New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-24
League Doorr1s
Irish Freedom.
Says Harding
Candidate Tells of Sympathy
for Erin, but He Believes
the Cause Is Not One
for Official Consideration
u. S. Meddling Attacked
Covenant Pledges Would
Force America to Aid
i'm Preventing Liberty
From q ster Correspondent


MARION, Ohio, Sept. 2s.-If tn
League Of Nations lives Irish freedom
dies, Senator Harding declared to-da
in an informal chat with newspape
men in which he made it clear that h
does not consider Ireland's cause
matter for official consideration by tn
United States.
The Republican candidate said ther
were two phases Of the Irish question
in America. He declared it is every
where recognized that there is wide
spread sympathy for Ireland in tn,
United States and referred to his owl
vote in favor of the Senate resolution
extending the sympathy of this coun
try to the Irish people at the time Of
the peace conference as proof of his
participation in that feeling. But Off
ciai cons liberation of the situation o.
the Irish people is quite another thing
in the opinion of Senator Harding, the
United States having already meddleo
abroad entirely too much.
So that there would be no misunder.
standing of his position, Senator Har-
ding issued the following statement:
"There are two phases of the So
called Irish question in America. Indi-
vidual sentiment is one thing, and it is
recognized that there is q widespread
sympathy here for the cause of Irish
autonomy. We voted an expression Of
that sympathy in the Senate at the
%ima the 1o1onotae
ring in Paris.
Not an Official Question
Official consideration is quite an
other thing. 1t is not a question for
official America. America already has
vltation. have said, as I truly be-
lieve, that under the provisions of the
League of Nations the Irish question
is internal or domestic, and / recall
distinctly that at the hearings before
the Senate Foreign Relations Commit
tee the American advocates Of Irish
independence bitterly opposed the
league as proposed, because it not only
closed the door to Ireland, but com
mitted US to force to maintain terri
torlal integrity as it exists to-day"
Three delegations blended at the
front porch this afternoon. About 100
members Of the Ohio Dental Associa
ton, about 500 Republicans from Craw-
ford County, Ohio, and a group of en-
ployees Of the Mutual Plate Glass In
surance Company of Shelby, Ohio, ar
rived together and were addressed by
Senator Harding
The Crawford County line runs close
to Blooming Grove, the Morrow County
settlement where Senator Harding was
porn. There were few Blooming
Grove people in the delegation this
afternoon and they identified them
Watch the vote of Blooming Grove
. Harding's old home town."
1t will not be difficult to watch
closely, for there are fewer than sixty
people in the community, counting the
children.
Bucyrus, Ohio, displayed a sign that
read: Jimmy can't use his Jimmy on
u.s." and then there was this: "You
tell EN-, ladies, you're going to clean
house. And also this: $4,000, 600
1t would be cheap at twice the price"
Before Senator Harding began TO
speak a Crawford County elee club
sang America" and when they had
finished the candidate said:
Il wonder how any American could
catch the soul and spirit of that song
and prefer conglomerate flag of the
League of Nations to the Stars and
Stripes?"
Need of Conservation Shown
The Senator in his address said that
conservation of material resources and
conservation of human resources form
benevolent circle and that each is
dependent upon the other.
Let u.s." he said, awaken the con-
science and Intelligence of the social
reformer. and even Of the discontents,
ana the agitators who, sometimes,
win me zeal for the good of mankind,
neVertneiess, 60 too far and do gross
harm to mankind by spreading the
IDEA that productivity, days honest
work, American business and COM
merce are somehow the symbols OF
evil. of oppression, of selfishness.
THESE are not symbols of evils, nor
are business and industry, expressing
tne term of head and hand, the enc
MES OF mans welfare. They are the
sources of mans welfare"
Among the Senator's callers TODAY
were were two from New York, Otto II.
!Aahn, OF the banking house of Kuhn,
Loeb & Co., and James NJ. Beck
FORMER Assistant United States A.
tosnney General. Mr. Kahn said:
..,, "hat impressed me most in the
TAX had with Senator Harding "a ne
me oignity OF the man, his mantle st
his high conception Of public Service y" e.
and his determination to do ny sss
noth,ng but what is sanctioned bv hi; h.
conscience and his convictions wa as
. follower Of Colonel Roosevelt sn as
! believe had the honor Of his c anu
noe hdence. ! would not and could not FOL.
10Y ", reaetionary leadership.
~ senator Harding seeks progress.
all, not for any particular class ma ios
our national rooftree, is his aim. Bnt
ne KNOWS that rash and reckless prom.
Uses or phrases accomplish nothing
and lead only to disappointments and