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Republicans to
Center Attack
On Article X
Will Make It Target for the
Rest of Campaign; Want;
Coxto Tell WhatHe Would
Do With 'Heart of League'
Poindexter Analyzes It :
%&y? No Explanation Can Be ?
Clearer Than Language
Contained in the Clause
From 771? Tribune's Waihtnc'on Bureau
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.? Article X,
the heart of the Wilson League of Na?
tion? covenant, is to bo the target for
Republican attack during the, rest of
the campaign.
Telegrams fr?m lendorj all over the
country indicate that they arc anxious
to force Governor Cox to explain what
he would do about this section of the
covenent which guarantees the terri?
torial integrity of league members.
They arev rather disappointed at his
having been afforded an opportunity :
to discuss, as though it were a great
debatable issue, the world court ques-1
tion.
If Governor Cox happens to agre?
with the Iiepu?;ican leaders about the j
desirability of a world court, they ;
point out, he shouid nt* be permitted j
to harp on this as though it demon- ?
strated that the .Republicans ?re not i
consistent. The big difference between .
the two parties is on what the Presi?
dent has repeatedly characterized as i
the heart of the covenant, Article X.
The idea now is to keep pounding on ?
this question of Americans being ,
obligated?legally or morally, it mat-j
tera not which?to go to war in Eu-j
rope or Africa or Asia to protect the j
boundaries of some league member, ?
without the United States Congress '
passing on the quarrel and determining !
whether tha United States shouid en- j
ter the war. ;
Poindexter Issues Statement
In line with this determination, Sen-i
ator Miles Poindexter, of Washington, !
chairman of the committee which is j
fighting for the election of a Kepub- i
lican Senate, issued the following |
statement:
"It cannot be made any plainer than :
the language of the article itself, which ;
is: 'The members of the league under- !
take to respect and preserve as against
external aggression the territorial in
tegrity and existing political independ- |
enc. of all members of the league.' ]t .
would have no etfect in actual results I
except to obligate the United States as
a guarantor uf the possessions of ail
nations. All the world would then, of
course, have the right to call upon the
United States to fulfill its guarantee,
while all the world, on its part, would
consider itself freo to do as it chose'
under the exigencies of tach case. !
This s< (,;on has been called by Presi- I
dent Wiiaon the heart of'the league, I
and it is proclaimed as though it were '.
a divine dispensation of a new order ;
for the conduct of human affairs. It is i
said that it will preserve peace and i
establish justice. All of this, however,
falls rather flatly to the ground in the !
face of well known experiences.
"The only difference between this ar- '
tide and the treaty of nuetrality of !
Belgium of 1839 is that Article X uses
the word 'undertake' and the Belgian
treaty uses the word 'guarantee.' Any- :
body will agree that so far as words
and treaties and the constitutions and
covenants and idealistic and Utopian
taik and dreams of world peace and of
government of the world by 'universal
agreement' are concerned, the word.
'guarantee" is just as large a word,
just as good nnd effective a word as,
"undertake." There is no magic signii'
cance in the word 'undertake' as used
in Article X of the League of Nations ;
which will bring about a divine state !
of peace, good will and justice upon i
earth, while the word 'guarantee' in an '
equally definite treaty of all the great
European nations in 1839, in regard to
Belgium, was cast aside as n 'scrap of ;
paper' by the German Chancellor. The
one was nut an'.'1 to prevent war or
have the slightest effect in that direc?
tion; neither will the other.
Onr Moral Obligation
"If we 'undertake' the obligations of
Article X it is rather futile und dis?
creditable fur Democratic leaders to
eay that Congress will be free to pel
form its obligations or not, as it see::
tit. At the same time, President V, i.
sons says, or did say, at his conference
with the Senate committee, that we
would be under moral obligation,
which is the highest kind of obligation.
Their argument, however, is that we
could repudiate this highest kind of
mor 1 obligation if we saw fit. The
people of the country will judge for
themselves of the standards of an ad- ?
ministration which makes such n prop?
osition to the world. The world has
airen iy judged that, and the dis-csteciu
whii ii it has brought for the present
Administration ?s the consequence.
