Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-11-26
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lions, opinion Id U Europe ROPE il II mixed, as !,
Ii opinion here, but press and pnblis
"a enemy countries no less than In Eng
land, France and Italy are in agree
ment In their interpretation Of the spir-
Il which has urged the humiliation. Of
the covenant. :s !
& When Senator Lodge announced his
plan to rip the treaty or to send II back
to the Peace Conference, Jpnker Ger
many hailed the project With sincere,
enthusiasm, Various newspapers IN,
that country spoke of the Senate prof.
gramme as reflecting mighty change
of opinion on the part Of America, as
q great educational effort, 40 indica-
ting the possibility Of a separate peace;
as promising revision OF the treaty
and as forcasting the dawn Of q new
day;
Now that thirteen reservations, the
one relating to Shantung being clearly
an amendment, have been, adopted by
the Senate, the countries with which
we recently were associated in war are
naturally shocked. From them We
have expressions OF amazement and
despair; charges Of faithlessness and
abandonment; intimations that we have
turned upon our own ideals, and
gloomy predictions as to the fate Of
Europe and OF the world il the United
States is to hold itself aloof, assuming
no responsibilities and reckless alike
OF humanity and civilization in con-
ditions that are desperate If not appall-
ing.
Applause from Berlin and reproaches
from London, Paris and Rome are what
might have been expected, but our atti-
tude abroad is no more wretched than
LIT is at home. BY the performances of
the treaty-wreckers we go far beyond
proclaiming distrust of former friends
and an unwillingness to share with
them the burdens which partly by our
leadership have been forced upon them.
We confess lack OF faith in ourselves.
| We who never faltered in battle shrink
meanly from the consequences OF vic
tory. We who staked our all upon a
cause notify the world to-day that we
have neither men nor money nor time
nor countenance for that cause except
as in a particular case we may be
moved to act.
In reactionary Germany there is
hope and in England, France and Italy
and many small nations not yet sure of
deliverance there is fear that the
United States Senate has killed the
League of Nations. Has that been the
purpose of Senator Lodge and his
followers all along? When the Re-
publican leader of the Senate was ask
ed on Saturday if he thought the treaty
as interpreted and amended would be
rejected, he answered in the affirma-
tive. ",rhen the treaty is dead?" was
THE rejoinder, to which his reply was,
Undoubtedly"
If that be true, something besides
the treaty has persisted in the United
Estates, something more important even
than the treaty We have lost cour-
age, confidence and resource; we have
made the Declaration of Independence
parochial instead of universal, and we
have withdrawn selfishly and afraid
from complications that never can be
settled without our help. To have
/ fought a costly war to victorious end
Ionly to run away in panic from the
roblems of peace is not like the United
States, but, thanks to partyism and
cowardice in the Senate that is the rec
ord as it stands.