The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-15
DO AMERICANS WANT MORE WARP

which their representatives Paris seek to commit u en-
The making of peace with beaten enemy has been chang
cd from simple and unentangng process into mass
of changing undertakings, express and implied open
and secret written and verbal the whole extent and ma
ture of which have yet been disclosed to the people,
The country has never had similar experience The peo
pie were never before called to pass judgment upon
such complex and vGly important agreements with other
nations 1t is a new world of responsibilities and I'M
known consequences which the United States is asked
to enter Every conGcentous American in duty bound
to study the questions for himself and to decide for him.
self what is wise. He cannot afford to take any mans
word for the results IS no in any position sufh-
GENTLY wise to foresee the end.
If the pending treaty accepted by Germany the Unit
ed States will be called upon to join in plan which would
make this nation guarantor of the political independence
and territorial integrity of many nations Any OF these
nations if attacked would have right to call upon the
United States for assistance. This is the Interpretation
placed upon the treaty by President Wilson, who has an
ounced that he PURPOSES if the Senate is willing to give
France additional assurance that this assistance Will
be Immediately" forthcoming in case of German attack
A moments thought reveals that such engagement
night work incacuable misc ief to the United States
China ic in turmoil account of the action OF the
peace conference in Tatlyng Japans aggres9'ons This
wrong to China actually embodied in the treaty between
The allies and Germany The United States is thus the
way to becoming cccomplice in this wrong If the
reay should be ratified and the Chinese people should
Use against the Japanese the United States would be
ured aid the Japanese that is it would take the
ion to which would be bound by the covenant of the
eague of natons These are President Wilson's words
| There is Russia. What folly it would be to give a
)edge to protect any nation that might be attacked by
Russa That mighty country is terrible danger to
itself and all nations. 1t may make alliance with Ger
many and begin conquest of Europe. Are Amer
prepared to send their boys TO Roumana to hold back
10Th Germany and Russia? Do they wish to face the
prospect of another series of liberty loans and 100000
00Omen armies for the sake of defending Poland Greece
5zecho-Sovakia Serbia? Their attitude toward the
Archange campaign does not indicate that they are en-
amored of far remote that the boys dsapper anc
lie as though they were in Mars. Yet, if it is wise tC
share in Europes troubles to the extent of protecting al
nations, the wisest thing that America could go would be
send millions of Immediately to Russia to put dowr
jolshevsm If America is to protect European nations
crpetuay let it get busy and kill off the boshevik be
ore they attack Europe
The argument is made that the United States will
to go to war, since all nations will mutually pledge
he safety of ALL and nation will be called upon to dc
more than its share. But this is fallacy The United
States should trust any such arrangement Any Amer
can who knows his country's history destroy thi
rgument by merely pointing to the sad experience o
George Washington and the continental Congress- Ever
tate pledged to do its share and furnish its quot
If and money fight the Revolution, but everybod
lnows that some states failed and refused to do thei
hare The burden fell upon those states which refuse
make the Articles of Confederation a scrap of paper
nd which were able to furnish men and money,
If the United States should join the league of nation
would do in good faith, and would keep its pledge
ord As it is the richest and most resourcefu of all ma
IONS it would be called upon first of all and would be e'
ected to furnish more men, money, and more ma
eria than any other Its very eanestness ard prompt
ude would act incentive to Stacker nations to sui
ut of their obligations LET the United States do it
would be the secret thought 70 many nations.
This proposed arrangement not necessary to protet
liberty 1t is not the safe wise way to protect France
t is unnecessary commitment and an almost certai
means of forcing the United States into needless and
note 1t is based solely upon fantastic and falls
sumption that all nations will always be inspired by tn
motives of angels The slightest admission that naor
would probably behave they have always behaved is
omission that the league of nations will enange the
n instead of keeping them out of war.-Washngto
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Well the first thing the treayt of peace ought to a