The Irish standard., 1919-10-04
A GIGANTIC CONSPIRACY.

A GIGANTIC CONSPIRACY
The light is gradually dawning on the mind of a
propaganda -drugged world that nothing less than a
new Holy Alliance has been hatched at Paris with
the slime of the serpent Of commerciasm and greed
the whole document of the so-caled Peacel
Treaty. Mr.. Wilson in his plausible speeches dev-
cred so unctuously from the Potomac to the Pacific
has compared the reservationist who would amend
the Treaty into some sembance of Fourteen Point
charter, to man in committee room sitting with
his hand on the door knob ready to leave at
moments notice. Some Oaklander yelled Hiram
Johnson, and His Exceency smiled toothsome
smile of recognition. Who wouldn't keep close to
the door in roomful of robbers? or rather, why
should one desire to consort with thieves and enter
the room at a?-Monitor, San Francisco.
The Money Trust headed by Morgan is strong for
the Treaty because the international bankers have
billions invested in Europe which they desire to
have secured by the power of the United States.
the booty including billion dollars worth Of
alien property, over 100000 tons of shipping and a
voice in the control of Central Power commerce.
And America gets nothing compared with the
exploitation of the world by the Allies.
Have forgotten that pledged our national
honor, as we'll as what the Entente called their
honor, to make peace basis of the Fourteen
Points? Did not Secretary of State Lansing testify
before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
that THE fourteen peace points were never pressed
before the Conference basis of pace, after we
reached Paris?" Mr. Wilson's Fourteen Principles
disappeared because they were precluded by the
secret treaties, and thus the Presidents dealisn
suffered complete collapse The Versailles Confer
therefore became worse than the Congress of
Vienna in 1915 in its hypocritcal greed
At Paris few made themselves the dicta-
tors of the destinies of the world. 1t sug
gested that box of toys be sent to the American
associates of Mr.. Wilson to amuse them, even
Lansing Bliss and White did not know what was
going on behind closed doors with the Big Two,
-atQr Johnson truthfuliy stated in Minneapolis
X you expect from this League of Nations
vefing in secrecy III Geneva? What you know
about what transpired at Paris, we in the Senate
have tried to ascertain-we coordinate branch of
Governnent-and we have not succeeded. There
hasn't been time in the history of this Nation when
the American people have been treated with such
gross contempt as they have been treated the last
year in this land And this of thing is exactly
what you will have when the league of nations is
sitting in Geneva it is one degree farther removed
from the peoples it isn't league of peoples created
and devised by men, 1t is league of existing power
and existing governments and the DEGREES that they
would render over there will be DEGREES you will
never know anything about until you are called
upon to bear the burden and consummate those
DEGREES.
"Why not tell the American people-that's what
cry out against After all, my friends this Gov
ernment doesn't belong one one man, even if he is
President 1t belongs to you and it belongs to me !;
it belongs to your and my sons, and if we have
got to fight, rebel: I revolt, that in this Nation
today the destinies of those hundred million people
should be in mans hands, who secretly, after
promising us again and again that secrecy should
obtain secretly is dsposng of your blood and
mime This question that talk to you about is not
partisan question don't care what the Repub-
lcan party the Democratic party or what any
other party thinks upon this thing. This question
and this issue transcend in importance any political
party that ever existed or ever will exist in this land
The ISSUE my friends is America it is the Republic
that Washington gave to u.s. that Lincoln saved for
us; it is the Republic wherein you want to live and
have your sons and your sons sons live; where
demand that mine shall live, under Dictator or
a man who takes unto himself the disposal of my
blood in secrecy, but under constitution and under
laws that ourselves shall make The issue in this
contest is America. Thank God, my friends we are
yet Americans"
This dangerous Peace Treaty with appended
Covenant has in it the seeds of future wars and in
accepting. it America not only breaks faith as a
Nation with its plighted principles but it will enter
to dominate the world Before 1914 the balance of
power see-sawed between the navy of Britain and
the army of Germany. The latter has been demol-
lshed but now Brittania rules the waves and con-
trolls the trade routes of the world with her incom
parable fleet.
For many years the Carnegie Peace Foundation
with its millions has been working with Cecil
Rhodes and other British leaders for an Anglo
American alliance. They think that the hour has
now struck to consummate this bargain and make
America partner in putting shackles on the lesser
nations. There is nothing in the Treaty about dis
armament, Article XII will not apply to Ireland.
Carson admits, despite Mr. Wilson's protestations,
the British Empire will outvote America six to one