Milford chronicle., 1919-12-05
UNCLE TED'S
BEDTIME STORIES
Current Events for the Children
and Grown-Ups, Too
THE DEATH OF THE WORLD
CLUB PLAN

#uele was star tih6 bNt VI tuS UcoA
,wont you please tell us all abou
aew the big Senator's in Washington
Eilled the world club plan and fixed i
Ia eur soldiers won't have 10 fight II
svery country in the world?'
lyon kiddies never give me a rest
n vou?" laughingly replied Uncle
red as he gathered Ruth under one
44us-and- Jack under the other. Il was
..,ipe down to a lodge meeting tonight
mi since I promised to tell YOU about
he death Of the world club plan III
tav home this once"
"Goodie!" cried Ruth, as she ant
lack settled themselves at the foo
N their Uncle's big arm chair.
'eNow children" began Uncle Ted
there is no use of my going back and
E axplaining about what the world club
plan will do. You both understand
sbat | know. You know that if the
United States had joined the club il
would mean our mixing in with the
troubles of every country in the world
II would mean sending United States
soldiers to fight for other countries
aver troubles in which we have no in
serest. So am going to tell you just
how the big Senators killed the treaty.
For many months now, ever since
8 President Wilson presented the treaty
With the world club plan to the Sen
ate. these men have been talking about
md working on this treaty. Nearly
all of the Democratic Senators have
\ been working to get the United States
4 INTO this club while all the Republican
Senators, except Senator McCumber
Of North Dakota have worked day and
. Hight to keep America for America
and keep us out of European wars.
Nest Of the work OF making changes
IN the treaty and in the club plan, as
Mr. Wilson brought it from Paris, was
Eone in the Foreign Relations Com
mittee of the Senate of which Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts
is chairman. But when the committee
brought the treaty to the Senate the
way they thought it should be passed.
protecting as it should the interests
Of our country, more and more
changes were made. Every day an
ether Senator would find something
neW about the treaty or the club
would have been bad for the United
States. For that reason these big Sen
Rtors wouldn't rush the matter. They
thought it better to take plenty of
time now and save our country from
trouble in the future. But the great
day came when the matter was settled
and each and every Senator had a
chance to vote as to whether he want
ed the United States to join this club
Or not"
What day was that?" asked Ruth.
THAT was Wednesday, November
18th. The great question was finally
brought down to a few simple points.
When the Senators met on that day
The first thing that happened was
when Senator Lodge introduced a res
elution which contained IA reserva-
lions to the treaty. Each one of these
reservations, if they had been APPROX
ed by voting for the resolution, pro-
tected the United States from the
many dangerous things in the club
plan. For example, number two OF
these reservations said that the United
States would not send soldiers or sail
ors or help with money to fight any
battles for other countries, whether
hey might be members of the world
club or not unless Congress should
declare war on some country as our
Constitution says it should be done.
After the Senators talked about the
Lodge resolution, they voted. The
idea OF the vote was this: Those who
wanted to have the treaty and the
yerld club plan with these reserva- (
tions protecting the United States
voted yes, and those who didn't want /
It with the reservations voted no.
The second vote was Al to 81 and so /
she treaty with the reservations was /
killed. Now that pleased most OF the
Democrats because President Wilson .
had sent a letter to Senator Hitchcock /
who ran the world club fight for the /
President in the Senate, in which he /
said: I sincerely hope that the friends
and the supporters of the treaty VIII
vote against the Lodge resolution OF
But the great test ana
excitement came very suddenly the
night of the 18th, a little after ten
o'clock, when it was said that vote
would then be taken as to whether or
aOt the Senate should accept the
treaty with no reservations and IN the
form President Wilson brought 1t from
Paris and wanted it to pass, binding
The United States hand and foot. This
was a great victory, for the vote was
even bigger for the side of American
ism, the treaty and the club being
silled by a vote of 3S to 53."
Are we still at war with Germany
then?" asked Jack.
We'll. of course, Jack, we haven't
any treaty because the big Senators
eaf..sad 70 accent such treaty as
Presiednt Wilson brought them. Right
after the final vote was made which
killed the treaty, the Senate voted As
10 AZ against reconsidering the treaty,
which means that it will be very hard
TO bring the matter up again. Right
after this the Senate quit business un-
Ill Monday, December lst, when the
regular session of Congress began.
All Of the work on the treaty was done
at a special session called by the
President and which started May 18th
Of this year. In order to end the war
with Germany, Senator Lodge intro
Suced a resolution which will be acted
en- when the Senators go back to
Washington and which if agreed to
will simply state that the war Is at
an end 1t is very short and to the
point"
VIII that passY asked RUIN.
Il hope it will, Ruth. But President
Wilson is still going to fight for his
club plan even when he must know
lhe people are sick of it. Right now
he is writing his annual message to
Congress which will be given on or
about December 1st and the main
thing he is writing about is the treaty
and the club plan. The President
wants the Senate to take the treaty
Just as he brought It from Paris and