Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-10-30
THE TREATY
and The PEOPLE
LARGE MAJORITY OF OPINION
PRESIDENT Is WRONG In
HIS DEMANDS

With a bang Jack closed the front
door and rushed up stairs where he
knew Ruth was anxiously waiting,
surrounded by her family of dolls.
1--WE got it, I've got it," yelled
Jack at the top of his lungs. "A
letter from Uncle Ted and | haven't
opened It yet. Put down your dolls
Ruth and We'll have our story with
Uncle Ted after all"
Jack and Ruth had been very
sad because their Uncle Ted had
gone far away on a trip through
many states and they knew he would
not be back in time for their usual
story. But now Jack had found
big fat letter which he knew was to
help take the place of the story they
loved so well to hear each week.
What does he say?" asked Ruth
as she nestled close to her brothers
side.
"He says, My dearest Riddles,
you a great deal and hoped | could
be with you tonight but since it was
not possible l couldn't go to bed
without writing about few things
that | thought would interest you
very much. First OF all I have talked
to a great many people about the
world club plan and the peace treaty
to find out just what they thought
about it. l have talked to porters
in the trains, railroad conductors,
the Pullman conductors, bell boys at
the hotels, the young men and girls
who sell cigars in the hotels, hotel
clerks, drug store clerks, business
men and travelling men and / am
mighty happy to say that all of them
except two believe just as you and /,
that the world club plan would be
a mighty bad thing. They all do
not have the same reasons but they
all agree on one thing, and that Is
that II we should have this world
club and the United States became
member we would have more and
more wars to help fight the battles
of every country in the world.
1.-THE thing that has impressed me
the most in talking with all these
people is, that the most of them who
are against this plan belong to the
same political party that President
Wilson belongs to, the democratic
party. One man owns a big store
where they sell all kinds OF musical
things. He voted for Mr.. Wilson at
the last election. He says that Mr..
Wilson had no business going over
to Europe and mixing in the business
of every country over there and try
ing to set up a new government to
run the world. And for that rea-
son he will, I am sure, never again
have anything to do with anything
belonging to. Mr.. Wilson's party. A
travelling man was a little easier
about II and said that President Will
son while in Europe was the inno-
cent victim of European shrewdness,
which meant that the men represent
ing the other countries had been
quicker and brighter.
zone thing ! noticed, children,
was that although the most of the
people feel that the club plan is
wrong and that President Wilson was
not true to this country when he
tried to tie us up with Europe, they
feel that the senate in Washington
should settle the peace treaty right
away and that they should have done
ii long, long ago. have told these
people this, which will help you to
understand too. III the big senators
in Washington had allowed the trea-
ty to be settled long ago and in big
hurry. we could never have found out
that England would have six votes
in the club and the United States
one: we might never have known
that our vote would be worth no
more than the vote of Liberia,
country in Africa, made up of dark
people, many of whom are cannibals;
we might never have known that our
troops could be called out at any
time and be sent to perform police
duty in all parts Of the old world.
We have already, under the supreme
council in Paris, seen our marines
landed on the Dalmatian coast to
fight in quarrel that was none Of
our business. We have seen several
thousand OF our troops freezing in
the cold and icy regions of Siberia.
They have been landed in what is
called Schleswig- Holstein to help
start a temporary government in
country with which we have no bust
fighting with the Poles against the
happen under the supreme council.
what would happen under the
league? Any thing and everything
and we would have been bound hand
and foot had our Senators settled the
matter in a hurry without studying
what was best for the United States
of America and worrying about Eu-
rope last instead of first.
I'm one city where I have been, the
ministers had sent letter to their
senator asking him to vote for the
world club plan because they are
against war. He wrote back that
If they knew what the club plan pro-
vides, they would not ask him to do
that. Well. they really hadn't
studied II thoroughly and after they
did. they found the senator was right
and now l believe most of them are
against 1t. II the people of this
country would take more interest in
this matter there wouldn't be the
smallest chance for the league of ma
lions because I find that Just as soon
as they learn little about 1t they
are glad and not sorry that the sem
ators have taken their time in set
Ting the treaty.
you remember, children, what I
told you about the fighting poet Of
Italy and how he had taken Fiume
for Italy although President Wilson
had said at Paris that it must go to
the Jugo-Slavs? Well. I talked to
clerk in shoe store about the
league and he said: why should
we worry so about D'Annunzio TAX
ing Fiume? The president takes