The state herald., 1919-07-25
HAGUE SCHEME DESTRUCTIVE

SWashington, July l9-The Repub.
en Publicity Association, trough
II president, Hon. Jonathan Bourne
today gave out the followin,
| Rtement from its Washington heac
arters:
ssAttempting to create unfoundet
u rejndiee, the proponents of tn.
gue Of nations alluded to them.
Iges MS constructive and to the op.
hents of the lengue as destructive
ns would they close the eyes OF
euple TO the fact that they propose
5fruction of American nationalisn
etruction of American indepen.
Pc destruction of American insti.
lions.
attempting a sophistry too trans
gent to be effective, they also at.
ante the opposition to partisan.
k hoping thus to lead the Ameri
e5p people to believe that practically
nf Of the members of the senate
Ips 50 base in character so void of
fiotism and so blind to the Judge
: OF history as to be guided sole
|yy party advantage. Such an ef-
~ must also fail, for no man of
- ID reason could believe that pa
" ptism would be subordinated to
r. tisanship by men whose long and
d porable careers in public life
|t0th for the purity Of their pur-
Pc To ascribe unworthy motives
IS such men is no more reflec-
fi4 upon them than an insult to
Y voters by whose ballots they
Re sent to the senate of the
U4ted States.
Resorts to absurdly false ASSUME
ss1s as u means of gaining sup
- to their cause should in itself
g. suspicion upon the soundness of
~ league Of nations scheme. If
~ welfare Of America requires
- qfender of our sovereignty, if
~ future happiness of our people
40 n1nds that We acknowledge al
s1kenee to a super-s state in which
~ AVE . relatively small represen
n TX peace at home compells
y gts il every foreign war,
y IT NJ kaets be clearly stated
q a6ts1sS ths -dep6fSbie rSr'
trenity to which this nation has been
Forced. If we must sign n treaty
that would be humiliating to n vhn-
gushing power, let know the reas-
on for this sacrifice supreme. If we
must traduce the wisdom of our pro
senitors, let us at least justify our
selves to posterity. This cannot be
done by mere aspersions upon the pa
triotism of those who stand for un
diluted Americanism.
"Among those who oppose the
league of nations are men upon
whom the party yoke has rested
lightly. by no flight offancy could
it be imagined that they are guided
by party prejudice. Among them
also, are men whose long careers
have been filled with constructive
work of which the proponents of the
league might well be proud. II is pre-
posterous to ascribc 10 them policy
of destruction. Men who make the
general accusation of partisanship
and destructiveness dare not name
Individually the senators against
whom they make the charge.
'Americanism withpeace, or In
ternationalism with war, has be-
come the issue in national affairs
through the persistence OF the
President in placing the league
scheme as rider ON the treaty OF
peace. Preservation of American
Independence and pcrpctuntion OF
American institutions is n con
structivc task requiring defeat OF
the treaty unless hte leaguc scheme
can be eliminated. To place the
welfare of the nation first, is the
highest duty of n citizen, ms also
his highest contribution to the inter
csts OF his party. Measured by
this standard, the sonndncss OF
which cannot be questioned, those
who oppose the proposed league
are in the highest sense
constructive, and partisan only mi
the sense that they are American
without qualifications, without by
phens, without Ifs or 'nnds' or
butts.
'Of that character of partisan
ship and conservativcncss this na'
ton in in dircst need
saaa~a as>ssv nae,sepsVpU