Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-16

elected he viii summon the best minds
( in America, representing an all American
/ opinion, to consult and advise as to
! Americas relationship to the present
association of nations, to notifications Of
/ It, or substitutes for It," Mr.. Harding
/ read from his address Of Aug. g. deliv-
/ cred to a delegation from Indianapolis,
! the passage which marks his new re-
/ versal from his league scrapping" stand
at Des Moines.
This passage is as follows:
'If, in the failed league of Versailles.
/ there can be found machinery which the
tribunal can properly and advan-
tageously, by all means let it be ap-
propriated.
II would even go further.
II would take and combine all that is
good and excise all that is bad from
both organizations.
This statement is broad enough to
include the suggestion that If the league,
which has heretofore riveted our con-
slderstions and apprehensions, has been
| so entwined and interviewer into the
peace Of Europe, that its good must be
preserved in order to stabilize the peace
OF that continent, then It can be
amended or revised so that we may
still have a remnant of the worlds
| aspirations of 1918, builded into the
worlds highest conception of helpful
cooperation in the ultima : reallzations."
SPEECH FOLLOWS LINE
OF HOOvERs ARGUMENT.
He declared that he is for cooperation
Of nations to prevent war, but that at
Is better to build up peace through jus
tice than TO promote the alliance of
armed forces; that it is better TO pro-
mote understanding and foster common
interest. and to seek friendly under
standing. aye to establish common coun-
ell and turn the light OF world opin-
ion upon developing controversy, than to
seek super government and the suppress
sion of war by force"
This is the exact idea. If not the exact
words expressed by Herbert Hoover in
his Columbia Club address and political
observers found In it further evidence
that Harding recognizes that he made a
tremendous mistake In his Des Moines
speech, and that he must make amends
ga. ky or be lost.
The Senator made ii even stronger
that he recognizes the national drift to-
ward the Presidents league" with the
statement:
There is no issue drawn between the
Presidents league and no league or as
ISOLATION
There never haE been.
But we are against the league which
was negotiated and interviewer with the
peace treaty In defiance Of friendly
American warning.
Few people in America are opposed
to new relationship for nations.
an the Senate we went long way
toward accepting the Presidents league
by safeguarding the interests and free
dom Of America.
But the President and a body Of
his followers rejected the covenant after
our own republic was safeguarded.
THAT did not raise the issue Of the
league or no association, but 1t did raise
the issue between per-government and
free America"
Before his discussion Of the league
question Senator Harding replied to
several points of criticism Of his course
made by Democratic orators, including
Governor Cox.
POINTS NEED FOR
SOBER JUDGMENT"
Recalling that it has been said that
he Is not a good man on the stump
because he is not quick 70 grasp a sit
uation and meet L he said:
Wei one OF the things the country
needs Is sober judgment"
THE Government does not need hero
ism and heroics and heraldry so much
as II does healing"
He made n plea for the reelection or
James f Watson to the United States
Senate from Indiana, and OF Merrill
Moores 20 the House OF Representatives
from Marion County.
America did not Aght in the world war
war for democracy or even for human
ity. the candidate declared.
Speaking of the war, he said:
I'VE helped to win the war and we
didn't ask anything material when the
war was over.
I'VE didn't ask for any plumber: we
only asked for peace and Il just settle
ment; we were only asking for a protec-
ton OF American rights
That's what we fought the war for
1--WE didn't fight the war for democ-
racy.
''If we had then we ought to have gone
into It when democracy first began to
bleed.
1--WE didn't 60 to war for humanity's
sake even, though that would have been
n cause worthy the unsheathing of our
sword.
I'VE went 70 war when Americas ma
tional rights we're threatened, but we
didn't go then until we'd won an cleo
ton.
I'm opposed to this continued promo
ton Of peace during presidential cam
paign years and waging of war in others"
He declared that he has beeen DELHI
erately mlsquoted by Democratic speak
ers who used words he is supposed TO
have spoken in Congress TO show that
he favors conscrlptatory universal mil
itnry service.
He said that If he had been quoted
correctly and the circumstances under
which the statements he made were de-
liyered made plain it would be clearly
understood that he believes In conscrip-
ton in time OF war, but In voluntary
universal military training during peace
James e. Watson, Republican candidate
for Senator. and Warren It. McCray, Re
publican candidate for Governor, spoke
TO the overflow crowd in the Circle before
Senator Hardin CARVED from Tomlin-
son Hall.