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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-22
How Letters Changed.

at first my letters coming al they
did from groups which had been put 10
work carefully and methodicall:' were
mostly IN favor OF Wilson and any sort
% n League OF Nations. whether Il pro-
footed America or not But since the
Presidents visit. since Senators Knox
and Lodge and Reed spoke In the Senate
and since Senators Chamberlain. King
and other Democrats have come out In
opposition 20 the yenant the people n:
Illinois have se13ed tho real Issue. To-
day my mall IS ! n TO I opposed 10 the
covenant. and If the form letters
are excepted II Is almost unanimously
against II.
"Mr. Wilson and his propagardsts
have very cleverly attempted 10 put the
siSneTs ct the Lodge resolution In tho
false position Of opposing any sort OF a
leagie But the people now appear TO
know that such Is not the Gaze"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-22
GERMAN AUSTRIA SKITTISH.
Said TO Desirc Postponement Of
AmelRa ma ton.

LONDON. March 2f.--Gernan Austria.
according TO adv.ces received here quot.
INK Berlin newspapers, has expressed a
desire for .7depS 1tert representation at
the Peace Conference
Il desires also. the reports from Vienna
add. that the question OF It's union with
Germany be postponed until the conclu-
sion OF the conference
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-22
League of Southwest TO Meet.

Los ANGErrs. March ol.-Members @.
the League OF tie Southwest an organi-
sa,!on recently formed with the pur-
chase or annexation % Lower California
by the United States az one OF It's prin-
cipal objects, Will hold a convention April
% 1T FL Centre. Cal. according to an.
nouHcement to-day by the executive
coarm'tte" OF the league.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-22
Letters From Ministers.

"In some cases the ministers expressed
their individual views and In others they
merely sent formal resolutions adopted
at their church meetings. In none OF
these letters was there anything to indi-
cate that the churches had given careful
ard analytical study TO the Paris cove
nant And with few exceptions the min
listers themselves merely 1ndorsed the
League OF Nations principle without go
ing into particulars.
Then came the next class Of letter.
those from the professors OF the Un!ver-
sity Of Illinois and the University OF
Chicago. I had torrent OF them
practically all condemning me for sign
ing the Lodge resolution. II was quite
apparent that these professional gentle
men either had not read the resolution
or else they preferred to disregard II.
Because I signed that resolution
Which urged the peace delegates 70 sign
a peace first and then give careful AMI
deliberate consideration to the formation
Of League of Nations the professors
attempted. to put me in the position OF
opposing any sort of league.
Their letters. while not OF the
propaganda type. apparently were In
sp,red and I have been informed that
groups of professors AZ Harvard Untver-
sity have c.rcular!zed professors in other
institutions urging them to bring pres
sure 10 bear on the signers Of the Lodge
resolution to withdraw from the position
they took.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-22
Bank Embex.ier Get. rive Year.

BosroN, March Ala maximum SER
tence OF live years in the Federal Peri
tsntisry at Atlanta was imposed In the
Federal Court to-day upon William
Roniker. former teller of the Merchants
National Bank OF Cambridge, for en-
bezslement Of $4,000. Ronllxer had
pleaded guilty TO the charge.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-22
Where Roosevelt stood.

The league should state clearly that
we would stand on the Monroe Doctrine
keep out ~ Europe. settle oar own ,r7m..
grafton. trade and economic affairs keer
our boys at home, except in extreme =,
emergency. and he prepared Thus far
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-22
Issue Well stated.

Personally I believe that that comes
as near being an exact statement Of
the Issue. the overwhelming issue whlci,
Is bound to confront the country In the
next national campaign. Not only be-
cause It will mako for a final determI-
nation as between internationalism and
nationalism and as between sentiment
tally and patriotism. but because IN
terwoven In internationalism are all the
threads OF Socialism ana Bolshevisn1,
and the sooner the Republicans take
an unqualified stand upon all those al
lied fallacies the better II will be not
only for our own country but for the
entire word.
''rhere Is another reason why I vel
come the test. have IN my mind, from
instinct and faith, tremendously inten-
slned by the uprisings OF great au-
disnc<s In the middle West, that the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-22
SAYS U. S. OPPOSES
PACT BY TEN TO ONE
Senator Mccormick Declares
Letters Favoring League
Are Propaganda.
SEES SENTIMENT CHANGE
Opposition Grows as Under
standing Of Covenant In
creases, He Asserts.
spscia, Dcspdfch 10 THE SOY.

