The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-07-29
RHETORIC
WITHOUT FACTS

It's president, non. Jonathan Bourne
Jr. today gave out the following
statement from its Washington head
quarters:
Keyed up to high pitch OF inter-
est at the prospect OF receiving at
last from the hand OF the President
some concrete facts in support of the
peace treaty and some tangible rea-
sons why the United States should
foresake it's traditional policies and
adopt the league covenant, the people
have sunk back once more into their
habitual condition of hopelessness Of
ever hearing from the President a
single definite unequivocal statement
OF our foreign policy of the future.
Like all of his previous addresses
dealing with the league and treaty,
Mr.. Wilson'S speech to the senate
was utterly devoid OF anything in the
nature of specific argument. His re-
marks were merely flow OF beauti-
full language, collection of empty
platitudes and a monotonous repiti-
ton Of the Wllsonian conception Of
Americas duty toward humanity.
"Mr. Wilson began his speech by
clothing in new words his frequently
emphasized declaration that we did
not go to war because of anything
that concerned the United States par
ticularly, but that our victorious ar
my was inspired by its love for HUI
manity in general. His closing re-
marks practically asserted that he
was the agent OF Divinity in framing
the league OF nations and regulating
the future Of the world. The stage is
oe'' NC uccidrcus tne uestins us"
closed. It has come about by NO plan
of our eonceiving but my the hand
OF God who led US into this way
In the Declaration Of independence
the forefathers proclaimed that we
had been endowed by our Creator
with liberty. Can 1t be that that same
Creator purposes now to use Mr.. wiz
son as His agency in depriving us or
that liberty?
so insitent is the President on
impressing upon his countrymen his
conception Of what brought us into
the war that he repeated again and
again throughout this remarkable adj
dress that It was the woes Of human
ity that goaded us to fight and dis
tinctly repudiated the idea that Ger
man aggression upon the United
States had anything to do with 1t.
We entered it. he said, mot because
our material interests were directly
threatened And again. We entered
the war as the disinterestedness cham
pions OF right and we Interested our
selves in the terms of peace in no
other capacity And yet again, IT
was universally recognized that Am
erica had entered the war to promote
NO private or peculiar interest OF her
own but only as the champion OF
rights which she was glad to share
with free men and lovers of justice
everywhere Where is the Amerl-
can whose blood does not boil az
such statements. bad enough when
coming from the ordinary citizen, but
far worse when uttered by the man
whom our constitution placed at the |
head OF our armies?
And a touch of amusement was
not lacking. When the President So
berly remarked that You have been !
daily cognizant of what was going
on thereof the problems with
which the peace conference had to
deal IL was hard for his hearers to
repress their smiles when they re-
membered the complete censorship
that denied senators knowledge of |
the treaty, although copies Of it were
in the hands of the Presidents per-
sonal friends in Wall street weeks be-
fore,
Taken as whole the speech was Z