Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-11-28

According 10 Ne,t =. Field, of Ale
buquerque, new MOVEMENT has been
organized by William H.. Taft aad
other supporters of the double barrel
ed peace treaty and covenant Of the
league II nations TO bring about :9Ji-
tication. Fifty prominent men and
women from all parts of the United
States have been chosen as a COM
mittee to devise a plan for ratification
of the pact Mr. Field is the commit
teeman from New Mexico, Mr. Field
said;
Il have been asked and have agreed
to serve with fifty men and women
throughout the United states on an
emergency committee to save the
peace treaty, While the outlook al
present is not encouraging it would
seem not impossible that some com
promise may be arrived at and so
long as there is possibility of such
a compromise and it is believed that
can be of the slightest service in
bringing it about I am more than will
ing to devote myself to the effort,
Eighty members of the senate OF
the United States have voted for a
treaty of peace with a covenant for a
league of nations in some form. SO
United States the senate is a part of
the treaty making power and one
more than one-third of the members
of that body can defeat the ratifica-
ton of any treaty, it would seem that
these eighty members of the senate
ought to be able to find some common
ground upon which consent To the
ratification of the treaty of Versailles
would be given. Personally it seems
to me that the obstacle to such an
agreement now lies not so much in
irreconcilable differences of opinion
between the senators as from the bad
blood which has been engendered by
the effort of certain senators to dis
credit the work of the president
abroad on the one hand and by the eff
fort of the presidents followers IN
the senate to achieve for him per
sonal triumph over those who oppose
him, in the democratic and the re-
publican party as well g..
What Rejection Means,
al see no room for controversy
over the proposition that treaty
ratified with reservations, even TO
the extent that would require resub-
mission to the other signatory pow
ers is not to be preferred to rejection
because rejection means nothing less
than a new negotiation and almost
certainly separate treaty between
this country and the countries with
which we are yet technically at war
This treaty if it can be saved must
be saved by spirit of concession ana
compromise on the part of the cor
flicting groups of senators and the
president.
UNLESS all are prepared to recon-
slider the entire situation the case is
hopeless, the treaty cannot be saved.
This is not in any sense a partisan
political question, but it is a question
| in which the voice of an understand
| ing majority of the people of this
state should be expressed by the vote
of senators and not nullified by the
division of sentiment which now eX-
| lists.
"If, as ] believe, there is something
! more involved here than n question
! of whether on the one hand the pres
| ident shall be discredited in his work
| in Europe, or on the other hand he
shall achieve a personal triumph
over his enemies and opponents with
| in and without his party; it, as | be
! lieve. the future peace of the world
| and the rescue of civilization from the
menace of Bolshevism and anarchy
depend upon the formation of a
league of nations of which this coun
ttry shall be a member, even Though
| the scope of the activities of such q
! league may be inadequate to accom-
plsh all of the purposes which in
| spited its creation, then | submrl
that an effort to save this treaty is
| the most important public service to
which any American can devote him
self.
Ask People for support.
81 have no doubt of the desire OF
both senators from New Mexico to
voice the wishes of the majority OF
their constitutions on this subject. dc
not question the patriotism or high
purpose of any member of the senate
of the United States and ! do not, OF
course, question the high motives by
which the president is actuated.
4! have no idea that. the rank and file OF
the voters of this state have had the
time or opportunity to study the de-
tails of this controversy and | am quite
persuaded that of such voters, the re-
publicans have an, abiding faith in
Senator Fall and the democrats in the
| wisdom of Senator Jones, and it is
far from my purpose to suggest that
one of these gentlemen is more emit
tied to support than the other, al
though, as is well known, l agree with
the course of Senator Jones and dis
agree with that of Senator Fall, In
this spirit l appeal to the men and