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TWELVE PAGES TODAY., RALEIGH, N. C, MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 18. 1920 TWELVE PAGES TODAY.
PRICE: FIVE CENTS
Women
.Mews
and Ob
HIGH MONEY RATES
ONE OF CAUSES OF
SHRINKING VALUES
Comptroller Williams CHticizes
-Unjustifiable' Rates for
. Demand Loans
SAYS RATES FIXED BY
"COTERIE" OF BROKERS
ON STOCK EXCHANGE
Declare That Apparent Loss
of Billions in Values of Se
curities Could Hare Been
Largely Prevented by Proper
Cooperation on the Part of
New York Banks; -Cites Un.
justifiable InteresfBates
Charged and Outlines, in
Comprehensive Statement,
Bad Effects That Have Be.
- salted - in - the; Investment
World "
a ua -uemaau loans, or
New York City banks baa been an ac
tive contributing .mum of the huge
shrinkage in all securities values dor
iS the past year, Comptroller of the
Currency Williams declared tonight In
ft formal statement. He charged that
tall money' rates in New York wera the
highest in the . world, and that re
ewal" rates fixed daily by a, small "co-
Afl i L t .
urie vi sioca. exenauge oroaers gov
erned ''the interest charged on brokers
loans ia nearly all New York banks.
"The- raising or lowering of the re
newal rates on the exchange," said
Mr. Williams, "is frequently accom
panied by npward or downward more
menta in stocks and securities; and
those responsible for the fixing of the
rate, therefore, have the opportunity,
whether exercised or sot, of profiting
largely by operations on the stock mar
ket, which; is so often and directly af
fected by the call money situation. 1
do not, of coarse, undertake to say
that this formal monejr committee
does take improper advantage of their
foreknowledge; but there are critics
who severely censure the existing ar
rangementa. Certainly all prudent .and
thinking1 business men will agree that
there ia danger in the concentration of
each opperuaJiy-,and.awwr-ia' the
heads of a few persons. Temptations
to use this power for Individual profit
must -arise, and human- nature ia not
changed by high position ia the Ansa
cial world. ; ' . .".,-"
Grin On CMaaaerce.
"Power to fix money rates for all, or
nearly all of the banks in New. York
City, and to ehange them daily, is a
grip on the heart of our commerce. It
permits such interferences aa fallible
'human judgment, whins or interest may
direct with the natural and orderly
movements of money, the life blood of
business. The matter or arbitrary- fix
ing money rates at the money center,
possibly reversing tha natural tad
healthy flow and affecting, directly ar
indirectly, billions of dollars of aecur
ity values and other property ia left
to a Small and varying number of pri
vate citixena without, official reaponsi
bility. deciding ia a moment and ia
secret.
Evils if Seek M.thodaf
"Tha evils and dangers of audi meth
ods could be recited indefinitely. They
reach to the remotest corners of the
union and its possessions '. and touch
harmfully every class of people. The
' direct tt!"J!fy ia to reverse one of the
fundamental purposes of the Federal
Beserve Act,, which is to promote or
derly distribution of money through the
country t meet the needs of commerce
aad - agriculture. Excessive - interest
rates offered in New York artificially
draw money away from outaide com
inanities through their -banks, and of
ten leave legitimate enterprises atarv-
ed or pinched, while feeding speculative
movements which may be adding aoth
ing""t "real iniiustrkl or Commercial
wealth. '
"I reiterate the statement previously
made that the excessive . rates on call
money, arbitrarily fixed aad tolerated
ia New. York, ia my opinion, kave been
a potent influence In dopressig seri
ously the prices of all investment bonds
and standard shares, the shrinkage in
whieh ia the past twelve months has
mounted, including the depreciation in
Liberty bonds, to several billion dol
lars." .'V
Stack Exchange Standard.
