Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-07-17

the wise man sits and huns tune that should be
canned, until some fellow comes and hauls him to
dry land.
is such thing succession of such things ultimately
having their effect for evil which is their design Those
who are faithful disciples of President Wilson are I'M
willing to form adverse judgment until hearing the other
side Those who oppose the president were pleased with
the expose"
AS for the Times Recorder, we believe that the
American delegates reached the best possible bargain
at Versailles and that if the Shantung section of the
treaty is not what should be- it is better than
treaty and League of Nations that they sacr-
feed principle at all was in the smallest possible de-
for the greatet possible good not only to our
country, but to the whole world.
Says the Albany Herald the subject
Opponents of ratification evidently think they
have found good talking point against the treaty of
peace in the so-caed Shantung incident and they are
making liberal of It while the making is good If
President Wilson fit to shed more light on the ne
gotatons at Versailles when the shantung settlement
made, and to explain fully the reasons for in
sorting the clause in the treaty. the argument may
then have 20 much weight as it 10w seems to have
SENATOR Lodge no doubt thought he scored heavily
IN the senate when he said the Shantung settlement
"a price paid for Japans signature to the League of
Nations covenant with the robbng of China a con-
sderaon Senator Norris grandiloquent assertion that
the ratification of the treaty by the United States with
this clause in it would be the blacklist page in the
TONS history though than a trifle Tightly was
calculated to make deep impression on some minds
and no doubt did so.
at does not yet appear though, that the opponents
of the treaty are going to be able to attach enough
weight to this agreement made between Japan on the
sde and the governments of France Great Britain
Italy and old Russia the other to the rejection
of the treaty by the United States Senate the
making of reservation against it That it will be the
center of vigorous and vindictive fight before it is
settled in the senate certain though and the whole
world will be anxious watchers of the outcome.
'For in TRUTH there is estimating the possible
ties should the discussion end in the rejection of the
treaty reservation being made against it. The acri
monous discussion will be calculated to increase the
feeling of friendship that exists in greater OF
lesser degree between Japan and the United States
not beyond the bounds of possibility that rejection
the clause would lead to strained relationship between
this country and Japan and what such feeling might
finally lead to, should the League of Nations fail %
being established, well be Imagined Richmond
Pearson Hobsons direful predictions of between
this country and JAPAN though somewhat belated OF
fulfillment, might finally be realized
Really, then-if the opponents of the treaty ir
the senate opposed to interfering in European af
fairs they profess to be- and if they have only the
best interests of their country at heart they
profess to have and not making this fight against
the treaty purely from partsanship reasons, they
avow they not-would it not be the part of wis
dom for them to let this agreement among foreign pow