Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1920 — WATKINS DISCUSSES THE PACT [ARTICLE]

WATKINS DISCUSSES THE PACT

Prohibition Candidate Says Party Favors Proper League. Mooresville, Ind., Oct. 25. —Dr. Aaron S. Watkins, Prohibition candidate for president, in an address here this afternoon, discussed the league of nations among other things and i said that his party believes that America as a member of a proper league of nations wijl be a greater nation than it can ever T)e under a pol'cy of aloofness and separation; “America and Europe - are more closely connected than were some of the states of our Union 60 years ago,” he said, “and the statements of George Washington against entangling alliances are entirely irrelevant today.” j Mr. Watkins said that he is opposed to universal military training and that the recent war proved that a peaceful nation can become a warlike nation in short order when stern necessity demands.