The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-29
A Tempest.

With the permission of The Bur-
lington Clipper, we run the following
from the pen of NJ. C. Reynolds
printing it for what it is worth.
We Vermont newspaper Bolsheviki
sure have got to stand together with
our "damphoolishness."
ga regular tempest is spreading
over Vermont as a result of Congress
man. Greene's partisan speech against
the League of Nations before the re-
cent meeting Of the Press Association.
The St. Johnsbury Caledonian has
ripped Greene all the way up the back
and the ST. Adams Messenger is sore
~ tried in his defence.
If I remember correctly the origi-
nal draft of the League of Nations
was not put out as the final or perfect
covenant. President Wilson asked
that judgment and discussion be sus-
pended until he could explain it's fea-
lures before committee for the SEN
ate. It is just my idea that the Pres
ident had in.mind taking Congress in
to his confidence at this conference
But the junkers in the United States
Senate did not give the President this
courtesy and launched into lengthy
and partisan debate on the question.
The result was that much needed leg
islation failed of passage.
Now, | don't know much about the
teachnical features of the League of
Nations and if these wise Vermont
editors know so much about it they
are out of their elements. Instead Of
writing weighty stuff about foreign
entanglements back on the hill sides
of Vermont their real place is at
Washington as chief advisor to Pres
ident Wilson or Senator Lodge.
But here is what Congressman
Greene did. He made a strictly par
tisan speech against the League and
made it quite plain that the issue was
to be political one. He is against
it simply because it. is being carried
out by Democratic president.
The weak objection to the League
of Nations is made in that President
Wilson is debating what shall be ac-
cepted. Now is it not the duty of
the President to negotiate such meas
ures? But Frank Greene can't come
fresh from Washington and ram
down our threats such mess of par-
tisan oratory as he gave at the Press
Association meeting. | don't pro-
pose to take my policy from any nj.
of C. who is so partisan that he can
not see any good in the policies OF
| the other side AS between the opin-
| ion of Frank Greene on one side and
President Wilson on the other l Will
take the President every time. And
l don't think any sane person will
hesitate about deciding the same mat,
ter.
President Wilson does make him.
self clear about public questions. The
people know and understand what he
says. But did you ever hear Franz
Greene speak? His oratory is beau
tiful. He can tell you all about the
crusaders, Washington's farewell adj
dress, Ethan Allen, Molly Stark, thu
beautiful green hills of Vermont, th'
verdant valleys, noble people, etc.
ETC., etc-but when he gets through
i There's a void of constructive
i thought and you wonder-yet Franz
Greene gets away with it. How il
the world he does it l don't know
But he does.
+; The entire Vermont delegation i
; Washington is completely out of har
mony with the people of the state
Dillingham;, Page, Dale and Greene
They're so ALFRED partisan that the
are breaking their backs standing u
so straight to the tune of Senate
Lodge and the rest of the junkers.
Vermonters want the League O
) Nations. They want war stopped
| The world has had the other thin
u for centuries and it always has II
E suited in war. The balance of powe
as they call it has proved its ineffec
] iveness. Something else has got t