Mr. Williams declared that although
the . renewal rate fixed by the rate
committee was not regarded ' aa com
pnlsory by the stock exchange authori
ties, it, nevertheless, wsi admitted by
practically every bank that its rat on
call loans waa changed to conform -with
the posted rate. As a result, Mr. "Wil
liams said, "It would be vain obvioasly
for a borrower to hope to obtain money
ia New York at a lower rate by shifting
his loaa to noma ether bank. -
. The statement ef the New York banks,
that all broker - loans were raised or
lowered simultaneously did nstrbear ap
under hi Investigation, Mr. Williams
asserted. Be aited records which ha
' said showed "apparent discrimination
en loaaa equally well, secured and for
similar purpose. .
Aa te the Hr . . .
"Concerning the "coterie of "brokers
which fi the call Interest rate, Mr.
William aaid that inquiry disclosed it
usually consisted of "4 to S or snore,"
--nd that the ?etoek exchange usually
was represented by "the president or
'one or more of its governors. He
,-eaid the fluctuations of tha "posted" in
terest rate on brokers loans ranged
from S to IT per cent between Novem
ber 10, 19W, and. Julyv 17. laat. On
July 81 ke recalled he had issued a
statement assailing .the high ratea and
(Gsatlaaesj aa page
eight), V
FIRST niATH OCCURS
V AMONG HUNGER STRIKERS.
Cork, Oct. 17. (Br the Associated,
Press.) The Srat death ta the
hanger strikers Im Cork Jail eecarred
tonight, tltsgerald died at :
o'clock, having fasted slxtr-slght
4aya.
The conditio af Ntsgerald sad
Marshy had become aa grave today
that with the constat af Ua ether
danger atrikera, tka arlaoa doctors
vara pcrmltt ta fira Tltsgsrsjld
medical treatment. A Cark specialist
alaa waa called ia..,..::: .'
MORRISON UNABLE
TO MAKE ADDRESS
Democratic Nominee Forced by
r, . m
By R. E. POWELL.
(Staff Correspondent.)
Chsrlotte, Oct. 17, A severe, linger
ing eold and hoarseness, abetted by aa
attack of neuralgia, today made it neces
sary for Cameron Morrison, Democratic
candidate for governor, to cancel two
more speaking engagements. His physi
cian. Dr. H. Q. Myers, has ordered him
not to speak until Wednesday, the date
-for, Jlla appointment In Wilmtagten.
Heriot Clarkson, his former campaign
manager, will speak for Mr. Morrison
at luabethtown tomorrow and at Bow
land on Tuesday.
Engagement for Eliza bethtown to-mor-ow
and for Bowlsnd on Tuesday
v-rre annulled this afternoon when Dr.
Myers determined that Mr. Morrison yet
needs at least two complete days of
rest. He went to bed Thursday night
after a speech at Kannapolis and has
been confined ia his home on East
Boulevard since.
- Strengthened, as he expeeta to he, by
ther est Mr. Morrison will resume his
tour ef the 8tate in Wilmington on
Wednesday when ha appears before the
Kiwanis Club luncheon and again that
evening ia the auditorium. His sched
ule for the week carries him to Golds-
f oro en Thursday and to Pitt and Lenoir
counties Friday and Saturday. The for
lowing week begins the - long swing
heross the Stste from Plymouth to
Shelby, where a great rally is being
planned for Monday before the election.
; Mr. Morrison today expressed keen
regret that his physical condition is aach
that it is out of tno question fof him to
make sddresse ia Ii.sdea and Kobest.
The vigprous campaign in the west, his
condition permitting, will be repeated ia
the eut'snd he confidentially expects to
be elected by a majority of from sixty
to seventy thousand twa weeks from
tottorrow.
FIRE DESTROYS HOTEL
AT LAKE JUNALUSKA
.
Blaze Burns Principal Hostelry
at Southern Methodist As
sembly Grounds
Asheville. Oct. 17. Fire ef unknown
origin this afternoon at 9 o'clock totally
destroyed the Auditorium hotel at Lake
Joaaluska, the Southern Methodist As
sembly ground, near WsrwesvillSt The
lose if estimated at 975,000 which was
partly covered by insurance. The build
ing was owned by the Southern Meth
odist Assembly and was one of the
first buildings to be erected en the
grounds.'
