The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-05-22

ence, and the rsfusal ~ China TO &C
knowledge JAP HIS claims by signing
the a treaty, sentiment In the
senate has rapidly changeda toward
the treaty and the league OF nations,
Moreover, thu Fiume myste,y-the
dispute as to what agreeI1 hit Presi'
dent Wilson has made With ssaly after
his definite declaration Tint Ffunes be-
longs to tie new states ecross the
Adriatic-has raised a stpaI ate sets OF
new critics Of the whole Paris DR.
rangement. kH@h
The present outlook ii fof long
debate on she lsayue, andNa Agkr
debate olytha pa.i 81 treat wiEE IN
many, to lis iollofs ID by adettke "a
the trea II sv&sittR. AUSTRIA. 1sz sfactt
that the vasyA Moments of aHi6dEaabor
that vera, MOI eager in their port
of Presidspt viIson when he I'M %
in Europe All rev declaring ags az
the treatysnrdseerted to the Germans.
and are dsnoS nctng it as a betrayal IN
his IA pointss4 IN pointed out by sqEh
men as $,ana1or Borah and Senatol
Johnson Of california as proof taat
the league is3 what they predicted IT
would be-an0ther and more crushing
Holy Alliance
SOME PRoGREssIvEs OPPOSE.
On the day after the president de.
clared against the Italian claim to
Fiume a treaty In harmony with that
position could have been ratified in the
senate by q vote of nearly 10 to 1.
Today It appears that the actual Ger.
man treaty, with an Austrian treaty
in harmony witch it, would be defeated
in the senate. Reactionaries will vote
against the League of nations because
they dislike the president, and some
p~rogressives may talk and vote
against it because they are convinced
that the league is going to prove a
p~rovocation to- new and more terrible
wars than the tone now closing.
They point to China and Korea
the two great peaceful and nonmili-
tary nations-4as having received the
most humiliating wrongs at the hands
of the peace conference, and they say
that President Wilson is bringing
home e. confession that militarism is
the only po-ver on earth that has been
aggraadized by the war against mill.
tarism.
Curioussy eno1gh, the military off.
GERS who represent the regular army
sentiment 4 Il The national capital are
equally opposed to the league which
has been agreed upon at Paris. They
believe that British and Japanese mill.
tarism has come to the top, and that
French and American military power
will henceforth be kept so closely in
check by public sentiment-due to the
existence of the league-that there
will be a lean furture for the military
specialist in the American service.
A week has made a world of differ.
ence in Washington opinion. The new
congress will probably reflect the at
titude of the country, and thus far all
signs are set for a storm of protest
against the concessions to the mailed
hands that were on the peace table at
Versailles.
THE SOLDIER BONUS.
Senator Gronna and Congressman
Baer of North Dakota are to start the
fight in congress, when it meets, for
a bonus of n years pay to be given
every soldier, sailor and marine upon
his discharge from the service. This
measure is the first on the program of
the various organizations of the rank
and file, and is being advertised in
their press. 1t has won a consider
able support already in the house, and
while the senate may be slow to adj
NIT that any cash payment will be Of
assistance to the discharged soldiers,
the result of a rollcall on the issue will
probably be satisfactory.
In the current issue Of the Soldiers,
Sailors and Marines National Weekly
News, which speaks for the rank and
file associations, the idea that the de-
mand for a years pay to the discharg-
ed men is radical" is ridiculed.
LET us define radical" says the
editor. "We will place in the first line
those who are today advocating tre-
mendous navies and ornaments. They
are the worst of radicals, because their
ambitions run directly counter to the
wishes of the overwhelming mass Of
the American people. The people have
just emerged from a war and
| they want no more Of it."
LAND AND THE SOLDIERS. >
New farms are demanded by many
Of the soldier associations. The men
declare in their resolutions and plat
forms that they want land-good, solid
plow land-in order that they may
have a chance at a decent living when
the bands have ceased to play and the
welcoming crowds have ceased to ap-
| plaud the Homecoming of the troops.
Secretary Lane, who has disposed Of
all possible public lands which were
under his control, is now keeping
track Of the work Of the various state
under the work Of the various state
governments in providing land for re.
turned soldiers, or In cooperating
with the federal government to the