Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 243, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1920 — WILSON LEAGUE OF NATIONS [ARTICLE]

WILSON LEAGUE OF NATIONS

PUBLISHED IN FULL IN THIS ISSUE fOF THE EVENING REPUBLICAN. Will H. Hays, Republican national chairman, anxious that the people of.this nation shall be fully informed as to the contents of the Wilson League of Nations, has urged the wide disseminating of the text. The Evening Republican presents to its readers in this issue the full । text of the Wilson League and some I of the Lodge reservations. The following statements from Chairman Hays and George H. j White, chairman of the Democratic ■ national committee in reference to. the publication of the Wilson League text are here quoted: Statement From Hay*. “To acquaint the voters of the country with the truth about the Wilson league of nations 'has been l the earnest effort of the republican organization ever 'since the administration took over the cables, which kept the country from knowing anything about the development of the covenant. We will of course, be glad to do anything further possible with you or separately as we are doing to that end. May I further suggest, likewise in the interest of truth, that we make an effort in some way to ascertain and advise the country just what the president promised Europe that this country would do, which may not be in the text of the covenant. Won’t you find out just what this was, and let us give that to tlje country also? Governor Cox has promised to make good these pledges whatever they may be. , Senate Reservation*. “Further, and likewise in the interest of truth, I trust you will help acquaint the country with the substance of the senate reservations voted for by over 23 democrats. It seems that these reservations have not been published in the. democratic text book. “We have published a pamphlet of 64 pages devoted exclusively to the league of nations, but will be glad to join with you, if you desire not only in urging the newspapers to publish the text of the covenant and the senate reservations but in issuing a pamphlet by the two-com-mittees including both the text of the- covenant and - the text of the senate reservations.” Statement From White. “Definitely, utterly, Senator Harding has rejected the league of nations and the whole idea and aspiration that gave it birth. In words that cannot be misunderstood or retracted he has announced that the United States, if he is elected, shall not join in a world contract to prevent outlaw nations and rulers henceforth from disturbing the peace of the world. “This makes a clear cut issue. I have hoped for this from the first. We shall have now an unmistakable referendum on this great question. “The republican candidate no longer is attempting to induce two differing interpretations of his position. He has flanged himself with Senators Borah and Johnson, repudiated Iris own vote and those of his colleagues for reservations and cut the cables utterly between himself arid Mesrs. yaft, Root/ Wickersham, Hoover and those other distinguished republicans who support the league. His position is, not only against the league, it is against a league, and we shall have no more quibbling on the subject “In the democratic party alons now rests the hope of civilization. The object for which we entered the war and for which our people toiled and died can be attained only through the election of the democratic candidates. ‘lt must not happen again,’ was what the world said November 11, 1918, when the armistice, wap signed. The only way to prevent that was and is through the league of nations and since Senator Harding’s speech at I Des Moines, the only way to join | the league in any form is through |the democratic party.”