U.S. ELECTIONS

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 8, 5 October 1920, Page 7

U.S. ELECTIONS

WILSON'S FIRST CAMPAIGN APPEAL URGES ENDORSEMENT OF LE GUE By Telograpn-Preßß Association-Copyright (Rec. October 4, 8.25 p.m.) Washington, October 3. President Wilson has issued his first campaign appeal direct to the people, urging tho endorsement of tha League of Nations, and declaring that th§ yrorld will wait for the verdict in Novembor, as it would wait for an intimation what its future was to be. The assertions that Article X would make it possible tor other, nations, to lead America into war he characterised as absolutely false. J. new was-nothing in the covenant which in the least interfered with or impaired Cof.-gress's right to declare or not declare war, according to its own independent judgment, as tho Constitution provides. President Wilson continued; "Do you want the country's honour vindicated and the Treaty ratified, and particularly to approve of the League as organised and empowered, and to see the United States play its responsible part theiein? You have been grossly misled in regard to tho Treaty and the character of tho League. lam amazed at tho gross ignorance and impudent audacity which led opponents to attempt to invent an Americanism of their own, for which there is no foundation whatever in authentic traditions of Government. Americanism, as they see it, reverses the whole process of tho last few tragic years." Prosident .Wilson concludes that according to the arguments of its opponents the Treaty would substitute America for Prussia, with a policy of isolation and defiant segregation. Ho makes tho League the real and only issue in tho bitterest campaign in history. He will tako tho lead in tho fight, and direct the closing days of the campaign.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.