The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1919-09-17

slssrsd at the Postodice at Devils Lake, N. d., as second class
A~MERlCANIZING THE TREATY.
The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations has spoken,
with no uncertain sound. It did so simultaneously with the
Presidents opening speech in his appeal to the nation against
its G%a r rep intn{;;a;h1s +h 1t aid ID. 50 i in > a way !. = much ashia more re , diref Ct
difficult for him to reply and which it would be impossible
It adopted, as an integral part of the act of ratification of
the he Treaty, four o. reservations: These in both matter and man
for Americanization Of the Treaty. They require:
THAT the United States shall have the right to with
the notice required Vi 6y ths Covenant;
vene IN any way in any foreign controversy save at its own will
s-That the United States shall reserve for seh-determin-
alton all questions which it considers to be purely domestic; and
THAT the Monroe Doctrine should be abandoned or
We do not believe that there is man in.the Administration
or on its side, not even the President himself, who in his heart
visions: We do not believe that there is one who, unless under
some !oa sinister constraint, would venture publicly to dispute their
justice and desirabnity, not to say their necessity. For what
would such denial inevitably imply? An affirmation Of their
at the climax Of the %f ami ant p ang agsstddsn in n mhieh h ege is
now engaged, would venture to tell those fellow citizens to
"''I Our Our right RIG %s' Of wi III dmss any {r espG f5e Of I his dein ng N thatm
should be dependent upon the will and pleasure of some alien
49,. That we should be required to intervene, in alien af-
a azn W, WIN nn diplomatic, economic or military force, against our
,vh;c mat ~ we should submit to alien determination matters
"N' E 1Tiseo1 the 6 Rdnsts d Boctrins 9 Should he ,h.nd,n,a
surrendered M%;sS Dc led for % Interpretation to the very alien powers against IS
hir,.n 1t is understood that some, perhaps even the President
thaf fhav co oheed the propriety Of these reservations, but hold
to na VIE enGy should not be made a part of the act of ratification.
tnat they should be adopted after ratification, in - q 1 nnre1y e OUT
would not be worth the breath t" which G It took to s make a +. ton
,a1g5 purposed by the Committee is the onl e. form nv wh; =
~ wQa :, make the reservation effective. -'n WHICH
. There re-, are also those, perhaps among them the President
fear that it will be displeasing to the other nrin eiinsl1v s . ior
sir 4nt afsat s;tha Let Us consider ls Mhat that means. Those other
adoption Of the reservations, but will III Themselves MISE Ives 1 3r9nSe 10 a me
hitherto acquiesced in similar reservations. If on the other
nand they ddisapprove it, that is the most conclusive reason senn
them at whatever cost; for it s proof that if thew were NOT not m =
dna enforced, alien power would presently be in a position to
no American statesman would dare to PROPOSE = e to ~ the eo saa'
~ ~ should oe obvious even to the President himself. q = # 10 10 to ~
way to such demands would be to incur dan na ~ 70 tIe me
unfortunate and :ominous complications in our FOREIGN reIs1
We believe that much else should be done with ! !.
a aro;;oah /! Ine aaoptaon OF these. four. moderate, conciliatorv any
cd =; y n;4s res reservations atoms: The Treaty should be radically amend
fGlmed or she expunged. The entire Covenant Of the i Le ee Trans Is
changes s sh o" h 9 neda = TOR separate treatment. Other
ne tney may, on such points, they cannot differ as co %e eecGg-
the irreducibie minim amgse - fo41m, as Mr.: Hays aptly declares,
tne majority of the Senate must, for Ane ,s Upon them
f1rn, inflexible, immovable. - A"efca sake' stand
anon n;ba; may "a as much as he peases affect to ignore ~ me
~ ~ 1 - ~ 70 the Senate in treaty-making activitiia aoi ~ as re-
~; - Inc unorganlzed and multtudinous public. ~ n 70 NOBODY
Senate sen en- in ~ = Jem pasrio &c American citizens will SUPPORT ~ IN
Weekly. prerequisite to its ratification.-Harveys
I1AMP Aim f0R why every county in the state should
OSsavs1 HSOIv ] vi rot go "over the top" and help North
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