Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-27
Save the Peace Treaty.

TheSdefeat Of ratification has been received
by the country with surprise and indignation.
The people want peace. They want peace and
they want league Of nations to guard the
peace. Whose name it bears. which party
brand 1t wears, they care not at all: They
longed for and expected ratification before. ad-
journment of the senate.
The making Of peace is no more q party
question than was the making Of war. The
American people. without regard to party,
stood behind the war until the day OF victory.
treaty.
Shall the small minority who oppose .
league OF nations in any form defeat ratifica-
ton? Shall IL senators decide where America
shall stand in this world crisis! Eighty sena-
tors have shown by their votes that they favor
the great principle Of the League Of Nations.
The fate Of the treaty rests in their hands.
They have the votes. They have the power.
Theirs is the responsibility. They must get
together.
The failure to ratify the peace treaty has
encouraged social unrest both at home and
abroad Europe must have supplies or it will
face starvation and anarchy this winter. Our
farmers, cotton planters, livestock raisers and
manufacturers have large surplus production
which they can market only in Europe The
rates of exchange, already demonstrate the
collapse ofmsny national credits. These credits.
resting upon commerce and international Sc
cur;ties. are the 1foundation of our continued
prosperity and are vital to the maintenance Of
order and life in Europe.
Men and women of America, this Is your
problem. Your interests. your welfare tho
honor and the future of your country are in
volved. Your will is the supreme command
for the men in Warrington entrusted by your
votes with, guiding the nation along the paths
Of peace and victory.
The allied nations established during the
war a practical union which il being succeeded
by the League of Nations To refuse to Join
this league is to-lose numberless benefits. and
to invite the development Of league that will
be hostile to US in feeling and Id policy. The
League Of Nations gives the promise Of . world
cooperating for the purposes Of peace and pro-
tecting itself by concerted action against war
and the threat Of war. The ideal IL American.
The men and women who gladly dedicated
their sons and their substance to the cause
Of obtaining peace through the defeat Of the
German menace refuse to believe that they
have made an empty sacrifice. They demand
that the senators harmonic their differences.
Refusal to do so will defy and betray the people
Of this country BY whom they were elected and
to whom they must answer.
The treaty should. be ratified at the Garlic .
possible moment after the senate reconvenes
on Dec 1. In the name Of Thousands Of Ameri-
cans who have died to bring peace and ere
war and Of millions of Americans who have
toiled and sacrificed to that end, We call upon
the senate to forget prejudice and partisanship
| and agree upon . resolution Of ratification
couched in terms that will permit the other sig
| natories of the treaty to acquiesce in the con-
| ditions of our ratification.
Save the peace treaty! Let US have peace!