The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-05-05
FORMER SECRETARY ~
SINll SAYS PRESIDENT
WILSON ~ TiIL WORST
RRt<D Ot ~ ttffO~
(n\I
PROSECUTED WAR TO
WIN POLITICAL ENDS
InIr IN ItitOrE CHANGED
WHOLE NATURE or Mt>.
~ NOW NINfNGiItI
N>D DOMI>IIisi>.


| Washington. Nay Opening de-.
hats on hsa resolution 70 declare tins
Iala.e % wAr With usruxaRy and Aus
frA ~ an cad senator knns. repuh.
iican. Pennsylvania. de*iArsd IN the
senate to-day that prealteut wnlnon
was arbitrarily mainsalniax that the
nation ieehnleaily WAS al war In or.
dor "a coeFce the aeuata into raiify
ms tho treaty N Versailles
wilson Prolonged War.
There was no excuse whatsoever
tof ereatlY pfnlouking TIA war beyond
the signature ~ tha Mrmlatien" SEN
ainr knax aald. "and tha only expla
nallou f0f so dGlnk. was the d~llynrs
eic aim 70 retain all those aniocrntle
compulsory nowern with which ihe
executive had been endowed tor The
prosecution Of Tho war In order that
they mlHht ba uaed for other purpmua
Nation Demands peaas.
The welfare ami safety ~ the ~,
tlon lmppFatisnly demands that we
know We havs psase The whnls world
@sothua With revolution Our own na
tl0n ia ln farment aud toll Fofee
and strife arp rampant and threaten
ioslruetloe not only of our property.
but of our free institutions and even
at our ilvvs And yet. wa stand.
and have stood for nonth#. rs rud-
derlens shlp. foundering ia tho trough
~ tremendous eeaa
Must Take Away Powers.
wa mnpt not dars lungar ~ Hv~
lay return 70 tils order NJ govern,
meni ~ penees ws muat not hasaEd
further p0Rtponement In turning our
undivided deliberations 60 our owm
home FtuhlomM They ara great en
ouch "a tax the utmoat wisdom whdch
We poHuesa a. preliminary agep.
tho executive mnst bs returned 70
his peace time powem and pr~rowas
tivea. Need property wisdom. cannot
question ihis
Declaring that No entertained only
efnathY for the president In hls
illnrsa and sympathy for ths coun
try which must suffer under him he
catisc of n. senator Knox said. ~
was an unweicdus task ~ Judge one
whn has fallen III public esteem lte
added however that when danger
threatened the nation u must 30 met
forofroniod aud thar ha WIN vcn
tured 10 intervene against .ha safe
and wiac course must stsp aade ~
be crushed
The course of the president evsr
since he crulvsd 70 Europe - rar
tieipate IN tho peaee conference"
continued the former secretary or
state "leayes no chance Tor doubt that
he will continue hereafter aa hereto-
fore 70 ihwart 70 Eat as ha IL able.
every attempt Oh the part ~ tta saa
ate. tho congress 90 fhr people 10 lake
any action immediately or rem0gelv.
aff"ollag IN however sliKhtor aasfee,
through change 81 modification the
~ tAa treaty of Versailles
~ u came 70 us fresh from bis alg.
iatarc. 80
constitutional order. lawful tunr.
ions, rights and duties of positions.
,aths of office A affecting the mem
hers of thia body. he has ncgrad
,nly 70 bring into contempt, tie has
'oniured Io evary power wlth'a hiss
domestic domain IN hts effort TO com.
,ei this senate 10 surrender lta will
md judgment M him. ~ become ths
mere anlomaiona - regiater his man
late approve this treaty N its last
minute of detail ~ ha Aent n 10 ns
Senator Kn0x said thar althougi
american probably would secure fmae
ically al desired from tiermany With.
'm ratiIying the treaty ol Versailles
! aupplfmsntai treaty with Germany
honld be- concluded
Wilson requires the negotiation ~
separate treaty batwesn the United
itates and Germany ho said. witch
hould provide reciprocal rights aud
obligations bet~esu Ne and that couu
fy alone"