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Show WILSON BLAMED FOR FAILURE OF COVEHENT PLAN Advocates of International Agreement Give Reasons For Supporting Harding. Kpot, Hoover, Wickersham and Others Unite in Statement State-ment to Public in Gotham. NEW YORK, Oct. 14. A statement state-ment explaining the positions In the presidential campaign o thirty-one ' prominent men who have advocated 1 some form o international agreement, agree-ment, was issued over their signatures signa-tures tonight and announced they would support Senator Harding. Elihu Root, Herbert Hoover, George Geo-rge W. Wickersham, Henry L. Stim-son, Stim-son, A. Lawrence Lowell, Henry W. Taft and Charles E. Hughes were among the signers of the statement which follows: "The undersigned, who 'desire that ithe United States shall do her full part in association with the other civilized nations to prevent war, have earnestly considered how we may contribute most effectively to that end by our votes in the coming election. "The question between the candidates candi-dates 13 not whether our country shall Join in such an association. It is whether we shall join under an agreement containing the exact provision negotiated by President Wilson at Paris, or under an agreement agree-ment which omits or modifies some of those provisions which are very objectionable to great numhers of the American people. Senate Round Robin. "The paper, signed by thirty-eight Republican senators in March, 1919, before the league covenant was a-dopted a-dopted at Paris, advised the president presi-dent that the signers could not approve ap-prove a treaty in the form then proposed, pro-posed, although it was 'their sincere de3ire that the nations of the world should unite to promote peace and general' disarmament.' "A majority of the senate voted to ratify the league covenant with modifications, which there is good evidence to show would have been accepted by the other nations; but Mr. Wilson refused to accept these modifications, and insisted upon the ' agrement absolutely unchanged, and Democratic senators sufficient in number to defeat the treaty as modified modi-fied followed Mr. Wilson by voting against ratification. "That is substantially the difference dif-ference between the parties now. The Democratic platform and candidate candi-date stand unqualifiedly for the agreement negotiated at Paris without with-out substantive modification. Platform Pledge. "On the other hand the Republican Repub-lican platform says: 'The Republican Repub-lican party stands for agreement a-mong a-mong the nations to preserve the peace of the world. We believe that such an international association associa-tion must be based upon internation al Justice, and must provide methods which shall maintain the rule of 'public right by the development of law and the decision of impartial courts; and which shall secure instant in-stant and general international conference con-ference whenever peace shall be threatened by political action, so that the nations pledged to do and insist upon what is just end fair, may exercise ex-ercise their influence and power for the prevention of war.' "Mr. Harding said in his speech of August 28: " 'There are distinctly two types of international relationship. One Is an offensive and defensive alliance of great powers. The other type is a society of free nations, or an association of free nations, or a league of free nations, animated by considerations of right and justice Instead of might and self-interest, and not merely proclaimed an agency la pursuit of paece, but so organized and so participated in as to make the actual attainment of peace a reasonable possibility. Association Favored. " 'Such an association I favor with all my heart, and I would make nc fine distinction as to whom credit is due. One need not care what it is called. Let it be an association, a society or a league, or what not. Our concern is solely with the substance, sub-stance, not the form thereof.' "Mr. Harding has since repeatedly reaffirmed the declarations of this speech in the most positive terms. "The question, accordingly, is not between a league and no league, but is wheather certain provisions in the proposed league agreement shall be accepted unchanged or shall be changed. "The contest is not about the principle of a league of nations, but it is about the principle to preserve peace. "If the proposed changes in the Paris fgreement were captious ori without substantial grounds, one might question the sincerity of their advocates. This, however, is not :he case. "The principal change proposed concerns Article X of the league covenant. Mr. Wilson declares this to be .the 'heart of the league' and the chief controversy is about this. Article Ten. "Article X provides that the nations na-tions agreeing to the treaty shall: " 'Preserve as against external aggression ag-gression the territorial integrity and existing political independence of all members of the league.' "This is an obligation of the most vital importance and it certainly binds every nation entering into it to go to war whenever war may be necessary to preserve the territorial integrity or political independence of any member of the league against external -aggression. "It is idle to say that congress has power to refuse to authorize such a war, for whenever the treaty calls for war a refusal by congress to pass the necessary resolution would be a refusal by our government to keep the obligation of the treaty. The alternative would be war or a breach of the solemnly pledged faith of the United States. "We cannot regard such a provision provi-sion as necessary or useful for a league to presrve peace. "We have reached the conclusion that the true course to bring America into an effective league to preserve peace is not by insisting