Show Roosevelt Also Says Root Falsified CLEVELAND 0 O Oct 21 21 Speaking Speaking before a large audience in Grays Gray's ar armory armory armory ar- ar mory last night Franklin D D. Roosevelt Democratic vice presidential nominee accused Elihu Root of ot being guilty of ot deliberate and clear misrepresentation tion of ot what are well known facts In inthis his this address on the league of ot nations in New York Tuesday night Mr Mr Roots Root's statement he said is based on two major objections First to article ten and secondly the t he fhe allegation alle- alle allej j I gallon gation that President Wilson was by byj i his attitude responsible for our failure I to ratify during the last session of ot the senate He says that article ten undertakes undertakes un un- un- un I to guarantee and maintain by force of arms' arms the territorial boundaries boundaries boun- boun I daries darles adopted by the chief representatives lives tives of four nations in Paris in 1919 Article ten does not guarantee to maintain main mam- tain by force of arms It guarantees main tI to maintain the territorial Integrity of I nations against outside aggression and in case of a threat against their territorial terri terri- tens tens-I I tonal integrity the council of the league shall recommend what steps shall be taken to prevent the execution of ot the I threat Mr 11 Root knows that force of ot arms I would not be recommended unless Various va va- vaI I rious other measures such as international International ostracism of at the country making the threat had wholly failed and incase incase in incase case of ot a threatened world ra tion Every sane man knows that In Incase Incase incase case of ot another world war America would be drawn in anyway whether we were members of ot the league or no not Referring to Mr Ur Roots Root's allegation that the treaty would have been rati rati- fled fied and America would have been a I member of ot the league it if if President Wilson was willing Mr Roosevelt said President Wilson Is not running for The blame for what happened has nothing to do with the present election ejection because of ot the simple fact tact that the issue of the league at the present time is between Governor Cox and Senator Harding Mr Root states tates Mr Cox declares that he will insist on on the treaty just as Mr Wilson negotiated it That statement by the eminent legalist is a continuation of the series of ot similar statements given out by eminent Republicans for tor partisan partisan partisan parti parti- san purposes 4 Mr Mr Wilson Vilson himself has clearly stated stated stat stat- ed that he was willing to accept the so called Hitchcock reservations reservations reservations-res- res which were extremely similar to the Lodge reservations and differed in language but not in thought seeking to change words in the Lodge reservations reserva reserva- which were in their character Insulting to other nations |