Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-22
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| frank to say | had not seen and have
not vet seen such denial. but l ac-
cept your statement in good faith
, and express regret that / should have
misquoted you. l am sincerely sorry
| for any implied Misrepresentation
| of you or any other candidate even
though the error was wholly unin-
territorial
This does not in any way abate
my opinion of the policy of your ad-
ministration in dealing with Haiti
and San Domingo, but l do want to
! express regret for the quotation of
statement you disavow. Because l
! am devoted to truth and courtesy I
am asking the news associations and
newspaper correspondents to carry
! this telegram as conspicuously as
, they did the quotation"
Drawing a parallel between frater-
/, nal organizations and international
relationships. Senator Harding told
the delegations from the Loyal Order
of the Golden Heart that no associa-
ton. whether between individuals or
nations. should require the surrender
of basic principles and convictions.
Il recall many an obligation that
| have come in contact with in secret
ORDERS" he said, land there is no one
that ever asked man to surrender
any of his liberties, any of his free
dom of thought, any of his freedom
of religious belief And making the
application of that point / want to
apply it to nations.
Just now we are talking very
much about associations of the ma
tions of the world. We. of America.
gave first the finest illustration that
was ever recorded of fraternity of
nations. Some 20 years ago there
broke out in China what was known
as the Boxer rebellion. 1t became
necessary to send a military cxpedi-
ton t. the relief of the beeaguered
citizens of the various nations of the
earth. The sum presumably neces-
sary to pay the United States for the
protection of its citizens was assessed
against China. But when we came
to cast up the accounts in detail, we
found that the government of China
to the United States, more than was
necessary to recompense us for our
military endeavors. And the United
states returned that money to China.
That is why China plants its faith
in the example in the Democratic, in
the justice of the United States OF
America"
An interesting aftermath resulted
IN the peace conference in Paris
I China went into the war at our re-
quest. And when the war settlements
came about China sought to be repre- =
sented at the peace conference and
! they ought to have been represented
! lor some reason or other they were
not.'Then they said: We will trust the
/ United States of America to represent
US, with confidence in that great re-
public And yet. somehow. through
! contract secretly made. China had no
voice in the settlement and instead of
being awarded the freedom of her
own people under the gospel of self
determination for which America
! spoke. several millions of her people
I were delivered over to rival nation,
with. the consent and approval Of
: those who spoke for America in Paris
But when that covenant came into
the United States Senate l rejoice
! that there We're Americans in the
! United States who said no and we
! did not approve the Shantung award
! And we kept the faith in the lesson
we taught China some 20 years ago"