Great Falls daily tribune., 1920-10-24
OHIO SENATOR
CITES LEADERS
Of DEMOCRACY
Dispute Over Helping
Rumania is Theme Of
G.. O. P. Nominee.

Marion, o., Oct. 23.-AIIuding
for the first time to the controversy
between President Wilson and Sem
at0r Spencer over the formers Paris
utterances regarding Americas part
In maintaining European peace, Sen
ator Harding said Saturday night
that the version of the presidents
country and attributed to Premier
Bratiano of Rumania served to
throw new light on the real char
acter of article 10.
The controversy as to the exact Ian
guage used by Mr.. Wilson was not itself
discussed by the Republican nominee
who said in reply to a question that it
was not his dispute. He added, however,
that "the belated testimony of the Ru-
manian premier is interesting by way of
confirming the presidents objections to
amending the league covenant"
The president said to several sem
ators.' he continued, ''for one of whom
l can speak definitely, that any amend
ment would lead to demands by Rumana
and other small nations with attending
embarrassment
Council Trepassed Rights
"All this emphasized our objection to
the covenant as written. Clearly the su-
the small nations and assumed to de-
eide their very own political and eco
nomic affairs and then set about to
maintain the existing order of things by
the rule of force. 1t has been the Re
publican purpose all along to establish a
world association for the rule of justice
rather than force.
Europe Knows Commitment
CLEARLY. Europe understands that
which we are coming to know, that the
league as written commits America to
the armed support of the four great
powers in maintaining the integrity of
their enlarged dominions whenever at
tackled from without This is why
America will vote its unalterabIe hos
tility to article TO- When that is done
we may seek a new understanding, one
which will hold us unmertgaged to EH-
rope and the orient
The senator made no speeches during
the day but in celebrating his comment
on the Bratiano interview he gave out
several quotations from Thomas Jeffer-
son, Grover Cleveland and Woodrow
Wilson which he said had direct bear
ing on the whole league issue.
Quotes jefferson
He called attention that it was 81 |
years ago Sunday that Jefferson wrote
to Monroe:
"Our first and fundament maxim |
should be never to entangle ourselves in |
the broils of Europe"
The following he quoted from 4 speech |
by Cleveland on December S, 1855:
"We have foreborne from taking part
in any controversy between foreign |
states, but have left to every nation the /
exclusive conduct and management of
its own affairs"
Mr.. Wilson's Statement
His quotation from President Wilson
was taken from a newspaper report Of
the presidents words on May 6, 1914.
and was as follows:
America should lead her own life. We
cannot form alliances with those who are
not going our way. We need not and
we should not form alliances with any
nation in the world"
His comment on these utterances.
Senator Harding said.
ITO all Americans, and especially to
Ill Democrats, it must appear that ar
.icle 10 of the League of Nations. which
would submerge American nationality
md independence in an armed alliance
a mask of benevolent idealisln,
S a complete reversal, not only Of Amer
can, but Of Democratic policy
II don't hesitate to say that stand
" the expressions Of jefferson, Cleye- /
and and that of the president, made in
914, for ! am unflinchingly opposed to
rticle TO-" '