Monroe City Democrat., 1919-09-26
aEADERs IN FORTY STATES RE.
eARDLEss OF PARTY, SIGN
RINGING APPEAL.
TREATY WITHOUT AMENDMENT
Bay Every Day OF Delay Puts World
In Imminent Peril Of New
War-Polnt to tho Ma
tlonal Unrest.


different states and every prominent
activity. have Joined in a nonpartisan
effort to bring about the ratification
0f the Peace Treaty, without amend
meAt and without delay" Their names
are attached to an address to the
United States senate, which was made
public through the League to Enforce
Peace, after 1t had been sent to ev-
cry member of the senate.
The signers, almost without excep-
taon, are men and women Of national
reputation. They include such promi-
nent citizens as ex-President Taft,
George w. Wickersham, Attorney Cen
eral in the last Republican administra-
zion; A. Lawrence Lowell. president of
Harvard; Charles c. Moore Of San
Francisco, president of the Panama
ExpoBition; Judge George Gray of VIII
nington, Del; President Samuel Com.
DerS Of the American Federation Of
kabor; Harry A. Wheeler Of Chicago.
retiring president Of the Chamber of
Commerce OF the United States; Mrs.
Carrie Chapman Gait, president OF the
National American Woman Suffrage
Association; Cyrus H. X Curtis, the
Philadelphia publisher; President He.
bert ]. Grant Of the Mormon Church.
and 6pargo leader of the Socialists
who supported the war.
The signers declare that every day
Of delay in ratifying the treaty puts
the world in Imminent peril OF new
gar"
Their statement follows:
In the senate at Washington, now
that the committee on foreign rela-
lions has reported the treaty; the lines
are sharply drawn between the imme-
diate ratification Of the treaty Of peace
with Germany, and it's amendment with
Q reasssmbling of the conference and
o reopening Of negotiations that would
bring great delay and prolonged un,
certainty in settling the great issues of
the peace. No partisan plea can be
made. Party lines are already broken.
Standing at distance from the
conflict in the senate chamber, we
plead for immediate ratification with.
out delay. Our land requires it. A
state Of nervous strain, tension and
unrest exists, maniiesting itself In
disturbances, which, In some cases,
have no selfevident connection with
the war, but which are, In fact, its
aftermath. The world 10 put in i'm.
minent peril Of new wars by the lapse
Of each day. Dissension between Us
and our former allies are being sown,
We firmly believe and solemnly de-
clare that the states and cities in
which we dwell desire immediate
peace.
The waging of war steadisd and
united the American people. Peace
will bring prosperity, and prosperity
content. Delay in the senate postpon-
ing ratification In this uncertain period
OF neither peace nor war has resulted
I'm indecision and doubt, bred strife
and quickened the cupidity of those
who sell the daily necessities Of life
and the fears OF those whose daily
wage no longer fills the daily market
basket.
We beseech the senate to give the
Hand peace and certainty by ratifica-
ton which will not keep us longer In
the shadows Of possible wars, but give
the whole world the light Of peace.
reservations in the nature Of clarifi.
cations in the meaning Of the treaty,
not inconsistent with its terms, will
not require the re-opening of the ne
BotiatiOns with Germany and with out
associates in the war, which we all
and each united to win.
But there is no possibility Of doubt
that amendment of the treaty, as Ia
now proposed in the senate committee
On foreign relations, would require
negotiation and a re.openinE Of all the
questions decided at Paris. Months
Of delay would follow. The perils OF
the present would become the deadly
dangers of the near future. All the
doubt engendered would aid the plots
for violent revolution In this and other
lands. The issues here and elsewhere
between capital and labor, the con-
spiracy Of speculator and profiteer,
would ali grow and become more per.
Nous.
This cannot be. The American peo-
pie cannot, after q victorious war, per.
init its government to petition Ger.
many, which has accepted the treaty,
for its consent to changes in the >trea-
y. Yet II the United States should
amend the treaty for its own purpose
and policy, Germany would have full
right to ask for concessions. Germany
has agreed to make no claim in re-