U.S. PRESIDENCY.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16885, 13 July 1920, Page 7

U.S. PRESIDENCY.

LEAGUE OF NATIONS ISSUE.

(By Caiblc—Press Association—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cablo Association.) NEW YORK, July 10.

It is understood that Governor James M. Cox (Democratic nominee for the Presidency) -will make the keynote of his campaign an appeal to the people for ratification without delay of the League Nations Covenant. Two reservations or. suggestions will be permitted—firstly, an agreement by all the signatories that they enter the League with the purpose of maintaining the peace of the world, and, secondly, that, while the United States does not intend to shirk her obligations to the League members must understand that the power of making war is vested in Congress. The .Dayton correspondent of the "New York Times" interviewed Governor Cox, who said : — "Opposition to the League of Nations is partisan bigotry, and is a deep-laid and carefully-planned conspiracy. I do not claim ttiat the League is perfect. I have suggested two reservations which will not nullify the treaty. "I am thoroughly convinced that the Irish question will be solved satisfactorily to all the peoples concerned." Prohibition in the United States, he said, was ordered by Constitutional provision and by Federal statute. The President took an oath to enforce both, and it had never been his habit to violate an oath. He believed in a tariff for revenue, and favoured making the Federal banking system flexible, in order that branches might be opened in every trade centre in the world.