WASHINGTON. March 21.-With two
notable exceptions mails from the va
rlous States received by Senators rela-
tive TO the League of Nations covenant
n ten to one or more opposed TO the plan.
Mail from California and Ohio alone
appears to show q majority sentiment
for the league. Investigation has dis
closed that most OF the pro-league letters
are propaganda. This was confirmed by
Senator Mccormick (1ll) when he
traced through its changing phases the
tenor OF his own mail on the subject
The first letters that came to my
once were from various women's clubs
over Illinois," lie gaid. MANY of them
were practically alike. They consisted
simply OF letters from the secretaries OF
the clubs enclosing the reasons asking
Congress TO stand behind Wilson and TO
approve League OF Nations. Ono
glance at them was sufficient that they
were the result OF some concerted action
or propaganda.
THE next letters in favor of the
league were from ministers and churches.
They indicated that the Federal Council
OF Churches had apparently got behind
Mr.. Wilson without any regard as to the
particular plan no might work out at
Paris. In this connection l have re-
Gently noted that officials of the League
to Enforce Peace claim to have more
than 1000 Protestant ministers through
the country working for II.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-22
SEES U. S. FREEDOM
LOST WITH LEAGUE
B. r. Harris, Champaign, ILL.,,
Banker, Calls Wilson's Eff
forts Un-American.
HE TAKES LINCOLN'S VIEW
Also DEGREES "Farceology" and
Other Theories Of Demo-
cratic biologists"

In accepting membership In the
League for the Preservation OF ATeri-
can Independence B. r. Harris. n
banker Of Champaign, ILL.,, and vice.
president of the Illinois State Council OF
Defence, attacked the Wilson plan for
the League OF Nations as a menace to
American nationalism and criticised the
President for wha. he termed his forced
method. In trying to gain its accep-
lance. The greatest service America can
render the world. he believes. is in offer
Ing an example Of restrained, rational
and disciplined democracy.
Mr.. Harrls's letter said In part
League for Preservation Of American
Independence. IS Madison avenue.
New York CITY:
DEAR SIns-In accepting the invitation
to Join the above Independence League.
Differed by Col. Watterson, George
Wharton Pepper, Charles IS, Fairchild.
&C., want TO say that at the request OF
Mr.. Taft spoke from the standpoint of
the farmer and the business man before
the League to Enforce Peace Congress
In February at Chicago.
II believed then and spoke then, as
DO now, IN FAVOR Oh every sane hAu
sound effort looking toward the abolish
ment OF war and the arb!trament OF all
International disputes.
Opposes This Particular League.
II am, however, unalterably opposed
TO the present form Of the league con-
stitution--not to a league. but to the
Cecil-wilson league.
II resent also the un-American, TN
democratic and unconstitutional at
tempt on the part OF tho President or
the league propaganda TO force this draft
or anything akin to Il upon our Senate
or the people.
II denounce the dishonest scheme OF
a Democratic organization. partisan be-
You'd endurance. to brand as partisan,
to bemean as 'pigmy minded all who
venture TO protest against the details or
! the lack OF details in this highly unsat-
isfactory document
~ am OF those who believe with Abra-
ham Lincoln that:
only the people Themselves ana not
their servants can safely reverse their
own deliberate decisions that
| whatever may be the wishes or dispos!-
| ton OF foreign States, tho integrity OF
| our country and the stability of our
Government depend not upon them but
on the loyalty, the virtue. the patriotism
and the intelligence OF the American
people. Let them beware OF
! surrendering a political power which
they already possess.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-22
Where Our Danger Lies.

