Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-08-27
FOREIGN POLICY IN 1920
Senator Lewis Sees Possible Changes
i'm National Politics.

Senator Lewis Sees Possible Changes
in National Politics.
| Senator James Hamilton Lewis Of
Illinois. who is in France on gov
iernment mission. recently said that
the congressional election this Iall
would furnish ample proof 10 Europe
that the Wilson administration has
the support Of the entire country in
| its war policies. Then the senator
jumped ahead two years to the prcsi-
course of long breakfast interview
, gave a forecast OF what he said was
going to happen in American politics.
"Of the present Republican and
have nothing left but their names
The names will stick because they
are old. but the old parties are al
ready finished SO far as their former
traditions and activities are concern
ed.
"The next presidential campaign
will he on issues growing out Of the
International peace conference rather
than directly out Of the war itself.
There will be then big international
Issue In American politics on whether
the United States should have formal
defensive and offensive alliances with
other countries. or continue its old
freedom and retain the privilege OF
cooperating In the future with this or
that country. or group Of countries.
long enough to attain q specified
worthy object, and no longer. There
are bound to be two opinions on that
question in America after the peace
conference, and 1t will make our for
eign policy the biggest issue Of the
1920 election.
Two Big Domestic Issues.
For that same cam. gn there will
be two big domestic issues. First.
shall wartime government insur-
ance be continued and shall govern
mcnt control or ownership, found ne
ccssary in the war. be continued rs n
permanent normal policy in America
and extended to include even more of
our commercial industrial activities
than at present."
These arc to be the three cardinal
points OF American politics immedi-
ately after the war and for long time
to come. There Is nothing In any one
of them touching the past traditions
of the existing. parties and there is
nothing left of the old issues. Tariff
is no longer tariff issue but mat
ter Of international bookkeeping. The
states rights issue has been killed by
the south itself by its attitude on va
rious recent questions.
Asiatic Question World wide.
Furthermore, we can no longer
consider our European relations as
one thing and our Asiatic relations as
another. When the war Is over Japan
will say to her allies, England and
France, I ask you to request of Amer
lea that there shall be incorporated
In the treaties a statement that my
people are to have the same privileges
SnSths- -i5aiteda0Dstsssas your people,
What could England and France say?
And England must see that what
ever Asiatic readjustment there Is.
will have direct bearing on Australia.
So the Asiatic question Is no longer
an affair between America and japan.
but a world question which would
greatly complicate any alliances that
we might venture to make with Eu-
ropean countries.
"The domestic issues that have
mentioned are full Of possible rami-
fications into many economic ques-
tions. We are going to hear from the
farmers as never before. The farm
ers will tell us that their profits have
been limited and their business regu-
lated during the war, while others
have been getting rich because OF
the war, without restraint. This pro-
test of the farmers will be n big fac
tor in the campaign two years hence.
They will create an issue by demand
ing government warehouses through
which they may reach the consumer
without the long string of profit-tak-
ing Intermediates that now exists.
The parties will have to declare them
selves as to the farmers rs well as
on the question Of continuing an in
surance system for workers and the
questions Of government ownership
and prohibition.
"All Of this is based on the as
sumption that the war will be over
before the presidential campaign. /
have every confidence that the Allies
will win a complete victory within
another year.
with the war over, there is not the
slightest chance OF the third-term
question arising. Also, with the war
over, I don't think the political par
ties In 1920 will look to the military
heroes as such for heads Of the tick
cts There can't be any great, out
standing military man in America,
like Grant was after the Civil war.
This Is because of the distance of the
fighting from the people and because
of the lack Of exploiting any indi-
vidual. Furthermore. as the issues
will be questions Of diplomacy and
national economics. the leaders natur-
ally will be statesmen rather than
soldiers. I see no individuals in sight
yet. but I am convinced that the
Democratic party cannot go to the
east for its candidate"