Republican farmer., 1919-07-11

for this league of nations.
 Stating that T love the Republican party more than I love my life" Chancellor Murray arrays himself with Senator Brandegee who recently said of the League. 'I will never vote for 1t till hell freezes over" and against Col Ulman, wlto is a Repub llican leader in New Haven and favors the League.
 At the request of William Howard Taft, Col Uuman wrote to pr. Mur- ray, asking him to support the
 League.
 The chancellor's response Is con
 tained in the 1Jllowing reply:
 IChancery, 134 Pennington avenue Hartford, Conn.
 June soth. 1919.
 My Dear Colonel Ullman:
 Your letter of June 27th concerning
 the support of the league of nations
 came to me in the mail of this morn
 ing. In order that you may appreci-
 ate my position a humble citizen of
 the United States I want to tell you that ever since the campaign for such
 a league was originated some five
 six years ago I have done all in my power to oppose it. An experience
 gained by a residence of three years
 in Europe from 1897 to 1900, makes it , psychologically and morally impossi- ble for me to support such organ tzation- Since the matter came up
 for debate in the United States sen ate. have given all the moral support in my power to Senators Knox, Bran . degee and Borah, begging them to preserve for me and every citizen of the United States the only country on the face of the earth fit for me to live and die in. I want no super-country lop oil Nat, +I,a United States md any other country ] in the world, be it France, England. ! Ireland Germany, Italy, Greece, Rus sia, Poland. Egypt, Palestine, Turkey, China or Japan.
 You ask me to sign a letter to the , effect that the soldiers and sailors re- : turned from the world war, support
 your league. For every soldier and
 sailor whom you can find in the state
 of Connecticut ready to subscribe to such a league, I am willing to go out , and beg or borrow a dollar for a fund
 to educate them as to the egregious . error that would induce them to de- . liver themselves and their country to
 the slavery of European intrigue ? which is now more insidious and more persistent in It's selfish designs
 to swallow the United States than al
 any time in history. You are asking
 
 place of honor which she has attain
 ed as model and arbiter in the dis
 putes of other nations and manacle
 her to a vicious circle of political ex-
 pediencies, after she has acquired
 glory and independence by her un- ! swerving adherence to principles. As a clergyman of my church I am 2 not permitted to publicly voice my
 personal views any topic primar-
 fly political. This matter, however, I has assumed for me the character of [ a deeply ethical problem conce-ning g 7 110,0OO,O00 of my fellow citizens and were it possible I should consecrate myself to the task of speaking on | | every street corner from Portland, ! Me, to Los Angeles. Cal, to pro- - claim my convictions as to the dan
 gers of such a league You are the o first of my friends who has in any . way expressed himself as favorable to - such a league, and I am at a loss to Q know what ground you can find for n considering the position of the. Re 2 publican party partisan. I con- ., lsider the opposition American as cp- a lposed to a new spirit of internation- | alism. Please read the messa ges of 2 President Wilson to his fellow citi- r gems on Memorial Day and on other t occasions and tell me whether you l. | nnd either the wOrd AinerlCa o or American" Can you find a senti- $ opinion of President Wilson was e ment or a principle that is American
 in anything that he has said or done
 since he went into office on the slogan
 "He kept us out of war;" My
 formed on the occasion of his recep-
 tion or the Belgian delegates whc
 come to tell him in the first weeks o1
 the war about the immoral violation
 of fundamental principles underlying
 the very existence of the bumar
 race and he proclaimed neutrality
 where a man with the fatntest voice of conscience would have taker
 up arms. I have had nothing but sin ,, cere esteem for my friend William v Howard Taft, for whom I votec =, when he went to victory and went tC "a ! defeat, and for whom I would vot is today in everything except hi 7- Eeague of Nations. But I woul' ,e rather go to the gallows as a publi
 criminal than vote for his League 0 Ia Nations.
 i'd For me the League of Nations re several degrees more menacing, nor a sinister, and more insiduous thai fe either the Prussian or Turkish Elm e. pire ever was in the days when eacl Id | threatened the destruction of Chris CT tian civilization. Against these force
 the American people were always ire
 to put forth their magnificent an a irresistible power in the cause O ) justice freedom and righteousness
 By the League of Nations all tha ed power is manacled and bound to J ,y ring wherein the predominating in n+ :uence may be either Prussian O zi Turkish.
 & Your letter asking me to suppor it's such a measure has been the occa ht sion of greater sadness than an
 message that I have received sine .Ie the announcement of the destructio BY of my Alma Mater, the University c m Louvain. looked upon you as IT. force for genuine American principle a and genuine American spirit, es an peciaIly since our first meeting t he organize the first campaign for tn
 Red Gross. love the Republica