with Mr. Cox upon the acceptance of such a provision as Article X, thus prolonging prolong-ing the unfortunate situation created by Mr. Wilson's insistence upon that article, but by frankly calling upon the other nations to agree to changes in the proposed agreement which will obivate this vital objection objec-tion and other objections less the subject of dispute. Must Pursue Object. "For this course we look only to the Republican party and its candidates; candi-dates; the Democratic party and Mr. Cox are not bound to follow it. The Republican party is bound by every consideration of good faith to pursue, such a- course until the ' declared object i3 attained. "The conditions of Europe make it essential that the stabilizing effect of the treaty already made between the' European powers shall not be lost by them, and that the necessary changes be made by changing the terms of that treaty rather than by beginning entirely anew. "That course Mr. Harding is welling well-ing to follow, for he said in his speech of August 28: " 'I would take and combine all that is good and excise all that is bad from both organizations, (the court and the league.) This statement state-ment is broad enough to include the suggestion that if the league, which has heretofore riveted our considerations consider-ations and apprehension, has been so entwined and Interwoven into the peace of Europe that its good must be preserved in order to stabilize the peace of this continent, then it can be amended or revised so that we may still have a remnant of the world's aspirations in 1918 built into the world's highest conception of helpful cooperation In the ultimate realization. "We therefore believe that we can most effectively advance the cause of international cooperation to promote pro-mote peace by supporting Mr. Harding Hard-ing for election to the presidency." The Signers. The statement bore the following signatures: Lyman Abbott, Robert S. Brookings Brook-ings president of Washington university uni-versity St. Louis; Nicholas Murray rence Lowell, John Henry MacCrack- Butler, Paul D. Cravath, Charles W. Daibney, University of Cinclnnatci; "William P. Faunce, president v of Brown university; Frank J. Goodnow president of John Hopkins university Warren Gregory, San Francisco; John G. Hibben, Herbert Hoover, Charles E. Hughes, Alexander C. Humphreys, president of Stevens Institute of Technology; Ernest ivi. Hopkins, president of Dartmouth college; William LawTence, bishop of Massachusetts; Samuel M. Lind-'iay, Lind-'iay, Columbia university; A. Law-I Law-I en, Samuel Mather, Cleveland; Geo. A- Plimpton, Amherst college; Henry S. Pritehett,, president of the Carnegie Car-negie Foundation for Advancement of Teaching; Charles A. Richmond, president of Union college, Schenectady, Schenect-ady, N. Y. ; Elihu Root, Jacob Gould Schurmann, Henry L. Stimson, Oscar S. 'Straus, Henry W. Taft, IssacM. Ulman, New Hafen League to Enforce En-force Peace; Williiam Allen White, G. W. Wickersham, W. Willoughby, Johns Hopkins university, and R. L. . Wilbur, president of Leland Stanfofd . university. (Political Advertisement.) IMPORTANT NOTICE TO TAX PAYERS OF SANPETE COUNT! Republican politicians of this state and county are setting up a great howl about the heavy taxes which are leviedi upon our citizens, urging you to take your tax notice with you to the polls, imputing that the Democratic State and County Administrations Admin-istrations are wholly to blame for the high taxes. In order that you may get at the truth of this matter and to show how unfounded and how unfair .his charge is, we submit below a ;abie showing how the taxes upon property valued at $1,000.00 are apportioned ap-portioned to the different taxing anits for the year 1920. Mt. Pleasant Tax on $1,000.00 valuation $36.60 State and School 5 mills $5.00 bounty 1.8 mills 1.80 County Poor .5 mills .50 County Road .7 mills .70 Interest on Road Bond .4 mills .4 0 tate Road Tax .7jnills .7 0 City 17.5 17.00 School District 10. mills 10.00 36.6 mills $36.60 From the said table, wihch is absolutely ab-solutely correct and may be verified, by every one of you by referring to the levies as stampedi on the back -f your tax notices, you will see that i Mount Pleasant, the total tax upon ivery $1,000.00 worth of property s $3 6.60; of which the state and rtate schools gets $5.00, the county ets for general purposes $1.80 ,for 'or county poor $.50, for county ;-oads $.70,. for interest on road ionds $.40, and for state road tax .70, making a total for all state and 'ounty purposes of $9.10, while Mt. leasant City which has a Republican Republi-can Administration will receive 517.50, and the North Sanpete School District which has a non-par- isan administration will get $10.00. Thus you see, that of the'taxes which -ou pay in Mount Pleasant the coun-ly coun-ly and state together get less than mefourth, while th.e city and schools jet more than three-fourths. DO YOU THINK THAT THE CRY OF HIGH TAXES CAN JUSTLY BE LAID TO THE DEMOCRATIC STATE ' AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATION? ADMINIS-TRATION? Tax payers in Moroni City are ad- ' vised that the levies are identically the same for Moroni as for Mount Pleasant, so that taxpayers of Moroni will find that the above analysis applies ap-plies to them exactly. And it may be further said that the state and county levies being the same through-out the county, and . the tax for the North Sanpete School Districts is the same in all of the cities and Towns in Snnpete County, so that the above table and state- ' ment will apply to all of said cities md towns, except that the-e may be a slight variation, in the amounts levied for city and town purposes. Democrat ic County Committee. S. M. Niolson, Chairman. C. W. Burqulst, Secretary. (Political Advertisement.) |