The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-23
REED SHOWS BRITISH
GRIPON THE LEAGUE


the continent the President would con-
vey TO them an intimate and concise
knowledge of the contract into which he
proposes to force the country and that
he would make plain to them every
doubtful proposition. but
IF citizen refuses to repudiate the
policies under which our country has
become great the President character
ICES him as 'pygmy minded ...
IF he declines to turn his back on
Washington and jefferson he is de-
scribed as afflicted with curious aber-
rations Of thinking .
IF he refuses to surrender with thC
pen what Washington gained with the
sword he Is politely described as a con-
temptible gutter
'If he cannot see his way clear to
embroil America in the wars Of every
country and to plunge her into contro-
versies Of every land he sees with jaun-
diced eyes If he ventures to point out
that Article Y binds us to send our SOL
diers TO defend the frontiers of every
land in every quarter of the globe he 10
afflicted with amazing ignorance
"If he looks with pride upon the glo-
rious achievements of Americas past
and refuses to abandon the policies
which have brought us to the height Of
prosperity, he is dreamer, living in
the league covenant lawyers and states
men reach the conclusion that 1t is in
imical TO the public veal they are class
flied as men whose heads are only fit
to serve as knots to prevent their bodies
from unravelllng.'
Gtbbeting of Senators.
eff Senators of the United States
sworn to defend the Constitution and to
protect the Republic In strict accordance
with the terms of their oaths. study the
proposed covenant and reach the con-
clusion that It is their duty not to ad-
Wise or consent to its ratification they
are denounced as dishonest opponents
OF the treaty who will be gibbeted and
who will regret that the gibbet is so
high Or again, they are informed, as
the President did declare in Washington
few weeks ago. that he would like to
see them hung on a gibbet as high as
Heaven but pointed In the opposite direc-
ton
And SO the resistless argument pro-
ceeds. The President marshals his syl-
logisms as a general marshals the bat
talions OF his army. They appear to adj
vance in logical phalanx, but his soldiers
are epithets; his battalions aggregations
OF bitter names his army an assem-
elage of denunciatory epigrams.
yet after it has passed the calm
onlooker will recognize only the vapors
OF anger; the temperance autocracy
manifests at opposition.
''If l could be so unkind as to reply
In kind l might answer that of course.
the President does II all unconsciously,
IN complete innocence and possibly only
when wrought upon by the new magic
And that he substitutes fancies for
facts confuses the phantasms Of his
dreams with the actualities of life, mis-
takes the visions of ambition for the
Inspiration of idealism and imagines
that phrases can take the place OF
realities.
''The President talks much of duty
OF sacrifice but even while he speaks
he. at Government expense. rides on spe-
cial trains; sails upon magnificent ships
fitted with special glass pavilions lives
IN the palaces of princes, receives pres
ents from foreign nobility worth hun
dTeds of thousands of dollars comman'
deers entire hotels summons armies Of
retainers creates diplomats without Law
and wages war without authority.
''Out OF the public funds he provides
the keep Of his retainers. He compeli
the American taxpayers to furnish theiI
food and to wash their dirty linen. He
talks of sacrifices, but the sacrifices are
TO be made by American boys whC
perish in the SHOWS of Siberia, or yet Il
ole beneath the sun of the equator.
1--WE stopped the onrushing German,
Mt the Marine, broke their attack at Cha
teau-Thierry, rolled them back at thu
Argonne and forced their representative!
TO the surrender at Paris. Our armies
rescued our Allies.
ITO accomplish this work we left so,
900 dead in France and sent staggering
hray moi
blind, crippled. diseased. We accumu
lated debt of $40, 900. 600, 900. We dis
armed Germany and dismembered Aus
tria-
Having done all this, IL we now sa,
that the time has arrived to bring on
soldiers home and to begin looking afte
the wants of our own people, we ar
contemptibe cutters
Asserting that the league will brini
universal peace. the President demand
standing army of half a million men
Insisting that war will be no more, n
urges the doctrine of universal militar.
training. Proclaiming that the day ha
come when swords will be beaten int
ploughshares, he demands a great navy
He advocates freedom of the seas. blu
consents that England shall remain mis-
bess Of the waters of the world.
He chafes at being kept at his Pres
luenllhl duties IN washington wnen n
has been in this country only sixty day
in the past nine months. He makes
epeech declaring his own opinions an,
the next day asserts that his own speed
Is solemn instruction by the peopl
which he Is dutifully carrying into of
feet. He denounces secret treaties we
seeks to engage his country in a con
tract ratifying and confirming secret an
cruel treaties by which our own allie
have been despoiled. He breaches ope
covenants openly arrived at yet goe
into secret conclaves and seizes cabl
lines and permits censorship OF Euro
pean news.
Calls Statement Infamous.
"He refuses to inform the Senate con
cerning his vote on racial equality
pleading that he would thereby disclos
secrets which would cause internationf
embarrassment although the publ
statement of the Japanese statesme
that Wilson and House had both vote
with Japan on racial equality for week
has gone unchallenged and undisputet
Because the members OF the Senate hav
not in answer TO his dictation immed
ately approved the treaty he has In sui
stance charged them with treasonabl
practices by intimating that they al
now conspiring with Germany. cour
try with which we are technically sti
at war.
"The statement is as false as it
infamous
HE goes about the country denoun,
ing the Senate for the delay in passin