| Show HARD HARDING HARDIG NG DENIES CLEMENCY President Harding put his foot I down hard on general amnesty fur for political prisoners He declared that as s' s long as he was president he would never pardon any criminal l who was guilty of preaching the destruction destruction de de- de- de of of the government by force He made this declaration of policy to a delegation of persons seeking general amnesty for tor all political prisoners He lie told them he could not bring himself to grant general amnesty until ho knew that all aU prisoners held under the war acts have only committed strictly war of of- tenses He stated that he had given gl consideration to the cases cases- and that he e had ad instructed the the depa department of r justice to expedite reports in m an au but concluded by placing a strict ban on pardons for those convicted of Jt advocating the overt overthrow of the government by bp violence The delegation asked for amnesty political for Cor all the seven eighty-seven prisoners now in federal ries They brought with them a petition petition petition pe pe- pe- pe containing signatures signatures signa signa- tures pleading for the release of or the I prisoners n |
