Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-26

il st all
 When either before or af;er the WAT has he lowered the cost of living? He had the opportunity to hay the entire Cuban Su-s;r crco at li cents q pound He refused to buy # and you have had to pay p, 23 and 2i certs a pound for it.
 Germany was led Ho believe that strictly accountabie' meant the sane IS strictly responsible" had meant for MsS- ico. Germany repudiated her promises. The resentment of the American reopie was so thoroughly aroused that the ad- nninistration was forced into war
 The selective conscription act was op- posed by all the democratic leaders. It was by the support of the selective con- scription act by the republican minority that the democratic majority report was thrown out.
 ] Arbitrary Action Denies Us Peace. Victory was won by our boys, but peace. by the arbitrary action of one man, has been denied our people. MT. Wilson went abroad and negotiated q peace which the United States senate has abso- Iutely refused to ratify.
 The United States has sought and gain ed no territorial possessions; yet under 1 Article x of the league of nations we may be called upon to defend the terri l torial possessions and political indepen- dence of any member of the league. The | league of nations is, now. in operation. l Some 40 nations have subscribed to it Some 10 or 12 wsrs are being fought in I Europe today. Yet the league of nations 1 has done nothing. If it is sham we l should have nothing to do with it. Or i else they look to us to uphold 1t. 1 Those 40 nations have subscribed to it England, France and Italy have joined it. The council of nine meets in Geneva l But yet these ministers may be turned
 out of office at any time by any of the | nations they represent. Their represent ation is entirely dependent on the people i they represent. Nothing is said abou the appointment of our representative. | Suppose he is named by the president and confirmed by the senate. That rep
 resentative would do just as the presi ] dent said That would take away iron congress the right of making war.
 4 reservation was introduced to the ef feet that the United States would assum no obligation to protect or preserve tn territorial integrity or political indepen dence of any nation by army or maya forces except by authority of congress MT Wilson claimed this would wreck tn covenant
 Since when has the United States heel l tain but one?
 Control of Army.
 Then again. Article VIII stipulates tha no member shall have the right to in
 crease it's naval or military forces with
 out the consent of all the other members
 Let us see what a predicament this woul
 place the United States in. We wan
 and we need in this country no larg
 standing army. Suppose Japan, a mem Der of the covenant, stirred up MeXic
 against us Mexics invades the Unite States A larger standing army woul
 become necessary. We might apply fo permission to enlarge our army an
 Japan might object.
 Il Harding advocates league of nation
 or association of nations with its ideal
 based not on force but on right and jus
 tice The treaty that will come by tn
 combined forces of the republican part
 will be "just right"
 Let me remind you that you are abou to elect a. candidate for president wh will have power until March 1, 1925. His
 tory win show you that recovery from tn
 devastation of war is more or less rapi' It behooves the American people to plac
 in power a party that believes in givin