 25O,0OO
men over 100 miles Of water, while the
late war required the transportation OF
four million men over 600 miles OF sub
marine infested sea And while there
were not even boats 10 unload the horses
at Cuba IN the war Of lS9S, according to
the records % Colonel Roosevelt, in the
European war two million men were trans
ported to France without a single loss.
and they never missed \ meal after they
got there
BY means Of the League Of Nations
we wish 10 prevent tho recurrence Of a
war IN which S00l1 Americans. and to-
tai of eight million people, lost their lives
Nov wc come q tins great document
which involves the entire peace Of the
world. and what Is the attitude Of the
Republicans Because this peace pact
came u hfc under Democratic auspices
the Republicans reject it. and apparently
want to form some other kind of a league
tE lttf ON III t"tfltiOl llAltliliA ia al
dress gwen AZ Marion last August stated
that he was IN favor of 2 revival Of the
Hague tribunal with teeth IN il Is It /
possible ~ revive this dcfurct relic ana +
put ,fc INTO II hy sticking teeth in its
ioo'hlcsS mouth
The opposition of many people to
the League OF Nations lS based upon an
that under the covenant the I
[ nited stats would be forced INTO Iuro-
pean wars against her will 4 study OF
the pact will reveal the fact that before
anv war can nc started the consent OF +
the league council must &c unanimous
And since the nited States Is a member OF /
that council, she can hang the council,
NoTE MUST 81 UNArIMoUs
Regarding opposition t. entrance ID
-hc leaguc on general grounds, Senator i
u olcott asked II the [ nited states did
not have confidence in the righteousness Of 4
her causes IN the future. Is America f
AFRAID she Will have only one nation to take .
ler SIDE IN dispute VIII she espousc .
which Is thoroughly unworthy and rot
ten. which i opposed TO the uprghtEess
md justice that has always characterized +
his country suppose TINS Is true. Il .
%. she Is az hbertg To retire from the +
eagae. after giving notice After the .
apse Of two years. the necessary time. I
he Is free to make independent war.
Herein lies consolation for those who love
1loodshed and sll OF the horrors Of war
Others, opposed TO the league have
sserted that II VIII place The United
states under the control OF Great Britain
lnce England viii have SIX votes, includ-
ng those of Canada and her other colo
lIes. against one vote Of the United States
again the answer TO this Is that any action