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Show i HARDING RAPS fj U. S. CONQUEST 1 OF REPUBLICS :$mk Senatoi S?ys "Rape'' of Tiny jp Nations Discloses Usurp- j ing of Powers I CONSTITUTION NEVER J HAS FAILED. HE SAYS I I Utterances of Franklin Roosevelt Roose-velt on Case Are Called H I Shocking Assertions MARION" O.. Sent. 17. Pronounc- !H Ing the league of nations covenant EjH irreconeillable with the American eon- "MM stitntion. Bcnator Hard! ig declared in FH f Constitution Day address here to- -iJB da that the linn I . n 1 ronn for the jJB I'nitej Statea to decide whether IflH would preserve or abandon the char- FH ter under which It achieved natlon- I I j rilll-v-BH The constitution or the covenant BH that l.s the paramount Ivuc," he said. GH "The two are Irreconcilable. Wc can- flflH not be governed from both Geneva and AM Washington Wc cannot follow our fljfe, present chief megtatratc without for- saklng the father of our country." U jj The Republican nominee also ac- gBpjjflfr' i he administration's pollcv to- ward the smaller nation! of the west- j mH cm hemisphere assorting that the .Ml executive had usurped congressional powers to carry on an mconstltu-lyPBf mconstltu-lyPBf tional war with Haiti nnd San Domln- IH5j go. Ho declared the recent utterances jlflfl of Franklin D Roosevelt, tho Demo- CmHJ cratlc nomln' e for rice president had hH revealed officially for the first time HHW the American government's "rape" of BjBJ the two little republics mBW HARDING -I ES VIEWS. SW Tho speech, delivered from the; p9V front porch to delegations from several ; tH Ohio counties, reviewed the clrcum- t ,:H stances surrounding the making of the constitution and outlined the eandl-1 J Hj date's conception of the balanced pow- I rB ers of the executive, legislative and i 1 0jH Judicial branches of the government. J fjflfl "Tho constllution has never failed ! IH America," he continued, "and despite ' , heedless assertion! to the contrary, TH America has never failed the world : And now, bjS never before, she stands I iH ready, and, let us hope, will soon be 'JjBH In a position, through earnest co-op- ; t eratlon of all branches of our govern- flfl mcnt to lend a helping hand but she i herself must point the wa . SHJ "How can we. then. In reason and ' iW i V. with confidence, make sure of fulfill-ing fulfill-ing our mission on earth'1 The first Zt- Step 1" I ! i ri We in strictly maln-BHHB!" maln-BHHB!" tain and scrupulously observe in 1ft-F 1ft-F ter and in spirit, the mandates of , HH the constitution of the United States. ! 'c are not doing so now. We arc H St war, not alone technically with 1 Germany, but actually with the little. helpless republics of our own hemN- ; HH phere. The wars upon our neighbors to the south were made and are still j being waged, though never declared, tBV through the usurpation by the execu- i IH the of powers not only never be- stowed upon him, but scrupulously ' withheld l the constitution HI RUNNING REPUBLICS. "Of the fact there can be no qucs-H qucs-H Hon. it Is admitted, even boasted of, ' by the Democratic candidate for vice president, betwen whom, if elected, and the presidency Itself would be but a single life. "YoU know, he said to, j the people of Montana. as his wordfl I H vers quoted by the press, i have had --H something to ilo with the running of '-H a couple of little republics The fact is that I wrote Haiti's constitution myself and, if I do say It. I think It Is a pretty good constitution Until last jH week I had two votes In the league ; 'flpj assembly, now Secretary Daniels has ' Sfl them' .jH' "To the best of my Information this ' 'MM. If the first official information of the MB rape of Haiti and San Domingo b the present administration. To m i fl mind, moreover. It Is the most shock- H Ing assertion that ever emanated from rHja a responsible member of the govern- 1 ment of the I'nited States. gHHB "True, we know little of the con-: 1 duct of these wars of occupation' and the imposition of laws upon our, SpH helpless nc-lghborr. The censorship Is EHH no less strict than it was during the SBVH recrot conferences ;ind conspiracies In , jfl Paris. Practically all We know now I ' HI is that thousands of native Haitians wh have been killed by American ma- i m rlncs and that many of our own gal-! ; , lant men have sacrificed their lives at the behest of an executive depart-l ment in order t" establish laws draft-! '4BB ed by an assistant secretary' of the B navy, to secure a vote in ihe league J and to continue nt the point of the j bayonet a military domination which1 I at this moment rcinlr.-s the presenc-i jBH of no less than 1,000 of our armed , ' I men on that forelfrn soil. I I INSTITUTIONS ItENACED. ; J "Vastly more Important and far tl ' more menacing to our own popular i , Imtltutlons than even this distressing example Is the proposal to transfers I l'j by Indirection the chief prerogative I j pi one department of the govern- l ment to another. As all are well 'MJh. ..ware the Constitution Vests In con- J grcss exclusively the power to declare ' ' txiQtiuucd on 1'ne Two.) Harding RapsU. S. i Conquest of Republics (Continued Iroin Page One) war. but It also declares that a duly executed treaty shall be the supreme-law supreme-law of the land." "Under Article X of the Versailles' covenant, now being subjected to a ' solemn referendum, it would bo the appointee and representative of the I president, not of congress nor of the people, who would either acquiesce In or reject a proposition in the council of the league to uphold by force of, arms the cause of one power aRainst another ' nri |