"r am OF those who feel that our
creates: darger lies. not in too much,
but In too little nationalism: that In a
restrained. rational, disciplined Alner!-
can democracy lies our hope and the
hope OF and our greatest service 70
mankind.
America went into this war as n free
nation--it must come out and stay out
tree.
Taking Mr.. Wilson seriously when
he said We SIKH fight for the things
which we have always carried nearest
or hearts We Will fsht for the Con-
stitution and with Cleveland land every
President before and to 1917 again st
any departure from the foreign policy
commended by cur history. tradition and
prosperity
Have we stopped 70 realize that a
little partisan picked, unelected. un!n-
do-sed and thus uNrepresentat!ve group.
with more than 400 sin,!leriy selected
specialists on geography. geoiog,',
philology. archaeology, mythology, as
t-o!o;ty. fa7ceology. but no Americolory.
are shaping our destin", meanwhile ex-
pertins the doxology from Us?
"A s5o,0o0,oo) fund with q world
Tomeutous work and not a single Sena-
tor or other elected or corst;tut!onaIy
coor1'nate ted representative exec ptirg our
SNrstriated President. who does not
speak from the American point OF view,
for, in attempting 10 speak for ali Iann
everywhere No takes in so much terri
tory that. preforce. lie cannot speak for,
nor difrerentiate US ard our interests
from the rest.
Nor does he de~ire - do so, but rather
10 level us 10 all mankind with all
economic ba rrisrs removed and no
matter what the cost
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-22
I. :. IL Left as Mere Fraction.

This un-American group plans 20
make W mere fraction In a supe--
globe government that would have al
thorlty and power 10 raise and eNpend
taxes TO organize and command armies
20 regulate the trade and commerce OF
the world and To declare wa- giving us
the big end 81 the burden and the small
voice. The future force and authority Of
International law should Ia reality he
the most vital question before the Paris
Conference
"ts II" success OF any Plan must And
its foundation solely l.. the honor Of tho
constituent nations. why not set I'd a
high court with the Representative Sit
ting as judges. AS Roosevelt sugzc sted,
rather than have them attempt the in
many respects impossible. triple task OF
sitting as INSTRUMENTATION Judges IN a
SUPER government?
The court. following the lnw and
equity. would giirm and safeguard
rights. would moi require = large. I'm
reasonable and dangerous Pronunciation
OF rights as does the super -Covernnl"r.
" the proposed league. and would no.
force nom member Central Powers into
a separate and antagonstic league as
would the proposed scheme.
THE nations will obey the mandate OF
such a court--surh a parliament of
man. just as readily az that or this rev.
olutionsry body---if mankind is row.
ready for and equal TO any scheme as
boundless as the globe.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-03
In the Days News.

Sir Michael P. Cashin, whose admin
istration is at stake in today's election
in Newfoundland, has been premier of
the colony since the retirement of Sir
Edward p Morris at the beginning of
1918. Sir Michael, who is Newfound-
lander by birth and education, has been
more than a quarter of century in
public service, ard his career as a
statesman has been a notable one II
1898 he entered political life as mem
Der of the legislature. Two years later
ne joined the Liberal party, but in 1907
he broke with that party, and led tho
Independent party in the Legislature
until 1908, when he joined with Sir Ed
ward Morris. The following year he
entered the cabinet as minister of fin
ance and customs. In the present cleo
ton Sir Michael is opposed by party
headed by Hon. Richard Squires, for
mer attorney general, with whom is al
lied the Fishermen s Union party. al
active factor in Newfoundland polite:
for Some years.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-03
The Delights of the Hunt.
(Hartford Courant.)

The New York state authorities
have sent out a warning to hunters,
being moved thereto by recent events
which they describe. They tell sports
men not to shoot at the white tail of
deer if that is all they can see of the
animal They explain that the white
tail' may be the handkerchief of a
man as it CHANGED to be on Sunday of
last week. The man has since been
buried.
J They warn hunters not to shoot at
an indistinct object as it may be man
who is bending over. An incident of
that sort occurred last week and a
hunter was shot through the heart as q
result, For third caution they tell
the men not to shoot, on general prin-
ciples, at a movement in the bushes. a
man did that and as 4 result another
man died on Thursday. So far this
year "a hunting accidents resulting in
four deaths have occurred in New York
state this fall.
The warning may be altogether use
less as like warnings have proved il
the past because now and then mar
exhibits little regard for his own life
and not much for the lives of others
We have had less than the customary
number of hunting accidents in Con
necticut this fall, but the season is not
over. There are errors which canno
be reetifed in this world and not ;
few of them may be charged to hunt
ers. Il ID d
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-03
Little Ber,ny's
Note Book
By LEE PAPE

