The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-08
b0RhH T'ObACK
HARDING TO END
Hartford Address Lauding
Des Moines Speech Re-.
moves All Doubt.
CROWDS EAGER TO HEA r
League Of Force and One Man
Power Are Assailed by
Senator.
CROWDS EAGER TO HEAR
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HArrrogp. Conn. Oct Democratic
hopes that a wedge of dissension might
be driven between Senator Harding
and Senator Borah because of sup
posed divergence IN their League OF
Nations views were crushed here to-
right.
senator Borah dispelled forever all
doubts that ne was not in complete
accord with the Republican standard
besrer and al the same time brought
MA $500 enthusiastic hearers 10 their
feet toward the close of his address, In
the Governors Guard Hall when he
said:
"If you have read Senator Harding's
yreat speech delivered to-day IN Des
toines you must know that he will
refuse to enter not only this league.
bu. any league that irnpairs the SOW
nreignty and Independence OF the
U.itcd States.
lie wants peace as much as any
man and will do anything right for the
restoration and maintenance OF peace.
but he rs not willing to create league
hat would have crushed us had Il
ocen in existence when We sought our
own independence. nor q league which
In Avh
no, to free subject peoples, but 10 keep
them IN subjectson."
Applause Makes Him stop.
The applause which followed this
statement eciipsed that which from
time 10 time, as Senator Borah delivered
hammer blows At the Wilson League,
forced him to halt and walt until his
voice could again be heard. Thrse who
we're able 20 crowd into the hail wero
mos, enthusiasts, but many ~ho could
not Jam Themselves within sound Of his
voice were most lnsistent 10 see ana hear
him. 80 the Senator, later addrensoj az
overflow nsetlng In tao Church xtsest
auditorium at which he repeated por-
tion= OF hi. address.
Senator Borah drove home tha funda-
mental fact that the Wilson league
rests inevitably upon the coctrlnc o.
force. Quoting Mr.. Baifour, the Senator
said:
Mr. Balfour. the veteran English
statesman and diplomat. rpeshing OF the
league nome time ago. declared: what
10 thIs League OF Nations? THIS League
Of Nations 10 exactly the came gentle
nsn who sat tosether in Paris from
January TO November. 1919. exactly the
same gentlemen. called by a different
narne---,he Prime Ministers OF she lead
ing countries
This ia a little cii7p and candid ard
cold bu, II states tho fact He had
no occasion 20 rollify or modify ;hc
facts 10 suit tie eyigcncias % political
campaign Tho scheme into which We
aro 10 enter is not . league of peoples
a. all Il IL not even Lesgiic ot Ma
lions II IL a league OF Diplomats, who
have written their own covenant and
outlined their own charter-the same
diplomats. tie same breed OF men WHOSE
d cret schemlTgs and sinistct plans havc
brorsht on almost every var which has
been wagrd in Europe FOR 900 years
and these nine men. controlling end
rrlnina tho most vital affairs Of the
world. Involving possibly the lives Of
nil ioaa ara neither selected. elected nor
subject 20 recall by the people a. n
re eocle. Their choosing the people must
rot CONTROL. ana from their decision
there is practically no appeal
backed by Lloyd George Too.
add to Belfours statement tic state
went OK Lloyd George IN the House of
conlnors cnd you get an additional
z asp OF this scheme. HIe s1id. In
gpeahlnE os the powers OF the league
ard the Obligation oc its Members. Had
II (the lesGre) been In existence in
1914 America would have been In the
war ,he nrst day instead o, two ycars
arterward.
"Iiather p-ecipitate action to throw
nc .0p0 600 people into a state OF war
automatically n must bo clear that
Lloyd George understood that there
was binding Obligation "a enter The
war and onter it at once. IN fact. Il Ia
no trouble 10 md out what the Euro
ocor statesmen understand by Articles
y aud XI.
They understand perfectly that we
nrs transferring 20 a league OF diplo-
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