AJ1, the conferences had ended at the
grounds several weeks, sgo bat a large
boys camp in charge of Colonel Bnyder
was asiag the hotel. All escaped with
eat any4juri.-Tnr were" plenty ti
people and plentjr. of waterj Vul owing
to the fact that the bailding. was frame
and the fire had a good start before
anyone discovered it, the entire build
ing was destroyed. ' ' . "
This is the second serious firs that
hat been experienced at tha grounds
aiaee they Were opened, Hotel Junaluska
having burned with heavy loss a few
years ago. Aa official ei tne Assemoiy
stated tonight that he was quite surf
that the Assembly -would rebuild the
hotel and have it ready by tha time the
conferences opened next spring.
HUSBAND SHOT BY WIFE '
ON HIGHWAY NEAR WILSON
'Wilson, Oct. 17. This Sfternoon sbout
3 o'clock Mrs. Furnis High shot her
husband, the ball taking effect ia his
breast. It is alleged that infidelity waa
tha cause af the aear tragedy- The
woaadrd man is ta a local hospital. -
The wife, while Tiding along a high
way ia a buggy, met her husband with
three- men ta an automobile. 6he fired
into the group,' the husband falling
from the machine.- One- ef the oceu-
panta ef tha ear Jumped out aad ran
throoffh the wood, while tha others
broke tha speed limit and hurried from,!
the scene, .-- -.- -v !(.. . . .--
: SelM rSeVSM Worth mt Me-rahlne. -
Miami, rta. Out 17-Mornhiae valued
at were than- $30,000 was seized by l"ed
eral agents here thin morning when M.
A. Deeastre, a Cuban eisiraing Key West
aa his home, waa. arreswa at the local
railway atatioa Just as he was about
to leave ft-r the North with a suitcase
full ef drugs.
' Dice Frees Eating PilbW ':
Dublin. Ga- Oct. 17. A two and i
half-year-old daughter ef Dr. J. H.
Duggaa ate the contents of a bottle ef
sugar coated pills this morning, and
died within a few hoars.; v .
HER OBLIGATIONS
President Points Out Clearly to
Senator Harding HowThis
Is Possible
SEEKING INFORMATION
-v CANDIDATE GETS IT
Wilson Cleared Up Sitoation in
Befard to "Moral Obliga
tions" in Colloquy With Be.
. publican Candidate" When
Latter Attended Conference
" at White Souse
Tha News and Observer Bureau,
60S District National Bank Bldg, .
(By Special Leased Wire.)
Washington, D. C, Oct. IT. Here is a
remarkable colloquy between President
Wilson and Senator Harding in which
the President shows America to be the
sole judge of her moral obligations if
she becomes a member of the League
Vurrctftt'ertf
and what is not her duty as a member
of the League. He also shows what ths
great valus of the League would be to
us and to the world.
This colloquy took place on August
10, a19, when the Senate Foreign Be
lations committee of which Senator
Harding is a member went to the White
House to confer with the President
on the League
Senator Harding The President ex
pressed a while ago surprise that I rais
ed a question, as to the value of this
compact because of the moral omiga
tion feature. Let me premise by the
statement thst I look upon a moral ob
ligation as that whieh the conscience
of the contracting party impels. The
conscience of any nation in Europe.
for example, may bs warpej , by its
prejudices, racial, geographical and oth
erwise. it be true that any nation
may pnt aside or exercise its judgment
as to the 'morsl obligation in swept ing
any recommendation of League, really
what do we get out of this international
compact in the enforcement of any de
fef The President We get the centering
upon it of the definite opinion of the
world expressed ia the authoritative
organ! of the respossible government.
.Senator JlariUng Aa,otaat.:uaUoa4
That ia surrendering the suggestion
ef . moral obligation for this Kepub-
lie to the prejudices or necessities of
ths nstions of the Old World, hi it
notf
The President I do not understand
thst we mske such a surrender.
Senator Harding Would you not un
derstand a decree by the council to be
a suggestioa'f this moral obligationf
The President Certainly I would,
but we would have to concur in that
before it had any force of any kind.
