U.S. POLITICS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 270, 9 August 1920, Page 5

U.S. POLITICS

FIRST DUTY OF NEW ADMINISTRATION COX FAVOURS AMERICA JOINING LEAGUE By Telegrapn-Prssa ABsociation-OopyrleM (Roc. August 8, 5.5 p.m.) New York, August 6. At Dayton, Governor Cox, in a speech of acceptance of the Democratic Presidential nomination, said that in signing the Treaty there should not be mental reservations unexpressed in plain words. Senator Harding's plan meant a separate peace with Gormany. • The Monroe Doctrine was tho very essence of Article Ten of the League Covenant. "No treaty can over-ride our Constitution, which reserves to Congress alone power to declare war. Senator Hotfding proposes that we remain out of the League. I am. in favour of going in. The first duty of the new Administration will be clearly the ratification of the ..Treaty."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assu. ADOPTION OF TREATY IMPOSSIBLE DEMOCRATS NOT STRONG ENOUGH v (Rec. August 8, 11.5 p.m.) New York, August 7. In an interview Vice-President Marshall 6aid that, a Democratic two-thirds majority in the Senate could not bo attained even if the Democrats were victorious in tho contest for every vacancy. It was. therefore, impossible to secure the adoption of the Peace Treaty.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn,