The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1919-09-27
URGE SENATE TO
HASTEN PEACE
LEADERS IN FORTY STATES, RE,
CARELESS OF PARTY. SIGN
RINGING APPEAL.
TREATY yWlrHOUTAMeNDMENT
cay Every Day OF Delay Puts World
In Imminent Peril OF New War
Point TO National
Unrest.

New York. -- Especially - Two nun.
dred and fifty leading Americans. Re.
publicans and Democrats representing
forty different states and every prom.
inont activity have Joined IN non
partisan effort to lring about the
ratification OF the Peace Treaty with
out amendment and without delay"
Their names are attached To an ad.
dress 10 the United states senate
which was made public today, through
the League To Enforce Peace. after It
had been sent ~ every member OF the
senate.
The signcrs. almost without exccp.
tlon. are men and women OF national
reputation. They include such promi.
nent citizens as ex.President Taft.
George W. wickersham. attorney gen.
eral In the last republican admlnlstra.
tion; A. Lawrence Lowell, president OF
Harvard. Charles c. Moore Of San
Francisco. president of the Panama
Exposition: Judge George Gray Of VIII.
mington. Del. President Samuel Com.
pcrs Of the American Federation VI
Labor. Harry A. Wheeler OF Chicago.
retiring president Of tho chamber OF
commerce OF the United States. Mrs
Carrie Chapman Gait, president OF the
National American Woman Suffrage
association. Cyrus II. X. Curtis, the
Philadelphia publisher: President lie
Der J. Grant ~ the Mormon church.
and Spargo. leader Of the socialists
Who supported the war.
The signers declare that every day
Of delay In ratifying the treaty puts
the world in Imminent peru Of new
war"
Their statement follows:
In the senate at Washington. now
that the committee on foreign rela.
tions has reported the treaty the lines
are sharply drawn between the lmmc
diate ratification OF the treaty OF
peace with Germany. and It's amend.
ment with u reaasembling % the con.
ference and rcoponlng OF ncgoila
tlons that would brIng great delay aud
prolonged uncertainty In settling the
great Issues of the peace. No partisan
plea can be made. Party lines are al
ready broken.
Standing at . distance from the
conflict In the senate chamber. We
plead for immediate ratification with.
out delay. Our land requires A. A
state Of nervous strain. tension and
unrest exists manifesting itself In dis
turbances. which In some cases have
no self evident connection with the
war, but which are. In fact, it's after.
math. The world is put Ia imminent
peril OF new wars by the lapse OF each
day. Dlssensions between us and our
former allies are being sown. We
firmly believe and solemnly declare
that the states and cities In which We
dwell desire immediate peace.
The waging OF war steadied and |
united the American people. Peace |
will bring prosperity. and prosperity |
content Delay In the senate posipon.
ing ratification In this uncertain period
OF neither peace nor war has resulted |
In indecision and doubt. bred strife
and quIckened the cupidity OF those
who sell the daily necessities OF life
and the fears Of those whose daily /
wage no longer fills the daily market
basket
We beseech the senate 10 give the
land peace and certainty by a ratifica.
tion which will not keep US longer In
the shadows OF possible wars. but give
the whole world the light oi peace.
Reservations In the nature OF clarin
cations I'm the meaning OF the treaty,
not Inconsistent with iis terms. will
not require the rcopcn.ng NJ the ne.
gotiations with Germany aud with our
associates in the war. which wo all
and each united 10 win.
But there is no possibility OF doubt
that amendment OF the treaty. as Is
now proposed by the senate commit.
tee on foreign relations would renlIire