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Show LEAGUE RALLY TURNSPARTIH Secretary of War Baker Assails As-sails Harding Stand on World Scheme BOSTON", Oct- 9. A pro-leagu J Irnllv at Symphony hnll last night do-j Hoped into, one Of th- lievIljSSt meet- i ing of the political campaign. The audience, made up about evenly of mm and women, shouted Hh approval at every reference to the league of I nations but occasionally spilt on party lines. The names of Roosevelt. Baker, Taft and President Wilson evoked prolonged demonstrations as did also a mention of Senator Lodge. A dls- 1 Mfnter roused a cheer for Handing an J CooiidKe hut a subsequent .ittcmpt to start a second demonstration for the Republican candidates was drowned in B storm of hisses IT. Chnrbi V Lliot president eni- ritus of EIs.rvs.rdi who acted as chair- man, said that the pro-league Indepen-dents Indepen-dents made tip of Eiepublloani; Detno-crats Detno-crats and Independents)! had been or- mnir.ed for tha purpose Ol putting into (h- hands of everj voter the meant of determining that the partisan objec-1 lions commonly made Mgainst the I league covenant by certain Republl- j can and Democratic leaders were wlth-out wlth-out foundation. WOULD VBOLISH !)! ins ". "The group of i Ltora who ' 1 m the league In fne senate and h part i of the press have gravel mlsrepre- H tributed to it" provisions that no can1 Md and Intelligent minded man can find In Secretary Laker interrupted bj a P Question ns to what the league could do for Ireland replied: B question for GEreat Britain. I do not see how anything: can e done under the league. Hut certainly nothing can he done outside the league, while it is, possible that within the league the k problem of Ireland would receive con- Secretary Kaker charged the Etepllb-llran Etepllb-llran party, under Senator Lodge's leadership with adopting Its position n th league of nations from that of H the late Count von Ilertllng. former B Imperial German ambassador who In! H "The German government is gladly B ready when all other pending iucs- fl tlons have been settled, to begin the examination of a baMsfor j Pond or league of nations. BARS (.. . I" pi SI ri "This hard, material and mediaeval position Is Strang' 1 at variance with the enlightened Idealism of America &t during th wai Mr Ba added By this position wt were to be Ideal-lstlc, Ideal-lstlc, unselfish and helpful to mankind while the war lasted !ut at Its conclu-slon conclu-slon to piny safe with our own special , Interests, demand our share of the spoils and Leave the cause of clvllisa-WSn clvllisa-WSn Hon to the tender mercies of a map of i Europe drawn as the Interests and sei-Bjl sei-Bjl fish purposes of victor nations might QH determine HI Becretarj Bakei charged Senator! Lodge with Inconsistency in his atli- , tudo on the league- |