The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-08
HARDING AGAIN
SPURNS LEAGUE
Declares for Rejection Rather
Than Interpretation Before
Big Iowa Audience.
KILLS HECKLING ATTACK
Candidate Answers Deluge Of
Questions and Wins Ap-
plauSe from Crowds.
KILLS HECKLING ATTACK
BIZ sioy Correspondent o, rrr r1r.a,p.

BIZ StoU Correspondent Of Tlfs firRALp.
OMAHA. Oct 7.--Eenator Harding
turned heckling attack in the Des
! Moines Coliseum this morning into q
great personal triumph. On the stage
where President Wilson stood a year
ago In defence of the League Of Ma
tons the Republican nominee faced
10000 persons and SO handled series
OF questions tossed at him from the
audience by Democratic sympathizers.
, that he lifted the warm frtendliness Of
the crowd into spirit OF admiration.
| He remained master OF the situation.
satisfying the hecklers as well as the
main hody of the audience.
The questions from the floor related
/ to scrapp.ng the league, the Irish SIT
uation. the presence OF United States
troops In Germany, the Dominance OF
England IN american affairs. separate
peace with Germany and the menace
! OF Article X. of the league covenant.
! The Senator repi;ed that the Preei-
dent had scrnpped his own league. For
himself, he said. ne stood for rejection
rather than Interpretation. He stood
/ for new deal all around In the world
arrangement.
J On the Irish situation Senator Har-
ding told his q'iestioner, priest. that
he could not presume 10 tell friendly
foreign Power what to do in a do
mestic crisis any more than nc would
!. permit that Powor &C. dictate to tine
United States.
He said the formal declaration Of
peace he proposed wepid bring the
boys out Of Germany. and that they
should be brought out
| He aaid he would not have the
United States Government dominated
in any way by Gr-a. Britain.
AS to Article X. Mr.. Harding de-
clered that under II the United state
wo,;ld be obliged 70 ob..y tho less;ue in
orders to go to war, or be guilty of the
grosscst national diahonor.
Triumph Aiso for Cummins.
/ The Des Moines meeting also was a
triumph for Senator Albert b. Cum
Minis, who 10 up for reelection, and on
whose behalf Senator Harding came into
Iowa which Is considered safe for the
national ticket, but d.Sicult travelling
for the veteran Iowa Senator. author o.!
tho 4ch-Cumnilns railroad bill. Radi-
cal labor and the radical farmers arc
ngh:ing Senator Cunnlns Senator
Hard;nes presence was made the start
OF big crusade all over the state for
Senator Cufrlmins and may turn the tide
IN his favor
Tire Democrats planned troucie for
Senator Harding before he entered the
State. A series OF ten questions was
presented to him on his arrival signed
by g. w. Reynolds. chairman OF the
stats Democratic Committee. soma OF
tho questions were:
"Do you still sry 10 the American
peopiA, az you said in resconae TO "lr.
Ryan at baltimore tina, you are wi'nou'
n specific programme, construeu'e IN
character. about an association OF
natons7
What will he tns terms o. Jour
scparate peace with Germany?
..Do you honestly believe that tho
rorty-three nations which are In tho
Ieacue OF Nations VIII, II you are
elected. consent 20 withdraw from th'
league and Join In Some scheme when
you may propose?
The Senator answered tho question
about scrapping tho league In the coar"'
( OF his address.
II opposed the proposed league. ne
sa,d. mot because fall 10 undorTtand
what a former member OF the DeIno-
: cratic Administration has eaid We are
being jat In for. bu, because ] believe
understnnd precisely what We are being
let ia for, l do not want 70 clarity these
! obligations. ] want to turn back on
them II In not Interpretation. but re-
lection that I am seeking NY position
Is thnt the proposed lHagir striNes
deadly blow mt the constitutional In
tsgriy and surrcndcrs to = DANGEROUS
(; extent our Independence OF action
Replies 70 ynquirics.
! Az the and OF his sct address the SEN
etor referred TO tho D-mocratio IN
outrfes He sstd he wanted TO toll his
Democ~auc frisnds everywhera that BE-
fore they could question him IN abso-
lpte good faith they might well conss-
crate themselves e thi-king aeout we
welesre OF the United etatcs and not the
nations across the seq
Tho Arewcrks came nt the end ct ms
propared address when Senator Harding
added
IT note IN tho morning papers aoro
su.ses,icn. az inou'rY addressed IN me
from a Democratic source. 90 hot
assume 20 go about the country In the
attitude of n candidate answerins ou"s-
tlony, because 7 believe In that psrty
horesty ana that party policy whicn
mrlsas IN. platform, the covenant OF party
faith. though candidate may give his
construction OF ths platform. hrd YET
war, 10 b. courteous though l want 10
toll my Democratic friends IN Iowa and
,hreughou, the Union that before they
cnn question me IN absolute good fslh
thsy might we'll consscrate bemgelvcs
10 thinking about the welfare OF the
United states and not the nations across
the sea.
'sBut there are one 81 two questions
am very happy 20 answer. One OF
them is. 10 stiil intend to make gep-
arate treaty with Germany In the first
nlaoe 7 never proposed such thing. 10
-. ..annaanrv IN rnaka a aRnaraia