Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-03-24
WORLD association
CAMPAIGN p. EDGES
IGNORED, COX SAYS
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
T.eased Wire Service 10 The Journal)
lCnnl right 1921


Copyright. 1922
MIAMI. Fla, March Performer
Governor. James M. Cox, Of Ohio,
who, like William Jennings Bryan
is a winter resident of Florida, TO-
day contributed an answer to the
statement Of Attorney General
Daueherty that President Harding
would be renominated and re-
elected.
"Of course, Mr.. Harding will be
renominated," said Mr.. Cox. in
special interview given the writer
TODAY. What else could the Re
nubIicans do? IT they nominated
any one else it would be equal to
a reputation of the Harding adj
ninistration. AS for the reelection
campaign, that is quite a different
matter. The administration will
have to answer to the country Tor
a good many things. 1t gave
rather important promissary note to
the people in the 1920 campaign
and now the Harding administration
must match performance with prom
Use.
First, what has Mr.. Harding
done about the association of ma
tons which he preached about in the
campaign of 1920? 1t had been for
gotten that Elihu Root, Charles
Evans Hughes. and twenty-nine 9TH
err Republicans advised their coun-
trynen to vote for Mr.. Harding be-
cause he would compromise with the
same and thus insure American par
ticipation in the League of Nations,
while it was asserted that L would
insist on an unmodified league.
Will Aid ANY Plan
81 am willing to support any plan
of practical cooperation between ma
tions. and [ care not what label IL
has. but what it will accomplish
What has the Republican admin
istration, however, Offered by way
of international cooperation with
Europe? I firmly believe the rep
arations problem could have been
settled in a. month if this govern
ment had been an active participant
on the reparations commission.
II am willing to consider any plan
that helps to bring our moral lnTlu-
onca into the scales for the sake OF
civilization. Of course, there IS at
present no other concrete plan Of
fered and the League of Nations is
n going. concern. 1t is a fact that
the nations Of the world stand ready
tn modify the covenant of the league
to meet American objections. be-
Heve the intent of article ten mas
heen clarified by the proposed dec
laration of the powers to the eHect
that no act of a nations representa-
tive involves even the remotest NOR
al obligation on the part of his gov
eminent. The fact that parlla-
ments and congress alone can de-
clare war and use force is thorough
ly recognized.
"But it will be said that without
such compulsion the league IS use
less. I do not agree with that view.
I think the farthest the league Will
ever. get by way of Compulslon is the
use of the economic boycott.
1T is a mistake to assume tnaC L
want America to enter the league
along precisely the lines orig
inally proposed. 1t is a mistake to
assume that I want America to
enter the league along such lines.
1t is safe to assume the world has
grown wiser and that it has profit
ed by experience and / feel sure we
can make a much better interna-
tional organization today in the
light of the past.
Some Form Necessity
"But some form of international
cooperation is absolutely essential if
we are to continue our prosperity. I
am not one Of those who want to
see our economic conditions grow
worse, but they will grow worse I'M
less we take care of the export de-
mand. Our farmers must get rid OF
their surplus or they cannot live.