The Tomahawk., 1919-12-18


WASHINGTON, D. C.-Congress
came back again to work on Monday,
and if President Wilson is strong
enough to make a, personal tight 1or
the peace treaty it may be that the
treaty and the covenant Of the league
of nations will again occupy the time
of Hhe senate for weeks or months.
But there is general agreement to the
idea that unless Mr.. Wilson himself
shall lead the new attack, the Repub-
licanl senators will proceed to the con-
sideration of domestic problems-such,
for example, as the coal strike, the
railroads, revenue and the annual ap-
preparation bills. X
During the brief recess the Con-
gressional Record has been appearing
almost daily. It has been made up OF
speeches, chiefly those delivered by
senators in the closing days OF the
treaty debate. Some of these are the
very best work Of their respective au-
thors. Some are convincing; some
merely astonishing; all of them are
interesting for the Importance OF the
material and for the light they shed
upon the current historical event
which Americans will in the future
call the rejection of the Paris treaty.
For instance, the Record for No
vember rs contains speeches by Borah
of Idaho, King Of Utah, Reed OF Mis-
souri, and La Toilette of Wisconsin
dealing with the treaty. King, a Vlo-s
lent anti-radical, proposes to null1fy
article XIII, which establishes the
International bureau of labor legisla-
tion. Borah recites the list Of nations
wronged in the treaty, and pleads
against it. Reed discusses the truth
of the presidents argument that
America went into the war to make
the world safe for democracy" La
Toilette defends series of reserva-
tions which he offers to overcome the
special advantages given to Great
Britain under the pact.
fsoME TREATY VIEWS
IF we stay with our contract" (the
treaty., says Borah, 1--WE will come in
time to declare with our associates
that force-force, the creed of Prus-
sian military oligarchy-is after all
the true foundation upon which must
rest all stable governments. Korea,
despoiled and bleeding at every pore;
India, sweltering in ignorance and
burdened with inhuman taxes after
more than a hundred years of dom1-
nant rule; Egypt, trapped and robbed
of her birthright; Ireland, with 700
years of sacrifice for independence
| this is the task, this is the atmosphere,
and this is the creed in and under
which we are to keep alive our belief
in the moral purposes and self-govern-
ing capacity Of the people, belief
without which the republic must dis
integrate and die"
La Toilette, by some means, brings
into the pages of the Record three
maps, showing the new British terri
torial possessions, secured as the out
come of the war and the treaties, in
Africa, Asia and the islands of the
Pacific He. gives also the rollcalls on
his reservations, which were drawn to
- /. Insure to all peoples the right
of self-government; g. Abolish con-
scription; 3. Give the people of all
nations a referendum on war; 4. Limit
armaments; 5. Prevent forcible annex.
ations; 6. Prohibit the use Of man.
dates over weaker states for exploita-
tion of the resources and inhabitants
of the country. On the first of these
proposals self-determination-- - the
affirmative vote was "a, as follows:
Ball, Borah, Brandegee, Capper, Ell
kins, Fernald, France, Frelinghuysen.
Gore, Gronna, Johnson of California,
Jones Of Washington, La Toilette, Nc
Cormick, Moses, New, Newberry, Nor
ris, Penrose, Reed, Shields, Wads-
worth and Walsh of Massachusetts,.
None Of his reservations was adopt
ed, rs
RAILROAD BOSSES UNITE !.
The international Association Of
Railroad Supervisors of Mechanics" is
one of the latest organizations Great
ed by the high cost of living for sala-
ried ander officials in the railroad in
dusty. It is not I trade union, be-
cause it's constitution contains 70
strike clause, but it is otherwise on
the same track. Just at present it Is
asking congress, through circular let
ters, to establish special board or
tribunal in the railroad legislation
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