Imperial Valley press., 1920-01-05

- lea, knowing that that power will like
be welded by an alien, a man who ms
- not even speak our language, is Il
worst enem5 i..e United States has ev,
had Applausel.
Practical Question
- Let Us get this out of the clouds ar
down to practical question. If yo
are TO have an international tribun;
that is to control the world then tha
international tribunal must WELD
power great enough to control any n;
ton of the world. Who is to comman
- that international army? Who is {
, command that international navy
: What dominant mind is to control tina
y central body that lays down the law
. for the world? Will it be an America
. citizen or will it be an Englishman, o
will it be a Frenchman, or will it be
mayhap. in the future. German, o
will be it some great Japanese militar.
master? SO far as l am concerned,
pledge you this, that as long as l an
alive l will fight to keep it so tha
America can stand along her seagir
shores and defy the united armies O.
this earth
| l want to read a question that has
been asked me, written out by gentle
man. a Mr.. Castleback:
rs League Imperative"
! IF entirely consistent l should
be glad, if you find minute or two
in your discourse, to state your
views on the following question: In
1917 We deemed ourselves so close
ly interviewer with the European
affairs that it was necessary to join
an appalling war over there In
! 1919 il is held that because the war
| is over We have no serious concern
! but with ourselves and with the
! Monroe Doctrine
! "Query-If the starvation now
| generally prevailing throughout
! Europe. or for any other cause,
! should enable anarchism to over
| throw the many topping large and
small governments in Europe,
would the ensuing Bolshevik vic
tory and rule still be of no serious
concern to the United States, and
would not, in that case, some kind
of strong League of Nations be i'm
perative?'
1t is little difficult to answer ques-
tionS of that kind. because, first it lays
down two propositions that are false in
fact and then draws a deduction from
them in the form of a question.
In the first place we did not deem
ourselves so closely interviewer with
European affairs that it was necessary
TO join in an appalling war over there.
We entered this war, and the record
shows it, because Germany had sunk
our ships, insulted our flag, killed our
people and made war upon US in that
way. We did not even declare war on
Germany. We declared Germany had
made war on US. There was not word
said by any authoritative person in the
United States before we entered this
war that we We're going into it to DEM
ocratize the world or to look after the
affairs of Europe. If that had been adj
vocated as our purpose when we went
into this war the declaration of war
would never have passed congress.
Never in the world. Let me show you.
Only 80 days before we entered this
war, or approximately 80 days, Mr..
Wilson made this statement in a speech
which he made at the jefferson day
banquet:
IIenllelI6D, dIc YOU ASctus AOt tllS
test?"
Wilson's Sueech
This is an excerpt from his speech.
God forbid that we should ever
become, directly or indirectly, en-
broled in quarrels not of our own
choosing, and that do not affect
what we feel responsible TO defend.
But if We should ever be drawn in,
are you ready to go in only where
the interests of America are coinci-
dent of mankind. and to draw out
the moment the interest centers in
America and has narrowed from
the wide circle of humanity?
In other words, get out as soon as
we had cleaned up our own job That
is the doctrine we went in on. We were
going in to defend Americas rights.
WHY Wilson was nominated in speech
every line of which rang the. changes
upon the thought that we would adhere
10 the old doctrine of Washington and
Jefferson and keep out of foreign en-
tanglements, that he had kept US out
of the war and was going to keep Us
out of the war. (Applause).
Now the second proposition is:
In 1919 IL Is neiu tildl DGCduSS
the war is over we have no serious
concern but with ourselves and
with the Monroe doctrine"
That has never been the doctrine of
| anybody. We have always had a con
Germ with Europe, but the question is
whether we are going to run its bust
ness for il or will Europe run its own
business for itself? a very wide dis
tinction.
HELPED EUROPE
| Then follows the doctrine. Of course
we feel sympathy for people who are
starving: we have given them help, and
the fact is l am not sure that we have
not given them too much help You
cannot do much in feeding people;
they have to feed themselves. America
can impoverish herself But so far as
we can help i'll a reasonable way we
will do it and have done it. The thought
that lies at the bottom Of your question
is this: Is America now to undertake to
lact as guardian ad ltem for the rest of
1.-THE world. That is big job, my friend
r,I.. iob that Caesar could not dc