Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1919-09-18
URGE SENATE TO
HASTEN PEACE
Leaders ~ Forty States, Re-
eardiess OF Party, Sign
Ringing Appeal
:.aEslYHlIgoui AMENDMENT
cay Every Day o. Delay Puts Wersd
ia Imminent Peril OF New War.
Point To National
Unrest

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~ different states and every prominent
lst.Vi;y have Joined In . non-partisan
s-iCrt TO bring about the ratification
d the Peace Treaty without amend
ssoat and without delay" Their names
are attached to an address to the
United States Senate. which was made
public today. through the League %
Eaforee Peace. after IL had been sent
10 every member Of the Senate.
The signers. almost without sxcsp-
zion, are men and women Of national
reputation They include such promi.
nent citizens a. ex-President Taft,
George w. Wickersham, Attorney Gen.
eral in the last Republican administra-
lion; A. Lawrence Lowell. president Of
Harvard: Charles c. Moore, Of San
Francisco. president Of the Panama
Exposition: Judge George Gray. u
Wilmington. Del; President Samuel
Gompers, OF the American Federation
OF Labor: Harry A. Wheeler. Of Chisa.
60. retiring president Gf the Chamber
CT Commerce Of the United Statss;
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait. president
Of the National American Woman sus.
trage Association; Cyrus II. X. Curtis,
the Philadelphia publisher: President
RsTber J. Grant. of the Mormon
Church. and Spargo. leader Of the So
ciAlists. who supported the war.
The signers declare that every day
OF delay In ratifying the treaty puts
the world In imminent peril Of new
war"
Their statement follows:
In the Senate At washinstoa. now
that the committee on foreigM Fsla-
tons has reported the treaty, the lines
are sharply drawn between the imme-
date ratification Of the treaty Of peace
with Germany. and It's amendment with
q reassembling of the conference and
Q reopening Of negotiations that would
bring great delay and prolonged I'M
certainty In settling the great isssss of
the peace. No partisan plea can bs
made. Party lines are already broken.
Standing at \ distance from the
conflict in the Senate chamaer. we
plead for immediate ratification with
out delay. Our hand requires Il. A
state Of nervous strain. tension and
unrest exists manifesting itself In dis.
turbances. which 10 some cases have
no self evident connection with the
war. but which are, in fact, its after.
math. The world 10 put In imminent
peril OF new wars by the lapse Of each
day. Discussions between 40 and our
former allies are being sown. We firmly
believe and solemnly declare that the
States and cities in which we dwell
desire immediate peace.
The waging Of war steadied and
united the American people. Peace
will bring prosperity. and prosperity
content. Delay in the Senate post
poning ratification In this uncertain
period OF neither peace nor war has
resulted In indecision and doubt, bred
strife and Quickened the cupidity Of
those who sell the daily necessities
of life and the fears Of those whose
daily wage no longer ais the daily
market basket.
We beseech the Senate 70 give the
Land peace and certainty by q ratifica
ton which viii not keep US longer In
the shadows OF possible wars, but give
the whole world the light OF peace
Reservations in the nature OF clarinr
cations In the meaning of the treaty,
not inconsistent with its terms, win
not require the reopening Of the ne
gotiations with Germany and with our
associates in the war. which We al
and each united TO win.
But there 10 no possibility OF doubt
that amendment OF the treaty, 40 10
now proposed In the Senate Commit
tee on Foreign Relations. would -
uuire negotiation and a reopsning Of
all the questions decided at Paris
Months Of delay would follow. The
periis Of the present would become
the deadly dangers Of the near future.
An the doubt engendered would aid
he plots for violent revolution in this
aud other lands. TIE issues here and
elsewhere between capital ard labor,
ne conspiracy Of Spectator and prof.
iser. woalG 81 grow and become more
rerilou5.
This cannot be. The American peo-
lie cannot. AFTER a victorious war.
,rmit It's go-er1ment 10 petition Ger.
any. which has accepted the treaty,
y its consent to changes in the treaty.
yet II the Un;ted States should amend
Re treaty for it, cwn purpose and
)!!cy. Germany would have full right
, ask for concessions. Germany has
reed to make no claim in regard 20
saemy property seized Ia this country
- an amount c: seven hundred nail
ion do!iars. Our recent foe could ash
Tor q reo2eaing OF this Issue and Of
ne Lusltaaia cia'ris. II could raise
very Quezi;SL OJsa Le:ore hsstii:tles