The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-09-20

dusfTies and our farms. as in dye
patents. dye supplies and fertilizers,
The working af the ReparatiOu Com
mission. which superintends the
trade of all with Germany. could all
be brought up by Berlin for Teadjust-
ment by our negoJiayors, acting for
the United States alone and no longer
associated with other victorious pow
ers or supported by a victorious
American army on the German border
Peace itself. the peace Of the world,
is delayed until ratification comes.
And any amendment postpones peace.
Germany and England alone Of the
principal powers have ratified. The
other principals necessarily await our
action, influential and powerful as we
are today in the worlds affairs. The
ravages of war on more than a score
Of fighting fronts are continued by
any needless delay. Let the senate
give the world peace by ratification
without amendment
Even the amendment for which most
can be said, the provision in regard to
Shantung. will secure nothing which
cannot be gained if China, backed by
the powerful advocacy of the United
States. addresses itself TO the machin-
cry for righting international wrongs
and meeting just claims created by
the league b~iween nations. China,
after eighty years of oppressive trea-
ties and despoiled rights, by which all
the great powers have profited direct
ly or indirectly, has for the first time,
in this covenant and treaty, the means
and method to secure justice and the
removal of the oppressive economic in.
reference of stronger nations whose
citizens are within her gates, protect
ed by a long succession of interna-
tional agreements. Moreover, it should
be remembered that the clause regard
ing Shantung was made upon the state
ment by Japan that she viii return the
territory to China and, therefore, upon
that condition, compliance with which
promise the league can require.
The peace of the present and the
righteovsness Of the future can be best
secured by the ratification Of the cove
nant and treaty without amendment
Let the senate take no action that viii
give any party to the treaty, and espe-
cially Germany, ground for maintain-
ing that the ratification of the United
States is not complete and that chen e
es requiring a resumption Of confer
| ence and negotiations have been made
in it,
Among the signers in Pennsylva.
MIA, Ohio, and West Virginia are:
Pennsylvania.
! George BurnhaN. Jr.. President Civil
Service Reform Association.
r. r. Conwen, President Temple Uni.
versity.
Cyrvs IL x. Curtis, Publisher.
+ Samuel Harden Church President OF
Board Carnegie Institute
A. Z Tarquhar, President A. B. Farqu.
har Company.
! Sa~rcl Feis, Manufacturer.
William Finn, Financier.
Richard Gilbert Secretary Treasurer
Miners State Union.
Vance G. Mccormick, Chairman War
Trade Board
Benjamin Thaw, Financier.
John A. Voll, President Glass Bottle
Blowers Association.
/ Ohio.
James NJ. Cox, Governor.
John P. Frey, Editor InteEna @
Molders' Journal.
/ w. G. Lee, President Brotherhood Rail
way Trainmen.
/ Timothy Shea, Acting President Broth
erhood Locomotive Firemen and En-
ginemen.
L. E. Shepard, President Order O
Railway Conductors.
/ Warren S. Stone, Grand Chief Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers.
w. o. Thompson President Ohio State
University.
Charles F. Thwing, President WesterI
Reserve University
! Joseph F. Valentine, President Inter
national Molders' Union Of Nortl
America.
West Virginia. ~
John ]. CornweH, Governor.