U.S. ELECTION

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 250, 16 July 1920, Page 7

U.S. ELECTION

LEAGUE OF NATIONS THE DOMINANT ISSUE

STATEMENT BY REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE IBy Telegraph-Press Aasociation-Copyrlßht New York, July 14. Senator Harding, the Republican Presidential candidate, lias issued a statement accepting Mr. Roosevelt's oiler to -Jake the League of Nations the dominant is. sue in the campaign. Ho said: "Should the Democrats win, the League would bo ratified, and America would immediately become party to the twenty wars now going on in the world. The Republican Party and its candidates gladly accept tho challenge to make the election a. national referendum on the question whether we will have four years of democratic mdiness to surrender this Republic's interests."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. THIRD PARTY'S CONVENTION PUNKS TO BE CONSIDERED. Chicago, July 14. The following 'planks will be put before tlio Third Party's Convention: Recognition of ( the IriHli Republic and the Russian Soviet; publia ownership of railroads, stockyards, and other public utilities; the initiative, referendum, and recall; tho adoption of the Gompers Labour programme, which the Republican and Democratic Conventions rejected; .the repeal of all espionago laws; a'referendum in all wars save when the United States is invaded': the withdrawal of United States troops from Europe; and soldiers' bonuses.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

NATIONAL LABOUR PARTY JOINS AMALGAMATION. Chicago, July 13. An agreement was finally reached by which the National Labour Party (the section which has broken away from the Federation of Labour; has joined tlio Third Party. All tho elements aro soon to meet at a common Convention to adopt a platform and choose candidates. The name of the paTty has not yot been decided upon. The amalgamation is considered 1 a victory for tho Radical elements, who- aro pow expected to dominate tho party's ac-tivities—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn.