Milford chronicle., 1919-08-15
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Uncle Ted Returns from washington.

Jack and Ruth had waited man
days for the return Of their Uncle TIE
1 from Washington where he had bee
stationed since arriving in the Unite
States from France and the Great Wa
(, They had only seen him for fe'
minutes when he landed from a grea
boat in New York City. There wer
: hundreds of people there that day an
Jack and Ruth, who had never bee
in New York before, saw buildings "a
tall as mountains and boats bigge
than the biggest elephant ever" An
then they had to go right back hom
because Uncle Ted was still a soldie
in the American Army and under or
ders which took him to Washington
But now he was no longer a soldie
and was coming home, so Jack an6
Ruth hoped for a long visit. The.
were at the window with their nose.
pressed tightly against the pane
Mother came into the room and whis-
pered, Uncle Ted is homel" Jack
and Ruth ran for the door and such
a welcome home as they gave their
| Uncle Ted Jack jumped on his back
and with Ruth pulling at Uncle's coat
/ he made his way into the old front
room, where before he went to war,
! he had told the children all kinds of
fairy stories until the Sandman call
ed them to bed.
But Jack had grown up during the
war. He was quite a little man now
and was anxious to know all about
what was going on in the world.
Uncle Ted was his hero and from I'm
Gle Ted he must learn all about what
the world is doing now that the war
is over and people everywhere are
thinking of peace. And the big men
in Washington who make the lawsl
Jack wanted to know right away what
they are doing about the Peace Treaty
which all the nations must sign and
agree to before peace really exists.
Uncle Ted" asked Jack after they
were all seated, Jack on his hero's
lap and Ruth at their feet, why is
the Senate in Washington taking so
long to agree to the Peace Treaty
Germany has agreed and most all
other nations, so Daddy tells me-"
There are many reasons, Jack,
answered Uncle Ted First of all,
when President Wilson signed the
treaty in France as our representa-
tive. the treaty contained an agree
ment for a league of nations. This
league of nations is, of course, still
part of the treaty. I haven't time
tonight to tell you all about it, Just
this much though. If the United States
agrees to the treaty with this plan to
bring all/the nations of the world to-
gether in a sort of club, it will mean
that the United States will have to
help fight the wars of many other
countries
"You mean," asked Jack, that if
Germany should fight England again,
you would have to go back and fight |
whether you wanted to or nOt?"
Not just that, Jack. l might or
might not have to go but many Amer
ican boys would have to go and many
might be killed just because we had
agreed to assist through this club
plan for the many countries. For that
Washington refuse to aid in the form
ing Of this club. They say that George
the Father of His COun-
try, warned us not to form clubs with
across the sea, because it
would get the United States into lot
Of trouble. They also say that if we
join this world club, we shall lose
our independence which you know
from school history our fore-fathers
gave up their lives to obtain in 1776
from England. We would be govern
ed, so far as our relation with other
by a body of men repre-
senting the countries of this club and
our government would have to agree
to do whatever these men decided
When the men representing each
country in this club meet to decide
each country would have one
vote. Every member of this club
would have to agree to whatever was
iecided. The United States would get
,ne vote, Belgium would get one vote,
'ut England controls so many coun-
ries, she would get six votes. One
or England herself, one for Canada,
me for Australia, one for South At
'ica, one for New Zealand, and one
or India"
why, Uncle Ted" said Jack, "if we
,nly get one vote and England gets
,nly one vote, what is the difference?
canada and Australia are far away
rom England"
"That is just what I want to ex-
,lain to you. These other countries,
uch as Canada and Australia, which
counted in as making the six votes
or England and all colonies of Eng
and. just like Alaska and the Philip
line Islands are part of the United
itates. When it came time to vote,
hey would all vote with their Mother ]
ountry and in that way they could, by
heir votes, make the United States
hare their troubles and wars whether
be United States wanted to or not"
Wouldn't that be a bad thing for
be United States States - spoke up Ruth.
1T would be very bad thing for
he United States to join this league
T world club, and that is why, Jack, /
he big Senators in Washington are re- I
using to make the United States join.
resident Wilson wants rs to join no /
natter what it means to us but the 9
enate must decide because our laws
ay so, and most all the Senators say J
hat we will not join this club and
end our soldiers all over the world
D risk their lives fighting the battles t
Dr. other people. Now it's bedtime
nd I am tired from my trip. Next /
Teek l shall tell you about another a
eason why the Senate does not like
he peace treaty which our President }
igned in France. It is all about
'hina and sounds like a fairy tale /
nth a big dragon and everything" /
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