Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-12
HOOVER NOT IN
HARMONY WITH
C. p. ON PACT
BY voLNEY B. FOWLER

Saturday, is not at all In harmony with
senator Warren g. Harding on the
League of Nations.
AR. Hoover did not recede one iota
from HIS stand that there must be a
League OF Nations and that the league
which President Wilson sponsored is not
at fault in many of its important provi-
sions.
"Inasmuch as forty nations, compris-
ing three-quarters OF the people of the
globe, have embraced the League Of Ma
lions as a term expressing certain IDEAS,
prefer that term, but care little for
Technology" said Mr.. Hoover.
Inc essential thing is that the Re
publican party has pledged itself by
platIorm, by the actions OF it's majority
IN the Senate, by the repeated state
inents of Senator Harding, that they uu-
dertake the fundamental mission to nut
into living being the principle of an or
ganlzed association of nations for the
preservation OF peace.
The carrying out Of that promise is
the test Of the entire sincerity, integrity
ana craftsmanship of the Republican
party.
Ihis Is positive undertaking.
IL Is an undertaking to establish
sueh an association that will be eff
. ieetuai as FAR as human hand can make
eHectual for Its purpose"
LUIS was passage to cause extreme
nervousness to the Republican leaders
VINO are engaged In the troublesome
TASK OF keeping Hiram W. johnson.
senator Bor4h, Sylvester Yiereck. Will
nam Randolph Hearst and other op-
ponents OF the League Of Nations or any
League OF Nations In line.
senator Harding in his address at Des
Moines, Ia, on Thursday, declared he
had turned his back on the league" that
he did not wish TO risk the final solu-
ton Of the problem by being too specific
now" and dded:
Il understand the position Of the Demo-
cratic candidate and he understands mine
I'm simple words. II is that he favors
going into the league and l favor staying
out"
Before bis address Saturday Mr..
Hoover was asked by the Times what
he thought OF this and II IL In any way
altered his attitude toward Senator
Harding's candidacy.
He thought for a moment and then
slowly replied:
"Yon will hnd my answer to that In
my address today"
There was In Mr. Hoover's reply TO
the Times question no direct denial OF
affirmation that Mr.. Harding's views on
the league are &C variance with his own.
Search Of his address for the reply
70 the question, however, leads to this
direct statement:
My personal view with regard to the
practical development Of a league IL that
some articles IN the present treaty must
be abandoned and some modified"
No turning OF his back" or "scrapping
OF the league" In this.
Continuing, the speaker said:
But great many parts Of the present
treaty are good and are intertwined with
the stability OF tie world.
They offer opportunity 20 secure co.
operation OF the great majority Of ma.
tons who have Joined IT,
Therefore, ] believe that IN keeping
faith with the promise to use all that Is
good in the covenant for the develop
ment OF the great principle to which Il
has pledged itself practical Republican
craftsmanship must build upon the
foundations Of the existing treaty, and
include in Il the great step forward in
international justice now settled by
Senator Root.
MEN win not forget the 1000 900 hui
man beings who have died because Of
this war, nor the death roll which will
stream from Il for many years TO come.
They viii not forget the social revo-
buttons that have followed from the col
lapse Of government, the dangers that
these revolutions have presented and con-
tinue TO present to our civilization.
They know tkst every social student
realized that another great war viii fur
Their loosen social forces that would de-
stroy our civilization and its foundation
IN individualism.
"UNITED STATES CAN'T
SIT IN ISOLATION.
They will not forget that IL is I'M
possible with our modern world COM
munleatlon and dependency on commerce
TO maintin the isolation OF the United
states.
"They know that the march OF dread
ful inventions in the future will make
the next great war a war OF soldiers
against civilians even 70 greater ex-
tent than the latter part OF the last war.
"They know that the world has u
larger offensive armament today than
before the war, and that II Is daily en-
dangered by the irresponsible men In
lcontrol OF these forces.
"They will not forget that the world,
including ourselves, is groaning today
under taxes imposed by those arma-
ments and that international association
lie the only way out.
"The issue OF this principle of proper
organized action OF nations to prevent
war will not down.
ut belongs to no party and TO creed.
"It will be the critical issue of for
ward looking men In all nations until 1t
succeeds in finally overthrowing mill
tarism as a basis OF world relations
THE OLD GUARD
The ehagrin which this outspoken
declaration brought to the Old Guard Re
publieans who constituted the major part
of the Columbia Club audience is shown
by the remarks which could not help but
he overheard in the lobby following the
meeting
"Hoover's been over there in Europe, so
long that he just can't get away from
the foreign way Of looking at things"
was one Of the typical statements.
The speaker left not a single hole
through which the reactionary opponents
OF the league covenant could crawl to
comfort when he pinned them down with
this statement:
THE Republican party has indeed
pledged itself against the unmodified
covenant and those who support the
party are indeed voting against some
of the methods of the covenant In Putting
this great principle into action.
But this position OF the party is as
far as daylight from dark from the atti-
tude Of those who wish no league or no
association for those purposes.
"If there be persons supporting the
Republican party today on the belief or
hope that this party Is the avenue to
1ac Of fe in1a hat