The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-09-03

make clear certain parts of the treaty
and club PLAN"
did the president answer all the
questions?" asked Jack.
mo, there was one very important
matter that was not answered. The
Japanese at the peace conference
were anxious to have things fixed SO
that the United States would let all
the Japanese into this country who
might want to come, and so that their
people when once in this country
would be treated the same as every
body else. This would be a bad thing,
for it would deprive our own people
OF work, especially in California, Ore
gon and Washington, and give the
Japanese great power on our Pacific
coast. 1t has never been known how
Mr.. Wilson voted on this matter and
so Senator Johnson, who comes from
California. asked the president how
the men who represented the United
State sat the peace conference voted.
The president said he thought the
question was d very natural one but
he wasn't sure whether he should
answer or not, and so refused to do
So" -.' - ..' So
Senator Brandegee, of Connecticut,
asked the president some important
questions at the meeting. He re-
minded the president that such men
as ex-senator Root, Justice Hughes
and ex-President Taft have said that
if we are to accept the world club plan
there must be certain written things
agreed to so that the United States
will be protected against all these 9th
er countries. The president does not.
think this way and believes the world
club plan to be all right as it is and
that everything in 1t is plain and safe.
But Senator Brandegpe is afraid that
if men disagree about 1t now, even be-,
fore it has been decided whether the
United States shall join or not, GER
tainly' later on many years from now,
men will be unable to agree just what
the treaty means and therefore cause
us a lot OF trouble. In other words
children, suppose we three decided to
have a club and we wrote rules BY
which we would run this club. Then
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would say that the rules meant one
thing, you, Jack, would say that they
meant another, and Ruth would say.
they meant still & some thing else.
Don't you think it would be better not
to have the club than to start 1t that
way, with all of US unable to agree?
Certainly il we couldn't agree before
the club was in working order we
couldn't agree afterward. That is ex-
actly the situation with regard to the
league of nations. ~" ~
During the meeting President VIII
son admitted that he did not know un-
til he went to Paris that Japan, Great
Britain, italy and France had made
secret treaties in which they agreed
how certain land was to be divided
after Germany was beaten. In other
words, some of our most important
allies misled the president and our
country, up to the time of agreeing to
the peace terms. There must be 9TH |
er secret treaties about which we
know nothing and we certainly can
not trust these countries in the world
club plan If they misled US at the
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make a peace treaty on equal terms.
The best thing we can do as a coun-
try is to follow the advice OF George
Washington and keep the United
States Independent to act with other
nations in it's own way according to
circumstances as they arise ~. I
If we join this club, Uncle Ted.
will you and other men have to go and
fight in every old country Of the
world?" asked Jack.
q Well" answered Uncle Ted. Pres
ident Wilson said In his opening state.
ment that we could decide for our
selves whether we want to fight or
not, but when Senator Knox asked
him about it later on he said we
would be absolutely bound to fight
whenever any member of the club
was attacked by another and the only
way out was to have war. So you see,
children, the whole club plan is so
mixed up and great men disagree so