Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-11-10 | Page 4 | Elihu Root's Misstep

IELIHU ROOT'S MISSTCP. A political sensntlon lias been creal eri by the publication of 8 m BSSgC alleged to have t,een sent by Ellhu Root to Senator Harding during the heat of the campaign Thrc h.n.s boon talk of the distinguished Nov Vorkor holng made secretary of state in the new cablnp.t, but tho attitude of Mr Root on tho league of nation." bars him from iho list of oiigibies Chairman Hays of iho Rcpublioan national com-mittoo com-mittoo desired to know if the inf : no ilonal oourt established hi Tho Hague could not be amended so as to perform nil tho necessar.v Unctions i th i W league, ami Mr Root, reply inr. Ifl quo' i rl as sa inn : I "Declaration on which I In s ask.- ar opinion cannot ho defined The Hagthi court cannot bo made 10 cover any-(bins any-(bins but Justiciable question Mat tors of stato policy must br dealt v itli by conforonco of powers. Bee explfl ration in m letter to Hayi of March, 1019. It Is very tin wine to declare thr h-aguc dead It would not be true 4 The league has hardly ! gun to tunc tlon, because the terms of peace hav not yet been enforced by the victorious, nations Polish questions, for example, exam-ple, are properly being handled by th foreign offices without any reference ip the league. They f ro not the j league's business. "In my opinion, a new deal her-from her-from beginning by abandoning the Vcr-j .allies treaty Is Impossible To attempt at-tempt it would bring chaos and an en I tire loss of results of the war and general gen-eral disaster Involving the United j States The only possible course Is to i I keep the treaty, Modifying II to moei the requirmon's of the senote roserva Hons and the Chicago platform, and probably in some other respects. 'The precise way in which some modification? c,n beat bo made muel bo determined at the t;mo In COOfei I encc with the other parties. It is impossible im-possible to forecast the mcihoda, be- ( cause conditions next March are nec- j cBsarily uncertain Nov. ths central idea is that the deadlock resulted from President Wilson's perverse refusal to negotlaio for the consent of othei pow or? to Amorlcani? 'r itv but that our new administration will secure that consent. "A separate declaration of peace was justified onl) bj President Wil refusal to act. After March 4 that will no longer ho justifiable unless oih er powers n fx tO OOnsenl in uiodifi cation, which I do "" anticipate Don't allow Cox to drive you off iho ground of Harding's senate vote ;md our plat form Keep to the simple issut . Amei onnization." Root's message Is said to have difl pleased Senator Harding 1 Hiring the campaign certain Democratic papcri trequently referred to Ellhu Root's si lnce and Iho Now York World must have had knowledge of Root's position as that organ of Democracy rapeatedl) made sarcastic comments on the fail ure or the New Yorker to openly do dare himself. Yesterday the league of nations wus dead Now the cadaver Is being kicked I ;ibout and there are a few who are waiting for a miracle to be performed of bringing the dead to life.