South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-11-02
CONTINUING TOW ARD
PEACE SAME "COPPER"
HEADlSM AS EXHIBITED
TOWARD THE CONDUCT
OF THE WAR.
BY JOHN FrENRY ZUNER,
Editor The News-Timcs.

states senate there will De no rau-
acation OF "a peace treaty fashioned
upon the fourteen points" enunc-
ated by Pres't Wilson and his dip
Iomatic associates that represent
our allies.
You need only the words of
Messrs. Roosevelt and Taft I'm their
Union league pronunciamento for IL:
"The new senate must approve. by
tvgO-thirds vote. the terms OF peace.
Those terms should be settled not by
one man. II the peace treaty
- to be useful In the future. IL must
be accepted by the Vreat body Of the
American people. His ex-
change of notes with Germany has
% esossd deep TSa SSneeFn ,au,tsnS among So,D9 our
which the president and Germany
sumo that they have already agreed
upon are general and vague.
Nor can the attitude OF the house Of
representative be ignored in this
peace. Every affirmative obligation
binding the United states In that
treaty must be performed by the house
ls part Of the congress"
You can see therefore what they
are driving at. The war may be
over. and the basic principles of
peace agreed upon between the al
lies. but because the republicans
haven't dictated the details, and will
not be able to dictate them, with
Wilson I'm the white house, neither
will they ratify them.
The result OF such disagreement
could only mean then a renewal of
hOstilities, and if America became
too insistent, might even throw our
present allies against US. There Is
such a thing as good faith" be-
tween nations, even on the part OF
republics and democracies. The an
swer then IL exactly what Pres't VIII
son put up to the people i'm his ap-
peal for a democratic congress.
GIVE HIM DEMOCRATIC SEN
ATE THAT WILL RATIFY, AND A
HOUSE THAT WILL EXECUTE THE
TERMS OF THE PEACE TREATY.
AND THE WAR Is PRACTICALLY
OVER.
I r Is the same old nagging, snarllng,
L fault-finding, embarrassing, super
partisan process, that has marked
tn actions of republicans in con-
gress from the moment that war was
declared.
It = the same old naGging. snarl-
ing, fault-fnding, embarrassing,
super partisan process, that rallied,
harangued and brandaged at Scc'y
Daniels for "A season. then at Scc'y
Baker. then the shipbuiiding board,
and then the aircraft program, i'm
everyone OF which instances they
have proved themselves tncOrrigible
liars, while the war work OF the ma
tion has gone on to an impending
pcaCe-and with a dispatch that will
prove the marvel OF all history.
Shame on such "cOppcrheadism."
We dislike 10 apply IL to cx-Prcs't
Taft but ne has laid himself open TO
il. coming within the scope Of the
definition, and IL Is his fault and not
ours.
much of anything but a snake i'm
the grass" anyhow. especially as to-
ward anything being accomplished
by anyone else.
rF,t,,. efTorf t,, ,,,nI.,. r,oIftfoaI ,,.,,,ifol
out of the general peace terms which
the president and our allies have
agreed TO. is of the same old nag
ging. snarling. fault-fuding, en-
barrassing. super-partisan order.
They were enunciutcd away last
January. amplihcd again in July,
and no one, not even these infaili-
blists. ever thought TO discrcdit them
until something was needed TO
talk about as "A prctcnsiVc campaign
issue.
A II. But they say we voted the
y money. ana Supported war
measures. and made the fighting OF
the war possible. There never has
been a time I'm the house since war
was declared. that the democrats
have needed TO exceed twenty re-
publican votes to past any desired
war measure. There never has been
"A time that they needed more than
Twelve in the senate.
Republicans have been hand-wagOn
climbers: Grating. offering all kinds
Of embarrassing amendments. find
inc ali kinds of fault, cneCting de-
laws. dragging against time; conduct
as pro-Gcrman i'm effect as though il
were 30 i'm intent. and then when
forced To "a vote. they have rushed
in and voted for the measures,
knowing they would pass anyhow,
and that Co De CucInted against them
might result i'm "a biack-cyc back
home.
A. Congressman scott Ferris told
Them one day. when they were brag-
ring on the floor Of the house. OF
heir support:
YES. 70 reminds me Of boy who
r.as gathering potato bugs cut I'm