The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-18

careful and extended examination \.
fore the people are called upon 10 ,,'.
their assent?
of the covenant be not a good ,h,,.
certainly the agitated days followIns
great war should not be seized unon a.
burden the country with n policy wh,.S
II has not examined and which Is no 49,
essary part of the making Of peacs
why then this undue haste? r.
those OF you who wish to prevent ~.
people from deliberately considering ,h,.
proposition mean to suggest that n.,a'
ing such consideration we would nerlao,
any duty we owe to the world becsns.
We had not by formal writing bouDs
ourselves to its performance? II SOY
ask whore was the treaty ob,lgato.
that bound US to rush to the rescue ~
a connagrant world? Shall we be i,..
sensitive OF our duties during the month";
of sober contemplation of the momentum.
questions involved in this new stem,
Aloofness Brings Strength.
"And. sir. have they thought out. th.,
who are unwilling we shall have finn.
to debate this matter, have they CON.
sidered IL America had not been wb,,
she 10 as the result of washlnstor,s
policy we could not have done m.
mighty work OF this war? It has bean
our aloofness that has made us ers,,
mighty and strong. But for the policy
Of Washington We should hardly hav.
escaped disaster in the Napoleonic wnr,
but for IL our youth also would havs
perished by thousands in the Grimes,
they might also have been among ths
dead at Solferino, at Sedan end al
plcyna.
But in addition TO all this we womb
have failed to possess that impartial
and disinterested attitude which en-.
abled US to see the right in the conflict
now closing and to throw the weight
Of our great resources in the right eide
OF the balance. We must have tms
and the people must have time, to CON-
slider whether we are, to give up tina,
position: whether We are to remain
free hereafter to choose the right as wa
see II, the best as It appears to us or
whether we shall bind our discretion
our judgment and our freedom OF action
and become merely the tool OF other
Powers. who have different interests.
aims, ambitions and Ideals. Snail va
or shall we not have time TO consider
whether We shall go on through history
the masters of our own fate, confdsn.
In the superiority of our own institutions
and civilization and able and willing to
sive to humanity the blessings which
we ourselves possess, unhampered by
the jealousies and chickering's OF world
to which we do not belong and with.
the aspirations OF Il good part OF which
we are not In accord?
I'VE saved the liberties OF Europe. and
in order to insure them for tie future
we have acquiesced in our associates
absorbing the gigantic sp5!ls Of the
common victory.
perhaps we may be willing 10 gda,.
antee their perpetual possession OF tHose
spells as il proposed in Article X Of
The covenant. Perhaps W. may Le will.
ing to surrender our liberties TO fcreign
domination. But let US think II over
and know the full import ot our ac.,
This resolution asks no more TRAN
to request the Peace Conference Will.
the negotiations are still open and sub.
ject to change by a single line TO conced-
our right to consider what we are asked
to do without delaying peace. VIVA
Senator can Justify a negative vote
Beware OF the possible consequences Of
haste. God forbid that the war that
was TO end all war shall conclude win
peace that may end all peace