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Show HARDING DENIES CHANGING II Declares He Holds Same Position on Pact as When Nominated. He Reiterates e I.-' M IKSTKR. N. Y . . t CI M.j k -his first spech of the campaign In New York state, Senator ilnnlin again chaleOaTed his icmocratic oppoinenta here today to hrow by his pngllc utterances ut-terances where he h;i-s changl l bi position on the league of nations since he accepted th- Republican nomination. nomina-tion. Re-stutlng his Itaad, he declared the nntlon "cannot take seriously th-Democratic th-Democratic Inglsteaco, thai th' covenant cov-enant ."h;n in- conaidered fog accept ance u it stancl." and ubl il that for such a rejection' hr- had mod unfailingly un-failingly He also ruscrted that ho had favori'd consistently an Intcrnu-tinnal Intcrnu-tinnal association In the interest of peace, but could not. under pri sen) condition, frame a definite uni ip clflc plan. CONDITIONS I BOBil 1 am not tiiat kind of u CaAdidatl he continued. ' It Is easy enough for a candidate who Is going to lose to say almost anything about the league jf nations or any future plans for America. "The Democratic forces have para- nounteii tlte solemn referendum of our foreign relatione and we have glarllyi ir i cpti il. I. at t lial !" . not bind u:i 'o th tin t thai it Is designed to divert di-vert attention from the uphappy failure fail-ure of domestic administration. The creat and oimn referendum nrlll not make tho American people forget the tragic mismanagement of their own iffnlra. because they have long eince peeeed judgment on our foreign re ai Ions "Hurely the American people enn- 1 aot take Miiouely the Democratic in-detenoe in-detenoe that the raris ooirenaat ihall still lie considered, ils platform nnd ' seitdldatee insmr, for acceptance a ,l si.nida Such a rejection his been twlc recorded. 1 have repeatedly tpoken such rejection from the day f aceptlng my nomination with un-, (ailing consistency. i II M l i VG1 8 ( i I R li I ION "Uut I have never stopped there ( challenged contradiction, i Invite any nan's parallel of utterances which are' tot In accord I have unfailingly said that era wish to aeeodiati with other nations to end war a'.jd promote and preserve peace. The other nations of he world are wiser than our political ipponnt- Tbe.. have ;n,.,u.d tt;. !kct that there la no hope of uniting Americana or even very substantial Minority, behind ihe Im poeal hie pro-losa! pro-losa! tha we should accept the COV nant as eriitten. The foreign natlont iave set their faces to the future. 8o &U li America, so much every f r 1- nd t the new and better organ1 KfO DISTATlOJK ro PKOPL1 if i believed la attempting to f-x-?ress the purpose ..f the 4mencan leepb gefore iine clothed with au-hority au-hority to eonsult them, if I desireij o dictate to foreign nations, it STOUld re possible fr me to suggest a new eague and sa to the nations of the artb and to my native countrymen -Take thb or tiike nothln ' But I uin lot that kind of a candidate No man n my position, with any conscience s-hatever. or any sense of his respon-ilbllttles respon-ilbllttles could have the affront. a he lack of statesmanship whb h would illow him to p'-isent pun which which have to be revised because of :he happenings In a rapid flow of venta. or because the public opinion -t America had not been consulted diffidently " sks COX n ii i i, it JACKSON. .. Oct. 21 Replying O Oovernor Coxn charges of hi COS -gel on the league of nations lame. la-me. Senator Harding offered in a tpeech her Wednesday to "irlve a -ewurd" to any one who would produc peifi- evidence of a change of posl j tlon since he accepted the Republican ' nomination for the presidency. Mr. Harding also usserted thai If I he had no specific plan for a world association, the same was true of Governor Cox. who had not told the I people what reservation to the 'er. i sallies covenant he was willing lo 1 take. ui.w kRD i- i i i in n "I do not gelleve in very much of the president's league," said the Re publican nominee. "And if the enio-I enio-I cratlc candidate wants to regard this las my thirteenth change. I give him I notice that I have one more yet to give him. because, you know I am entitled tO fourteen " Hut as a mutter of fact, I will give a reward to anv man In Ami rlca who can take my utterance! on world politics poli-tics from my speech of acceptance down tp the speech I am making at i his hour, and point oui any 'tnconsist -enco or change of position, "i have said from the beglnnmi that we vvoildn t have the Wilson covenant .ind I sav that lo oU again now. Hut i have said repeated!) that America will gladly pday her part in a suitable association of nations which does not involve the surrender of American sovereignty, which ll built upon the Ideal6 or Justice, raih-er raih-er than force: and I say that again. T KRTAIN OF FUTURE. I have not. of course, specified ju-t b.. ire would do It. because I am "' Ke '.llle.l upon to make good. But. my countrymen, never with article ar-ticle ten. the heart of the league. That Is a heart of steel under a coat of mall, while we want a heart and soul of Justice for a better order In the world. ".I hope that dues not leave von in any great doubt Let me ask vou a! question: Have )oti heard anv one who is ne Hog upon specific plans i Have you heard c,f oh) on. w h tells ' us they will tiike the Wilson league with interpretatlonh and reservations. b iv. ..iu hear.l a-iv ..f !h.-ni with their gllbness of tongue tell you what reservations they are going to take." So, you have not. The senators reference to the league! was made in the course of a ipoooh at a Republican barbecue here, at-1 tended by several thousand people! from southern irt!o rind neighboring' states Immedlatel) afterward he b .'t on a special train fcr Rochester. N Y. I |