The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-09-17
COX SAYS JOHNSON
IS NOT A AYP0CR|T
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR IN CAL
IFORNIA TODAY TALKS ON
LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

Sacramento, Calif-(By A. P)-
In an address here early today, open
ing his California campaign, Cover
nor Cox, democratic presidential nom
nee, praised Senator Hiram Johnson,
republican, as an exponent of pro-
gressiveness and again flayed "Big
Business" and the republican leaders
who are supporting Harding. AL
though they differ fundamentally on
the league of nations Cox said he
admires Johnson for his frankness
and lack of ambiguity and hypocracy
On the league of nations Governor
Cox said:
'And now. let US discuss the Peace
Treaty and the League of Nations,
and l am going to discuss it in primer
fashion. | am not gong to attempt
any technical discussion. A technical
discussion was originated about year
ago in order to confuse the public
mind. That covenant is simple and
plain and clear, and the men who con-
tend that it infringes upon the SOW
ereign rights of America, or the men
who contend that it increases the
probability of American boys going
to war, know better. 1t simply isn't
true. Now, | assume that during the
war you held great meetings Is this
where you held your war meetings,
where the mothers assembled, where
your people came, where you forget
all of your differences, where you left
your politics and your religion out
side, where you labored together as
Americans? There were many moth
ers there who wanted assurance They
were Americans, one thousand per
cent. They realized that war was a
cruel thing and they believed that GER
tain imperialistic heads overseas
brought the great tragedy of war up
on the sons of man; but they became
thoroughly reconciled to the sailing
of their boys to the battlefields of
Europe. What was it that reconciled
the mother heart in America. What
assurance did you give them Did
you tell them we were going over to
conquer a domain that we did not
then possess; that our boys were to
fight in order to gain rich cash in
lemnity? No. You simply said that
we are going to destroy military
war machine, and that we
we're going to end this war in order to
make wars in che future impossible.
sn't that right?
"The boys completed their work.
While they stood watch on the Rhine,
Germany signed the treaty and then
III the Allies signed the treaty, and
he Allies ratified the treaty, and
America alone has failed to ratify the
reaty. Now, why did Germany sign
hat treaty? Not because she had
een defeated in war, but because
he American boys stood watch on the
thine; two million magnificent fell
ows behind them, and the German
Government knew the kind of stuff
hey were made of and they signed
he treaty.
''The Republican Convention passed
nee to the League of Nations is
Meaningless. It's vague. Nobody
nows what it means. Some of those
7ho have been for a league say it is
II right Those who are against any
ind of a league say it is all right,
90. They attempted to pass some
hing that would please everybody.
hey tried to make the blanket big
nough to cover the whole family,
nd my experience has been that when
ou pull the blanket too much at the
our corners, it is apt to rip in the
lddle.
'Now, the candidate has interpreted
ne platform. He says that if elect
d, the first thing he is going to do
; to make a separate peace with Ger
lany. He is going to desert the
lilies. Would your soldier boys have
eserted the Allied soldiers during
ne war? If we wanted a separate
eace with Germany, we could have
ad it long before this Germany
1ould have signed a separate peace
18th us just as soon as she saw the
3ldiers from America arriving over
cas-. But I ask you whether it would
e an honorable thing for US to de-
ert the Allies and sign a separate
eace with Germany? My conten-
on is that it would not be; that it
ould be a dishonorable thing. Then
lie candidate says that having done
lat, then he is going to turn to the
atoms of the earth and establish an
ltirely new relationship. What ma
ons of the earth will have anything
do with America if she perform
perfectly dishonorable act? Well,
will call the roll. If we make
parate peace with Germany we will
, popular in certain quarters. Rus
a will sign with US and enter into
is new relationship; Russia, Tur-
~, Mexica and the United States.
don't believe the people want us to
,ep that kind of company interna-
,nally. That is my deliberate
dgment."
Packers Plans Opposed.