Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-07-23

Colonel Ralph d. Cole candidate
for nomination. as governor address
ed a good sized audience at the City
Hall IN Delta last Friday evenings;
All pares OF the county were repre-
sented in the audience which in
cluded large delegation from
Wauseon.
The audience was enthusiastic
over the address, Iar. Cone sc
clearly and squarely before his hear
ers the National and State issues
and demontrrated a comprehensive
grasp Of conditions together with a
deflite and constructive conception
of practicable governmental policies
that revealed his ability to act as
the chief executive of Chic.
Colonel Goes address covered a
wide range Of subjects. He discuss
ed the league of nations covenant
the request for mandate for Ar
mcnia, Democratic inefficiency and
extravagance in both state and ma
tion and declared that the only re-
medy IS the return of the Republi-
can party to power. In presenting
the league of nations issue, he said
that document provided for an in
ternational government and placed
this country entirely at the mercy
Of the European nations. He plead
ed with his hearers to keep this
country free and independent of en-
tanglinr foreign alliances.
Col. Cole said the league Of ma
tions covenant, if ratified by the
people of this country, without the
Lodge reservations safeguarding
American interests, subjected the
United states to the demands OF
the. governing council or assembly
six-sevenths European and one-sey-
enth American in its makeup. he
said that under the provisions Of
the covenant the United States, il
II become a member, would bind it.
self to help maintain the new
boundaries established in the remak-
ING Of the map following the worlc
war, removed in some instances 10C
miles and in others 900 miles from
the former lines. This he declared
would require thousands Of men and
millions Of money in future years as
that Is che basis upon which ques
tions of that character have beer
settled for centuries and the crea
tion Of even an international gov
ernment would not change human
nature.
He concentrated the people q
the country upon the fact that they
have a candidate Of Warren G
Harding's stalwart Americanism
which in view of his certain elec
tion is q sure guarantee against tn
surrender Of American rights to I
European autocracy, such as the es
tablishment Of the proposed inter
natl)r1 government would be un
der the league of nations covenant
creating as it does a governing coun
ell of seven members, only one Of
whun is an American.
President Wilson's recent request
for mandate for Armenia, Colt
said, is the first manifestation ~
to how it would work. He said tina
when President Wilson asked foi
authority of congress for a mandat
over Armenia he sought authorit,
and congressional sanction to gov
ern Armenia by military power
Col. Cole said inquiry by the Senat,
as TO how many soldiers would b.
required brought the answer in re
turn that an immediate army of SO,
900 soldiers would be needed and al
appropriation of $8S,000,0 900 o
American dollars made necessary II
even begin operation over there.
"We started out to make tn
world safe for democracy" declare,
Col. Cole in a burst of eloquence
and we wind up by the President g
the United States asking the au
thority involved in a mandate t
govern another country by militar
power Our government is base
upon the principle and the right @
people to govern itself and in vic
lation of that principle we are no,
asked to assume military authorit
over foreign coun.rv. That show
how far we are driftirg from ou
original moorings and points to tn
dangers against which we wer
warned by Washington and Jeffel
son one hundred and forty year