The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-09-10
JOHNSON
HITS BACK
At WILSON
Declares Presidents Report TO
People on Treaty Has Degen-
Grated Into Rather 'Intemper-
ate and Harsh Criticism.
THREE SENATORS ON
TRAIL OF EXECUTIVE
Borah and Mccormick TO Join
California solon in Trailing
Wilson and replying to His
Appeals for League Of Nations.

~ AoaogiANtn Fagan
Chicago. sept. i0.-Three repuh-
lics senators began here today their
campaign In answer To President
Wilson'S sp'aking tour In behalf OF
the unreserved ratification Of the
pence treaty aud league OF nations.
Following the meeting tonight AT
the auditorium where Senator Medill
Mccormick. OF Illinois will preside.
ana senator Hiram w. johnson. Of
California, and senator william r.
lloruh Of Idaho. win be the speakers.
the s,notors win start ON the trail %
the president.
Tue first speech Of the campaign
WIS matte by senator johnson this
noon before the Hamilton club.
Senator Johnson dlfectcd his adj
dress from the start against state
ments made by the president. snying
that his report to his FELLOW country
men concerning those affairs OF tho
world which nav need TO be settled"
had apparently deEenerated into fith-
er "intempcrate and harsh criticism"
CallS Wilson for ltaaatS
The ineNorable facts make the Is
sue with Mr.. Wilson" senator John
sou declared when he SAYS that
tho league Of nations IL the only
conceivable arrangement which will
prevent our sending our Incn ubrond
again very soon and that becnuse of
Il the boys In Khaki will not be order
ed into foreign lands. the days events.
the present conditions. answer and
confound him. At th. vsty time he
WIS making these statements Ameri-
can boys were upon the Rhine. con-
dcmned To remain there for fifteen
years In the future. hy virtue OF his
action. As he uttered his words
seven thousand American sons were
being ordered by the Paris confer
ence Cthe real League Of nations now
to embark from this country 10 Silesi1
20 patrol coal mines and police that
territory.
Az the president made his boast Of
no khuki-clad boys across the sea
American yohths were being slain In
Asia. at NladiNostok. and In Siberia
IN u wHr not declared by American
people or the American congress. hut
directed IN secrecy at Paris. The in
Strument for which he pleads unless
/ vitality amended ties us until 1851 in
/ the Internal Affairs OF Germany uid
/ In am Europe.
The facts make the issue with MI.
I Wilson, ana the issue, is, shall Ameri-
/ can luys bc brought home. shall
I America bc America again. or shall
American boys at the heh sst Of Mr..
! Wilson aud his colleagues. acting "a
| secrecy be s"nt to their death In
l Europe and In Asia. The issue Is
shall the republic still be the master
| Of its destiny. or shall that destiny ne
intrusted TO foreign nations
Defends senators.
Although every other member of
the peace conference. and every
/ American expert there deplores and
denounccs the Shnntung decision. not
only as morally wrong. hut Hs in
| famous. Mr. Wilson at st. Louis saw
~ 10 Justify a.
The presidents accusations against
the senate nra us unsound and un-
founded as his repeated utt@rancef
that the high cos OF living h In part
due to failure Immediately to ratify
the treaty.
Armenia ~ not dealt with by the
present German treaty. II II not even
mentioned In that treaty. II ~ a part
OF the Turkish n ATTY. which has moi
been executed This Turkish treaty
In which the president Is a participant
plthough We were not nt war with
Turkey. he has. In writing refused y,
give to the Am sricnn people or th-
United States senate We have no In
formation whatever concerning IL.
"NheR this treaty IN Withheld from
ms when no one knows what II Is eN
cept himself, when n declines to re
port Il 10 the American people. o
the United states senate. ana keep
It's terms locked Ia his own bosom.
what does he mean hy his staten IN
that The Armenian matter cannot VI
handled because of debate upon de
batC7'
~ rs thus with every statement O
fact that the president makes.
In Angry Ircnzy."
In an angry frenzy al -, Louis
Mr. Wilson exclaimed. 'i.ott then
show me how they win prove that
Ia, ihg gone into an enterprise. the
are not absolutely contcmptible duii
ters " they do not see the gam
p through To what game doss Ma
d Wilson rofer9 u u the game d
= started 10 play in Europe and did ne
- finish ur be- It the game that wa
! played Tor him and in which fnnil
- he supinelv HcquieScedT H. u ~
X American game that hs so finel
phrns'd when he went To Europe. t
q IL Il the European or AHiniic cnmoY'
Il THE American people are M
4 auiitrra They rose ma lesiioally an
e. won great war. IN " DESTROYED
y ruthless militarism and they did n'
u quit until they had done the io
q when they had played their game an
j. had done their Job. Mr.. Wilson con
c msnced his Tame at Paris and h
a.s. nkutsss assIs