New-York tribune., 1919-09-23

based on strategic grounds rather
than on the principle OF nationality.
Awards Of territory for strategic
purposes, he said in that connection,
were avoided by athe peace confer
ence.
In line with these declarations it
was indicated to-day that if any new
proposal had been made to give
Fiume to italy it had not been re-
ceivcd favorably by the President.
officials would not predict, however,
whether he would hold out in
definitely against such a settlement
If all the other interested parties
agreed to it.
cation, they are denounced as dishon-
est opponents of the treaty who will
be gibbeted and who will regret that
the gibbet is so high.
COR, again, they are informed, as
the President did declare in Wash
ington a few weeks ago, that he would
like to see them hung on gibbet
as high as heaven. but pointed in the
opposite direction.' And so the resist
less argument proceeds.
"If could be SO unkind as to reply
in kind might answer that, of course,
the President does it all iously,
in complete innocence, and possibly
only when wrought upon by the new
magic And that he substitutes fan
ces for fact, confuses the phantasms
OF his dreams with the actualities Of
life, mistakes the visions OF ambition
for the inspiration of idealism, and
magines that phrases can take the
place Of realities.
sacriflce Not Practiced
"The President talks much of duty
Of sacritice,' but even while he speaks
he, at government expense rides on
special trains: sails upon magnificent
ships, fitted with special glass pavl-
ions; lives in the palace Of princes;
receives presents from foreign no.
bility worth hundreds of thousands of
dollars; commanders entire hotels;
summonses armies of retainers; Gre
ates diplomats without law, and wages
war without authority.
"Olt Of the public fund he provides
the keep of his retainers. He compeis
the American taxpayers to furnish
their food and to wash their dirty
linen. He talks of sacrifices, but the
sacrifices are to be made by American
boys, who perish in the SHOWS of ST.
berla or who are yet to die beneath
the suns Of the Equator.
1--WE stopped the onrushing Germans
at tho Marne. broke their attack at
Chateau Thierry, rolled them back at
the ArgonDe and forced their repre-
scntatives 10 surrender at Paris. Our
armies rescued our allies. Our food
fed them. Our money maintained
them. To accomplish this work we left
10000 dead in France and sent staggcr-
ing over our land another $4,000 brave
II en- blind, crippled, diseased We ac-
cumulatcd debt Of $4,000, 100000
We dlsarmed Germany ard d;smem-
bercd Austria.
"Contemptibie Quitters'
"Having done ell this, if we now say
that the time has arrived to bring our
soldiers home ond to begin looking
after the wants of our own people, we
are 'contemptible quittcrs.,
"Assertng that the league will bring
universal peace, the president yet de-
mands a standing army of half mill
ion men. insisting that war will be
no more, he urges the doctrine Of uni
versal military training. Proclaiming
that the day has come when swords
are 10 be beaten into ploAghsharcs. he
demands millions for navy. He advo-
Gates freedom Of the seas. but consents
that England shall remain mistress OF
The waters Of the world. He chafes at
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Washington when he has boen in this
country only sixty days in the past nine
mouths. He makes q speech declaring
his own opinions and the next day as
serts that his own speech is solemn
instruction by the people which he is
dutiful]y carrying into effect.
"He hears tomorrow the echo OF
what he utters today and imagnes
it is tha voice Of God tie denounces
secret traatits, vet gecks to engage his
country in contract yntifyiag and
continuing aecret ond cspel treates by
aaieh our own atiies have been de-
spoiled. He breaches open covenants,
ope',Iy a1rsvei Al, yet goes into secret
conclaves and seiles cable lines and
permits q censorshin Of European news.
He refuses to inform the Senate
concerning his voice on racial equal
ty, pleading that no would thereby
disclose secrets which would cause in
ternational embarrassment, although
the public statement of the Japanese
statesman Baron Goto that Wilson
and House had both voted with Japan
on racial equality for weeks has gone
unchallongod and undisputed."
"Bccause the members of the Senate
have not in answer to his dictation i'm
mednately approved the treaty he has
in substance charged them with
treasonable practices by intimatine
that they are now conspirng with
Germany, a country with which we ara
still technically OF war. The state
ment is as false as it is infamous.
He goes about the country de-
nouncing the Senate FOR the delay in
passing upon the treaty, yet he re-
fused to give to the Senate the practi-
cally completed draft Of the treaty
although it was in the possession Of
all the chancelleles of Europe and
was being sold upon the streets of
Berlin and authenticated copies Of 4
were in tho hands OF the great bankers
Of New York City.
Six Propositions
81 shall undertake to demonstrate
SIX propositions:
"First-That whether the entity now
sought to be created be described as
league. a confederation or an 'em-
pre- 1t nevertheless sets up a super
state, with rights. powers and au-
thorities superior to those of its CON
stituent members who, upon accept
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