Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-08-13


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When printed copy of the covenant
and the peace pact is read section by
section. and an application is had Of
the multitudinous national interests
involved, 1t is easy enough to under
stand why criticism should pass con-
corning the length of time which il
took the conference in Paris to reach
its decision.
Fail to Get Light.
There are persons who go into the
galleries of the senate TO listen TO the
debate and who come away unillu-
minated, and who because of the tor
tuous paths of the arguments ara
willing to leave tie following of them
10 the senators, and to shift the re-
Sponsihility from their shoulders TO
those of the men who are intrusted
with the business of making decisions
In high matters of state.
The galleries of the senate today
are interesting places. interesting in
part because of the diversified natures
of those who attend the daily sessions.
Scores upon scores of men and wom-
leave with the decision not to return.
There are scores of others, however.
who return day after day TO listen to
the senators on this side and 10 the
senators on that side. enjoying the de-
bate for the very warmth of II and
1ns .4,y- IL
will fly which will supply light
sufficient for the gallery student to
see his own way clear to an opinion
on this world pact.
Perhaps It is the fact that enfran.
chiSement has come To them in so
large a degree recently that makes the
women journey to the galleries in tar
greater numbers than the men. II
has been noticeable In the senate, and
in the house. too, for that matter. In
recent months that the women are
showing a strong interest in matters
of legislation and of government gen
orally.
Wrath Hits Them.
There are in the gallery day by day
many men and women whose minds
already are made up They are the
ones whose enthusiasts get away from
them once in a while. and who by
their demonstrations call down upon
their heads the wrath of the vice pres
ident, or the president pro tempore,
whichever happens TO be presiding.
1t is against the rules of the senate
TO evidence vocally or by hand clap
ping or foot-stamping. approval or dis
approval of anything which is said
or the floor. once In a while the gal
leries are cleared by order of the vice
president because of these demonstra-
lions.
"Day Of Glory" for France.
1.-THE day OF glory has arrived" 1t
was with these words that a dispatch
describing the Bastile day celebration
in Paris began.
The arrival of this message stirred
Washington. 1t quickened the beating
Of the pulses of all the soldiers here.
the ablebodied and those others in the
hospitals who, with their comrades
sound of body and of limb, helped TO
make possible the day of glory in
Paris.
The French know how TO keep fete
days. They have a genius for such
things II is innate with them. They
do not have to study to produce
effects, because every Frenchman per-
sonally is an effect-produclng factory.
On BastlIe day soldiers of every one
of the allied and the associate nations
In the war against Germany appeared
in the parade which was what the
Of glory and yet pageant of sim
pIicity. The Arc de Triomphe, as usual,
was made the apex of the triumphant
demonstration. Immediately after the
entry Of the Germans into Paris In
1871 the French drew chains across
what may be called the gateways of
the Are de Trouphe. Those chains
never were To be taken down until
French armies could pass through
them returning triumphant from the
fields where victorious battle had
been waged in behalf of free France.
Chains Come Down.
On Bastile day the chains were
down and representatives of the tri-
umphant armies of France. Great
Britain, Belgium, Italy, Serbia and the
United States passed through. Every
American soldier who saw Paris saw
the Arc de Triomphe. Their footsteps
passed along the wonderful avenue Of
the Elysees TO the point where the
avenue radiated from the Are 10 make
the star. The lesson of the Arc de
Trlomphe was borne 10 upon every
American soldier who stood under IS
shadow.
When the treaty of peace was
signed in the Hall OF Mirrors In the
palace Of Versailles the French otli-
Gals, with that keen perception Of the
eternal fitness Of things. had invited
to be present delegations of enlisted
men Of an the allied nations. II was
peculiarly French conception. To
be present there were the dignltaries
Of the great nations, but the French
with that keenness Of perception
which is their own saw that the bull
warks Of freedom, the plain manhood
Of the countries, must be represented
to make the occasion logical, complete
and, yes, dramatic.
1t was IN this spirit that Bastiie day
was celebrated II was a celebration
not In honor Of the president Of
France, nor even in honor Of the
great generals who commanded the