The sun., 1919-03-18


Furthermore. when Senator Brande-
| gee asked II the people OF this country
! might not see the American plan for
purpose OF comparison, the President
| replied hesitatingly that he could see no
reason offhand why not. But has any
body seen II? ! haven't-have you?
Neither has Senator Brandegee. Thus
| so far, and I suspect for long time to
come. the American psople are not going
| to be allowed to inspect or consider the
proposal of their own representatives and
| are required to indorse biindfolded the
plan OF foreign Power. Does that APP
peal to you as open covenants openly
arrived at?
Il do not need to tell YOU what that
covenant is. II has been analysed
| thoroughly. There In not a man in this
hall who, after reading it, can fail to
realize that no matter what txptana-
ton or Interpretation or 20 called UNDER
standing may be set forth by Mr.. VIII
son. by Mr.. Taft. or by anybody else. 1t
does transfer the sovereignty of this
nation TO outsiders; that It does deprive
this nation Of Its independence. that 1t
does violate the most sacred traditions
OF the Republic; that II does scrap the
Monroe Doctrine: that II does place abs
solute control Of our country, at least
so far as International relations are
concerned. in the most autocratic body
ever conceived. In which the United
States would have Just one vote out Of
| nine! 4
Even worse IL possible than that,
through the inclusion of representatives
OF her colonies, Great Britain would
dominate the other eight and become the
actual controller Of the Government Of
| the world.
I'VE fought one War of Independence.
Do you want to fight another? Do you
| wish TO resume our original subject con-
dition as British colony:
Betrayal of Republic.
DO you want our country 70 forfeit
| the INDEPENDENCE won by Washington
and the Continental army and again be-
| come In effecs a vassal state? II 50.
all. that you, and the majority OF your
fellow countrymen have to do is TO in
dorse this Infamous proposition, which
say TO you constitutes nothing less
| than a betrayal. of our great Republic
|. WHO would constitute this Board Of
Governors of the World? Would they he
named by the people of the respective
| oonmonwealths? Not at all. They are
virtually TO designate themselves or he
designated by the Governments now
holding secret sessions in Paris We
know already who would be the nominal
representative of America. Our present
President. who 1t is we'll understood
would, by the grace of Great Britain, be-
come the presiding officer of the
oligarchy.
Il say the nominal representative be-
| cause no longer does Mr.. Wilson even
pretend to speak exclusively for America.
He represents humanity or in his own
favorte phrase men everywhere
He has outgrown the United States.
He asks nothing whatever for her. but
he asks of her not only her sovereignty
but all of her resources to be used as a
club or, as bribes in obtaining the &C
quiescence OF the other Powers, and, of
course, in addition an occasional ap.
preparation Of five million dollars to pay
| the expenses OF the so-called commission.
None OF US, OF course, resents such
payments. We, want our country to
keep its end up when our President con-
sorts with loyalty. We want to make
full reduital for the courtesies and the
presents bestowed upon him.
Nevertheless as the demand for five
million dollars upon Congress clearly in
dicates. this sleeping upon featherbeds
In royal palaces IL an expensive business
not to be ignored at a time when the
burden OF taxation has already passed
the mark OF one thousand dollars a year
for every family in the United States.
Talk about Democracy Why. gen.
tlemen. do you realize that under this
arrangement the American people are not
to have even the privilege OF electing
their one representative who is to sit at
the board with eight Europeans and
Asiatics He Is to be self-appointed pre-
cisely as he was self-appointed to head
the Peace Commission.
why 1t that? Can Il he possible
that the result OF last falls election may
have something TO do with Il? Has Il
occurred TO you that somebody may have
roreseen that. even II the thing goes
through, somebody. else might be chosen
to speak for America? Would Wash
ington have had the audacity and in
science to attempt subterfuge like
that? And IL the thought had ever
crossed his mind. would he not have
spuTned IL as in fact he did spurn the
proffered crown? IL there not here an
other and most striking differentiation
between the patriot and the politician?
what the Advocates Say. Y
But let us see what tho leading ad-
vocates OF this proposal to denationalize
and denature our Republic have TO say.
They are OF all stripes-Democrats
Socialists. preachers, rabbis. bankers
and brokers, and one lone Republican.
Take them as types in order. Begin
with that world statesman. the Secretary
OF the Navy. who demonstrates his con-
sistency and sincerity by urging the
greatest navy In the world while stimuli
taneous crying for disarmament. What
says Josephus? He, too, has visions
Speaking in the Cathedral in New York
the other day he said:
When tho representatives OF fourteen
nations sitting in Paris. embracing the
most powerful, victorious countries and
representing twelve hundred million peo-
pie, agreed upon covenant OF peace II
was an event In the worlds history Sec
ond only TO the declaration OF the shep-
herds of Bethlehem; We have seen His
star in the East and have come TO wor-
ship Him
obviously he had been reading OF
the poor ignorant deluded peasants VINO
had been hailing a second Messiah who
was to revolutlonize human nature and
rid them of all the burdens Of human
existence. Let Us leave him reverently
TO revei In his spiritual exaltatton.
Then comes our old friend William
Jennings. lie pronounces this the great
est step towards peace in a thousand
years but-oh, that fateful world
but he proceeds forthwith, in his most
painstaking manner, to show that It is
no good on earth. He finds many de-
fects that should be corrected He Is
not satisfied with the ARRANGEMENT by
which Great Britain may have Ave votes
In the supreme council while the United
states is restricted to one.
Nor docs he like a two-thirds vote
FOR the admission Of new members of