The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-10-09
Mr.. Harding and Peace

After having wobbcd months taking variety po
sos with reference the League Of Nations would that
Harding has finally landed in the camp the rreconcia
bIes OF possible that he will shift few
bel bitter with Johnson what be
Mr. Taft quite recently has publicly declared that
afforded BY the Harding
covenant must be absolutely siapped sunk without trace
Horah and his bunch demand agreement Of any nyo
ing American with foreign powers and this is the argument OF al
those League opponents who fall back on the Westinghouse gro
ing about foreign alliances but Mr. Harding somnl promises
that he will work for such arrangement The principles which
me ar covenant based are preey the Same as those advocated
BY Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Taft and by Senator Lodge before
Gle il the New York Times October 49, 1914 Col Roosevelt said
The permanent for obtaining which has yet
been suggested with reasonable chance Of attaining object
& m % po nn g 10 g e m R b @o N o SG eurn b
nal but with decisions tribunay
The civilized nations Of the world which force
i'll great world league for the of righteousness
If Col Roosevelt alive today he could better describe
the that formed Paris than by quoting words which
he himself used six nquesonaby he then nupcad
the only principle which prevent be
based and Mr. Taft who disagreed with his predecessor the White
House many other points conurred in his views this great
Question Woodrow Wilson also accepted the view and worked
for the embodiment Of IN the Paris treaty Senator Harding
seduoy refranng from going into details in regard the haN
dared rpe the principle which Roosevelt advocated II he has
anything to propose to take the place Ct it, he has aged it. The
simple trnh NJ Taft has pointed that any scheme which
Harding ma spring if sice,nl Ni be substantially
same as the covenant provides and therefore open 70 all the OBJ
Of Nations
sway his mind, senator Lodge said:
The nations be united be able say any
country they only
effectively when The country desiring knows that the force
which the united nations place behind irresistible 1T may
Of civilized
order put controlling force behind the peace
and international order but along this path that travel
if we to attain any the end all desire OF
peace upon earth
IN May 1916 Mr. Lodge endorsed the program the
Enforce Peace of which Mr. Taft the head he added Il
not believe that when Washington warned entangmg
alliances he for that should Join with other
civilized nations of the world if method could be
h war and encourage peace The limit of voluntary praiou
has think been reached think the which the
league and that force behind international
That next step taken by the makers of the Paris
ant embodied in the much condemned Article N It is Ike
final conclusion of the best thinkers Europe the
problem 1t the which
Harding be scrappd and that without offering any
hing take the place of it, No vigorously
his devotion peace the position which Mr. IIarlg
holds him squarey the path of the only m pr>a
whereby there hope of preserving peace Is that the
great interests which profit by support hml
the friends of peace to do clear thinking.