Senator Harding Would it not be
quite aa moral- for this' Bepublie Ueelf
to determine its moral obligations?
The President Undoubtedly Senator;
But ia the meantime the world would
not have the knowledge before it that
there will be concerted aettoa by all
the responsible governments of .the
world in the protection ef the peace
ef the world. The minute you do away
with that assurance to the world you
save reached, the situation which pro
dueed the German war.
Senator Harding' What becomes tof
our standing,, among nations if the
council Jixes r moral obligation upon
as and we reject the judgment of the
council as to the moral obligationf
The JPnaldeatFafdua tut if I re
mind you that we alwaya have to eon
eur ia that.
Senator Harding Precisely, but the
council states ' whst constitutes the
moral obligation, if agreed. But if we
de not agree, then, in the eyes of the
world we have rejected its judgment
aa to a moral obligation.
The President Certainly : And I
toddOJukwc a-Jib
if eur moral judgment differs from
the: morax judgment of the world.
Senator Harding Then, . let us go
back to the original ' Inquiry. Whst
permanent value ia there, then, to this
council f - ' , '
The President The greatest permaa
nt value is tha point that I have rais
ed. Wa are assumug that ths united
States will not eoneur in the general
moral judgment of the world. . Ia my
opinion aba generally will. If it had
been known that this war was coming
ea her moral judgment would kave con
curred with that of the ether, govern
ments of the world, with ; that of the
other peoples of the world, and if
Germany had known - that there was
a possibility ef that tort of concur
rence aha would never, have" dared to
do what she did. Without auch notice
served oa the powers that may wish
to repeat the folly that Germany com
menced, , there la ao asau ranee to the
world that, there win be peace - for a
generation, whereas if they - know be
forehand thst there will be thst con
cert ef Judgment, there ia the most
tremendous guaranty.
Senator Harding But. Mr. President,
nobody- exptsssed for as eur .moral ob
ligation to enter late this war. But it
was our awn expression, was it notf -
The President Certainly ; it was ear
concurrence ia the judgment of the
world. ; : j s
Senator HarSlrn--One f the saints'
I am getting at, If I can make it elesr,
Is the necessity of a eomnaet for this
rcpublie W fulflli its obligations in
eiviliiatMB.i-4.L.-- '.: --- .
The President Sir. this Bepublie if
I interpret it rightly, does mot need a
uggestioa from any quarter to fulfill
its moral obligations. ' -
Senator Harding 1 quite agree with
thst, .-,:.', ... --
The President But It steadies the
whole world by i Its promise before,
hand that ft wtlt stand with other
nations of similar Judgment to main
taia right ia the .world. .
UNDER THE LEAGUE
COX TAKES DAY OF
REST PREPARATORY
TO EASTERN DRIVE
JSh
Democratic Nominee Spends
Sunday Quietly With Cleve
land Associates
REMAINDER OF BATTLE
TO BE WAGED IN NORTH
Governor; Qoes Into New York
State Today and Then Into
. . New England; To Make
League of Nations Exclusive
Battleground Until the Close
of the Campaign
Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. 17. Governor
Cos secured a full day's rest here to
day ia preparation for what his asso
ciates considered would be the whirl
wind finish 6T bis Presidential cam
paign. During the next fortnight the
Democratic .candidate will nuke his
ing
and Buffalo, N. Y.
Extensive Itinerary.
New Hampshire cities and Boston will
be visited next Tuesday , by the gover
nor, Providence, B. I., Bridgeport, Hart
ford, and other Connecticut eitiea on
Wednesday. Wilmington, Del- and
Baltimore, Md. On Thursday, Tren
ton, Princeton, Newark and Jersey
City, N. J., on Friday. A Madison
Square Garden speech at New York next
Saturday night will close the week and
during the following week the candi
date will speak at Indianapolis, Chi
os go and other mid-west centers
Lesgae Chief Isaac.
