The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-07-25
TRIBUTE IS PAID
TO HEROES OF WAR
Acceptance of League Plan
Without Changes an d
Without Reservations To-
gether With Treaty Advo-
Gated.

washington. July 24.-"The crosses
that speak Of heroism and sacrifice
extending from the English channel
to the Swiss border. reach out their
arms in mute appeal to the represen-
tatives Of civilized peoples to see to
1t that such slaughter. destruction
and barbarity shall never again
blight the EARTH. said Senator F1lch-
er, OF Florida. speaking In the ate
today in behalf of the League OF Ma
tions.
The president has pointed the way
of hope for humanity and assurance
for the world. Shall this senate turn
it's back and refuse its advice and
consent?
TT Is due to the dead and MANNED
Of all the allied armies and the be-
roaved of the home population" he
said. that the enlightened nations of
the earth should see to it on the final
settlement Of terms that provision be
made whereby never again should any
autocrat or military clique be able to
pour the sweet milk of concord into
hell,
cannot unite, ~ did those around the
peace table,. senator Fletcher criti-
cized apponentS Of the hague cove
nant's inclusion In the treaty.
-hey not only oopoeef thV EeGue
of NATIONS plan now before u.s. hc
said. but they arts Opposed to any
kind of plan. 1t y not worth whi1e
to discuss the details OF the plan
submitted. 50 far as they are COM
ceSned. II could not be made satis-
factory to them. No amendment, no
reservation. no separate construction,
no condition, could be framed that
would cause 1t to meet with their
favor. They argue that any covenant
with other nations, any alliance would
mean a certain REIMBURSEMENT Of our
sovereignty, q sacrifice in some de-
gree of our Independence, and they
are unwilling to allow either.
Il am utterly unable to see any such
danger or find any grounds for OBJ
lection in the terms of the covenants
submitted. There would be, of course.
some right Of free and independent
action surrendered just as there is
under any contract an individual may
make. The consideration received is
fair exchange in one case as in the
other. The covenants OF all the 9TH
er nations, the ACCOMPLISHMENTS and
yielding of arbitrarily unrestrained
action on their part, Is an important
consideration. The copcessions, which
are mutual. for certain definite and
fixed objects, is shared by all for
the good of all. The return of what
Is given up balances the giving"
Pointing to the improvement in Ia
cilities for Transportation and COM
munication during the past century,
Senator Fletcher said that those who
held the isolati9n idea" took mo
coghizance OF the progress made In
the sciences and arts and ignoSes
the influence in expansion which mas
brought all the peoples OF the earth
into elbow touch.
The earth has been compressed. !.
he said. whether we like it or not,
we are involved to some extent in
the fates Of Others"
Discussing detailed objections to
specific sections Of the treaty, Senate.
Fletcher said many of the authors of
objections were prompted by personal
animosity towards the president AMI
others by partisan bitterness, while
both groups desired to paralyze his
leadership at whatever cost. Others
doubted because they lacked vision
and did not grasp the subject, he de-
clared.
Il venture the prediction that in ALI
the years to come. In actual practice.
military force will not be necessary to
restrain any law breaking nation" ne
said, the league would erect. "The
cooperation of all other nations to
completely isolate such a nation and
to refuse all intercourse with it, will
be sufficient"