Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-09-18
URGE SENATE TO
HASTEN PEACE
Leaders In Forty States, Regard.
less Of Party. Sign Ring.
ing Appeal.
TREATY WITHOUT AMENDMENT
Say Every Day of Delay Puts
World In Imminent Peril Of
New War-Point to Ma.
tionaI Unrest.

New York Special. hundred
and nifty leading Americans, Republi.
cans and Democrats, representing 20
different states and every prominent
activity, have Joined in a non. pa rtisan
enort to bring about the ratification OF
the peace treaty without amendment
and without delay" Their names are
attached to an address to the United
states Senate. which was made pub.
lie through the League to Enforce
Peace, after It had been sent to every
member OF the Senate.
The signers, almost without excep.
ton are men and women OF national
reputation. They include such prom.
inent citizens AZ George w. Wicker
sham. attorney general in. the last
Republican administrations; A. Law.
renee Lowell, president Of Harvard;
Charles G. Moore. Of San Francisco.
president OF the Panama Exposition:
Judge George Gray. OF Wilmington,
Del; President Samuel 0ompers. Of
the American Federation OF Labor;
Harry A. Wheeler. OF Chicago, retiring
president OF the Chamber of Com.
merce OF the United States; Mrs. Car.
RE Chapman Gait. president OF the
National American Woman Suffrage
Association: Cyrus II. X. Curtis. the
Philadelphia publisher: President Heb
er J. Grant. OF the Mormon Church,
and John Spargo. leader of the Social.
lists who supported the war.
The signers declare that every day
Of delay in ratifying the treaty puts
the world In Imminent peril of new
war"
Their statement follows:
In the Senate at Washington, now
that the President has spoken, the
lines are sharply drawn between the
immediate ratification of tho treaty Of
peace with Germany or its amend.
ment. with reopening of negotiations
that would bring delay in settling the
great issues OF the peace. No partisan
plea can be made Party lines are al.
ready broken.
Standing at distance from the con.
fiict in the Senate chamber, we plead
for immediate ratification without
amendment and without delay. Our
land requires Il. A state OF nervous
strain. tension and unrest exists, man.
ifesting itself in disturbances which
In some cases have no self evident
connections with the war, but which
are In fact its aftermath. The world
is put in imminent peril Of new wars
by the lapse of each day. Dtssen.
tons between us and our former allies
are being sown. We firmly believe
and solemnly declare that the states
and cities In which We dwell desire
Immediate peace. !.
The waging of war steadied and
united the American people. Peace
will bring prosperity. and prosperity
content. Delay In the Senate postpon-
ing ratification In this uncertain per.
iod of neither peace nor war has 70.
suited in indecision and doubt. bred
strife and quickened the cupidity OF
those who sell the daily necessities OF
life and the fears Of those whose daily
wage no longer fills the daily market
basket
We beseech the Senate to give the
land peace and certainty by IN imme.
date ratification which will not keep
us longer IN the shadows Of posi-.
BILE wars, but give the whole world the
light of peace. Doubt may exist as to
whether reservations In the nature OF
Qualifications In the meaning Of the
treaty not consistent with it's terms
will or will not require the reopening
Of the negotiations with our associates
In the war. which we all and each
united to win.
But there Is no possibility Of doubt
that the amendment of the treaty. an
Is now publicly and openly proposed
In the Senate committee on foreign
relations, would require negotiation.
reopening oil the questions decided at
Paris. Months OF delay would follow.
The perils of the present would be-
come the deadly dangers of the near
future. All the doubt. the plots for
violent revolution in this and other
lands. the issues here and elsewhere
between capital and labor, the conspir.
acy Of Spectator and profteer. would
all grow and become more perilous.
This cannot be. The American peo-
pie cannot, after q victorious war,
permit its government to petition Ger.
many. which has accepted the treaty.
for its consent to changes In II. Yet,
II the United States should amend the
treaty for its own purpose and policy,
Germany would have fnll right to ask
for concessions. Germany has agreed
to make no claim In regard to enemy
property seized in this country to an
amount Of 100000. Our recent
foe could ask for reopening Of this
issue and of the Lusitania claims. 1t
could raise every question open boz
fore hostilities In regard to submar.
inc warfare. and the treatment OF Its
nationals in this country. All the
provisions for our trade In Germany
raised by the economic clauses OF
the treaty, many OF them vital to our
Industries and our farms. as In dye
patents. dye supplies and fertilisers.
the working OF the reparation com.
mission, which superintends the
trade OF all With Germany so as to