Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1919-11-14

sert others that they themselves
may be safe.
November IL, 1917
AS fatuous as those dream
ers of Russia
February l, 1916
"'There are actually men in
America who are preaching the
duty of the United States to do
what it never would before-ab-
andon its habitual and tradition
al policy and deliberately engage
in the conflict which is now en-
quilting the rest of the world. |
do not know what the standards
of citizenship Of these gentlemen
may be. | only know that |, for
one, cannot subscribe for those
Standards
Recalls Campaign
Cry of 1916
"You remember we'll the campaign
cry of 1916 was that He kept US out
of war And in this connection, call
your attention to colloquy that oc-
Cured at the conference between the
President and members of the for
eign relations committee Of the SEN
ate at the White House.
Senator McCumber-Would our
moral conviction of the unrighteous
ness of the German war have brought
us into this war if Germany had not
committed any act against us without
the league of nations, as we had no
league of nations at that time?
president Wilson, hope il would,
eventually, senator, as things devel-
oped.
Senator McCumber-Do you think
that if Germany had committed no
act of war or no act Of injustice
against our citizens, we would have
gotten into the war?
president Wilson, do think so.
Senator McCumber-You think we
would have gotten into the war?
president Wilson, do.
Real State of His
Mind Revealed
"Thus we have the real state of
President Wilson's mind, during the
time we were supposed to be neutral,
pictured by the only man who could
possibly have done so.
"You will remember that the late
President Roosevelt, as we'll as SEN
ator Lodge, expressed themselves, be-
fore the campaign of 1916 as being in
favor of a league of nations contain
ing certain principles, nothing like
the one that is now before the Senate;
and if you will secure a Democrat
campaign text book of 1916 and read
the speech of Governor Glynn, as
temporary chairman of the national
Democrat convention, sounding the
party's battle summons, you will find
discussion Of the league of nations
as follows:
Democratic Declaration
On League in 1916
"* For the Americans of to-
day and for the America of tomorrow
for the civilization of the present and
for the civilization of the future, we
must hold to the course that has made
our nation great; we must steer by
the stars that guided our ship OF
state through the vicissitudes of ;
cantury
"a What the people must de.
termine through their suffrage i.
whether the course the country has
pursued through its crucial period i.
to be continued; whether the princi
pies that have been asserted as oui
national policy shall be endorsed OF
withdrawn.
The President Of the Unit
ed States stands today where stood
the men who made America and saved
America
"If Washington was right, if JEFF
ferson was right, if Hamilton was
right, if Lincoln was right, then the
President of the United States is
"And whom, we ask, will the policy
of our opponents (Republicans) salts
fly and for how long? Fighting fol-
every degree of injury would NEAR
perpetual war, and this is the policy
of our opponents, deny it how they
will. 1t would not allow the United
States to keep the sword in the scab
bard as long as there remains an un.
righted wrong or an unsatisfied hope
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