The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-07-12
MANY ERRORS FOUND Inn IT

MAN CttNOINO EOOIND TN
Announcement is made that the Peace
Council will rewrite the proposed Treaty
of Peace, not only to meet some of the
criticism which it has been subjected
in this country and to grant certain con-
cessions to Germay but also because
many errors have been found in it. Won
derful! For the past six months the
master mind of the present day and gen.
Grafton has been formulating Treaty
of Peace, has submitted the same to Ger
may, has insisted that the United States
Senate should not have a copy thereof,
and it now develops that it is full of err
rors. That is what the United States
Senate has been claiming all along, so
the announcement will surprise no one.
How history repeats itself! Our hon
ored president brought home with him
from France draft of covenant of a
proposed League Of Nations. When the
United States Senate advised him that
it was full of errors of judgment, and that
they would not ratify it, they were in
formed that it would be impossible to
change it, as any change would leopard
ize the League and the Treaty of Peace.
But it was changed-for the worse, in
in some respects. Worse than all else, it
was changed by ENGRAVING it upon the
Peace Treaty.
Then the Peace Treaty, with its new
excressence was presented to Germany,
which declined to sign it and asked GER
tain changes to be made. The United
States Senate also asked that certain
changes be made, notably the excelsior of
the excrescence. Again the cry that it
could not be changed without jeopardiz-
ing peace. But it has been changed, or
is being changed, ad we hear nothing
about peace being jeopardized. And so
history repeats itself.
AS matter of fact, it is only when
the administration wants to change it
that it is not dangerous to do so. 1t would
have simplified matters greatly, and
have stamped Mr.. Wilson as a great
statesman, if he had had the greatness
to cut the ground out from unde" the
United States Senate by asking that the
Treaty be so rewritten as to omit the pro-
vision for the League of Nations, leav-
ing hiatt matter to be disposed of later.
The other members of the Big -Four
would have jumped at the chance, for it
was only out of courtesy to the President
that the League was interviewer with the
Treaty. That is historical fact and sus-
ceptible of proof. Mr.. Wilson wanted a
League of Nations. The great men
looked askance, but Lloyd George said:
''If baby wants plaything let him have
it. I'll fix it so it will do no harm to any
one but the United States" So the mas
ter statesman fell in with the idea of a
League of Nations, but fixed the play
thing so htere was no danger to other
peoples. Of course it was mean advan-
take to take of small child but what
could you expect? If they had to play
with baby, they had to protect themselves
So the Peace Treaty that was "full of
errors" was sent forth and our alleged
friend, Lloyd George, FASTENED to assure
the British that the League part of the
treaty was all right, dangerous to no one
but the Yanks. For if any question con-
corning the Monroe Doctrine should
arise it could not harm Great Britain for
the league is there to settle it, and We,
the British will control the League Hush
don't wake the baby.-American Econ
omist
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