"The great nations < '.' Europe and
man;, of the South American countries
have already entered into this agree?
ment, but nono of them, except France,
has gone to the rescuo of Poland, an
original member of the League of Na?
tions. France obviously went to the
rescue of Poland to the extent '.hat she :
did go on her own national initiative :
and for the protection of her own vital j
interests, and not in any sonse as a |
member of or under the advice of tho |
League of Nations. The League of Na- I
tior.R, in this first conspicuous instance
of the application of its terms, was
worse than a complete failure. In?
stead of that unity of action which it.
was supposed to bring about, the Kn;
ish representative at Danzig refused to
allow the unloading of munitions of
war sent by its colleague in tho League
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Dream Fail? To Be Realised
"It has been the assumption of the
advocates of the league that the na?
tions composing It would he represent?
ed by individuals who would perform
their obligations, make correct deci?
sions, be free from selfishness, opposedf
to war, favor peace, and be generally
good and free from bad actions and
intentions. So far from this dream
coming true, nearly all of them have
e'ready been denounced by President
Wilson as being governed by militaris?
tic or ambitious motives. '
"The trouble is that human nature Is
the same as it has been heretofore.
Nations will seek their special inter?
ests and quarrel about them. The
United States can use its influence to
promote the general purpose of peace?
able settlement of international dis?
putes, but when it undertakes under
Article X to guarantee the sovereignty
of all other nations of the world, who
are members of the League of Nations,
it involves itself in innumerable wars
in which we have no national concern."
Harding Tells
30 Races U. S.
Can't Meddle
(Continued (rom nag? opt)
rope and the storm threatened our own
country we found America torn with
conflicting sympathies and prejudices.
They were not unnatural; indeed, they
were, in many cases, very excusable,
because we had not promoted the
American spirit; we had not insisted
upon full and unalterable consecration
to our own country- our country by
birth or adoption. We talked of the
?\merican melting pot over the fires of
freedom, but we did not apply that
fierce llame of patriotic devotion need?
ed to fuse all into the pure metal of
Americanism."
American neglect, rather than the
foreign-born, was responsible, Senator
Harding said, and added:
"We are unalterably against any
present or future hyphenated Ameri?
can ism. We have pat an end to
prefixes. The way to unite and blend
foreign blood in the life stream of
America is to put an end to groups;
an er.d to classes; an end to
special appeal to any of them;
and an end to particular favor for
any of them. Let's fix our gaze afre.-h
on the Constitution, with equal right3
to all, and put an end to special favors
at home and special influence abroad
and think of the American, erect and
confident, in the rights of his citizen?
ship."
Senator Harding told his visitors o1
his experiences as a member of the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
when it was hearing the American
spokesmen for foreign peoples during
the peace conference, and told of his
growing sense of apprehension, oi
foreboding, as he heard foreign-born
citizens making impassioned pleas or
behalf of the lands from which the\
came. Then lie asked his audience
how America can possibly avoid trou?
ble if she continues to meddle, in Old
World strife.
An Italian from Cleveland shouted:
"America first, Senator," and this
brought a storm of approval from the
others.
Past Experiments Condemned
"America wants the good will ol
foreign peoples, and it does not want
the ill will of foreign born who hav<
come to dwell among us," continued the
candidate. Then he said:
"Nothing helpful has come from the
willful assumption to direct the affair;
of Europe. No good of any kind ha;
proceeded from such meddling in Rus
sia. None in the case of Poland. Noni
in the case of the Balkan States. None
in the case of Fiume. Un the con
trary, the mistaken policy of intcrfer
ence has broken the draw strings o'
good sense and spilled bad counsel ane
bad manners all over the world.
"That policy, my countrymen, is (
bad policy. It is bad enough abroad
but it is even more menacing at home
Meddling abroad tends to make Amer
ieans forget that they are Americans
It tends to arouse the old and bitte
icelings of race or former nationality
fir foreign ancestry, in the hearts o
those wno ought never to b,e forced t<
turn their hearts away from undivid
"d loyalty and interest given t'
'America first.'
