Middletown transcript., 1919-09-20
Leaders In Forty States, Re-
gardless Of Party, Sign
Ringing Appeal.
WITHOUT AMENDMENT
Say Every Day Of Delay Puts
World in Imminent Peril Of
New War.-.P0int to
National Unrest.

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Democrats, representing forty differ
ent states and every prominent &C
tivity, have joined in a non-partisaI
effort to bring about the ratification o.
the peace treaty without amendment
and without delay" The names are
attached to an address to the United
States senate, which was made public
today through the League to Enforce
Peace, after it had been sent to every
member Of the senate.
The signers, almost without excep
tf0n, are men and women of national
reputation. They include such prom
inent citizens as ex-President Taft
George w. Wickersham, attorney gen
eral In the last Republican administra'
tion; A. Lawrence Lowell, president OF
Harvard; Charles C. Moore, of San
Francisco, president of the Panama
Exposition; Judge George Gray, Of
Wilmington, Del; President Samuel
Gompers, Of the American FEEDER
alton Of Labor; Harry A. Wheel
er: Of Chicago, retiring president
of the Chamber Of Commerce o1
the United States; Mrs. Carrie Chap
man Gait, president of the National
American Woman Suffrage Associa'
ton; Cyrus II. K. Curtis, the Rhila'
delphia publisher; President Heber J.
Grant, Of the Mormon Church, and
John Spargo, 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
war; Their statement follows:
! In the senate at Washington, now
-. that the committee on foreign rela
tions has reported the treaty, the
lines are sharply drawn between the
immediate ratification Of the treaty
Of peace with Germany and it's amend
ment, with reassembling of the con
ference and a re-opening of negotia.
tiOns that would bring great delay
and prolonged uncertainty in settl
ing the great issues Of the peace. Nc
partisan plea can be made. Party
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a distance from the conflict in the sen.
ate chamber, we plead for immediate
ratification without delay. Our land
requires 1t. A state Of nervous strain
tension and unrest exists, manifestina
itself in disturbances which in some
cases have no self-evident connection
with the war, but which are in fact iti
aftermath. The world is put in immi
nent peril Of new wars by the lapse o,
each day. Dissensions between us ant
our former allies are being sown. w,
firmly believe and solemnly declare
that the states and cities in which WI
dwell desire immediate peace.
The 'waging Of war steadied and
united the American people. Peac,
will bring prosperity and prosperit,
content. Delay in the senate post
poning ratification In this uncertain
period Of neither peace nor war ha,
resulted in indecision and doubt, bret
strife and quicksned the cupidity o.
those who sell the daily necessities ol
life and the fears Of those whose dali,
wage no longer fills The daily marks
basket.
We bsseech the senate to give tn,
land peace and certainty by ratiflca
ton which will not keep us longer IL
the shadows Of possible wars, but Civ,
the whole world the light Of peace
Reservations In the nature Of clari
dcations in the meaning Of the treat,
not inconsistent with It's term will moi
require the reopening Of the negotia,
tions with Germany and with oul
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 il
now proposed in the senate committee
on foreign relations, would require
negotiation and a reopsning Of all |
the questions decided at Paris
Months Of delay would follow. The
perils Of the present would become tho
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 else.
where between capital and labor, the
conspiracy Of speculator and proffteer
would all grow and become more peril |
ouS.
This cannot Be. The American
people cannot, after Z victorious war
permit its governmsat to petition Ger
many, which has accepted the treaty |
for Its consent to changes in the treaty
Yet, If the United States should amend |
the treaty for it, own purpose and pol !
icy, Germany would have full right to
ask for concessions. Germany ha.
agreed to make no claim in regard t. |
enemy property seized in this country
to an amount of seven hundred mil
lion dollars. Our recent Zoe could
ask for a reopenirg Of this :ssue
and Of the Lusitania claims. II
could raise every question open before
hostilities in regard - submarine
warfare and the treatnsnt Of IT, na-
onals IN this country. All the pro-
tsions for our trade in Germany
aised by the economic clauses Of the
reaty, many Of them vital to our
Industries and our farms, as in dye.
atents, dye-supplies and fertilizers,
he working Of the reparation COM
,ission which superintends the trade
I all with Germany, could all be
rought up by Berlin for readjustment
y our nekotiators acting for the
|nited States alone and no longer as
ociated with other victorious powers
r supported by a victorious American.
rmy on the German border.
Peace itself, the peace Of the
,orld, is delayed until ratifieat ON
ONES, And any amendment poso-