The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-08
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channel for conveying the ransom
Of their citizens to the highway
men who had seised them.
Watched, Waited Tee LsnS.
I'VE have watched and waited
long enough. We need q arm hand
at the helm. The time has come to
put an end to this Mexican situa-
ton, which ID q shame to the Unit
ed States and . Disgrace to civiliza-
ton. II We are to take part In
pacifying and helping the world.
let us begin here at home in Mex
leo.
Let the Mexicans choose a. their
president some strong and upright
man who is friendly to the United
States and determined to establish
order and then let the United
States give him . real and cordial
support, and so strengthen and up
hold him that he will be able to ex-
terminate the bandits and put an
end to the unceasing civil war.
when the armistice with Ger.
many was signed the course to be
pursued was clear. That course
was to make the peace with Ger
many at once and then take up for
reasonable consideration the Ques-
ton of establishing such future re-
latiols with our associates In the
war as would make for the future
peace Of the world. This Mr.. Will
son prevented. He went to Europe.
HE had apparently only one
aim, to be the maker Of a league o.
which he should be the head. He
was determined that there should
be a league Of nations then and
there and in order to nullify the
powers of the senate given by the
constitution Of, the United States,
he decided to make the league an
integral part of the treaty Of peace
with Germany. Thus he presented
to the senate, and intended to pre-
sent, a dilemma from which he be-
lieved there was no escape. In or
der to have peace with Germany,
he meant to compel the senate to
accept with it the League Of Ma
tons.
G.. 0. p. Saw Dangers.
"The Republicans of the senate.
perceiving the dangers of the
league, determined to resist Mr..
Wilson's demand. The American
people will never accept that al
lance with foreign nations pro-
posed by the president. The pres
ident, meantime, has remained in
flexible. He is determined to have
that treaty as he brought it back
or nothing, and to that imperious
demand. the people will reply in
tones which cannot be misunder-
stood.
I'VE have stopped Mr.. Wilson's
treaty and the question goes to the
people. In 1916 Mr.. Wilson won
on the cry that he had kept US out
of war He now demands the ap-
prevail Of the American people for
his party and his administration on
the ground that he has kept US out
of peace. .r5
THE league must be discussed in
every district and in every state
and We desire to have the verdict
so clearly given that no man who
seeks to represent the people in the
senate. In the house or il any
degree, can have the slightest
doubt as TO his duty.
I'VE make the issue; we ask ap-
probation for what we have done.
The people will now tell US what
they think of Mr.. Wilson's league
and its sacrifice Of America
They (the people) will tear
aside the veil Of words woven to
blind and deceive and come down
to the essential and vital point
Mr.. Wilson's plan ON one side and
the independence and safety Of the
United States on the other.
All Americans must join to-
gether in their own way and with
their own arguments defeat Mr..
Wilson's league as he desires it.
whether amended by him or in its
pristine simplicity"
Senator Lodge charged the Dem
ocratic party with responsibility
for the ''perilous conditions of the
hour" and said, IL the Republican
party fails to grapple it effectively,
1.-THE Russian descent into barbar-
ism will begin to draw near"
A beginning had been made, he
said, by a Republican congress in
restoring economic conditions,
working under all the difficulties
and opposition imposed by a hostile
executive" He enumerated various
beneficial measures. adding that
the estimates had been reduced
over a billion dollars. He advocat-
ed enforcement Of the laws against
proflteering and said it was posi-
BILE to check the advance of prices
by Law. by providing for "the con-
troll Of credits in such manner as
to give preference to the most es-
sential products. He described
the railroad act ''as a single great
law which in any period would be
sufficient to distinguish a congress
as one Of high accomplishment"