U.S. POLITICS
HARDING & THE LEAGUE
"THE OLD ORDER IS DONE"
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(Received October 13, 10 a.m.)
NEW YORK, 12th October
Speaking at Marion (Ohio), Senator Harding stated : ."I oppose entering the League of Nations as that particular proposition now stands. That proposal is contemptuous of and potentially destructive of the American Constitution. I favour a World Association, call it what you will—names aye of slight consequence —that will prevent war and encourage a better understanding among the nations. The old order of things is done, not only in America, but throughout the world; and the United States, always just, must play its part in this new order." Mr. W. H. Taft, commenting on Governor Cox's statement that President Wilson had conferred with Mr. Taft concerning the League of Nations, declared that the President had wrecked his own league because of Article Ten. The President's stnbborness, he said, would not permit a reservation as to that article, and tnis defeated the Treaty..
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Evening Post, Volume C, Issue 90, 13 October 1920, Page 6
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168U.S. POLITICS Evening Post, Volume C, Issue 90, 13 October 1920, Page 6
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