Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-09-19
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or not, and so refused to do So"
Senator BraEdegee of Connecticut
asked the President some important
questions at the meeting. He re-
minded the President that such men
IS ex-senator Root, Justice Hughes
and Ex-President Taft have said that
If we are to accept the world club
plan there must be certain written
,hings agreed to so that the United
States will be protected against all
these other countries. The Presi-
dent does not think this way and be-
lieves the world club plan to be all
right as it is and that everything in
it is plain and safe But Senator
Brandegee is afraid that if men dis
agree about it now, even before it
has been decided whether the United
States shall join or not, certainly
later on, many years from now, mel
will be unable to agree just what
the treaty means and therefore caus.
US lot of trouble. In other words,
children, suppose we three decided
to have club and we wrote rules
by which we would run this club.
Then before we agreed to really
start l would say that they meant
another, and Ruth would say they
meant Etill something else. Don't
you think it would be better not to
have the club than to start it that
way, with all of US unable to agree :?
Certa My if we couldn't agree before
the cub was in working order we
couldn't agree afterward. That is
exactly the situation with regard to
the league of nations"
During the meeting President
Wilson admitted that he did not
Know until he went to Paris that
Japan, Great Britain, Italy and
Trance had made -sacret treat es IN
loliich they agreed lo~ certain land
Was Ito be divided after Germany
was beaten. In other words, some
of our most important allies misled
the President and our country, ur
to the time of agreeing to the peace
terms. There must be other secre
treaties about which we know moth
| ing and we certainly cannot trus
these countries in the world c'1lI
plan if they misled US at the yer,
time they invited US in to help maxi
a peace treaty on equal terms. TIL
best thing we can do as country
is 10 follow tne advice Of Georg
Washington and keep the Unite
States independent to act with othe
nations in its own way, according t
circumstances as they arise"
''If we join this club, Uncle Tee
viii you and other men have to G
and fight in every old country in tn
VERDI" asked Jack.
"Well." answered Uncle Ter
President Wilson said in his ope-
ing statement that we could decid
for ourselves whether we want t
. fight or not, but when Senator Kno
asked him about it later on he sal
we would be absolutely bound to fgt
whenever any member of the clu
was attacked by another and tn
only way out was to have war.
you see childlen, the whole club pla
is so m xed up and great men dis
agree so about what this countr
would have to Go, that the best thin
for US is to stay out and follow tt
teachings of George Washington an
Abraham Lincoln. One thing is SUI
if we Join we will be in more wa,
than we have ever been in befor
because we will have to fight Il
battles of other countries and tn
is exactly what we don't want to do
81 think that if the other countri
get into trouble they ought to fgI
their own battles," said Jack.
sure wouldn't belong to a club tn
would make me help fight for II
fellows in the other end of tow
whom don't owe anything to. T.,
got enough troubles of my own"
"That's it Jack" laughed Unc
Ted. "That is the whole idea in
nut she'll"