Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1919-02-26
OUR WASHplCTo LETTER ct

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that President Wilson would land In
3Rnatnn rather tl6an IN New YORK.
Z. - s 49,, 1880.
:up a!, ny s. ION au
1912 .! Il .s .1..tsas ~,
me nt atoms = the vary =, c, tad nf
Sanatnr Todga has .cansad serious
anl 1;s amnnnng TIC STD ndnattars here
.Thev 'yeaEza. f,i at ira nres,ilant feels
so confident OF the support Of the peo-
pie Of New England Tor his efforts to
makeswars henceforth Impossible, that
he i willing to stand or tall by the ef-
feet OF HIS enrst speech on the league
of nations, delivered in the enemy's
country" For surely II the, presidents
plan is to be, defeated itamust be at
the hands of the reacttonary wing of
the Republican party, and the leader
Of that element today is Lodge.
Nobody but Woodrow Wilson, the
man who discovered that 1t was his
business to read his message directly
to congress, would have thought Of
giving the Boston bankers this sur
prise party. Boston means aFaneuil
Hall the forum sof.-AmericanTf tnde-
pendence: IA Faneutt Hall the people
free speech for democracy. In
Faneuf1 Hall by good political for
tune, a.aDemocrat1e mayor and the.
hrst Democratic senator from Massa-
chusetts since Civil war days, may
share the platform with the president
when he makes his report to the
American people upon the worldwide
covenant. OF universal peace.
- Outlaws Munftion Peddfers.
~ 1,>I,,anu 4, :. , H.
MIND ehomt Tho Loo s,,a +hat Tho nras;,
dant has iammad down tha +hroata of
tha Fnronean diniomafa and military
men Nina mt ~ ton of tho members
IT. Roth sho,,so ana, senate j. ia aafa
tn aav ara glad thaf thia constitution
| for . socio+1 - ~ naon1es> hos haon
apreats uncn 49, - 1>,'S' '1>'~ N'
| :: Tako the no++or NJ nr;v,+o nrof.
+oorc IN '+ho ro;,ni+;on +rodo for ~
so,,1o nv ,o1i4;oion. 80 na,nn -
,;ft - go, a;T =. - -, e ~
| course. h,t nrasan+iu thev viii admit
/ that the Ceri,a :, 1,,,n;+ion naEara had
! altogether too much r. d. with Ger.
man ,nolit;cal iineo,sm in tho f;rst
place. and that when former Con
gresham Tavenner showed the coun-
try the truth about the worldwide
War, Trust back in 1912 and 1913,
he rendered a brave public service.
| In the future, since there are to be
no private profits from the making of
war materials, nobody Is going to
carry on propaganda campaigns to
stir up one people against another In
order that guns and shells may be
sold.
Again, there is the obligation to
join with the other nations, members
| OF the league, to enforce its decisions
against any nation refusing to abide
by these decisions. We shall hear
some long-Wfnded arguments about
| the nstitutionality OF our Joining in
any such arrangement, II it involves
| the possible sending OF any troops out
side, our country. But that will end
In eloQuence. American drafted troops
| went to Russia, a ndonly recently the
senate was tied on the vote to take up
| resolution demanding their recall;
nobody imagines that American sol
diers will ever face a more dtstaste-
full task than is theirs at Archangel.
courtmartiaI Scandals.
c,,,o ca,,+,. c..,,h.,,o, o,,,r
et ~ sn.a+o S an.t.,n.;44 te, - en ue;i;
800 - arsIra 0e at;.rad S ~ th;s W eo.ndai
ea,:oorntna ~ 100, ~ ,o 49, nnd
4O-year sentences nassed nv so-called
courtsmartial in our army upon boys
guilty of really trivial offenses the
gilt has been rubbed off the militarist
clique to an alarming degree. Cruelty
such as the copper lawyers in the sen.
ate charge against the Bolsheviki, and
such as we all believed was typical
only of the Cossacks and the Turks
before the war, has been shown to be
typical Of the sentences passed upon
these unfortunate boys in our army
1onna hero ond ~ E,ronca hv him.