New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-18
Deliberately Vetoed Peace Without
League.

Then something happened. 1t does
not appear that he greatly objected
to the terms of the treaty. But he
did Immediately insist that his Lea
que of Nations scheme should be
taken up again and interviewer with
the peace treaty as he had threaten
ed that it should be, so that it would
be impossible for the United States
Senate to separate them, but would
be necessary for that body to accept
or reject them both together. The
statesmen of France and Great Brit
ain objected to that, both on the
principle that it would be illogical
and incongruous and on the prac-
teal ground that it would certainly
cause delay and might perhaps re-
suit in the rejection of both meas
ures. But the President was as stub
born and as wilful as he once de-
scribed a little group of senator's 10
be, and was insistent, under the pro-
tectinG shield of a censorship which
prevented the truth from beng
known, in declaring that there would
be no delay and no rejection, since
the overwhelming majority of the
American people was behind him and
only a few "pielmy minded" senators
like Messrs. Lodge and Knox and
Borah and Brandegce and Cummins
and Chamberlain-opposed him.
But the result of this action Of
the Presidents was more delay at
Paris. The minor and neutral Pow
crs very rightly protested against
being ignored in the formation of
the League, and everything had to
be halted until they could be heard
from Then the delegates to the
congress laid the peace treaty on the
shelf and set to work trying to trans
mogrify the Smuts-Wilson const.tu-
ton into a form that would be &C
c~eptable'to the Senate, or to enough
senator's to let its ratification squeeze
through, and yet that would save
the Presidents face and not--as. he
himself ins:sted-cause him to lose
any tricks in the partisan political
game which he was playing at Wash
ington.
mo League, No Peace" Attitude of
Wilson.
So the work of peace-making
drags, with the President himself
applying the brakes with his sullen
and stodgy insistence, No League,
no Peace"
France, glorious France, the savior
of humanity, is suffering fiscal pros
tration and is restrained from the
supreme work of restoration of her
ravished provinces, because peace
has not yet been made.
Great Britain is suffering an eco
nomic and industrial crisis of indie
scribable gravity. because peace has
not yet been made.
Germany is suffering civil war and
danger of general anarchy, because
peace has not yet been made; while
Bolshevism has taken charge in
Hungary and insolently challenges
the Entente governments.
Even our affairs are topsy-
turvy and demoralized, because peace
has not yet been made. And clear
as the writing on the wall, traced by
a hand of flame, stands out the fact
that peace has not yet been made be-
cause the President would moi per-
nit it.
He stood in the way with some.
thing else which he insisted should
be done first. The nations longed
for peace, cried out for it; but he
denied it to them. mo League, no
Peace" he said. The prerequisite of
peace was that thev should
d%enationalize themselves. Now it is
at last intimated, presumably because
the truth of American sentiment is
beginning to get past the censorship
and to be known in Europe, that he
is willing to accept revision of the
thing which he once declared to be
'nsuspectible of improvement. But
is too late % avert the mischief
was already been done through
unreasonable and inexcusable delav;
which delav and for which mis-
the President must be held ac-
He kept us out of peacel
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