New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-20
Quotes Wilson's Closest
Adviser as Saying Peace
First, Then Covenant
as the Obvious Plan
Asserts This Was
Republican Idea
Candidate in Statement
Presses Attack on Dem
ocratic Foreign Policy
From a star Correspondent

From q Stor Correspondent
MARION. Ohio, July 19.-Keen salts
faction was evident in the region Of
the Harding front porch to-day over
the pilgrimage of Governor Cox to the
White House and the manner in which
the Governor has been linked up in
complete accord with President Will
son.
While the Republican candidate made
no further comment to-day on the
White House conference, leaders close
TO Senator Harding felt no doubt that
the Senator and his friends are con-
v;nced Governor Cox has got himself
into an ENHANCEMENT which will prove
highly embarrassing to him before the
campaign is over
Senator Harding is not at all re-
luctant to conduct the campaign on
the question of whether the Wilson
foreign policy shall be accepted or re-
jected. He does not believe the great
body of the American people approve
that policy or will elect any candidate
who espouses it.
New Light on Treaty
The Republican candidate took notice
to-day of newspaper article by Colo
mel Edward NJ. House, former con-
fdential adviser to the President. in
this article Colonel House as quoted as
declaring that move was afoot in
Paris just after the signing OF the
armistice to negotiate a preliminary
treaty which would not be inclusive of
the League of Nations, but would
settle the questions of Germany's army
and navy, Preparations and territorial
boundaries.
We are beginning to understand"
said Senator Harding in statement,
''the mistakenly plighted relationship
Of the United States to Europe just in
time to proceed to referendum in
diligently The one representative of
this country other than the President
who best knew the whole situation at
Paris was Colonel House. He tells us
now in a cabled statement from Lon
don that the suggestion of a prelimi-
nary peace treaty was made very soon
after the armistice and that such a
treaty could have been made before
Christmas of 1918.
GAIL along this has been the Repub-
ican conception of what ought to have
been done, but this is the first official
knowledge that Europe wished such q
procedure and was deferred by US in
expediting peace. The authentic reve-
lation is peculiarly interesting at the
moment, when it is announced that the
continuation of Democratic Admins
tration means continuation of the
foreign policy which has so grievously
10th E,urono and a 1erira u
Colonel Houses statement, to which
Senator Harding referred, was con-
tanned in a special cable to "The Public
Ledger" of Philadelphia, from London
en- July H.
Statement by House
Colonel House was quoted as say
ing:
"A suggestion was made in Paris
just after the armistice to proceed al
once to the making of a preliminary
treaty of peace with Germany, basec
upon broad, general lines and concern
Ing four ubjects-army, navy, repara
tons and delineation of boundaries
The boundaries need not have beer
exact, but should have been so drawn
as to give Germany the assurance thai
her loss Of territory would not be
greater than indicated. Such treaty
could have been made by Christmas Of
1918 and would have been not only the
usual, but the obvious thing to do
There was at that time facing Ger
many the entire Allied army, militant
and flushed with victory, and there
would have been no delay or evasion
of terms.
"The next move might we'll have
been general readjustment of inter
national finances. England and our
selves being the wealthiest nations
and the largest creditors, could, witt
advantage to US both, have cancelled
reasonable part of the indebtedness
owed by our allies and charged it of
as part of our war expenditures. Fol
part of the remaining debts we nigh
have got portion Of the PREPARATION
fund. If held against our allies i
would have been Of benefit to US, a!
edness we would then have held agains
our allies would have been good ane
interest on the principal could ever
now have been paid, thereby reducing
the burden of our taxes. We shoult
also have profited by the improved
economic and social conditions o.
Europe and our trade would have beer
greatly stimulated"
Cincinnati Outlook Good
R. X. Hynicka, Republican nationa
committeeman for Ohio, dropped in OF
Senator Harding to-day. He assured
the candidate that Hamilton Count,
and Cincinnati, which gave Cox 1900
majority two years ago, will this yea
go for Harding by from 10000 to 20, 600
At the present time the state politi
clans are so interested in the results
of the state primaries to be held Au
gust 10 that little effort has been mad
to survey the state with reference t.
the result in November.
Colonel James G. Darden, of New
( York, one of the most active Hardin,
workers in pre-convention days, ar
rived here to-day, having motore'
across the country from Denver. IL
will be a guest of Senator Hardini
overnight.
Senator Harding motored to Mans
field, forty miles away, this afternoon
With friends, to play golf. This wa
the hrst real outing he has had sine
coming here.
The historic fiagpole from the Nc
Ktnley front yard at Canton wa
brought here to-day and erected in tn
Harding front yard.
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