Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-12-04
A JUGGLE or sopHIsTRIEs


The Republican Publicity Asso-
citation through its president, Hon.
Jonathan Bourne, Jr., Monday gave
out the following statement from its
Washington headquarters:
THE League to Enforce Peace
Historically charges the United
States senate with defiance and be-
trayal of the people unless it will
harmonic it's differences and accept
the league of nations. Homer Cum
mings, chairman of the Democratic
National Committee, screams in
fanny at the senate majority for re-
fusal to accept the league covenant
as handed down by our president.
The Incorporate language and exhi-
bition of Americanism on the part of
Brother Taft and the Democratic
chairman are about on par. Cum
mings, of course, is in hopes of using
the league of nations issue as a cloak
to hide manifold deficiencies re-
corded by the Democratic admins
tration in past years. The League
to Enforce Peace appears to have
reached a stage of internationalism
which verges on fanaticism as it
ponders the futility of the vast sums
which il has poured out to propa-
gandize America for super-govern-
ment control.
"The statement issued by the Taft
league is a juggle Of sophistries. 1t
declares that the interests. the well
fare. the honor and the future of
America are involved. 1t asserts
that the unanimity with which the
American people stand behind the
treaty is equal to that with which
they stood behind the war. What
basis is there for so bold an asser-
ton? In every instance where the
league of nations has been the issue
in recent elections the pro-league
candidate has been disgracefully
beaten. Men and women of Amer
lea, this is your problem clamors
the League to Enforce Peace. SO
il is. And why is the League to
Enforce Peace afraid to permit the
people to go to the polls
and decide the matter by ballot? Be-
cause the League knows the people
would repudiate the idea. There
was no such issue before the Ameri-
can people when the control of con-
gress was taken away from the demo-
cratic party. The men and women
of America have not had opportun-
ity to make a countrywide decision
on their problem. A resolution de-
claring the war with Germany at an
end will give the people the chance
to vote on the most momentous ques-
ton which has arisen since America
threwaoff the British yoke. What
right has the League to Enforce
Peace to demand that congress shall
decide this thing before the people
have voiced their sentiment?
AN appeal is made to the pock-
cts of the people and they are told
that Europe must have supplies, or
it will face starvation and anarchy
this winter. Our farmers, cotton
planters, live stock raisers and man
ufacturers have large surplus pro-
duction which they can market only
in Europe Clemenceau told Eu-
rope the best thing to do to restore
normal conditions was to go to work.
The total exports of this country for
the ten months ended October, last,
were valued at S6,502, 900, 900, or
about three and one-half times the
pre-war value. Foodstuffs and food
animals alone accounted for SO per-
cent of this vast sum; manufacturers
made up 33 percent Of the sum.
1925, 100000 worth of breadstuffs,
S34 900, 900 in fish products, $751;
600, 200 in fruits and nuts, $40, 000,-
900 worth of vegetables and $685.
10000 worth of meat and dairy
| products. Such colossal shipments
| we're never before known in our his.
| tory, and the huge bulk of them &c
| to Europe. We have been denying
| ourselves and selling to Europe-1,'
1923, 100000 pounds of refined sugar
| for instance, exported during the
first nine months of the year, mainly
| TO Europe; while the cotton growers
disposed of $715, 100000 worth OF
( cotton.
THE peace treaty and its league
| covenant must be left to the entire
| country for decision. 1t is too bic
an issue to be finally disposed OF
by any marty not elected on that is.
sue. Such an attempt to destroy
ratioralism must have referendum
and the opposers of the British-Wil.
| son leaFue covenant will be glad to
go TO the mat with tbeir antagon.
| ists on that question.