New-York tribune., 1922-02-19
A REVIEWER
REVIEWED
Ely VERITAS

Will. Oh u fourco!umN review OF
The Grea. Deception" b. Samuel
Nolcord, in great newspaper, the re
lever said: ''lt may be conceded that
the author has thus far proved his
contention. that Judged By all recor-
-lzed standards OF party opinion and
party action. the Republican Party at
the beginning Of the campa gn. 1t least
stood committed in case Of victory at
the polls 10 some form of league or as
ISOLATION with other nations OF the
.Tcrld." He then devoted a column 70
present, without support o. facts, his
own personal view that al, these Re
publican obligations taded away be
tween June and November. ana asked
rs 20 the mandate OF tAe election. "Was
Il mandate to do what the Republican,
Party wanted in June. OF What the &c
publican Party wanted OF .he morning
&c November ? ." This wa followed
with this entirely untrue stateMen
Mr. Colcord thinks that the June YER
a.ct should prevail. III determining the
policy of President Ilarding.n
The probably unirten.iouaI1 Unfair
rcss of that sJatemeNt VIII be plainly
evident to any rcador Of the boob. VINO
viii at once see that If the reviewer
had really read It he would have found
The dates in cold type to tell rin nat
= was not in June, but on October tth,
N0en Tie three pro-cn.reft Republican
leaders. Root, Hughes and Taft, ioined
by twenty weight other eminent ncpuhli-
cans issued their assurance 20 the Re
publican voters that Republican sue
cess in the election meant entry into
the League with rcscrva tions. or some
other continuing society o. nations,
and that they continued that attitude
10 the end. It was not in june but
October 20th when 1t Bloomington
Indiana. Mr.. TAFT made his strongest
proroVncement To The same effect. #
was all through the campaien that Nr
Hoover. Governor LowGea and General
"ood. the three most popular canGi-
dates sor the Republican nom;nation,
With scores Of other important Eepuo-
lir7n leaders, made plain the same 20
siuon 1t was later than June when
even Senator Lodge in his letter to
George K. Bishop said he had not
changed his position Of readiness 20
-at'fy the League Covenant with rescr-
vations, aud added that the platform
had not repudiated tha. position. !,
was UP 70 the last day Of the canuaicr
that more than $50 important Hcnubli,
caa newspapers urged the election ol
Harding on the same grounds. 1t was
A.vt III ) ullt, buL on tH6 -StN OF ,AuCuSt
srd later in every important speech Of
me campaign up to the day OF election
tnat Senator Harding pledged an as
sociatlon OF nations or the League
amended or revised il il is so en-
tNiAed and interviewer in the peace OF
europe that its good must be pre-
served The party platform adopted
III June was the platform for all the
campaign and presumably for all the
following Republican Administration
~ IT'S pledge Of 'an international asso-
cation based upon international ios-
tee so that the nations NAV
eNerclse their influence and power tor
tNe prevention Of war The party
record, the only record 1t over had on
'his ouestlon-this and only this
support OF the League Of Nations with
the Lodge Cumbcr compromise res
crvations, continued to be the record
untl! the votes were cast. unless i, was
partly merged into the partv platform
quoted above. which is all the advo-
Gates OF international union for peace
now ask for. And there is very much
more Urged by all these assurances.
the Republicans cast their votes for
Harding. Was it in reputation Of all
these pledges or in reliance upoN
them ? In view of these facts. the c,ni.
nent reviewer who conceded that Mr.
Coicord had won his case UP 70 juno
must likewise concedc it to November
2d.-Rcad
-AE GREAT DFCFpTJ0N