El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-05-10
WILSON DRAWS
TREATY ISSUE
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party should at once proclaim itself
the UncompromisinE champion OF the
nations honor and the advocate Of
everything that the United States
can do in the service OF humanity;
that it should, therefore. endorse and
support the Versailles treaty and
condemn the Lodge reservations as
utterly Inconsistent with the uation's
honor and destructive Of the world
leadership which Il had established
world. Including the great powers
themselves, had shown themselves
ready to welcome
Allies Entitled to Support.
1T is time that the party should
proudly avOW that Il means TO try,
time away from the path for reasons
Of expediency. 70 apply moral and
Christian principles 70 the problems
Of the world II is trying 10 &C
coomplish social political and inter-
national reforms and Is not daunted
by any Of the difficulties it has TO
contend with Let US prove to our
late associates in the war that at any
rate the great majority party Of the
nation, the party which expresses the
true hopes and purposes OF the peo-
pie of the country, intends TO keep
faith with them in peace as well as
In war. They gave their treasure,
their best blood and everything that
they valued in order not merely to
beat Germany but TO effect a settle
ment and bring about arrangements
Of peace which they have now tried
TO formulate in the treaty OF YER
sailles- They are entitled to our sup
port IN this settlement and in the
arrangements for which they have
League slope Of world.s
The league or NATIONS is the hope
n
armistice, I was authorized by all
the great fighting nations 20 say TO
the enemy that IL was our object IN
proposing peace to establish q gen
eral association OF nations under
specific covenants for the purpose OF
affOrdinE mutual guarantees o. po-
litical Independence and territorial
integrity to great and small states
alike, and the covenant Of the league
of nations is the deliberate embodi-
ment OF that purpose in the treaty
Of peace
"The chief motives which led Us
to enter the war will be defeated
unless that covenant is ratified and
acted upon with vigor- We cannot
IN honor white Il down or weaken
senate have proposed TO do II we
are to exercise the kind OF leader
ship to which the founders OF the
republic looked forward and which
LAEl lEpll4E4 upon" A4AE4I 1All111uA1
to establish. we must do this thing
with courage and unalterable de-
termination. They expected the
United States TO be always the
leader in the defence Of liberty and
ordered peace throughout the world.
and we are unworthy to call our
selves their successors unless we full
TN the great purpose they enter
tanned and proclaimed
The True AmericanisuI.
The true Americanism, the only
true Americauism. is that which
puts America at the front OF free
nations and redeems the great
promises which we made the world
when we entered the war which was
fought, not for the advantage OF any
single nation or group OF nations.
but for the salvation Of all II Is in
this way we shall redeem the sacred
blood that was shed and make Amer
lea the force she should be IN the
counsels OF mankind. She cannot AZ
ford 20 sink into the place that ma
tons have usually occupied and be-
come merely one OF those who
scramble and look about for selfish
advantage
The Democratic party has now
great opportunity 70 which It must
measure up The honor OF the na-
tons in its hands
Woodrow Wilson"