"I want America on guard agnins
that couru- which naturally tends ti
array Americans against one another.
"I do not know whether or no
Washington fore-aw tnis menace win"
he warned un against entangling
alliances and meddling abroad, hut I
see it, and I say to you that all Amer?
ica must stand firm against this dan?
gerous and destructive and un-American
policy.
"Meddling Is not only dangerous to
us, because it leads us into the entan?
glements against which Washington
warned us, but it also threatens an
America divided in her own household
and tends to drive into groups seeking
to make themselves felt in our politi?
cal life men and women whose hearts
are led away from 'America first' to 'hy?
phen first.'
Hyphenated Vote a Menace
Senator Harding then spoke of the
danger of groups of men and women
of foreign birth or parentage, not or?
ganized in the interest of America,
pressing by propaganda and hyphenism
upon the American government to serve
their own interests rather than the in?
terest of all America. Speaking slowly,
he said:
"It is not beyond possibility that the
day might come?and may Cod forbid
it?when an organized hyphenated vote
in American policies might have the
balance of voting power to elect our
government.
"If tbjs were true, America would bo
delivered out of the hands of her citi?
zenship, and her control might be
transferred to a foreign capital abroad.
"I address this warning to you be?
cause, though it is a message to all
Americans which you may spread wide- j
cast when you leave this spot, never?
theless it ?3 of even greater concern
to you, who were born on other soil,
or whose parents were born upon other
soil, than it is to any one else in all
the world. America is peculiarly
your America. Men and women of for- j
eign blood, indeed, are America.
"They have come here because, un- j
der our Republic, grown upon a firm ;
foundation, there is liberty, and the
light of democracy which shines in the
hearts of all mankind. America is
yours to preserve, not as a land of .
groups ana classes, races and creeds, ;
but America the one America, the '?
United States, America the everlasting.
Call of Civilization Heeded
"Let us all remember, however, that
'America first' does not mean that the
America which we all love and under
whose flag we must always remain a
people united, is to be an America |
blind to the welfare of humanity!
throughout the world or deaf to the j
call of world civilization. But our
ability to be helpful to mankind and
our preparation for leadership lie j
in first being secure at home and
mighty in our citizenship. Therein lies
strength; therein is the source of j
helpful example.''
With the New York delegation came
Senator William M. Calder and John
J. Lyons, Republican candidate for I
Seoretary of State. Senator Calder j
found time to tell Senator Harding
that greater New York would give him
?< big majority and that the state
would give him a popular majority of
at least o?O 000 and possibly R00.000.
The Americanism of the delegation
was well illustrated by the presence of
Frank Frugone, editor of the Hulietino j
della Sera, a New York Italian-language j
newspaper, who landed in America from j
Italy with a pack on his back. Four of
his sons served in the American army;
I overseas and a daughter went as a
I nurse. The daughter and one of the
sons were in the delegation.
John A. Stewart, president of tho I
I New York Republican League of Clubs,
| headed the delegation ,which numbered
about 125. From Cleveland there was
j a big delegation, principally Italians.
j Chicago sent a group of 100, and there
were not more than half a dozen repre?
senting any single nationality.
Addresses Knights of Pythias
Let America play her part, in the,
world in a spirit of fraternity and i
sympathy and not allow herself to be- |
come involved in every conflict of the |
Old World, Senator Harding counseled I
; in a short, extemporaneous speech this
afternoon at a picnic of the Knights
?of Pythias of Marion at Garfield Park.
"If I were to enter upon a discus- !
| sion of any length this afternoon"
Senator Harding said to his brother
lodge members, "I rather think 1 j
should talk of American affairs from
the viewpoint of a member of our fra
? ternity. ,
"I have an abiding conviction that
! America can play her ??reutest part
j in the furtherance of mankind by first
i making sure of tho character of our
: citizenship at home, and then rive to
j the world the American example rather
: than the word of a Republic assuming
to meddle in the affairs of tho nations
of the earth.
"I would not have our country hold
j aloof. World conditions have changed, '?
