Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-12-08
SENATOR NEW
SURPRISED BY
! OPPOSITE VIEW
Ex-Service Man Defends
League of Nations at WOm-
en- Voters Meeting.

en- Voters Meeting.
WILSON GIVEN CREDIT
Senator Harry S. New received one OF
the surprises of his life at the mass meet !
ing to discuss the conference on the limi- !
tation of ornaments at Caleb Mills Hall
last night when, after ne had injected
into the meeting his feelings on the
League Of Nations, Albert Stump, an In
dianapolis lawyer and an ex-servlce man,
arose and defended he league, declaring
the conference in " ashington is an at
tempt to carry out a part of the provi-
sions of the league covenant. Mr.. Stump |
spoke as secretary of the resolutions com
mittee of the meeting.
Senator New had referred to the league
as a dream and as unavoidable. He said
he Is even more opposed to it now than
he was when he voted against the ratifca
ton Of the covenant as a member Of the
Senate. Mayor Charles W. Jewett pre-
vfously had expressed similar sentiments.
Mr.. Stump called attention to the fact
that Senator New had referred to the
league as "mere dream"
FULFILLMENT
ON ARTICLE 8.
1.-THE conference in Washington is
merely a fuIfllment Of article of the
league covenant" he declared. 1.-The
other provisions of the league covenant
also will be fulfilled Ibelieve the league
was the solution Of the problems con-
fronting the nations and that its pro-
visions ultimately will be carried out.
But we are all seeking the same end
Awhether It is accomplished by President
Harding or Woodrow Wilson, but every
thing that is being done Is being done as
it was taught by Woodrow Wilson
However, I wish the conference I'M
bounded success. I hope that no one
will think me narrow enough to oppose
Il on merely partisan grounds and that
no one will oppose it on such grounds"
The meeting was held under the aus
pices of the League of Women Voters and
about thirty other organizations for the
purpose OF drafting resolutions on the
dlsarmameI conference.
MAYOR INJECTs
PARTISANSHIP.
Mayor Jewett was the first 20 inject
partisan differences into the meeting. He
recalled Washington's warning against
entangling alliances and declared that
the last presidential election showed that
the people had not forgotten this warn
ing He praised President Harding for
his opposition TO the League of Nations
and declared that the peace that was
hoped for is being worked out without
alliances.
Senator New remarked that Mayor
Jewett had made his speech on the sub
1ect Of the league and added that It was
dread" He told his audience that
the Versailles conference had been i'm
pressed unduly by the things the ma
tons it represented had endured and
mat It was mot in sound and disposing
frame Of mind"
The Senator devoted most of his
speech TO the conference itself, declar-
Ing, among other things, that the umi-
tatlon Of naval armament will make great
wars impossible, regardless Of the dis
position Of the question Of land arma-
ments.
SAYS CONFERENCE
GOOD FAITH ATTEMPT.
; The conference is called to give as
surance to the world that there viii be
no more war, or at least II is a good
faith attempt to bring this about" he
said
he gave a description of the opening
session OF the conference, and added that
he was one OF the few persons who knew
"hat Secretary Of State Hughes was to
propose when he arose to make his speech
proposal means the junking Of American
ships IN the course OF construction on
which more than 1890 900 already had
peen spent, and that the other nations. If
tney agree to the proposal. will Junk
total Of sixty-ix ships.
This means that the great nations win
be oereft OF the power to make war on
each other or on other nations" he said
NO nation can make war against Us and
We cannot mako ? or.A
navy. T. is a guarantee Of good faith and
sincerity Of purpose such as was never
equalled."
The Senator continued by rScountiuz
the saving that would be accomplished
through ten-year naval holiday He
discussed to some extent what he
termed the feeling OF apprehension OF at
tack "by another nation" and added that
there can be no such attack if the naval
proposal IS agreed to and carried out
NO one can ford to refuse the prop
osttton and they are not going TO refuse
it." he added THE nation that says a
nnal no to that proposal viii not have
the friendship or the moral support Of
anybody anywhere. I believe that the
conference will be a success and that it
viii lead to other conferences"
RESOLUTION TO
BE FORWARDED.
ASSV-uL4OA duOpteQ dL tle meeting
follows:
Whereas. the people of the United
. States entered and fought through the
] World War inspired not only by pur-
poses OF self preservation but also with
the hope that their sacrifices might con-
tribute to the building up Of the con-
ditions Of permanent and abiding peace
among the nations of the world, and
Whereas, in the multitude of perplex-
ing international problems confronting
the world today we believe the people Of
the United States desire above all things
that from our last war there shall come
greater security for the peace of the
world, and
whereas, at the call Of the President
of the United States a conference of ma
tons has been assembled al Washington
to consider the Limitation OF ornaments
rs a step toward the contamination of
that hope:
Now, therefore, be it resolved. That
il is the sense Of this meeting made up
Of representatives Of civic. religious and
patriotic bodies Of the Seventh Congress
sional District Of Indiana, that the Sc
curity OF our own people and Of the other
peoples Of the world rests in the friend
ly understanding existing between ma
lions rather than in the army and navy
strength any nation may command and
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