The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-07-17
LEAGUE MORE MENAcING THAN
PRUSSlAN EMPIRE.

The propaganda for support of the
league of nations received severe
setback in Connecticut the other day
at the hands of distinguished Cath
Ollie prelate, John G. Murray, cham
cellor of the diocese of Hartford. ii
was in reply to a letter from Colonel
Isaac M. Ulman, prominent repub-
lican leader, who, acting upon 1.-THE
suggestion of Mr. Taft and other mem
brs OF the league to enforce peace,
requested the chancellor to sign pre-
pared letter to the Connecticut sena-
tors urging them to disregard politics
and vote to ratlfy the treaty of peace
and league of nations covenant as
submitted by the president without
amendment or reservation. Chancel-
ing exposition of real Americanism
that it can not fail to impress every
thoughtful citizen with the danger
that turks in this league into which
the president would force our coun-
try. His letter, taken from the Hart
ford Courant, follows:
- Ttl
corning the support of the league
of nations came to me In the mail
this morning. In order that you
may appreciate my position as
humble citizen of the United
States, 4 want to tell you that ever
since the campaign for such
league was originated some five or
six years ago | have done all in my
power to oppose 1t. An expert
ence gained by a residence in
Europe from 1897 to 1900, makes
it psychologically and morally
impossible for me to support
such an organization. Since the
matter came up for debate In the
United States senate d have given
all the moral support in my pow
er to Senators Knox, Brandegee
and Borah, begging them to pre-
serve for me and every citizen OF
the United States the only eoun-
try on the face of the earth fit
for me to live and die in. / want
no super country and | want no
alliance between the United
States and any other country in
the world, be it France. England,
Ireland, Germany, Italy, Greece,
Russia, Poland, Egypt, Palestine,
Turkey, China or Japan.
you ask me to sign letter to
the effect that the soldiers and
sailors returned from the world
war support your league, For
every soldier and sailor whom you
can find in the state of Connect
cut ready to subscribe to such a
league, | am willing to go out and
beg or borrow a dollar for a fund
to educate them as to the eyre
gious error that would induce
them to deliver themselves and
their country to the slavery of
European intrigue, which Is now
more insidious and more persist
ent in it's selfish designs to swal-
low the United States than at any
time in history. You are asking
me to deprive my country of the
place of honor which she has at
tanned as model and arbiter In the
disputes of other nations and
manacle her to a vicious circle of
political eXpediencies, after she
has acquired glory and independ-
ence by her answering adherence
to principle.
"As a clergyman Of my church
am not permitted to publicly
voice my personal views on any
topic primarily political. This
matter however, has assumed for
me the character of deeply eth
zeal problem concerning 10000
600 of my fellow citizens and were
II possible, / should conseWate
myself to tie task of speaking on
every street corner from Port
land, Maine to Los Angeles. Cal,
to proclaim my convictions as to
the dangers of such league. You
are the first of my friends who
has in any way expressed him
self as favorable to such a lea
que and | am at loss to know
what ground you can find for
considering the opposition of the
republican party as partisan. l
consider the opposition American
as opposed to a new spirit of in
ternationalism. Please read the
messages Of President Wilson to
his fellow citizens on Memorial
day and on other occasions and
tell me whether YOU can find
therein either the word "Ameri-
ca or American Can you find
sentiment or a principle that Is |
American in anything that he has
said or done since he went into
office on the slogan He kept MS
out OF war; My opinion OF
President Wilson was formed on j