! but while I want America to do its '
share I do not want someb uly else, '
across the sea, to tell us what to do or
how to do it. '
"I ?im t';n''ir- of <-.nr, rat" leu1- r :- -
stance. I know how appealing It wat
when America was asked to take tha
mandate for Armenia. There was a bit
of clever diplomacy in that It was
thought the suggestion that this re?
public should accept sponsorship for
Armenia would appeal 'to Christian
America.
Case of Armenia Cited
"So it did, but curiously enough the
nations of the Old World which gath?
ered up the territory about Armenia?
Britain on the one hand and France on
the other, nnd Greece in a small part
took everything that was desirable
about that long-suffering land and then
handed to us the problem of taking
care of that unfortunate people. By
that procesa they sought to involve us
in an obligation some five or six thou?
sand miles away. But America did not
go in, because we had no real sponsor?
ship except that natural desire of hu?
manity to help fellow beings.
"So I said for one?and I spoke for
Ohio, I am sure?we want to give of
American bounty, American generosity
and American sympathy. We want to
give everything that we can except one
thing, which wo will not do, and that
is to involve America 5,000 or 6,000
miles away and plant the sons of this
Republic there in the gateway between
Occident and Orient to involve us in
every conflict of the Old World. We
mean to play our part if the rights of
America arc in danger or if American
honor is at stake; aye, w% will be ready
to go with our sons anywhere under
the order of this government. But we
are not willing to be involved In such
a thing under the orders of foreign
powers to protect their territory.
"We in Marion little know of some of
the conditions which exist. I am my?
self ashamed of tho tardiness with
which. I have come to an,understanding
of the narrowness and insufficiency of
life in many of the great cities, where
people live in crowded tenements with?
out the privileges of knowing the
American life that we know in com?
munities like ours.
"Somehow I want to preach the gos?
pel of fraternity, and urge fraternity
in turn to apply itself to that social
justice and that best of all American
right to make us even better people,
with n common aspiration and a com?
mon devotion and a common consecra?
tion, not only to live for and support
this Republic, but to be for it first in
thought and first in act and first in de?
votion."
Colby and Daniels Assail
Harding; Defend Hayti
Fram The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.-?Sharp is?
sue with Senator Harding's criticism of
the administration of Hayti and Santo
Domingo under marine control was
taken to-day by Secretary of State Col?
by arid Secretary of the Navy Daniels.
Roth -Cabinet members said that the
charges of the Republican Presidential
candidate were "unjust."
Secretary Colby hinted that the with?
drawal of the marines from the two re?
publics was now under consideration
by the President, but he declined to in?
dicate whether the withdrawal was im?
minent or remote.
He added that Admiral Knapp was
now in Hayti making a special study
of conditions.
Secretary Colby bitterly denounced
Senator Harding's references to Amer?
ican control of affairs in the two coun
"Whenever a person of prominence
in the United States endeavors to be?
little the constructive efforts of his own
government, as Senator Harding has
sought to do, I say h?3 efforts are
cheap," Secretary Colby said.
"The American control in Hayti and
Santo Duiningo is not Administratior
control, but was undertaken at the in?
vitation of those peoples and with pub?
lic opinion of the United States and th<
better opinion of the two republics ir
favor of it. A solemn treaty was en?
tered into between the government!
providing for the use of American nava
?'orces to stamp down banditry there.
"An attack on this obligation to sat
isfy the momentary gratification o
sein" private grudge is unbecoming anj
j-ul.lic man. I cannot see why we can
not follow the Benjamin Franklin max
im, 'Say only what is useful' in thi,
campaign."
Secretary Daniels's response to Sen
ator Harding's statement dealt spe
cifically with the charge that "thou
sands of native Kaytians have beei
killed by American marines." He sai<
Senator Harding's charge was an "un
just reib ction on the brave an<
patriotic members of the Marine Corp
on duty in Hayti." He said that th
Navy Department would soon mak
public the result of investigations mad
uf the naval administration of Havt
iTid Santo Domingo, conducted by Majo
General Gooige Harnett aim ?yiaju
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