Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-04-25

party conscience so plainly that it is
not easy to misconstrue
Recalls Other Utterances
But there are other utterances
(which it is seemly to lecall. l alluds
to the Interpretation 81 the platform
by the candidate in 1920. On Aug. IS
1920. speaking on the League Of Ma
tons proposal. said frankly and
/ very definitely l did not favor
the United States entering the
League of Nations. 1t was de-
clared then the issue, as defined by
the candidates involved the disparity
between world court of Justice sup
plementedly world association for
| conference. on the one hand, and the
council of the league on the other
| Quoting further from the same ad-
! dress, l said: The one is a judicial
| tribune to be governed by fixed and
definite principles of law, admins
! tered without passion or prejudice.
| The other is an association of dip
/ lomatS and politicians whose deter
:, mlnations are sure to be influenced
by considerations of eXpedicncy and
natural selfishness. One a gov
eminent of laws and one govern
| mcnt of men.
4 Amended Hague Tribunal
| I'm that same address l commend
ed The Hague tribunal. One para
graph is particularly appropriate to
quote afresh:
81 believe humanity would well
cOn:e the creation of an international
; association for conference and a
world court whose verdicts on justi-
ciable. questions this country, this
common with all nations. would be
willing and able to uphold. The
decisions of such n court or the re-
Communications of such a conference
could be accepted without sacrificing
on our part or asking any other pow
er to sacrifice one iota of its ma
tionality.'
$50 much for political party his
tory. ] have quoted it because l be-
parties d not mean what they say
and candidates do not mean what
they say. then orr form; of popular
government is Oas2d on fraul, and
cannot hope to endure.
No League Entrance
I'm compliance with it's pledges
the new administration. which came
into power in March 1921, definitely
and decsively Pct aside all thought
OF the United STATES entering the
League of Natiors. Ii doesn't propose
! y enter now, by the s.de door. the
back door or tic cellar dyer. | have
no unsecinly comment to tffer on the
league. If 1t IS serving the old world
I hclpfUlly. more power to it. But it
! is not tor us The Senate has so de-
! claTcd, tho executive has So declared,
| the people have so ft'"artd. Nothing
could be more decisivcly stamped
with finality.
In further keeping of the faith
the administration made n treaty of
peace with Germany. a just treaty
which so impressed our war time
enemy that when he came, later on.
to set up n mixed claims commission
to settle the claims Of American ma
tionals against Germany. that nation
named one commissioner. we named
one and then. for the first time in
the history of international relation
ships, Germany asked us as con-
tending nation to name the Umpire,
the third member, whose vote would
decide all differences. l know of no
like tribute to nations fairness in
all the records of history.
Armament Conference
"Then in the fulfilment of the
pledge of free conference, the inter
national conference on the limitation
of armament was called. not in haste,
not because someone was prodding,
but as early as the barriers to success
could be removed. The spirit of that
conference and the achievement
wrought have been written into his
tory. and will grow UNNECESSARILY
beyond the almost universal popular
favor already accorded. There was
not alone the triumph in reducing
naval ornaments and ending compa-
tition which was leading the op-
pl essive naval Strength and addin,
staggering burdens 10 the treasures
of competing powers: not alone tha
removal of every war cloud and
every reason for conflict in the Pa