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the plan whose adoption he now de- J
mands until 1915. deny that In rea- /
son, any man, overwhelmed In the mean /
time by the conduct of n great war;
could formulate In detail project OF
such magnitude with any certainty or
probability OF its rightness, OF its wis
| dom or of it's success. ] denounce the !
attempt to impose It upon our country !,
| by defiantly INTERVENING 1t In mere |
treaty Of peace as crime against the
republic. Only its complete separation !,
can give to the people ample opportun- |
ity for analysis and discussion. and thus
| enable them to exercise their own ma
| ture judgment. And that is all / ask, |
| readily conceding that ever as has been. |
the voice of the people in this democracy |
ever shall be as the voice OF God.
Because no nation, however well
fitted by experience and equipped with
| statesmanlike vision Is competent to
become the ruler of the world. This is
what Great Britain would be unde- this
covenant. Do you doubt II? Consider
first her numerical superiority in the
proposed body of delegates: Six to one
as compared with the United States.
| Consider secondly her overwhelming In
| fiuence, as contrasted with that OF this
country, upon the scores of smaller Eu-
/
each of whom would exercise in that
body a voting power equal to our own.
| Consider fasrther, In respect to the pro-
| posed council, her separate offensive and
| defensive alliance with japan. which she
refuses to abrogate. Consider the au-
thority which she would continue to
WELD over France and Italy by virtue
of their utter dependence upon her for
their very existence. Consider finally
that, by her own peremptory insistence
and our pusillanimous concession after
futile protest, she would be intrenched
for all time in her present control OF
the seven seas.
Talk about disarmament Does
Great Britain propose to dismantle her
fleet? The mere suggestion evokes only
righteous indignation from the Eng
lish people and derisive scorn from
English statesmen. She will reduce II.
yes to save expense. but not one ship
beyond the point where her navy will
continue to be forever as II Is to-day
the equal or superior OF any two or
three navies or other Powers combined.
Reduction Of armies she would welcome,
and why not, since thereby her superior
ity upon the seas would be magnihed
correspondingly Not only, moreover.
would she welcome It, but in this cove
nant. with our acquiescence. she has
provided for 1t.
Because this is not a league to
achieve universal peace, but an unholy
alliance Of a few powerful nations them
selves dominated by a single power. to
. enforce obedience and submission upon
small and helpless peoples by threat
ening or waging irresistible war. An
sutocracy such as this proposed has
, never been known and has never been
attempted but once. do not need to re-
call to your minds the time when the
monarchies OF Europe. engaged in
precisely similar undertaking. do not
need to instance the coincidence that
they too acclaimed their alliance as holy
when It was unholy. but 1 do ask you to
remember that II was this young but
intrepid republic that smashed that in
famous combination and clinched its tri-
umph by declaring a policy which would
forever safeguard the liberties of the en-
tire Western Hemisphere.
Would Vitiate Work of Fathers.
"Our fathers condemned that alliance
and established the Monroe Doctrine.
and in so doing made the largest con-
tribution to the divine cause Of human
vicious alliance ana by crucifying the
very doctrine whose PRONUNCIATION
wrought the downfall OF that Ubiquitous
oliagarchy and whose continuing effects
; are still seen in the crashing of thrones?
freedom in the history OF the world.
. Are We. their sons. now to vitiate all
the beneficent consequences of what they
did then by establishing an equally
Because the greatest asset and chief
reliance of humanity itself lie not in a
conglomeration OF far flung States,
Kingdoms. principalities and colonies, but
in this great free people united in an
, imperishable independent republic. Have
VIC not proved that to the millions who
have sought and found refuge. peace,
, prosperity and happy homes within our
borders? Could the last and greatest OF
battles for civilization have been won
but for the irresistible power developed
under our free institutions and brought
finally. though laggardly. into action
/, Did not we free Cuba and Porto Rico
: and the Philippines? Who IL not our
, selves have kept all South America i'm
mune to aggression for a hundred years?
i Where. IL not TO America have people
! struggling TO win their freedom been able
, to look with confidence for sympathy
, and kindness?
5 Where, ! should say, until recently
/. Wien, as n first fruit OF the new order,
our President coldly notified the in
! hi.bitants OF Egypt that they would
. better continue under a foreign yoke
/ A new definition is not that of self
determination? l do not question the
I sincerity. nor perhaps should 1 doubt the
t validity OF that opinion. but I do deny
e absolutely the right or authority OF any
: man, be he private. pedagogue or Presi-
1 dent TO assert. as Mr.. Wilson asserted.
3 that he voiced the judgment not Of him
, self alone. but OF the American people.
rs that a fair example of what we
are to expect under the league? Is II
for that sort of thing that. In the words
Of the President, we stand ready "a
make the supreme sacrifice and throw
In our fortunes with the fortunes OF
y men everywhere What is the 'su-
l. preme sacrifice? II is term well I'M
D derstood. We know what 1t means
d Upon the battle field II is death-death
OF the Individual. And here IT is the
same-death, death OF the nation.
care not what specious pleas may b.
put forth in the name Of pacihsm OF
= humanity the moment, which. pray God
K | may never come, the 'momert,we enter
IF into this Infamous compact, craftily con,