The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-10-18
France Also Denies That Any Agents of the French Government Had Been Sent to Ask Him to Form An As sociation of Nations Wilson Asks for a Reply.

Washington, Oct. 1S.-President Wilson today addressed a letter to Senator Harding relative to the Re- publican nominees statement of Sat urday thah he had been approached
 lnformally" by a representative of the French government relative to a new association of nations.
 Quoting from a. dispatch dated St. Louis, October 16, purporting to re- port the statement of Senator Hard ing, the President said:
 "I need not point out to you the grave and extraordinary inference to namely. that the government of France, which is a. member of the League of Nations, approached a pri- vate citizen which is not a member of fUnited States lead the way to a world fra ternity.'"
 Declaring that the state depart ment "had always found the govern ment Of France most honorably mind ful of it's international obligations and punctiliously careful to observe all the proprieties of international inter- course," the President wrote that he hesitated ito draw the inference to which have referred unless I am as sured by you that you actually made the statement"
 The Presidents letter to Senator Harding was as follows: My Dear Sir:
 ''In the New York Times of yes 1 terday, Sunday, October IF, 1920, I find a dispatch dated St. Louis, Oct 17-which purports to report recent public utteranceS of yours. In it oc- CUTS the following:
 Replying to criticism of his pro- posal for an association, of nations, he said in a rear platform speech at Green Castle, Indiana, that he already had been approached informally by a representative of France, who asked { that the United States lead the way to a world fraternity
 'I write to ask if this is a correct ! quotation and if you really said what is there attributed to you. I need not point out to you the grave and eX- traordinary differences to be drawn from such @ statement, namely that the government of France, which is a ! member of the League of Nations, : approached a private citizen of a na- / league with a request that the United States lead the way to world fra ternity.'
 '"rhe department of state has all ways found the government of France most honorably mindful of its international obligations and punc-
 tiliously careful to observe all the properties of International inter- ,the differences to which I have refer red unless I am assured by you that you actually made the statement. ''Very truly yours,
 "WOODROW WILSON, N"The White House, Oct. IS, 1920"
 Frances Denial.
 Paris, Oct. 1S-The French Foreign kOfice today denied that any official Lovertures had been made to Senator Warren G. Harding, the Republican presidential nominee in the United .States, on the subject of the League fof Nations. It was pointed out in the
 official statement, however, that it was entirely possible that individuals thad spoken to Senator Harding on Cthe subject.
 Senator Harding said in a speech at Green Castle, Indiana, on Satur- day, that France had sent a repre- lsentative to him requesting that America lead the way in the forma- ltion of association of nations for the lsecurity of international peace and
 justice.