The sun., 1919-03-20
FLAWS IN PRESENTDRAFI

made the treaty Of peace with Germany
at once.
we ought to make the treaty OF
peace with Germany now. :. ,.p
The argument he's been made that
unless the League OF Nations was at.
tached to the peace with Germany X
would not pass. What a confession OF
weakness believe that the great
movement for the worlds peace 10
strong enough TO 60 alone. believe
that II will absolutely stand alone. But
when Il Ii settled on a peace with Ger
many interviewer with II. as we have
been threatened, is 1t possible that that
great experiment, 30 eloquenty de-
scribed by President Lowell, In 30 weak
In the popular mind. SO weak In Europe,
that 1t has got to be smusgled In or car
ried through as n rider on the German
treaty? do not believe II.
"Glve Us the treaty Of peace with
Germany. Let us chain and fetter, Inn
pose the reparatlons, build UP the bar
rier States, put the monster where 1t
cannot spring up again, and bring our
soldiers home. They have been IN Eu-
rope fighting the battles os the world
God bless Thanksgiving for other ma
tions, lighting for civilization and free
dom. No furloughs are theirs. They
cannot run home in night, TO Eng
land or France or Belgium. They have
4 10 stay there, the men who have ex-
posed themselves to the IRE, who have
made the greatest sacrifices, who have
done the fighting. They cannot come
! home on a furlough. Some must re-
main. no doubt. to carry out the terms
, OF peace. but the great mass of those
men can be brought Home. And II you
a. - az MI a
| German peace YOU make more delays.
ct believe sufficiently in a league of
peace to secure the future peace Of the
world. I believe sufficiently in II to
think that II will be built UP and passed,
no matter when 1t is offered, but Know
that It will take time and take discus
sion
You have listened to President Low
ellis amendments, TO his criticisms Of the
drafting Of the treaty. Surely the SEN
/ ate might be admitted to the same OPP
portunity. The power to advise has been
, taken from the Senate. 1t is now pro-
posed to take from 1t the power of con-
sent by forcing through one treaty as
part OF another with which It Is not con-
| cerned.
| IT am not speaking about Senators.
Senators, like Presidents. come and 60
but the Senate remains an organic part
| OF the Government And let me say to
you that when the powers. The consti-
tutional functions Of one Of the great
/ branches OF the Government are afro
phied. evaded, denied. you have got
something to do at home to preserve
the Constitution under which you have
grown great.
| Wants Disa rmame
/ ~ repeat again, want a League Of
wi ad& no ~
peace on earth. that will make war as
nearly impossible as it can be made. I
| want to bring about n general disarma-
ment. know arbitration can do much.
| | do not want to put into any league
articles which believe impossible OF
| fulhllment and which believe nations
will readily abrogate. But I am so firm
q believer In the strength OF the great
peace movement that I am not ready to
back It by the argument OF fear. The
United States has not come to where
she Is through fear.
We have known that in ourselves
our safety must be sought: that by our
| own right hand II must be wrought that
we must stand unpropped or be laid
low a.
We are a great moral asset OF Chris
! tian civilization. We are all that Presi-
dent Lowell has described as a necessity
Of the league. How did we get there >
BY our own efforts Nobody led US. no.
body guided US. nobody controlled us.
| We have Just been told that we are
| not At TO be entrusted with any care of
| the South American difficulties IL such
arise. and therefore we must entrus, 1t
10 some other Power. I object TO that
] believe the people OF the United States
| are Just as human. just as anxious TO
1 do right to others as any nation In the
world.
/ I'VE have cared for three OF those
| Powers. as 7 have already stated-Santo
| Domingo Hayti and Nicaragua. In
every instance war has been stopped
and civilization and peace have pro-
stressed. OF course We can guarantee
them. did not know anybody ever
said We could not guarantee the bouu-
daries OF another State. We have done
II here under the Monroe Doctrine, and
done II well.
1.-The Monroe Doctrine was the neces
sary corollary OF Washington,s policy
I believe In IL because believe II pro-
| tects and defends and guards the United
| States as it has for a hundred years
II does not interfere with Europe, 1,
does not prevent our going to the aid
OF Europe, but II does preserve peace
throughout this hemisphere. There is
longer record OF peace here than you
can find in some other places.
And We are going TO hand Il over
to a majority OF other nations to say
body where We have one vote
do not say the time has not come TO dc
IT, hut do say. think well about Il
consider 1t carefully"
May venture parable 4 man is
called on an errand OF mercy. He
| springs to his feet and rushes out into
the darkness lie does not know the
way he has no light. lie falls into a
trench. breaks his leg ard the errand OF
mercy remains unperformed.
Another man starts on the sans
errand of mercy. He knows the road
he knows where he Is travelling. he car
res a light, he performs the GRAND OF
mercy.
Wants TO BE Sure of Road.
81 wish TO have tho American people
understand the road they are travelling
I want them 10 have light, plenty o.
light-the daylight: not 20 through a
dark tunnel OF words with nothing &c
see except at the end the dim red light
~ decentralization. Let us be careful
where We tread. You are asked TO ex.
change the government OF Abraham Lin
coin. of the people, for the people by
the people, for a government ~. for and
by other people.
BE sure that the exchange Is fol
the better and not for the worse. Wher
we abandon. II We must abandoh-ant
: IL the American people think We mus
, abandon we shall abandon it--when W,
abandon the teachings OF Washington
| aud Lincoln let us he sure aa we enteI