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Show HARDING PLAN IS v ; FAVORED DY BUTLER NEW LONDON, Conn., Oct. 16 Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president presi-dent of Columbia university, New York, In an address here tonight pointed out what ho called defects In i the present league of nations coven- ant and recommended adjustment of International difficulties through a tribunal patterned after, but amplifying ampli-fying that of The Hague. - . A Republican administration head- ed-by Mr. Harding, he Bald, would not In any respect shirk Its duty as one of the family of nations though It would not become a member of the ., existing league. ly "They are mistaken who think that the Republican party when again intrusted with the responsibly Jty for tho administration of the gov ernment will enter upon any backward back-ward path," ho declared. The spirit of progress, of ambition to serve, of zeal to solve the great and vexatious problems, which confront the people aro In full possession of the Republican Repub-lican party of 1920. "For ono, I am confident that "itwhenjthe reins of government shall pass into Republican hands on the 4th of March next, tho ripesfwlsdom and tho widest experience nnd-the beta talent which the country affords I " will be called upon to assist In shap- JL Ing those policies which shall hasten S a solutlqn of the people'problems nnd a meeting of the people's needs. 1 " . "No party, no government, can ac- I rv couipllsh the Impossible but.the lie- I ' puUcan party may confidently bo ' trusted to open In 1921 jnew era In '. tho history of our country, and to " niuke powerful and permanent con- A trlbutlon to the cause of lnternatlon.- ' al peace and concord and to tho ad- , vancement of tho world's satlsfac- ' tion and happiness, without In any ' way lessening tho control of thu American people over their own pol- i icles and acts, and without In any '' , way bonding qr breaking the constl- ' - tutlon of tho United States, tho sheet . nnchor of our ship of stato." Mr. Dutlcr asserted that much , discusBlon of campaign afalrs has no reference to great present issues, t,4f which ho said aro only two In num- tHf-i bor, as fololws: T ..Tho relation which tho peoplo of I " tho United States aro to bear to oth er nations and to thoso movements of political and economic opinion . that aio common to civilized people ' rafiN f throughout tho world, and 'far '" "Tho rolatlvo fitness of tho Dcm-flB;"' Dcm-flB;"' ocratlc and Republican parties to up-9t up-9t h hold and defend tho American form ML- fof goyornment and to deal In truly Mb V"coiistrucflvo and courageous fnohlol W ' with tho problems of taxation, of i .? of, living, of transportation, labor, of housing, of public health, and of admlnlBtratlvo efllclency which Immediately confront tho American Am-erican people." Pointing out tho record of the United States as a leader In world movements for International settlements settle-ments under codified law, he reviewed review-ed tho country's correspondence with foreign nations under President McKlnley, Roosevelt and Taft rolatlvo rola-tlvo to tho series of Hague conferences, confer-ences, and criticised thoso who refer disparagingly of The Haguo tribunal tribun-al on the ground that It failed to prevent pre-vent tho European war. He said that In 1914. "though the fact Is not generally known," a definite def-inite plan to strengthen the tribunal with tho establishment of an international inter-national high court of Justlco was "under consideration by the governments govern-ments of Europe and tho United States, with ovcry prospect of agreement." agree-ment." At tho end of the war.he declai-cd, declai-cd, President Wilson "made a capital capi-tal error of Judgment' In going in person to conduct peace negotiations In. Paris. This, ho said, made ncces- v the llko attendance of heads of other nations Involved, with tho ro-buU ro-buU that they "lost contact with their Immediate advisers, with their parliaments and with their peoples." The peaco settlement, .lie said, coming under the pressure of tho times, and In settlement of tho issues is-sues of war, was a mistake. "This proccrure, far from being a triumph of statesmanship," ho added "was a blunder of tho first magnitude magni-tude and Is chiefly responsible for tho unhappy events of the past two years, for the ouebreak' of a doien minor wars, for the delay In economic econom-ic reconstruction and for the feelings of despair and despondency ,that have settled down over so much of tho world. "So anxious was tho world for peace, however, that nation after nation na-tion approved the covenant for a leaguo of nations without hesitation and without serious debate.' Mr, Rutler suggested that tho Republican Re-publican national platform offers a polio', 'alternatlco to the league, to "accomplish tho same ends In what Is believed to bo a far better way." "It Is not truo that Republican ob-( Jectlons to the covenant as submitted aro merely partisan, narrow minded and selfish," ho assorted. "It Is not truo that Republican party contemplates desortlng our allies al-lies and associates in the war and bearing no part In the task of rebuilding re-building tho broken world. 1 "It Is not truo that Republican policy requires negotiating a separ-aio separ-aio peaco with Germany. "It Is not truo that Republican policy would mako no sacrifice for liberty and Justlco and' would refuse re-fuse copoeratlon to mako the world n better and happier place In which to live. "It Is not true that ncpuWcan pol- Icy would take the Incredibly stupid and reactionary course of attempting to piny an Isolated part In tho worla and look with Indifference on suffering suffer-ing or wrong doing or on Infractions of international law unless theso should directly affect our natlonnl pride or our national pockctbook. "Tho established policy of the Republican Re-publican party points tho way to such remodeling of tho covenant for a league of nations as will bring It Into accord with American principles, princi-ples, with established American prac tlce and with the highest and finest American inteiests, without doing damage or Injustice to any other nation. na-tion. "Tho people of tho United Slates should understand that In opposing the covenant In the form submitted by the president, the Republican party par-ty Is sustaining and not abandoning traditional American, policy. In to-sped to-sped of International ocoperatlon and tho preservation of Internalfon- t peaco, nnd that It Is steadfastly clinging to tho high Ideals and pm-poses pm-poses which tho American people have so often revealed In their International In-ternational sympathies and their In-ternntlonnl In-ternntlonnl tclatlous. "The Republican parly, however. Intends to walk towards tho goal In a wlso and safe, Instead of unwlsa and unsafe path. "No permanent pi ogress ever results re-sults from attempting too much or from getting out of step with the sober and Judicious opinion of the world. Thero Is no sure method -of abolishing International war, until human natuia bu abolished at. tho Bamo lime. All that can bo dono Is to labor to remove thq causes of International In-ternational war and to put such checks upon those human tendencies and passions which usually bring wars about, as to make It Increasingly Increasing-ly difficult fr them to oporato to tho disturbance of tho world's peaco'' |