Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-09-06
BRUCE TELLS need OF
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Strong Appeal For Cox By Inde-
pendent Attorney-Mrs. Har-
rison Talks To Women

noon, Hon. Helm Bruce, of Louisville,
and Mrs. A. M. Harrison opened the
campaign for Cox and the Democrat
ic ticket. Mrs. Harrison was given n
most cordial welcome here by a com
mittee of Democratic women of Mad
ison county.
Mr.. Bruce, an Independent in poll
tics, is supporting the Democratic
ticket this year as he is strong adj
vocate of the League of Nations.
Among other things in support Of
this great policy Mr. Bruce said:
The supreme issue before this coun-
try, a decision on which the civilized
world is waiting for on November 2,
is whether the United States shall
enter covenant with the civilized
nations of the earth to assure peace
or shall it on the other hand decline,
adopting the philosophy of Cain:
al am not my brothers keeper
"The issue between the two great
parties" said Mr.. Bruce, sis clear
cut. Whatever may be the language
of the platforms the simple fact Is
that the Democratic party favors the
league; the Republican party and can
iidate are against it,"
Mr.. Bruce reviewed the history of
The Hague tribunal, which Candidate
Harding has declared in favor of, as
means to promote world peace, pro-
vided "teeth are put into it,"
zone thing is clear, however" said
Mr.. Bruce in speaking of dental OPP
Grafton, "the teeth will be false
teeth"
Mr.. Bruce then took up Article Ten
which President Wilson termed the
"heart of the treaty" and which Taft
described in the following words:
at is the heart of the league and
1T is the effort of the world of law
abiding nations to defeat forever the
greedy purposes of militarism, wheth
er Germany or any other nation"
This article, explained Mr.. Bruce,
protects against external attack and
has nothing to do with Internal trou-
bles. 1t would have applied when
Austria Hungary invaded little Siberia
and when Germany planted its heel
on little heroic, devoted Belgium.
Neithe rof these nations would have
dared their invasion, he said, had the
article been in existence and effect.
at do not hesitate one moment"
declared Mr.. Bruce, "to declare myself
in favor of an agreement to keep the
peace of the world an agreement
which will operate TO cffectuate it's
purposes, in the first place, through
the compelling power Of worldwide
opinion; in the second place by the
operation of economic measures, such
as the boycott and the severance of
all relations and cessation of all COM
munications, thus accomplishing the
isolation, stagnation and starvation
of TIE recalcitrant nation, and lastly,
if necessary and only if necessary, by
force force to whatever extent Is
necessary"
MI. Bruce clarified a deceptive
statement made by Harding that The
Hague tribunal is still functioning and
will within few weeks resume its
committee session under the chair
manship of an American representa-
tive. "That representative" said Mr..
Bruce, 'is Elihu Root, who was ap-
pointed, and is acting by virtue of
Article Fourteen of the League of
Nations, which provides that the coun-
Gil shall formulate plans for the es-
tablishment for court of world
peace"
The most important articles of the
treaty were taken up one after an
other and elucidated by Mr.. Bruce,
so that the simplest understanding
the audience might comprehend it.
He proved clearly that the league is
an instrument through which wars
will disappear, chiefly through the
knowledge by any erring nation that
IL will feel first the moral and then
the economic disapproval of the world
long before war is resorted to.
He pointed out that the Monroe
Doctrine was amply safeguarded by
the treaty. Mr.. Bruce showed how
the principle of manufactures was
adapoted by the peace conference
through the exalted moral vision O.
the president, preventing land-grab-
bing schemes of European nations.
Oppositios to the adoption of every
great document, said Mr.. Bruce, is 4
matter of history. Patrick Henry anc
George Mason opposed the federal
constitution. Thomas Jefferson was
undecided for a time before he was
won over.
"The constitution was ratified. II
has had to be amended. On the sec
on dof November let us vote for thu
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