The League of Nations promised to
be virtually the exclusive battle ground
of Governor Cox for the remainder of
the campaign. His advisors say that
following the theme of the candidate's
addreases here yesterday, he would
stress, ths eonteatien that Senator
Harding, his Bspablican opponent,
stands for rejection ad the league, but
is' still crying "Kamerad, Kamerad, to
the hosts of peace," comprising Re
publicans and Independents favoring
the covenant. ....
Prior to. his departure hers lata 'to
day, for Syracuse, Governor Cox spent
r qinet Ennoarrrcsrog UU aeU and
enjoying aa afternoon motor trip with
friends.
COL COX SPEAKS TO
CROWD AT ASHEVILLE
' Asheville, Oft. 17. Col. Albert U
Cox, of Raleigh, sddressed a large
audience st the county court house fist
wrday in tbjs Interest of the Democrat iq
party. The Democratic elector-st-large
wis greeted by a good crowd and he
wat cheered na . he mad 4 telling; hits
rgainst the opposition.
Colonel Cox has been in ths West for
the past few weeks, and has been heard
ty good audiences wherever he has ap
peered. He ia well knows here and in
t'.S West, aa a large number ef the
members of his 113th Field Artillery,
sctb Division, were from this section
of the State,
He was recently elected president of
ths Old Hickory Association, at the an
t'ual, meeting which was held here the
hitter part of September.
CRITICIZES FINANCIAL
POLICY OF GOVERNMENT
New Orlcnns, La., Oct. 17, W. B.
Thompson, former. president of the New
Orleans Cotton Exchange and a leading
cotton -factor of the South, in a letter
to J. 8. Wannamaker, president' of the
American Cotton Association, today se
verely criticised the financial adminis
tration of the nation for its sttitude
Wannamaker to immediately withdraw
all committees from Washington,
"It is worse than futile to treat fur
ther with the financial administration
of the government, says Mr. Thompson
in his letter. "It is fatal. Ths record
of this administration ia made up. It
has branded Itself as the enemy ef agri
culture. Appeal no more. let it alone.
DEMOCRATIC WOMEN TO
SPEAK IN MONTGOMERY
Troy, Oct. 17. Mrs. Josephus Dan
iels will speak here Wednesday nigh!
it 7:30 o'clock. Dr. Delia Dixon-Carroll
will speak at Mt. GUead Tuesday
afternoon at e o clock.
A committee of women will meet Dr.
Dixon-Csrroll and earry'her to " Mt.
Gilead and from there to Wadesboro.
Also Mrs, Datiels wil be met at Con
cord. -
1 THE
NgWS AND OBSERVER,
BOOTH
At the Fair Will Be Vr
PRESS'-HEADQUARTERS
All visiting members of the
Press and ihe public' are in
vited to make this head
quarters. ! Messrs. - H. SB.
Hardy and Will" X Coley
will be present gTeet their
many:' friends throughout
Korth Carolina. - : .
MflHMeheNT
1 i; . - 1 m.L jm. ' u
ti Syracuse. Bocheiileri
Reading republicans and
progressives to support
cox and roosevelt ticket
ENTI
REPORTED TIED UP
Complete Standstill in Coal
Mines Throughout Great
Britain
London, Oct. 17. (By the Associated
Press.) Tlr coal industry today was at
a standstill. .Afbrr months of negotia
tions between the eniners and the gov
ernment in which neither side was
willing to concede the crucial point,
the pits are closed and Great Britain
seemingly is facing dpi of industrial
chaos, unequalled even during the world
war.
Except for the pumpmen, and 'other
employees nho are to keep the mines
free from water and otherwise in good
condition for a resumption of work
e minr
twrnioir arwirpopaiace', ww not an ai
day on which to form concise judg
ment of the uoteatiaiities of the. strike.
When the men dropped their picks
Saturday night the question rose as
to how many of them on Monday again
would be ready to go into the diggings
A feeling of pessimism pervades, not
withstanding the fact that Premier
Lloyd George, has. stated that' every
thing will be done to keep the great
industries of the country going, lo
morrow probably will show whether the
railway men and the transport workera
the other two wings of latwr s tripl
alliance are to join the miners.
