Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1919-09-19
THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS

THE ratification, with or without
l. reservations or amendments, of
President Wilson's peace treaty con-
tinues to be the all-absorbing question
before the American people, and is
without question one of the most grave
and important that has ever come to
us. If President Wilson's view is to
be trusted, then the future peace Of
the world and our prestige and safety
as a nation hinges upon the prompt
ratification Of this document. II the
majority Of the United States Sena-
tors-those men who under the guild
ance of our Constitution and those
policies and precedents under which
this country has climbed to first place
among the nations of the earth, see
Alright, then the peace treaty and the
League of Nations covenant would rob
us of our independence and make US
subservient to a master government
to which ours would be merely small
appendage, with an exceedingly weak
voice in the councils of the League
government.
President Wilson is making the rati-
fication of the Treaty personal mat
ter; it is his pet hobby, in comparison
to which all other governmental af-
fairs and responsibilities dwarf into
insignificance. Reconstruction prob
lehs, the high cost o. living, capital
and labor troubles must all wait I'M
til this fight over the ratification of
the covenant is settled. The Presi-
dent, ontrary to precedent, has taken
the stump personally and is touring
the country for the purpose of Great
ing sentiment that will compel the
Senate to ratify his compact. We
say "his" advisedly, because accord
ing to evidence recently given before
the Senate committee, President Will
son assumed the full and complete re
sponsibility, so far as this country:
participation is concerned, in the con
struction of the treaty and league
covenant, treating with contempt tn,
opinions and advice Of his chosen as
sociates in the conference, after hav
ing snubbed or sighted the United
States Senate-a body with equa
powers and rights with the chief ex
ecutive in the making of peace treat
les, by failing to give it representa-
ton upon the delegation.
AS we see it, this is not a politica
question. 1t is question which ha
just arisen, vital to the American peo
pie, and both democrats and republi
cans are divided in their opinion o.
the question. But from our point o
view, the covenant should be rejects
for number of good and sufficien
reasons:
1. Because it is new and untrue
experiment, which when once we ar
in may prove to be disastrous trar
which instead of keeping us out o
war may drag us into numerous war
in the, four corners OF the world, i
which we would otherwise have n
concern whatever.
2. Because it comedies to Grea
Britain, country inferior to our owl
six votes at the international peac
table to our one, and equal voice wit
us to the smallest, most insignifcar
country or state admitted into tn
League, manifest injustice to thi
nation.
L 3. Because it is partial and biase
in it's provisions, permitting unlimite
armament and equipment to certai
nations, such as England, while clos,
ly restricting others.
L 4. Because our present Constitutio
and policies have been tried and foun
very safe and satisfactory, and as
single cog in the League machine "
may find ourselves bound down an
clamped in such a way as to bar futui
progress,
3. Because, regardless of wheth,