New-York tribune., 1919-08-13

where deep feeling is aroused, but in
which we have no direct interest. 1t
will Ill tend to delay the Americaniza~
ton Of our great population and it is
more important not only to the United
States but to the peace Of the world 20
make al these people good Americans
thar t is TO determine that some piece
of ter tory should belong 70 one Euro
pean country rather than to another
For this reason wish to limi. strictly
our interference il tho affairs OF Eu-
ropt and Of Africa
at has been reiterated here on this
floor and reiterated 10 the point of
wearlness that in every treaty there
is some sacrifice Of soverciC iCnty That
is not universal truth by amy means.
but it is true Of some treaties and il
IS pla.itude which does TO. reou e
reiteraton. The question and the only
question before us mere is how much
Of our sovereignty Wc are justified in
sacrtic ng.
al am as anxious aa any human being
can be to have the United States rem
der every possible service TO the civil
ization and the peace Of mankind, but
| am certain we can do il best by not
putting ourselves in leading strings or
subjccting our policies and our SOW
ereignty to other nations. The indie
pendcnce of the United States is not
only more precious to ourselves but 70
the world than any single possession.
The United States is the worlds best
hope, but if you fetter her in the in
terests and quarrels of other nations
if you tangle her in the intrigues of
Europe, you will destroy her power for
good and endanger her very existence.
The Heart of the World
1--WE are told that we shall break the
heart Of the world if we do not take
this league just as it stands. | fear
that the hearts of the vast majority of
mankind would beat on strongly and
steadily and without any quickening if
the league were to perish altogether
IT it should be effectively and benef-
Gently changed, the people who would
lie awake in sorrow for single night
could be easily gathered in one not
very large room, but those who would
draw long breath of relief would
reach to millions.
ideals have been thrust upon US as
an argument for the league until the
healthy mind which rejects cant re-
volts from them. Are ideals confined
to this deformed experiment upon a
noble purpose tainted. as it is with
bargains, and tied to a peace treaty
which might have been disposed of
long ago to the great benefit of the
world if it had not been compelled
to carry this rider on it's back? Post
equitem sedet atra cura' Horace tells
us, but no backer care ever sat be-
hind any rider than we shall find in
this covenant Of doubtful and disputed
Interpretation as Vt now perches upon
the treaty of peace.
"No doubt many excellent and pa
trlotIc peoplc see coming fultilment
OF noble ideas in the words league FOR
peace We all respect and share these
US see no hope, but rather defeat for
them in this murky covenant For we.
too, have our ideals. even if we differ
from those who have tried establish
a monopoly OF idealism Our first
ideal IS our country, and We sec her
IN the future, as In the past, giving
service to all hel people and to the
world.
"Our ideal of the future is that she
should continue to render that ser
vice of her own free will. She has
great problems of her own to solve
very grim and perilcus problems. and
right 4oluton, if we can attain to
1t. would largely lenCft mankind. We
would have our country strong to re-
sist peril from the West as she has
flung back the German menace from
the East. We would not have our
politics distracted and embittered by
the dissens ions of other lands. We
would not have our country's vigor
exhausted, or her moral force abated,
by everlasting meddling and muddling
IN every quarrel, great and small,
which afficts the world. Our ideal is
to make her ever stronger and better
and finer. because in that way alone.