The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-08-07


platform In the abstract and by it's candidate
IN specification. The threatened revolt smpng
leadeFa Of III, party h .Ayerled. but the
minority position as expressed In the senate
prevails aa that Of the party In short
prinriple, As avowed In support Of the Lodge
reservations, or Of the so.called mild reser.
vationA, has been surrendered to erpedieney.
Senator Harding makes this new pledge
Of policy in behalf Of Ms party.
\ ~ promise you formal and effective peace
so quickly as a republican conRreas eau pass
its delegation for a republican executive -
sign,
This means but one thing--A separate
peace with Germany
This would be tho most disheartening
event In civilization since the Russians made
their separate peace with Germany. and In.
hnitely more unworthy on our part than u
was on that Of the Russians. They were
had swept their country. Our soldiers fought
side by side with the Allies. So complete
was the coalition Of strength and purpose
mand. and every soldier IN the allied cause.
no matter what flag he followed. recognised
him csief We fought the war together.
and now before the thing Ia through II is
Germanyi In good faith we pledged our
strength with our aaeoelatea for the enforce
msnt OF terms upon offending powers aud
now II D. suggested that this be Withdrawn.
suppose Germany, recognising the first break
In the Allies. proposes something We cannot
accept. Does senator Harding intend 10
cur iermSi Certaidly the allied army could
not be expected 10 render aid. II, on the
other hand, Germany should accept the
chance We offered Of breaking the bond "a
would be for the express purpose Of inspr,
Ing q German American alliance, racognixing
that theAllies--in fact, no nation in good
stsnding--would have anything to do with
This plan would not only be piece Of
hunEline diplomacy. but plain unaduiterated
M iess a. snthar,,, thso se..ter I..av.
ssid, before the heat OF recent controversy,
that % make peace except In company WITH
with dishonor and bring ruin TO uh. : i
And then after peace IL made with Ger.
many, SENATOR Harding would. he says,
hopefully approach the nations Of Europe
and of the earth. proposing that understand
ing which makes US willing participant ID
tionship." i
In short, America, refusing TO enter the
League Of Nations lnow already established
by 20 nationsl and bearing and deserving
the contempt Of the world would submit an
entirely new project This act would either
be regarded az arrant madness or attempted
information borsiam.
The plain truth Is, that the republican
leaders, obessrd with q determination TO win
the presidential election. havs attempted to
satisfy too many divergent views. Ideon-
klAtencics. Inevitable under tbs circumstance
es rise to haunt them on every hand, aud
they find themselves Arrayed In public
thought 1T least. against great principle.
More than that, their ronduct ia opposed 10
the idealism upon which their party prosper
ed in other days.
Illustrating these observations by concrete
facts. let II be remembered that those now
inveighing against an interest Ia Afairn ouU.
aide OF America. criticised Preaident Will
son IN unmegs sIred terms for not resenting
the invasion o. Belgium in 1914. They term
the league OF nation military alliance,
which, except for their opposition. would
cnvelop our country, when, as matter Of
truth. the subject OF 6 league Of nations has
claimed the best thought Of America for
years and the league 20 enforce peace was
presided over by 80 distinguished repub-
iican as ex-president Taft, who. before Au.
dienetd IN every section advocstcd the prin'
cipal and the plan Of the present league.
They charge experimentation. when 3e have
a. historical precedent the Monroe Doctrine,
which ~ the very essence Of Article X OF the
Versailles covenant skeptics viewed Mon
roo's mandate with alarm, predicting recur
rent wars IN defense Of Central and South
American states, whose guardians they al
legged we need not be. And yet not shot
has been hred In almost one hundred years
In preserving sovereign rights on this hem
isphere. They hypoeritically claim that the
league Of nations will result In our boys he
ing drawn Into military service. but they fail
TO realize Nat every high school youngster
In the land knows that no treaty can over.
ride our ,conStitution, which reserves TO con.
gress, and TO congreHs alone, the power to
declare war They preach AmericaniAm with
meaning Of their own Invention, and art
fully appeal to a selfish aud provincial spirit
the purely moral quehtion OF slavery, and
that Mckinley broke the fetters of our
boundary lines spoke the freedom o. Cuba.
and carried the torch of American idealinm
memory Of Garfields prophecy that America.
under the blessings Of God given opportunity
wonld by her moral leadership aud coopera
tion beroine Messiah among the nations Of