GOOD WILL FEATURES
THE COAL STRIKE SO FAB.
' London, Oct. 17. ''No strike ever has
been entered upon with less passion on
either side." soys the Manchester Guar
dian, commenting on tiie -coal miners'
strike. The good will may not last
under the pressure of the strike but it
is av great help that the strike? is net
being entered into in an atmosphere of
unreasoning anger. '. .
The tenor of virtually all tho editorial
comment of the newspapers at the week
end was keep your heads and save
. - - - - -
NO DEVELOPMENTS IN
BRITISH COAL STRIKE
Unofficial Conferences of La
bor Leaders Held; Some
Talk of Mediation
London, Oct. 17. (By the Associated
Press). Outside of some unofficial
conversations between ths various labor
leaders, there has been no noteworthy
development in me miners striae to
day. Everywhere there is talk of the
possibilities of mediation, but Up to
late this evening no step had been
taken. ' .
With the exception of the f &d
ministry, which today presented
scene of activity, recalling tho times of
the. railroad strike last year, all the of
Acini departments were qmet
J Omreffeet of the stfike wiir be, it is
ejxpected, to bring the industrial crisis
into grpff'r prominence thsn the Irish
question when parliament reassembles
Tuesday. There is much speculation
whether in the event of the railroad
men or trauSpo'H workers deciding to
support the miners "by sympathetic
strikes, thereby . precipitating a still
graver industrial Crisis,, tha. government
would decide to appeal to the country
uy a general election to endorse the
course taken by it.
MAN HUNT FOR NEGRO
fASftEmTFrlOOTriinS
Pitched Battle in Georgia Costs
Life of Negro and Injury
. of Two Others
MUiedgeville. Ga.. Oct. 17. A -man
hunt is being conducted " here tonight
for a negro who participated in a shoot
ing affray on a Country road early this
mtrtiig, which eort the Ufa of one
lugrc and injurJca that are believed will
prots-fatal to N. Ivey, a guard at the
otatt jierormatory.
anrce negroes in a DUggy neia up
Ivcy and three other men at I o'clock
this, morning. Ivey stepped eat' of the
car and was shot. Hand-to-hand fight
ing followed until Will bee, negro, fell
dead. The two remaining negroes fled.
"Bob" Ford, arrested tndsv. was ord
ered held on a ehargl of murder by a
coroner's jury, in connection with the
killing of Lee. . The other negro has
aee been apprehended. '
Jvey aad' Lee-both had. shotgun
wounds, and the Jury found that Ford
waa the only one who had a shotgun.
Ford admitted, Sheriff It T. Tarry save.
that aa saec at aa enjeet ta the ark
ness, not knowing thst it wss one ef his
ewa party.
WITHDRAW SHIPS FROM
--TRANS-OCEAN SERVICE
New Tork, Oct. 17. Offlcbl announce
ment of the, withdrawal of the Amer-
ican -liae steamships St.- Paul, New
York and Philadelphia .from the trans
Atlantis passenger- Business between
New Terk and Cherbourg and Southamp
toa for the wintr. was made here to
day by P. A. &- Franklin, president of
the International1 -Mercantile Marine
Company.. ' The withdrawal of these
ships Mr. Franklin said, was tempo
rary, and was prompted by "exceedingly
heavy operating -t-eipensepparHealarly
tha high eost ef coal ia Sagtan'd.1 - 1
RE INDUSTRY
I when the strife is ended, all th
CAUSES PROBE INTO
CONDUCT. OF MARINES
Mse.anni iimsai n 1 iiiu ja simeu1 isjii
f '
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At..,- y..
I 1 filial' sTT I ssa 1 1 11 iliSll 1 wi it ihiii itani 1 l 1
1
General ' George Barnett, formerly
eemmandant of United States Msrine
Corps, who in a private letter charged
''practically indiscriminate killings" of
natives in Haiti by American Murines
and the native constabulary, and
caused Secretary Daniels to order a
complete investigation bf affairs in
the island, expecially with regard to
General Barnett's infereTies.Qencrsl
Barnett has been eWedsTrwitnos in
ths investigation, which will be msdo
by a hoard of inquiry, which has been
sppjnted by Mr. Daniels,
T
Studied Efforts by Republicans
to Deceive People onteague
Covenant
CininnatiV , Oct. 17. Franklin D.
