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Show DEADER THAN Ap Washington. Nov. 18. Insisting that tho Wilson league of nations Is dead, the Republican Publicity aa soclatlon, through Its president, Hon Jonathan Bourne Jr.jjssucs tho following fol-lowing statement: 4 . ( ' ."Shortly before tho! elections i'n 1918 Mr. Wilson issued nn nppea to tho xolers to return a Democratic Demo-cratic senate and house so that support sup-port of his policies, ono of which ho had proclaimed to bo tho establishment estab-lishment of a leaguo of nations, might be assured. Tho result was n complete .repudiation of P"i president, presi-dent, and the election of Republican majorities In both houses. On March 4, 1919, n round robin was signed by 39 senators of tho Incoming Incom-ing congress proclaiming to the world that tho covenant of the i league of nations as then framed by Mr. Wilson should not.be adopted by tho United States. On November' JjQ, 1919, tho senate rejected tlie J league,, na It had been presented to It by tho president, by tho over-l -whelming vote of G3 nays to 38 yeas. On March 19, 1920, the senate again denied endorsement of the covenant, even after it had been Americanized by the Lodge reservations, reserva-tions, by tho vote of 49 yeas to 35 nays, two thirds being necessary for ratification. On November 2 ,1920, tho American people condemned the league again by an adverso plurality of upwards of 7,000,000 votes ,nf-ter ,nf-ter the question ha'd been made the chief Issue of tho campaign following follow-ing the edict of the president that there .should be a 'solemn referendum' referen-dum' upon It. "The league of nations hns been thrice killed by the action of the people's representatives In the senate, sen-ate, clothed with constitutional powers pow-ers to deal with such matters, nnd twlpe condemned by the people iheni selves through the ballot. Yet proponents pro-ponents of the league refuso to acknowledge ack-nowledge the fact. They have the audacity to declare that Senator Harding, after his Inauguration, will resurrect the two year old corpse, breathe now life into It, and make the United States n member nation either with or without reservations. Norman Hapgood, representative of the leaguo advocates, Is reported as saying that the league will be adopted ad-opted within a year. His views may be somewhat extreme, but they II- 1M I lustrnto what Is taking place In tho minds of pro-leaguers. "The sooner thosn men dlsnbuso themselves of that Idea tho belter it will bo for their own pence of mind and that of others. The very votes thnt elected Senator Hauling to the Whlto House' decreed that the United Unit-ed States' should- not becomo a member mem-ber of the league. Kven though there should bo a complete reversal of sentiment In the senate. It is inconceivable in-conceivable that President Harding would cast aside the mandate of tho peoplo and submit the covenant again to tho senate for ratification. Ho stands for nn association of nations na-tions that will promote peace, but he Is unlqulvocally against the league as we now know it. I "President Harding will never' propose, nnd tho senate will never . accept, an International agreement that confers Jurisdiction upon a for-' olgn council over American armleB and navies; that agrees In advance upon a course of conduct that we will pursue In tho event of more foreign wars; that surrenders the Monroe Doctrine, that permits n foreign tribunal to determine our domestic policies; thnt pledges tho nation to n permanent policy of free tiade that submits loan exchange of trade secrets with all other nu- . lions; that penults Oreat Hiltuln lo .wield six votes In tho determination I of nn International problem while ,the United States has but one; that ngrees to abide by all these and the I many other assaults upon our Inde- Ipendencc contained In tho notorious covenant. "Senator Harding Is committed against those pioposllions ulld he Is commanded by the people to stand fast. They can never bo revived In tho form of the old covenant, nor In any other fotin or shape. Hapgood and his Ilk limy, like certain Orientals; Orien-tals; spend tholr lives In venera I in of tho departed, but they should nrr make the mlstak" of detecting an nuitlon In a thing so dead." |