The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-19
saws France Has Observed All Proprieties and
Officially Has Not Gone Over Wilson's
Head in Appeal to People.
mt ENTIRELY A PRIVATE CITIZEN
Senator to Wind up Last Week of His Cam
paign With Whirlwind Tour of Larger
Cities of Ohio.
.fRv RAYMOND Clapper, United Pre-
staff Correspondent

fRv RAYMOND Clapper, United Press
staff Correspondent
MARION. Ohio, Oct. 19.-The last
ueek of Senator Harding's campaign
will be spent in whirlwind tour OF
! Ohio He will make set speeches at
Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Can
ton and other larger cities and
numerous rear end platform talks at
smaller local cities.
Senator Harding was resting today
Tor his eastern trip to Buffalo and
Rochester, N. Y.
Tomorrow he attends barbecue
and burgoo at Jackson. Ohio, leaving
for the east Immediately afterwards.
Harding has, replied to President
NiisonS ietter asking him If hes said
ID speech at Green Castle, Indiana,
/ that he had been approached by a
representative of France with re-
gard to forming a new association
Of nations.
Harding said the quotation cited by
the president was not exact; that
France had observed all proprieties
and that the advices he referred to
In his Green Castle, Indiana, speech
we're the opinions of private ind1-
viduals deeply friendly to France
who believed they were expressing
The sentiments of that people. Off
cial France Harding said, would
aever go over President Wilson's
head to appeal to the American
people
Il am sure that my words scould
not be construed to say that the
French government has sent anybody
to me- Harding said. "The thought
was trying to convey was that
there had come to me those who
spoke a sentiment which they repre-
sented to be very manifest among
the French people, but nothing could
suggest the French government hav-
ing violated the propriety of inter
national relations.
7 can see no impropriety in pri-
sate civilians of France, or in Ameri-
cans deeply friendly to France, ex-
pressing to me their understanding
~ sentiment in that friendly repu5-
The text of Senator Harding's let.
'er sent in reply to one from the
president asking whether the sena-
,or mad been correctly quoted in his
9leencastle speech, is as follows:
Dear Mr.. President:
nave before me a press copy Of
your letter to me of this date, though
am not in receipt of the original
reply.
It is very gratifying that you
hesitate to draw inferences without
=! assurance that / am correctly
auoteo The quotation as reported in
@ .oui letter is not exact. The notes
=, lne stenographer reporting my re-
ha Iaiks quote me as saying, France
aas sent her spokesren to me infor-
naiiy' asking America in it's new,
..,ealizatlon of the situation to lead
tons tti
! am sure that my words could
Es rus pe construed to say that the
lseach government has sent anybody
- le' The thought I was trying to
\ ,%'ey was that there had come to
" those who spoke a sentiment
E.ya they represented to be very
Snnest among the French people,
No.. aoth1ng could suggest the French
UJ;.sinment e,;as. having violated the, pro-
nfes nnsaes OF international relations.
~ n,netal France would never seek to
sS ~ oser your high Office as our chief
ealiVe naoSse to appeal to the American
pe, .1 or any portion thereof.
c,,,. can see no impropriety in private
saas,s s.,1ens of France, or in Americans
aeeply friendly IN Franco evnressi11g
- me their understanding Of senti-
nl "p. IN that friendly republic.
r,s. ~ IS not important enough to dis
ss nrss pefhaps, but very respectfully
ms that an informal expression to
mrs., = rather more than that to a
.Sase NJ, g citizen. L hold a place as a
nss,per m,s OF the foreign relations COM
49, ss, OF the United States senate,
"1'eh Is charged with certain con-