The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-11

with Germany. but said he realized
that it would be useless TO press this
measure.
IF this were the only issue" said
the senator. the president would
stand alone in his determination TO
subvert the will OF the nation 70 ms
individual conviction on this impor-
tant national question and his sup
port would be confined to these few
states where reverence for Democratic
doctrines declared by the head of thar
party becomes a religious tenet.
But you cannot make the League
of Nations the real issue in this cam
paign. The thought of the people or
this country is engrossed with the
complexities that surround us. we
stand almost helpless while debts. ma
tionaI state, municipal and industrial
are piling mountain high. The prices
of all necessities of life ever ad-
vancing. we are living in the midst
of strikes and threats of strikes. The
very atmosphere is poisoned with So
cialism's infectious breath, while an
archy, fevered by hate and envy.
awaits only the opportunity to work
d reign of hell which today is con-
summing agonized Russia.
War Not the Cause.
1.-THE war is not the cause of this
threatening situation. The American
people like the people of the greater
part of Europe today are the victims
of the new system of purchasing po-
litical support by enacting purely class
LEGISLATION The American people are
the victims of a policy of surrenderlng
the interests of the unorganized and
mands of the organized and effective
few.
THE American people are not blind
as to the source of our troubles. They
are. looking forward for relief They
want to get back as nearly as possible
to normal conditions and they will at
tempt it by an overwhelming vote in
the(next elections for a change in ad-
ministration and they will do this,
treaty or no treaty, peace resolution
or no peace resolution. league OF ma
lions or no league of nations.
Treaty Only Solution.
Senator McCumber challenged many
of the contentious of Senator Knox
made in the former secretary of state s
opening address last week in support
of the resolution. While agreeing
that congress has the power to repeal
resolutions declaring a state of war he
denied vigorously that peace actually
existed.
Only by a treaty, he said, can ques-
lions arising from the war be settled.
eff we are at peace with Germany ne
asked. then why on earth is this sol
emn farce being enacted in the senate
of the United States"
Leave Many QUESTION: Open.
Many great questions arising from
the war, including German property
and American claims, would be left
unsettled by a declaration of peace,
Senator McCumber declared insisting
that America should stand by the
allies in enforcing the armistice and
the treaty.
Il recognize that the president is
more responsible than any one man
for the failure to enter into common
treaty. He knew that the senate had
a right to make reservations" he said
He should have accepted them and
our allies would have adopted them
We refused to join the allies in con
summating this agreement but while
we seek go compel Germany to assure
us all of the benefits and all or tnt
rights which would accrue to US we
decline to accept any of the RESPONSE
hility of the treaty"