The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 23, 1920, Page 5

SATURDAY, OCTORER 23, 1 Third Day of the Great ’Cox-Harding Debate (We Can’t Get Het Up About This Cam- paign, but Reporters Benjamin and Wheeler Can—and Do! ) FOR HARDING BY RALPH |. BENJAMIN DO NOT BELIEVE that many people are whit terested in the Any discussion I Harding's grea the too great attention he has ¢ it 1 hope tha Continues to rant But my Bourbon foe the league of nations feases to read A even getting a kick out of it fore, I'm gving to use up today telling how and why [ the league ix & piece of folly that both President Wilson and Jimmie Cox have been misrepreser Here's Article t¢ “The members of the } undertake to SPE SERVE against external the territorial integrity and existing political independence of all mem- bers of the league. In case of any such aggression in case of any threat or danger of such aggression the council shall advise upon means by which this obligation shall pultilied.” * SENATE WANTED CONGRESSIONAL RE Sounds fine, doesn’t it? & pretty good idea. Yeah but— The U.S, senate wanted this res ervation adopted “The Un a tes assumes no ob- Ugation to preserve the territorial integrity or political independence of @ny other country by the employ Ment of its military or naval forces upless in amy particular case the congress, which, under the constitu tion, has the sole power to dectare ‘war or authorize the employment of the military or naval forces of the United States, shall, in the exercise of full liberty of action, by act or Joint resolution so provide.” The senate twice offered President ‘Wilson a chance to accept this reser vation. Both times Wilson arrogant Jy sent the treaty back to the senate. ‘This reservation, Wilson declared, Rullified the league. ‘The senators believe that they shouki not turn the war making power of the United States over to the president or to any group of slick Burepean diplomats. They maid so. And here's what Wilson said: “It is an attitude of comradeship and protection among members of the league, which in its very nature is moral and not lega! ver one in jeague of nations or think st mistake has be only Jimmie Cox about it ings to ah te 10 my ting eague shall and PRE aggression or it is fine. ‘Then he explained later, this way “A moral obligation ts, of course, superior tq a legal obligation and, if I may sa: . has a greater binding force; only Qhere always remains in the ligation the right to ex "s judgment as to whether incumbent upon one tn neces to do that it ts thone thing.”/ Sull later, Wilson said “We would be under an absolutely compelling moral obligation.” Senator Brandegee asked Wilson if the league of nations would stop ware. And Wilson replied. “It will not. Nothing will vent war, but it will bring about the discussion before the beginning of war.” Now, get this: Jimmie Cox has Placed himself tn the position of Woodrow Wilson's rubber stamp, He bas yelled, “Me, too,” to everything ‘Wilson has said about the league All right. Now we know exactly where we are. WED HAVE TO PROTECT dAPS IN SHANTUNG? The league says if any member na tion—Japan, for instance—shall be attacked—by China, for instance the other members shall undertake to PRESERVE the territorial integ. rity of the nation attacked. If China were to attack Japan for the purpose of recapturing the rich province of Shantung, which the peace confer. ence, with Wilson's permission and his assistance, deliberately stole from China, the league of nations would undertake to preserve Shantung to Japan. And the United States, as a good leaguer, would have to send an army and a navy to help Japan. “No,” yell the pro-leaguers, “That's Bot #0.” Oh, isn’t it? Well, let's see. @i4 Wilson say? “We would be under a compelling moral obligation.” In other words, we would have two choices: To send an army to fight for Japan and to help Japan keep the territorial riches she has stolen, with the consent of the peace conferen from China; or, to kick our own moral obligation in th face and make the league treaty a The league of nations will stop wars. Wilson says so. never And the United States will efther| have to go to war whenever the league tells us to, or abrogate our treaty. Why sign the blamed thing if we are going to abrogate it? If we sign the league pact, we ¢ither enter into a solemn agreement to take the war-making power away from congress, or we contemptibly disgracefully and dishonorably sign something we don’t intend to