Roosevelt, Democratic vice-Presidential
candidate with Mrs, Roosevelt, aad
their party, left Cincinnati late this af
ternoon for Grand Itupids, Mich., where
Mr. Boosevelt will speak tomorrow
night. Before leaving Cincinnati-. .Mr.
Boosevelt issued a stntemeat in which
he accused the Republican party le.ad
ors of "placing Party advantages above
National good. He declared 1 that
publications sent out by managers of
Republican headquarters were "deliher
ate attempts to falsify existing facts
for the sole purpose of winning voters
by creating prejudice"
- Un.n 1q, ... mnfu
is the
pamphlet issudfrom Republican Na
tional headquarters with the-intentioV
of deceiving voters who have not the
rpportunitjr tn study the eovenant of
the league of Nations, .he said.
seeks by -a cartoon and by its wording to
eonvey the- information that in -the
League' of Nations the British empire
is accorded six voters while Amencs
will have una if should enter the
league.
"Of course, any person who has even
read the covenant of the League . of
Nations knows that it is a document
which, like -our constitution, is drawn
up on broad lines, and like our const!
tution will be dependent for its sue
ress upon the spirit With' which it
jtaraUipril, and earrsiod ea-'hy ths men
bcr nations of the whole civilised world.
"In particular, relation to the charges
mada about the- ais ote of the "British
empire to our one, the following is
clear: "
"The intent of the eovenant of the
League of Nations is to create a gov
MlrtnXoay, calle? the. council, that
council to be composed of nine mem
ler five great powers, that is, France,
Italy. J.i pan. Great Britain and theUni
ted States, and four smaller powers, the
smallrr powers being at the" present
time Spain, Brazil, Greece end Belgium.
Eaeh of these nine nations has one vote
in the council, In other words, the Unt
irh empire has but one vote and wt
nave but one vote.
"At the same time - the eovenant
makes it clear that the important decia
iona.of. the council shall be made by
a unanimous vote in other words, the
representatives of the United States
would have to agree with the other
eight nations in making the decision
rla -X iew. of the fact, .however, that
ia the governing' body of the League,
that is, the council, the United States
has just as big a vote as any other
nation, Just as big a vote as Great Brit
ain-end all of her dependeneiee -pat
together, it beeewies clear that - these
pamphlets published by the managers
of the Kepubtiesn imrjy are delioersie
and wilful miarepreeentationt. , '
"The average voter has come to
realiie.lhe xtnfairnes of the campaign
being conducted..,, by , th ..Republican
managers." -v "','v
I i mm
A. J. MAXWELL SPEAKS TO
- ELIZABETH CITI VUTaas,
-- Elixabcth City, Oct. VAs-J.. Max
well, of the North Carolina Corporation
Commission, ..-deirvercd aa interesting
address ia the' courthouse Friday night.
He discussed the principsl Issues ef the
campaign in behalf of the -Democrats.
He championed the League of Nations
and (hen later diseussed State Issues, de
voting most of hia time to the revalua
ROOSEVELT SHOWS
UPANQTHERPLO
tion act.- 'V.-v"-:
Over 100 Representative Men
: and Women Call on Other ,
Republicans and 'Pro- ?
gressives to Do
.... . :. ,0kewise:
PLEDGE VOTES ALSO FOR "
SENATORIAL CANDIDATES '
WHO STAND FOR LEAGUE
Joint Statement of Those Gen.
erally Supporting Repnbli.
can Ticket, Given Out by -Hamilton
Holt, Magazine v
Editor Includes Herbert
Parsons, Republican Officers
of League to Enforce Peace
and Nine Former Eepnbjican
and Progressjve Palrt
ao-era anrl Offlro hnlAnrw as
(foavSJa4sftv
can rariv is lor national
Isolation and Appeals for
Patriotism Above Party in
Coming Election; Number of
Signers to Statement In.
creasing Daily
New Tork, Oct 17. A joint state
ment by "over one hundred representa
tive men and women who have usually
supported the Republican and Progres
sive . tickets", snnouneing their in
tention to vote for Cox and Roosevelt
and those Senatorial eandidatea "wk
stand honestly and frankly for ratifica
tion of the treaty and adherence to the -League"
was made public here tonight
by Hamilton Holt, magaxine editor.
