The Washington herald., 1919-09-22

peace treaty to save the world fro
stop Fighting Each Other.
The colossal war with the central
powers was the greatest shock the
world ever knew. 1t was the greatest
horror and the greatest sorrow that
ever tore the bleeding heart Of stag
gering humanity. With more than
seven millions dead on land and sea
and more than twenty millions maim-
ed and suffCrIng-with economic ana
political conditions shaken from their
very foundations and Jared so TAR
from their normal positions that the
stoutest and most hopeful hearts nave
almost despaIred of a normal read
juStment. no wonder the joy bells OF
earth blended their melodies with the
bells of heaven when the armistiCe
was signed and the last gun was
fired. The whole world rejOlCed that
peace was 20 near, and the strangeSL
thing in all the world to me is the
fact that those IN America, espect-
ally, who fought side by side to bring
peace are now making war on eaCh
other about the terms of the peace
We have won. 1t was bad enough for
Americans to have TO fight Germany
God knows they ought to quit fighting
each other.
And another very strange thing Is
the fact that any man who was will
ing for US to fight in mud and bLcou
beside the great allied nations Tor the
safety OF America and the freedom
Of the world. should not now be will
in- for us to give the handClasp or
peaceful fellowship to those same
nations to guara ntce that another
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peace of the suffering world.
senate should Act.
1t is a shame that political PARTISAN
ship should be willing to barter the
peace Of humanity. When such E,-
publican leaders as William Howard
Taft. Charles +. Hughes and Charles
W. WiCkcTsham Nnite with such great
Democrats as President Woodrow VIII
son and William J. Bryan in behalf
of the speedy ratification of the pend
ing treaty Of peace and a covenant to
make that peace enduring, surely all
men who love AmeTi nd who hear
the voice Of suffering humanity ought
to rejoice. And the Senate Of the
United States ought to act and act
now. Their delay is making a terrInc
contribution to the present social ana
industrial unrest in this country ana
IS enCOUra gin@ the devilish spirit OF
Bolshevism all over the world. One
Of the finest things | have read about
the delay in ratifying the peace treaty
was a recent utteranCe of Dr James
L. Gordon of the First Congregational
Church in Washington.
Folly to Let Germany Rearm.
He said: am a Republican ard
Of course want a Republican
league; if I can't get that I want
a Bull Moose league; and if | can't
get that want a Democratic
league; but I want some kind Of
league and I want it quick
That statement is natural, it is
human. it is American.
To fight side by side for the
overthrow OF German autocracy
that was actually planning to sub
marine American liberties and thcn
allow the nations that fought and
won to withdraw again each into
armed military camps and allow
Germany. still defiant, to recouD and
rise again to disturb the world
would be the utmost national ana
international folly. No man or
leader of men ever went up against
such a problem as Americas Presi-
dent faced amidst the diverse and
diverging interests of the nations
that clamored for expression at the
peace table in Versailles. Nobody
doubts that he did his best for the
safety of our own land and the
peace of humanity. Let those who
criticise tell who would have done
ii better. This is noNtime for bit
teTness and harshness among pa
triotic Americans.
Our Common Heritage.
Let US stop and think Of our COM
mon heritage. Let US have enrich
ing fellowship in the sacred memo
ries of our blood-bought victory. And
in our contemplation of that COM
mon victory and our duty to the
brave men WAC won it, let US find
ourselves, our national faith and our
national hope in the priceless feI-