Last Sundey AFTERNOON me and Mary |
Watkins was wawking along taking a |
wawk with each other, her having a |
red coat on with about 20 buttons,
looking CRATE, and we started to pass
a yard with iron railing GROUND it
and lot of diffrent euler crissanthe-
NUNS growing in it, Mary Watkins
saying, 0, look at the PERFECTLY bew-
tifill adorable crissanthemuns.
Amt it funny sutch big flowers
should have sutch big names9 l sed
/ wish l had one, sed Mary Watkins.
If they was mine you could have all
you wunted, / sed, and she sed, / bet
if l told Leroy Shooster l wished / had
one ! bet he would cline over and get
one for me.
So would +, / sed. and she sed, Then
wy don't you, and l sed, Because that
would be stealing and l don't wunt to
steel, espeshilly on Sundays.
o. it wouldent be steeling, enything
of the kind, sed Mary Watkins, and l
scd, wy wouldent it, they don't blong
to me, do they? and she sed, No, but
| jest taking one wouldent be steeling,
| if you took a hole buntch it mite be
steeling, but jest taking one would ony
De taxing sample.
Well, if it was eny day but Sundey
| sed, and she sed, o all rite then. don't
If you don't wunt to, don't if you're
afraid
Whose afraid, wat do l carer l sed
And | climbed over the iron railing
being hard one to climb over on ac
count of having pointy parts to it, anC
! was jest starting to brake off a wit
crissanthemun wen sumbody auicl
opened a window on the End floor an,
lady stuck her he'd out mad, saying
! Boy, wat are you doing there?
| climbed over to smell this crissan
t hemun, | sed, and she sed, Well, hur
d ~ up and smell it and get out of n
: yard.
d Wich I did, and me and Mary Wat
y kins started to keep on wawking, he
saying, Benny, I'm PERFECTLY ashame
of you, you told that lady lie.>
Well a lie amt as bad as steelins
L | sed, and Mary Watkins sed, Benn
N Potts, how dare you accuse me of stee
If ing! And she termed GROUND an
If started to wawk rite back, and would
If ent hardly tawk to me agen all ii
l. way.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-03
Today's Anniversaries.

lS19-Jonathan Robinson, U. S. senator
from Vermont and a close advis-
er of President Madison, died
at Bennington, Vt. Born at
Hardwick. Mass, Aug. "a, 1856.
ls24-Edward Trenchard, one of the
American commanders who sup
pressed piracy in the Mediter-
ranean, died at Brooklyn, n. Y.
Born at Salem, n. j., in 1884.
ls66-Gen. Ortega was arrested by
United States troops as he was
about to cross the Rio Grande to
head revolutionary movement
in Mexico.
l903-George B. Mcclellan was elect
ed mayor of New York city.
l90S-William H. Taft was elected
President of the United States
l91l-Turkey protested to the Powers
which signed The Hague agree
ment of 1907, against the kill
ing of non -combanant Arabs il
Tripsli.
l914-Germans fell back from the Ysel
after suffering losses of 100000
l915-Serbs pushed Bulgarians bael
from Nish.
l916-Italians contoinued their grea
drive against the Austrians, cap
turing important defenses ant
$500 more prisoners.
l9l7-4First American prisoners of wa
captured by Germans in trencl
raid along the Rhine Marine can
al
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-03

liens who imperil their lives taking
short cuts over railroad property. It
is not the railroad that sends fool
motorists on grade crossings in front
of trains. 1t is not the fault of the
railroad that, disregarding warnings,
many passengers jump off trains in
motion, or, ducking under crossing
gates, board moving trains. 1t is an
everyday occurrence in cars on steam
and electric roads, in New York and
in other parts of the country, to have
passengers claw at the doors to open
them before it is safe so to do.
If the public would exercise as
much care to protect itself as rail
road men exercise to safeguard it the
list of deaths from railroad "acci
dents'' would be much shorter
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-03

