New-York tribune., 1920-08-02
Lloyd George
FavOrs Harding
:. View of League
. Senator Mccormick Quotes
i, British Premier and Other
Leaders as Anxious to
Scrap Wilson Covenant
Back Roosevelt Plan
Statement Declares Country
.- Tired of Administrative
!. Anarchy in Riot of Waste
r,om a stor CORRESPONDENT

From STAG Correspondent
MARION, Ohio, Aug. Lloyd
George and other British statesmen
agree with Senator Warren G. Harding
that fresh start must be made if
America is to adhere to a plan for a
concert among the nations, according
to Senator Medill Mccormick, of Illi-
nois.
Senator Mccormick came here to
confer with the Republican Presidential
nominee about his duties as special as
|. sistant to Will H. Hays, chairman of
the Republican National Committee.
Before his departure the Illinois Sena-
tor issued statement dealing with
the League of Nations in which he de-
clares that Europe is eager to have,
instead of the Wilson covenant, an
instrument based upon the views eX
pressed by Theodore Roosevelt short
time before he died.
The British Prime Minister has said,
according to Senator Mccormick, that
the covenant must be revised, and re-
vised for the better. The Republican
party views, as interpreted here, is
that to ratify with reservations with
out extending the protection or benefits
of such reservations to ell the parties
te the covenant would be illogical, and
that the easiest way to accomplish this
is to start over again, as suggested by
Senator Harding in his speech of &C
ceptance.
Senator Mccormick blames the pres
ent coal crisis on the Wilson admins
tration and says the country is tired
of administration anarchy in a riot
OF waste" His statement follows:
Senator Harding does not propose
to permit the Democratic candidate or
the Democratic managers to evade the
issue of the League of Nations or to
escape the grand and solemn refcren-
dun which DR.. Wilson has sought.
democratic politicians are wroth at
Governor Cox's precipitate visit to the
White House and still more wroth at
his announced submission to the
Presidents dictum that our nation
shall. assume all the awful obligations
OF the league. 1t is amusing to con-
Z trast with Mr.. Whites outgivings and
with the contortions of the egregious
Mr. Morganthau. Lloyd Georges and
Lord Grey's bold admission that now
the whole covenant must be rewrit-
ten.
They are not only eager to accept
reservations which cut the heart out
of the covenant but importune US
under a now administration to re-
write the whole instrument.
"1n an official statement published
in the London papers just received
here the British Prime Minister says
that obviously the covenant must be
revised in order to secure American
adhesion to any league, and that it
{ will be revised for the better. Think
of it For the better, despite Mr.
Wilson's insstence that our men must
. agree to die to guarantee European
: and Asiatic frontiers.
Lord Grey proposes that q new
President in consultation with the
Senate, shall be invited to rewrite the
entire plan for a concert among the
nations and warns against again ac-
cepting as representative of the Ameri-
can people the personal views of a
party leader. 1t is the plain truth,
and we have known it for some time
that in France and England repons Bile
public men bitterly deplore the mis-
representation of Mr.. Wilson and the
dents powers by Andre Tardieu.
"The British Prime Minister and
Lord Grey have now said publicly what
we have known privately for some
months. Europe is ready, no. eager, to
accept instead of the covenant, an in
stument of cur devising and based
upon the views expressed by Theodore
Roosevelt little time before he died
There was a time when Mr.. Wilson
insisted on immediate ratification of
the treaty, lest we find no market fo1
our exports. But the last foreign trade
statement still shows a gigantic sur
plus of exports over imports. The
world can buy here from us on credit
only, thus competing for capital In the
American money market with our do
mestic enterprises.
"The reports which reach our head
quarters in Chicago show Cox weaker
and Harding stronger week by week
The country is tired Of government
trative anarchy in a riot of waste
The management of the government il
palsed. 1t lacks energy and sincerity
The coal crisis, which the Admins
tration should have foreseen ant
checked is an instance. The countr.
must pay for this ineificiency. Thanl
God, there are only seven months NOR
of it,"
Senator and Mrs Harding spent
sanatorium on the outskirts of Mariol
conducted by their friend, DR.. c. f
Sawyer. Among their callers to-da,
was Representative William E. Mason
Of Illinois.
Probate Judge William S. Spencer
of Marion County, is working day an
night to enlist delegation of Marion
ties to attend the Cox notification cere
monies at Dayton next Saturday.
Democrats in every corner Of tn
country arc being urged to make reser
svations on a special train, so that tn
Marion delegation at the Cox notifca
.tion may, if possible, equal in size tn
dayton delegation that attended tn
Harding notification. The Republican
/, 'sey there were 1900 in the Dayto
delegation.