The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-09-24
WILSON FAILED IN
JUSTICE To China
Harding Denounces Shan.
tung Award-Replies
To Roosevelt.

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 broke faith
with China, thru contract secretly
made" when they consented to the
award of Shantung province to Japan.
China, the Republican nominee,
said put her interests in the hands OF
the Americans, but found that lin
stead of being awarded the freedom
OF her 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, delivered to a dele
cation representing the Loyal Order
OF the Golden Heart. the senator also
assailed 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
1.-THE applied conscience of nations
rather than military force"
Replies 20 Roosevelt.
At another front-porch meeting
earlier in the afternoon the candi-
date shared the limelight with Lillian
Russell, the actress. who made a
speech to several scores OF Marion
women telling them why their first
votes should be cast for the Repub-
lican ticket. She said American
women must not be deceived by the
alluring qualities OF the League of
Nations but should vote against 1t IL
they wanted to protect their homes
and their sons.
Tonight Senator Harding replied to
the telegram OF Franklin d. Roose-
welt. the Democratic nominee for Vice
President, who wired saying he had
been misquoted by the senator in
regard to American participation In
the affairs OF Haiti. Senator Harding's
telegram follows:
"Your telegram stating that I
quoted in a speech on September IT,
a statement which you had already
sAI 10
frank to say had not seen and have
not yet seen such denial, but / &C
cept your statement In good faith
and express regret that should have
quoted you. am sincerely sorry for
any implied Misrepresentation Of you
or any other candidate, even tho the
error was wholly unintentional.
This does not in any way abate
my opinion as to the policy of your
administration in dealing with Haiti
and San Domingo. but | do want to
express regret for the quotation of a
statement you disavow. Because /
am devoted to truth and courtesy l
am asking the news associations and
newspaper correspondents to carry
this telegram as conspicuously as they
did the quotation"
Il Huge Majority Predicted.
= AT the front-porch meeting ad-
dressed by Lillian Russell, who now |
is Mrs Alexander p. Moore, of Pitts |
burg, Senator Harding made only a
short talk introducing the speaker
and praising her interest in politics.
Mr.. Moore was also present, and made
a brief speech predicting that Penn
sylvania would give Harding and
Coolidge a majority of million.
Drawing a parallel between frater-
nal organizations and international
relationships, Senator Harding told
the delegation from the Loyal Order
of Golden Heart that no association,
whether between individuals or ma
lions. should require the surrender of
basic principles and convictions.
81 recall many an obligation that
have come in contact with in secret
orders" he said, "and there isn't one
that ever asked man to surrender
any of his liberties. any of his free
dom of thought, any of his freedom
of religious belief And, making the
application of that point. l want to APP
ply it to nations, Just now we are
talking very much about associations
of the. nations of the world. We, of
America, gave first the finest illustra-
ton that was ever recorded of fra
ternity of nations. Some twenty
years ago there broke out in China