Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-09
Treaty Compromise
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our participation in world affairs have
weakened us as a factor in them, de-
stroyed Europe's confidence in the
League of Nations. and sent Europe
back TO the old order of imperialistic
alliances and secret agreements.
Pictures Lodge as Leagues Slayer
He uses what has happened in the
last few months to point his moral, and
his moral is that it was Mr.. Lodge who
slew the League of Nations and that
for him to accept the treaty as modified
by Mr.. Lodge was signing the death
warrant of the new international order.
The position of the two parties is
made distinct by Mr.. Wilson's letter.
The Republican position is that in
volving ourselves in European affairs
was necessarily an experiment. That.
therefore, we should enter the League of
Nations cautiously, committing our
selves to nothing. The Democratic posi-
tion stated by Mr.. Wilson is that to
enter the league cautiously, assuming
only limited liability, would be to de-
stroy our influence and keep the league
from realizing the hopes which were
based upon it and that u league in which
mutual confidence was lacking would
be vicious thing from which the
United States had better keep out.
Thus the Republicans have the issue
they sought, namely, that the President
has been obstinate and dictatorial. seek
ing TO commit the country without con
sulting it to tremendous departure from
Its historic foreign policy. And the
President has the issue as he wants it
that the hope of the future rested upon
our bold assumption Of world leadership
and that the Republicans would cheat
the dearest aspirations of mankind.
Mr.. Wilson has the issue as he wants
IL, but not as his party wants il. The
Democrats will be forced against their
own judgment to make the bold appeal
in the coming campaign TO the con
science and imagination of the country.
As one of them put it: 1--WE have got
the heavy end of this thing. 4 man
may feel his Discrimination to enter into
world affairs. He has got to think in
order to understand why we should"
Third Term Talk Reviyes
Where will Mr.. Wilson find his eau
didate to present the issue that he has
made? Himself, instantly and always
answers half of Washington, not be-
cause even his own party wants to re
nominate him, but because he alone un
derstands his issue and believes in il
whole -heartedly. Mr.. McAdOo is
known TO have advised him to cOmprO-
mise and take the league out of the
campaign. Mr.. Hoover is understood to
have written the President a letter urg
ing him to compromise and bring about
peace.
Now it is not probable that either OF
these men urged Mr.. Wilson TO yield in
principle. But it is evident that neither
Of them wishes to have the contest cen
ter upon Mr.. Wilson's chosen issue.
In spite of the revived talk Of Mr..
Wilson as a candidate for the third
term every indication here is that the
President does not want to run again
and will not seek a denomination Just
as he has made the issue OF his party
he will pick the candidate Of bis party.
II will apparently be Mr.. McAdoo or
Mr.. Hoover. If the campaign is to
turn on international issues Mr.. Hoover
is the better candidate. He can, If he
chooses, present Mr.. Wilson issue Of
fectively. And Mr.. Wilson, having
made an issue that his party does not
want, may go on aud name a candidate
that his party does not want. For the
Democrats, as an organization, do not
Want Mr. HOOVPr