Evening journal., 1920-07-03
SAME OLD STORY.

r IKE parrot practiclng the phrases he has learned
II through constant repetition, Mr. Wilson monot-
onousy reminds the country again OF "the word that
America has gven TO the rest Of the world"
In an Interview given 10 his mouthplece, the New
York World evidently intended a sedse hammer bluw
at Republican ambitions the President seeks more
10 convince his counrymen that statements contained in
his famous Fourteen Points and repeated 10 the foreign
representatives whom he Paris constitute obl-
cations upon the American nation.
1T is unthnksble." says he "that any Democrats
should instant be influenced by the selfish and sin
lister motives that lie back Of the Republican plan to
stuy and discred the United states in the Of the
world"
How many times the President given voice TO those
sentiments Il diflcult to compute but his utterances
in that vein be traced back to the time when the
league OF nations idea first began to take shape after the
armistice.
The reHeraions which he has kiven to the thought In
the meantime have acquired vicious emphasis whlon
finds a elimination in his recent deliverance TO the
World
lie has searched his vocabulary to nnd adiectlves sui
ncenty vlndictve TO apply the who have refused
TO accept casual statements OF egotstc individual
In The White House as solemn obligations formally en-
tered into by the United states Government
lie characterizes political scuduggery" the mo-
ilves behind The convention which adopted the league
plank OF The Republican platform affirming the pariy's
stand "for agreement the nations preserve the
peace Of the world" but condemning the Brlish-Wison
covenant mot only ntoerahe for Independent peo-
pie but certain to produce The injustice hostility and
controversy among nations which proposed TO prevent"
lie refers 10 the adoption OF that plank "anpt to
sldesep eyade moral and humanitarian responsible
Ties much too solemn to treat lightly ignore"
Whatever may be said Of the Republican national plat
FORM rinss throughout with note OF true American
ism that must strike responsive, CHORD In the heart
of every patriotic citizen Nowhere In the document is
that pronounced in the portion dealing with
the covenant OF the league OF nations and the psrtys at
ulude toward foreign relations In general
What contrast with President Wilson's outburst In
the New York World
one searches throughout that remarkable delveranee
for a single appeal TO Americans love OF country.
He speaks OF the greater OF security" the world
would feel II he leagues benefits should be guaranteed
But he is silent the cost TO the nation should that
guarantee be undertaken by the United states
Sacrifice of nationality and the welfare Of people Is
urged behalf Of The new nlernaonalsm and the we'll
being Of the inhabitants OF Old World countries,
Il sincerely believe" says the President that the at
tempt Of the Republican party to the sanction Of the
American people for its attempted evasion these ob-
cations will be decisNely rebuked-n
Which proves how utterly Mr.. Wilson cut OF touch
with the American sentiment Of the day.
very when the voters have had an oppor-
unity to express themselves his nterualonalism has
been decisvely rejected, and his so-caed obligations
which nothing less than his individual state
ments emphaticaly repudisted
In casting their votes next November against enforced
participation foreign quarreis citizens will but TO
cord once their unserable opposition TO the sur
render policies OF wisconsin.