open shop still in effect. The longshore-
men of New York who tied up the ship
ping of that port are losing their battle.
10000 men now being employed des-
pite the strike orders of the agitators.
The printers of New York who struck
in defiance of the national union are al,
so losing their battle.
All along the line the radical elements
of labor are meeting defeat. The fed
eral reserve board announces that des-
pite disturbed industrial conditions
great prosperity obtains generally over
he country. This confirms the state
nent that labor radicalism is losing
ground. We venture the guess, and it
IS only q guess, that by Thanksgiving
day the rights of the public will be
much more carefully observed thar
hey have been in the past two months
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-03
Let the Public Protect Itself More.
New York Sun.

The railroad administration has
spent a good deal of energy this fall
in an effort to impress on railroad
workers the desirability of accident
prevention. Friday was the final day
of an intensive "drivc' on this sub
ject, to which general public attention
was attracted by numerous posters and
banners.
This stdrive'' was excellent in its
object and will no doubt be produc-
tive of much good, but the whole re-
sponsibihty for railroad accidents does
not lie on the shoulders of railroad
men. The public is to blame for
thousands of casualties which no per-
son employed on the railroads can pre-
vent. OF the thousands of men and
women killed on rights of way every
year in this country a great majority
are wilful trespassers, and many Of
these are not tramps, as is general
ly supposed, but respectable cit
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-03

1t is interesting to note that Novem-
Der II, Armistice day, is also the date
of the Mayfower pact of 1920. Govern
or Coolidge of Massachusetts calls at
tention to the fact in his proclamation
which makes that day holiday in that
state. He says: "The pilgrims first
dedicated themselves to reign of law
When they set foot on Plymouth Rock
they brought the Mayflower pact, in
which, calling on the Creator to witness,
they agreed with each other to make
just laws and render due submission
and obedience. We need today to
have that pact read anew
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-03

"With the soaring price of hen fruit
many of us have dropped eggs for
breakfast, remarks the Brattleboro
Reformer. Mercy! how some people
ike to brag. Fancy anybody in the
newspaper business having dropped
eggs (note the plural, too for break
fast Let's see, hash t the Reforlaer
lately raised its advertising rates on
account of the cost of high ivinga-
Springfield Reporter.
1t seems necessary to accompany our
subtle humor with key to have it
"get over" Though the price of eggs
has now risen to a ST. a dozen in our
community, we again state, but in nc
spirit of braggadocio, that we have
dropped eggs for breakfast-just
plain dropped right off the menu SO tc
speak, like 2.75 beer.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-03
oday's Events

One hundred and twenty fifth ami
versary of the birth of the poet, Will
liam Cullen Bryant.
Mohammed V, sultan of Turkey and
late ally of the central powers in the
war, is IS years old today.
Edward Douglas White, chief justice
of tho supreme court of the United
States, today enters upon his 10Th year.
The Arizona state fair will have its
opening today at Phoenix and the
Georgia Florida fair at Naldosta, Ga
Today will mark the close of the po-
litical campaign in those states and
cities in which elections are to be held
tomorrow.
A convention of the Irish race In
Australia, to aid the cause of home rule
in Ireland. has been called to meet to-
day at Melbourne.
The Western Royal Live Stock show
one of the largest annual exhibitions
of its kind in the country, will be
opened today at Spokane.
Problems of vital Importance to the
drug trade are scheduled for considera'
ton at the annual convention Of the
National Wholesale Druggists associa'
ton, opening today at New Orleans.
How to make hotels pay under pro
hibition will be discussed at the an
nual convention of the Missouri Kan
sas- Oklahoma Hotel Men S association
which is to meet today at Kansas City
A commission appointed by the Aero
Club of America and the Aero League
of America to organize the first Aeria
derby around the world is scheduled
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-03

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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-03

The fair Cinderella of Nineteen-nineteen
No longer loses her slipper
In gay. dancing hours
So the Prince of today. with ardency keen,
Depends the florist to
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