Evening journal., 1919-06-09

/ '"i0 N"fnIon from Itdutf OF iNt
sun is short. direct and TO the point
IL is accordingly question Of the sorI
Which we like 10 be asked, and we re-
| ply in the same fashion
ITO The Editor cf The sun Sir: To
/ put 1t mildly you seem 10 diapprove
of almost everything President Wood
row Wilson has done at the Peace Con
| ference.
"Mhl YOU kindly allow me to ask
YOU one question: With the world
situation what 10 is and with Amer
ican interests In the peace Of the fu-
ture making IL the paramount duty Of
the republics chief 10 safeguard those
Interests, what else could the President
nave doney J.. II. 3.
worcester, Mass June g.
There are several other things presi-
dent Wilson could have done; for cX-
ample.
T. lie could have examined the Ian
guage of the oath which hc took on as
suming the office 10 which the pco-
pie elected him and have asceriained
that he then socmnly sWore that he
would faithfully execute that Office and
To the best of his ability preserve. pro-
tect and defend the Constitution Of the
United STATES
>. he could then have turned 10 the
Constitution he had sworn 10 pre-
serve, project and defend and have
asceriained, by even thc most rasual
examination Of ils provisions and lin
italions That 70 contained not single
word Warranling him i'm abscnling
af Ia
of duty IN order 10 participate in The
settlement Of European political af-
fairs or 10 promote a self-conccived
scheme of intcrnati0nalism engaging
Tins independent republic i'm functions
ana responsibilities with which il has
no concern and which H. traditional
policy has cmphalically disavowed
J. Having tlus learned what his
constitutional function was and where
it lay President Wilson could have re-
manned where duty 10 the Constitution
and to the people held him 10 attend
to the mulliiudinous domestic affairs
croWdlng upon the government of
which ne is 2 part i'm consequence not
only Of its normal operations butalso
of the extraordinary situation created
by the war.
g. lie could have nominated Peace
Commissioners 10 negotiate treaties
with the enemy Powers. he could
have sent their names 10 the senate
for continuation thus constituting a
delegation truly representative Of the
treaty making power Of the United
States Government. instead of a dele
gallon consisting OF himself aud his
ta1I t-..
liglblcs. lle could thus have given
TO The proposed treaty the weight Of /
responsible signatures before IL goes
10 the senate. instead Of signing The |
ratification clause Of that treaty as
he is now reported TO have done I'm |
This really amazing style: Honorable |
Woodrow Wilson. President Of the |
United states, Acting i'm His own
Name and by His own Proper Au-
ihority."
And if the George Washington had
In some mysterious way transported
President Wilson across the ocean
against his personal desire and bet
ter Judgment and put him on the Job
In spite of himself me could neverihc-
less have done several lhlngs no has
not done.
,. lie could have remembered his
pledge ostentatiously put at the very
front Of his Fourteen Points or Prin-
ciples, 10 arrive openly at an open
covenant of peace and 10 conduct his |
diplomacy always frankly and in the
public view.
g. he could have prevented the scan
dal which has now resulted from his |
and persistent resort 10 So
cret diplomacy Of the sort ne had de-
nounccd. he could have avoided the /
political consequences of a selfish and 4
determination 10 keep HIS con-
siitutional partners in the treaty max |
ing business in the dark concerning /
The scope and contents OF the compact |
he has been negotiating I'm the name Of (
the people Of The United States. lie
could have spared the country the OK