This statement set forth thst "it is
now too bite to talk of a new 'Assoc!
sion of Nations' to be ereated under
Republican auspices'' and, repudiating
the present Republkaa leadership that
"has permitted the Republican party to '
become a 'little America' party,' orgs
all Republicans and Progressives to 'put
patriotism above party" aad add their
t-4 aamee -to the list ef signers.
Mas la Increasing.
This list, according to Mr. Holt, h
increasing daily. An analysis given out
with the statement said thst it included
IS Republican officers of the League to
Enforce Peace; clergymen representing -all
the principal denominations; the
presidents of Oberlin, Vassar, Smith,
Eiryn Mawr and Mount Hojyoke col
leges; several veterans of tha great war
and nine former Republican or Progres
sive party managers and office-holders.
In the last classification were listed
Charles P. HowlftttoV of Mew. York
Violet M. Leroy, New Tork; Theodore
Marburg, Baltimore; V. H. Nichols,,
Bennington, Vermont; Herbert Parsons,
New York; Elias D. Salesbury, In
dianapolis; Edwia E. Hloason, New
York; Richard Wheeling, New Tork and
Alice White, Wellesley, Mass. ,
G. O. P. for Isolattea.
the statement declared that ' the Re
publican party )K "drifting toward
national isolation had,, repudiated "
political traditions under which the
emphasising the international reaponsi. -bilitirs
of America, from Lieoln to Thft,
Asserting that they held no brief for
the present administration and did aot
insist 'oa any particular wording - ef J
teservationa to any articles of the
treaty,' the signers set forth thst they
did not -desire that "a - Cause whieh
should have served to unite all parties
in the same spirit of common service
whieh was manifested in the. great wsr
should be made a basis of party dif-
ference in the present campaign.
fediltoKtrjli'-an , tatrsjmcaa-AJtt
drew D. White, Joseph M. Choate, aad
Elihu Boot labored for the development
of the - inernatioBarttvr and" for the
arganization of the world through the
Hague conferences, ' ' read the state
ment. "We would continue in the path
they indicated."
- Net Twe Bapsblicaiiurm.
The statement then cited as oroef
thst "national isolation haa never been ;
a Republican watchword" in President
McKinley's attitude toward China:
Theodore Roosevelt's intervention in
the Russo-Jtfpanese war; the work of
William Howard Taft for the League of
Nations: the Presidential candidacy ef
Cbarlea E. Hughes'' as protest against
what he thought at that time was th .
indifference of the administration to
our international responsibilities' aad
Republican approval of Abandonment by
President Wilson, "of the party's his.
torie policy of narrow nationalism to
advocate a League of Nations.
"True Republican statesmanship would
have welcomed and . supported the -covenant,"
continued the .statement. -
it would have seen ia the league that
ne practicable means of restoring aad .
Increasing the authority of interna
tional law and its agencies - designed '
ultimately ta supplant war." u .
Dcclariag that "during the lfttejvar
every one - agreed that it was inpera- ;
tire to adopt, soma measuree to pre1
vent its recurrence," the statement ,
eotinuedi ; i ' -
Queatiea Before Psopie-? 7
" Tha' question confronting America la
whether we shall accept the existing
league or insist upon a new inter
national agreement having, the same "
Dismissing the thought ef k new "as- ,
soeiatioa . of nations" - the' statement
said: "The propoaal to ask 3 member
ra'ions to 'scrap' the existing league,
enter' another peace conference and
agree oa some nndeflned experiment
can no longer be taken seriously .' -
The itatcateat then reviewed .: th
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