fulfill. | War, or dishonor? That's what the league offers us. ‘The league, or States with College. — Sundays From ® to 12 for Werk: CUT-RATE DENTIST. ot OHIO * ! FOR COX BY EDGAR ©. WHEELER JEEP A TEAR toda Wa Marding, th every Ume he n't meannwhat he said pity, I Mar man of on poke stepped uy rang ead the Way in poreh ar he that Amer mation of Can eyelashtul at th wach your straight oxy rea new rid ane You Not squeese ou spe to M ime ing didn’t France it with cially the der The thought I was was who spol t t represe me those the manifest among the Fren Ob, let t curtain of ED SA UP ON But I yesterday, CANDIDATE really was shocked Ben—the at a MAN Whose foot was slippir way you kic Maybe you didn’t mean ut you Know what you did? You snuk up on your candidate and took away from him his one big talking point the one thing that he and his senator friends brought into bet been nursing, and petting pull ing, and stretching at least once a day ever since You said it's down in black and white in The Star—"The league } Of nations isn’t the lswue in this cam paign” | In vain all the sweating, and lying, and bulldoging, and fighting, and | bluffing of reservationists and irrec Oncilables to “get Wilson” and the democratic administration. In vain all the bucketfuls of words that have been spilled by Harding al most daily ¢ince the campaign opened, trying not to tell just where he stands on this ixsue, and explain ing how he was misunderstood. Why, Ben, Mr. Harding and his re Publican side-swipers built up ano manufactured this is#ue out of hot air—and here you go und spill the beans’ “The issue, therefore, is clear. said Mr. Harding, speaking of the | league at Des Moines, October 7 “The league of nations isn't the im sue,” you say. Mr. Benjamin, how could yout How COULD you do it? You remember, at the start, I ls and have “ and 1 } yes | } i | MORRISON GIVES BANKERS’ REPLY Answers Resolution About Production WASHINGTON tary Frank Morrinc ean Federation “i to the Amer greate of out; "Tt produce brains need for lab nv These bank humorists wher about producing Middle West, whe ar . the orn oft these miners have WREK a the pre A BALTIMORE th the statement nations of the y embraced as expr that t Inasmuch 40 the fourths hav compr prefer thing ts han pledg actions « by tor Harding fundamen i being the pri teed am ation nations fo preservation of peace HARDING IN FAVOR OF A WORLD ASSOCIATION October 11—Harding, jolted and hauled safely back to the front poreh again by republicans, now says in the sweetest manner possible Tam in favor of a world associa tion—call it what you will, the name in of slight consequence--that wii! discourage or tend to prevent war and that will encourage or tend to encourage & better understanding among the nations of the earth, The order of thingw ix done with, not only in nerica, but thruout the world, and the United States must play ite part in this new order.” Add to thin the recent “spo! | of- France” statement. There, Ben, I've turned out the an-| | ewer for you. | | And what « pretty mons {t fst the may the * the repeated statements of § that they undert al ™m ut f jon to worrted man sued @ terrible defy to you. if you! _ agreed that the league was the tsue, | | pre What | farce. | to tell where your candidate stood on this issue. | You didn't agree that {t was the ts sue; in fact, you said it wasn't. But I rather“think that ali the time you had a sneaking hunch that it might be; for im your next sentence you | went on fo tell your idea of Har | ding’s stan@ on it. When is an isvue not an issue? Having thus admitted the tasue, | you are full of words, but evasive, | ke your candidate. You may “He is frankly opposed to the thing that Wilson hae tried to put over on | | us." | “HOW COULD YOU KNOW, | WHEN NOBODY ELSE DOES™ Pardon me, if I say I don't t you know what you're talking about or where your candidate is. How | could you, when nobody else does? | I see you didn’t make use of that | Pause I gave you to look up Har | ding’s speeches in the field, Other | wise, you might have found where | he stands, or slips, out of bis own mouth, like this: | August 28—"I believe humanity would welcome creation of an inter national association for conference and a world court.” October 2 (after he had dented there was a threat by Irreconcilables Borah and Johnson to break with him over the league, and had an nounced that Taft and Hoover were with him)}—“When I'm your prest dent, I'll still be for an association of nations, but