New Britain herald., 1919-09-16
If Covenant Passes, Mothers Will Raise Sons Only to Give Them in F0reig n Wars, He Predicts
MUST PICK BETWEEN
 EUROPE AND AMERICA
Brings Up Shantung and Plume as Evidence of Presidents Diplomatic Err TOTS.

Washington, Sept 1b.-SenatOr S.erman, republican, of Illinois, at lacking the League of Nations in the senate today, declared if the league covenant were ratified as drafted, American mothers will but cradle their sons to fill the muster rolls of armies to give their lives in foreign Wars.'
 Calls Wilson 'Quitter.''
 Replying to attacks by Prcsid dert Wilson on senators opposing the league, the Illinois senator asserted 'tho president himself is the crowned monarch of quitters without a rival in the Western Hemisphere" and that "his silence and speed when es- caping from his imperishable princi- pies of yesterday is as abysmal and swift as primal chaos.''
 We have now reached that crisis" I" said Senator She tman in the course of a lengthy and spirited address, where we must choose between ex- hausting ourselves to make the Old World safe for soinc of it's nations and making the United States safe for the American people.
 Decline to Ruin Ourselves.
 When we decline to ruin our Selvcs,' he continued, "wreck our government and destroy our country by a mad crusade around the world as the guardian angel and knight errant of oppressed humanity every where we are denounced as quitters and poltroons by the senator from Nebraska (Hitchcock) and our eXecu- tive, who aVoWs he thinks more Of the league than his oath to protect the government"
 Sees Third Form Drive.
 Suggesting that President Wilson is inclined to seek a third term, the sen ator declared:
 The presidents second hegira from the capital is the threshold of that candidacy. He has announced the league and treaty are greater than our government. He is ready to die for it. Ever in his most exalted heights has he been ready to die for our government! A third term he put by again and again. But each time is gentler than the other. ID save the greatest document in the worlds history no sacrifice will be refused. A third term on an issue of subordinating our government to the league is as little as an information alist patriot can offer to the world. Who would not hear voices in the air on such a proposal? The gravity of such service will justify him in do- ing anything The issue is joined now"
 By the Shantung agreement, Sena- tor Sherman said, "an ancient and friendly nation was to be dism en- 'bered," and because of the Fium c controversy Italy's good will lost.
 Bitterly Scores President. \ All must pass under the yoke of his epithets who will not respond to his flight into the dim world of Will sonian dreams" MT. Sherman de- clared in again turning to President Wilson, "and from this cavern of counterfeit moralities and cock-loft of scholastic gabble he has the sublime assurance to asperse senators who re- fuse to ahase them selves before the tottering throne of the chief rhe- torician, whose metaphysical thunder no longer inspires either respect or fear. Let the swarm Of satellites basking in the sunshine of patronage and sniffing the agrant trade winds of administration favors, gratify him with their anthems of ineffable per fecton. The louder their haIlelujahs now the more fervent the maledc- tions at the inevita ble end"