The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-04-22

of peace treaties This decision has been
reached by the President and his official
family and is reflected in the point of
view expressed by members of the cabinet.
why not send the treaty back to the !
senate for further consderation-there is |
nothing now before the senate" was the
query which the writer directed to a mem
Der of the cabinet after this weeks cab
met meeting
Because. the senate sent it back to the
White House without action and with the
statement that the treaty could not pass,
was the reply. Now it is futile to think
of negotiating new treaty with powers
who have already ratified it and have
put into operation. The President worked
out treaty which embodied his concept
of American ideals 1t was approved by
representatives of foreign governments
after many of them had made concessions
to the American viewpoint. Some of them
would be quite willing to recall those
concessions in a new negotiation. But the
American people constitute the court of
last resort They will decide whose con-
cept of Americanism is correct If they
do not sustain the President or the Dem
ocratic platform, the next administration
will have the unpleasant task of going to
Germany and making separate peace as
wen as Strengthening out the mixup in for
eign relations brought about by the fail
ure of the treaty negotiated at Versailles
to be approved by the senate
Therefore the White House will strive
to see that the Democratic national CON
tention adopts a platform embodying the
Presidents ideas The latest returns from
Nebraska which would seem to indicate
the defeat of William Jennings Bryan as
a delegate means the vindication of Sen
ator Hitchcock who has reflected the Pres
ident's viewpoint in the contests More
over, the reports from Georgia indicating
the success of Attorney General Palmer
is viewed BY the White House as another
sign of the continued supremacy of the
Wilson ideals in the ranks of the Demo
cratic voters The treaty may seem dead
issue but it is to be revived by the Dem
ocrats as the paramount question of the
campaign Unless the senate shall petition
the White House for another opportunity
| to vote in the treaty, it will remain in
the hands of the executive while he
awaits the wish of the American people
as expressed at the polls.
| To the argument that it will be difficult
to tell what the people are voting on be-
cause of the compleXity of isiues on do
nestle affairs, members of the cabinet
say everything else will be subordinated
| 10 the treaty and the result will he ac-
| cepted as an instruction or mandate from
the people on the pact itself. These are
| bold tactics but they accord with Mr.. VIII
| sons Eonception of constitutional gov
eminent. He was elected for four years
and given charge of the foreign relations
| of the country He was sustained through
out the war He went ahead to negotiate
a treaty believing that the people having
/ credited him with an insight into their
wishes during the war would trust him
still further The senate has rejected his
work. at Versailles. Does the American
electorate side with the senate or with
the President? If thew elect a Republic
can President, Mr. Wilson viii retire
gracefully from the scene and hand the
| lob of government to a successor. OF all
the premiers and plenipotentiaries who
sat at Versailles, MANY have been over
thrown by vote of the people. Primo
Minister Llovd George and President
/ Woodrow Wilson remain. BY next No
vember. the American people viii have
sustained or repudiated their representa-
tive and JUDGING by the growing d'ssat
isfaction in England with the characte,
of the peace treaty. there may he gen
eral election over there too.