I promive you that ney er, 80 long as I am president, wil! there be any barter of American na tionality.” October 3—Harding again denied reports of a break with leading ir reconcilables over the treaty, and ald “Lapprove what Borah has | said in public addresses. He will con. | tinue to make speeches for the publican ticket, and I am sure I shall approve also what he says to the vot ers in future, BUT BOKAH KEEPS RIGHT ON And Borah did continue next day October 4—Senator Borah, tn a ve hement speech, bitterly opposed en try into an association of nations, as proposed by Harding. And (ob, slippery rattlesnakes) Harding, setting out from his front | porch, approved. October 7, Des Moines—“T do not want to clarify those obligations with reservations, I want turn my back on them. It is not interpreta tion, but rejection, that I am seck ing. “There ia no need for reservations I oppose the proposed league. The issue, therefore, in c ad October %—Eleven a«peeches by Harding against the covenant, in which he spoke of “the league which | we are not going to have.” Repub. | licans begin to bolt. | Ottober 10-—-Herbert Hoover rears | up and “calls” the republican candi The very to ich ia the lightest roof of the mouth; the cob; guaran- copie Oppesite Vraser-Faterson Oh ated Pyor years. He wonderful for all you brush 2 MquceZ pus © Pyore Void relief, Or n mounting you THE SEATT Officer Sullivan A Little Trip With th LE STAR ) e Dope Squad Some Chinese Carpenters Scurrying for Bail A Door They Couldn’ fs merien of ar yur Lock LED from with 1 the ght door and burst 1 room A a must wted u Two Ch old and t hunched © Namen, one about 30 years he other nearer 40, were on chairs au The hat we war w not our trance even us too well i) knew “ wald And ~omn Over ne frowsily rummage about m without further w The followed expe ¥, from beh They chatted between themre n rds two Chinamen h move, jomed lids worn Ling ache sional! Anderson « onto a ¢ Baerman, red a light «lowing fre other transom. Going room, he found a young, consump tive Chinaman, huddled on a bed with an opium pipe beside him Bick,” the Chinaman murmured you'd that stuff n't be sick,” Haerman told him harshly meanw p behind ar the leave N THE OTHER ROOM, Anderson found » hypo needle secreted in A purse in the back of an old chair The elder Chinaman hastened to aw sure him that it belonged to another Chinaman. A complete eet of carpenters’ tools was found in a dresser drawer. “Thonn fellows carpenters, no doubt,” Anderson maid, “Whenever there's a raid and things are broken up, these boys are called in to fix the wreckage.” oe are One of the Chinamen took from the top of the cluttered dremer a pipe that waa similar to that used by the Turks, only made of metal When he puffed it, it bubbled curt ously “amloke Chinese tobacco in water he explained to me The other Chinaman was wooing a cigaret with all the ardor of an opium «moker, inhaling the amoke enjoying it with eyes ajar for a few moments, then blowing it out in a steady blue stroaa Anderson finished ® vain search of the room and came in to where Baer man was talking with the “sick” Chinaman had discov: | t Kick Down stories which Reporter Lee Sullivan, of or of Menttle’s puller various beats at migth n jail i than stoolir After that the Ch he was uid let hime to me , an old man, hopele Baerman ex merely a and ha W' ho bu: ® being on the HL WE TALKED, Anderson had A tow called the wagon sau' Shiba se Nanaia Uae! wanes blown in Washington st. We other man The patrol drew up in front of the White p om neart and br sred wn pe late,” Wagonmar mined f th THE WAGON treet to 222 Wash opened a small door, He 4 Chinama ried Anderson ned loud nd jangll wr ached the Land kicked futilely ke sourry we ot many kicked heartily on the door ‘That hes Raerman said d with irons and many (More in Our Next Iesne) | oe VILE information to . B. Laboratories | Beattie, Wash. Chinatown's Ss | VAP u bis Over 17 Million Jare Used Yearlg N “Guess we'll have to send you to! jail.” Raerman said to him, not too gruffly Into the Chink’s eyes came a pite oun, pleading look “| know many things.” he said, leaning over appealingly toward us “And 1 know when to tell th ‘will be the amounts you 0 easily save if fay will soon to something while, and while it will real divi- regular in- Pp years the of our Mem- ye never earn- The story of a young wife who liked to tell fibs. But when the truth did “out” there 'I. W. 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