The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-09-04

SENATE WILL PROMISE PRoTEc-
TON EVEN If THE PRESENT
TREATY is REJECTED.
POPULAR SENTIMENT STRONG
Great Help the French People Gave
the Colonies Is Not Forgotten
Ambassador Jusserand Proves That
1t Was Not Selfish.
BY EDWARD 3. CLARK.

BY EDWARD 3. CLARK.
Washington.-Sen may doubt
their authority under the Constitution
to ratfy the French treaty, and they
may not ratify It, but lacking ratifca-
ton, the mind Of the opposition APP
parently Is in favor of doing some
thing equally strong and comprehen-
sive in behalf Of France.
1t is known that some Of the sena-
tors, and perhaps what is known of
them is true of the majority, feel
there is II sentiment IN behalf Of France
and its cause among the people of the
United States that will necessitate
some adequate recognition of the
French peoples need, for that is what
II is, for protection against the Ger
man when he shall have rehabilitated
himself, and the old spirit Of hatred
against his neighbor TO the west shall
have reasserted itself. Common po-
litical sense II not gratitude, observers
say. probably will dictate a response
TO the request embodied In the treaty,
even If the treaty in It's present form
should not be sanctioned.
1t Is held by men who seem to have
an appreciation of the situation that
Americans of long American ancestry
are by hereditary sympathies and in
stinct just as grateful to France for
what II did for this country in the
revolutionary DAYS as were Americans
of that time. On the other hand, IT
is said that American citizens OF an
ancestry which does not 20 back to
revolutionary DAYS In this country do
not share the same feeling. II is rec
ognlzed by the men who talk about
It that this condition is natural and
yet one which would be unnatural II
the "cltzens Of later day" would
look M the thing from another point
Of view.
Debt Rests on Later Corners. Too.
No ono lnovs iuet what nronortIon
Of Americans can trace tbeir AMOS.
try back to revolutionary ar nre- ROY.
olutionarv DAVIS but n "a nrnhahle
that much more than ono.boIf Of the
citizens az tho Irnitod States date tho
arrival Of their ancestors ot u time In
fer than the battle of Yorktown
II is Iil,elv ~ no hroupbt ont IN do.
hate IN the SENATE in order IN mako
nonulor sentiment apnrove ~ proh.
oble affirmative action of some kind
in this case thot ~ II had nor heen
for French helm in the revolutlonory
war thara would hive been no free
country in America for the ancestors
Of many American citizens To bove
como IA IN the pursult Of life. liberty
md bonnlncss
: Frequently the argument Is nd.
vanced hy opponents Of the sanction
Ing Of the French treaty that France
came TO the aid of the United States
only because she wanted to weaken
Great Britain by separating her from
one Of her colonies and also to make
It certain that n considerable part of
the British army and navy should he
confined to operations on this side Of
the Atlantic. In other words, the ar
gument IS that France was essentially
selfish.
II is not known 10 what extent the
ambassador Of the French to this
country ]. ]. Jusscrand. can enter In.
10 activities IN behalf or treaty In
which his country's future safety Is
said 10 be involved. but already Mr..
Jusserand In book written before the
present war tortured the world has
given an examination Of tbc reasons
for French aid 10 the colonies which
may be cnllcbtoplng in the present
treatv mixing.
vyhv Franz. hid.d coro,i.s
rn. ,,,.,,.....l.., q, ..,t,,,,,o ,a,,
..,..,,., .-.,t.,,.. 80. p..,.....,..,. -.
-. t,t..c.,., A.. r,.'.., -,
....,..' ,',.,.,',,, ,,,, ,,,.. q ,,'.,.,'',.
49,. Y.el.a,,. .a1 ''.'''''9
,
cams wont doorly ,n,n ma roaeons ,ar
Ero,ch otd 70 cha cotontos tta ,a,,s
MA :, rro ra,.,t,,,,aa..,. 49,. -
r.o,oo 10 H., ,,ro,,,,.,, il,.,. 49,. iu.au,,,
a. Tr,nco 30 10 s",nnathios nn,aa,,
,be nnorlo for another naonio ma
yaro strrg.lino Co.. so,,oth,n, ,.h,ah