The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-22
HARDING LAUNCHES. ATTACK ON TREATY. FROM NEW QUARTER
Says Wilson Peace Commis- sion Broke Faith With China Through Contract Secret
 ly Made With Japan
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 Marion, O., September 21.-Develop- | ing his attack on the peace treaty from another quarter, Senator Hard ing charged in front porch speech today. that President Wilson's peace commission at Versailles boke faith with China through contracts secret | ly made" when they consented to the award of Shantung province to Japan. China, the republican nominee aid, put her interests in the hands of the Americans, but found that "instead of being awarded the freedom of their own people under the gospel of self determination for which America spoke, several millions of her people were delivered over to rival nation with the consent and approval of those who spoke for America at Paris"
 In his speech the senator also as- sailed the league covenant and de- clared the United States never would enter an international concord at the expense of its own independence. He reiterated, however, that he stood for an association of nations based on the lapplied conscience of nations rather than military force" At another front porch meeting ear Her in the afternoon the candidate shared the limelight with Lillian Rus sell, the actress, who made aspeech to several scores of Marion women tell ling them why their first votes should be cast for the republican ticket. She said American women must not be oe ceived by the alluring qualities of the League of Nations, but should vote against it if they wanted to protect | their homes and their sons. REPLIES TO ROOSEVELT Tonight Senator Harding replied to the telegram of Franklin D. Roosevelt l who wired saying he had been mis- quoted by the senator in regard to American participation in the affairs of Haiti Senator Hardngs telegram follows:
 Your telegram stating that I quoted | in a speech on September r. a state l lment which you had already publicly | denied is received. I am frank to say | II had not seen and have not yet seen such denial, but l accept your state | jment in good faith and express regret | that I should have quoted you. 1 am | sincerely sorry of any implied misrep- presentation of you/or any other candi- date, even though the error was wholly | |unintentional.
 This does not in any way abate my |
 
 tration in dealing with Haiti and San
 Domingo but I do want to express re-
 gret for the quotation of statement |
 you disavow. Because 1 am devoted |
 to truth and courtesy. am asking the | news associations and newspaper cor | respondents to carry this telegram as |
 conspcuously they did the quota
 tion."
 At the front porch meeting addressed |
 I uh hn
 Alexander P. Moore of Pittsburg, Sena-
 tor Harding made only short talk, |
 introducing the speaker and praising
 her interest in politics. MT Moore also
 was present and made a brief speech,
 predicting that Pennsylvania would
 give Harding and Coolidge majority
 of a million.
 Drawing a parallel between fraternal
 organizations and international re-
 lationshipss Senator Harding told the
 delegation from the Loyal Order of the
 Golden Heart that no asociation'
 whether between individuals or na-
 tions. should require the surrender of
 basic principles and convictions.
 Just now we are talking very much
 about associations of the nations of
 the world" he said. We of America
 have first the finest illustration that
 was ever recorded of fraternity Of
 nations Some twenty years ago there
 broke out in China what was known
 as the Boxer rebellion. It became
 necessary to send military expedition
 to the relief of beleaguered citizens or the various nations of the earth. The
 sum presumably to pay the Oni.eu States for the protection of it's citizens later was assessed against China. But when we came to cast up the accounts in detail. we found that the govern nent Of China had paid $S,0O0,ooO IF ,oonev to the United States more than vas necessary to recompense us TOT 1ur military endeavors. And the United States returned that money to China. "That is why China plants it's faith in the example, in the democracy III the justice of the United states or America.
 ;,, ,be peace conference in Paris: China went into the war at our request. Ana uhan the war settlement came foout China sought to be represented at the naace conference and they ought to have been represented. For some req son or other they were not. Then they said. well trust the United States or America to represent us. with cohH- dence in that great republic And yet
 somehow. through contract secre'iS made China had no voice in the set clement. ahd instead of being awarded the freedom~ of her own people, under the gospel of self-determination Tor which America spoke, several million of her people were delivered over to a' rival nation, with the consent and ap- proyal of those who spoke for Amer ica in Paris.
 But when that covenant came into the United States Senate, l rejoice that there were Americans. in the limited States who said. no and we did not approve of the Shantung award. And we kept the plight and faith in the lesson we taught China some twenty years ago."