The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-01-12
IN HIS OWN COUNTRY

With the peace treaty ratified by all the other
powers. including Germany. the United States stands
today in a state OF Isolation, and a menace to the
peace of the world. Perhaps nothing so strange
in all annals has to pass than that the leader
of a nation who helped to frame a treaty and TO
whose vision and initiative league and covenant
was due. should have had the dream made practical
through other nations. and should suffer the scorn
and contumely OF his own people. Only in one in
stance has world leader faced similar situation,
and that leader was Christine first great demo-
cratic leader that the world has known.
Born of freedom loving people in a land that was
founded the bedrock OF democracy; with grasp
of fundamental principles OF democracy that was in
herent and knowledge Of world politics and his
tory which he had given to the world through
many Volumes President Wilson went from the
school forum to the White House mbued with the
spirit OF true democracy and informed as to inter-
national politics.
with this knowledge he took with him vision
that was almost that of seer; and through that
vision and the power he had of convincing others
potent he became known abroad the practical
|idoalist
II is claimed by some who have fought the pres
idSnt ana the treaty that the treaty the league
OF nations do not embrace the fourteen points. as
Set down by President Wilson.
But il the letter of the law has not been carried
out in these covenants. and we do not admit that
1t has not it the spirit OF these fourteen points
which made it possible for the great powers to get
together common basis, and sign treaty of
peace and form a league which should bind the ma
tons of the world in such a way that again
can the world suffer such wrong as wreaked
upon it by the war-lords of Germany.
But chain is stronger than its weakest link.
and the weak link in the cable of the treaty Of
and the league of nations is the United States
Of America
When the United States went to war with Ger
many the phrase ito make the world safe for de-
mocracy" became more than a slogan, it was the
faith of people, the hope of a world, become vocal
no the people of Great Britain. who kept the Ger
Than herdes back from the channel ports and so
saved civilization to the people Of the blood-soaked
France. who gave all their honor to hold that
s4ered ground to the brave descendants of Garhald
I'd the men who mbued with the spirit of
KPsuscko; and to the splendid American patriots
who fought that freedom might live, that phrase
mtst sound like the bitterest moekery.
While the world waits. handful of politicians
sqSabbe the nations suffer in their travail of sus-
pebse and the hand of anarchy gets ever nearer
and nearer
1Fhe Daily News Of London says: "a new world
frdlm which America, for that matter, Germany
or RUSSIA any considerable fraction of mankind
is excluded is foredoomed to failure" The London
newspapers are Hopeful that the United States may
y9t become one with the other nations of the league
Press dispatches under date OF January 9th tell OF
tfe intended visit of Clemenceau to this country
The brave Frenchman. who spent so many years
IL his life in the United States and who married an
american girl, knows well the American people
zld he win go before them to urge upon them that
nc treaty msy be signed Is not this disgraeefuI
&hingg That the people Of Europe who have learned
democracy from forced to send one to plead
with us. to win us from autocratlc ways?
But 1T is not the people OF the United States
who do not want the treaty of peace; it is not the
senate Of the United States which does not want the
treaty of peace; it is stubborn handful OF men,
The greab majority Of the American people and the
great majority of the American senate want the
peace treaty signed
THEY ARE ALL JOINING