The Pensacola journal., 1920-01-09
President Would Make Treaty
an Issue to Learn Sentiment
of the People
COMMONER ABHORs DELAY
McAdOo Says Democratic Sue
cess Is Inevitable eff Lead
ership Is Wise

and single way to determine the viii
Of the American people on the league
or nations Is to make it an issue at the
next election.
~ The presidents message said nothing
whatever about a third term for him
self neither did 1t say even by impli-
cation or intimation that he would not
be a candidate as had been widely
forecasted. Most all of the message
was devoted to an expression Of his
argument al to why he considered It
the duty of the United States to join
the league Of nations convenant and
why he considered the war was not
really won until it did
Another attempt to crush the new
nations Of Europe would be made the
4 president said if the United States
held aloof.
The president said he had no OBJ
! lection to interpretations accompany
ing the act Of ratification but when
the treaty is acted upon Il must know
or rejected t."
The president expressed his atti-
tude on reservations as follows, If
the senate wishes to say what its un-
doubted 1nesning of the treaty is, I
reasonable objection to interpretations
accompanying the act of ratification
itself. But when the treaty is acted
upon I must know whether it means
we have ratified or rejected it. We can
not rewrite the treaty We must take
it without changes which alter its |
meaning or leave it and then after the |
rest of the world has signed 1t, we must 1
= fr,lr hi 4ar rI~ of alrfr
another and separate kind of treaty i
with Germany" He declared the United i
States enjoyed the spiritual leader
ship Of the world until the senate of /
the United Stites failed to ratify the /
treaty by which the belligerent nations
sought to affe ct settlements for which /
they fought. He asserted he did not
personally accept the action of the
senate as a decision Of the nation as
he believed ar overwhelming majority
Of the people Of the United States de-
sired ratification.
Bryan split openly with the presi-
dent on the question of whether the |,
democratic party should make the lea
que of nations an issue az the next
election.
The president advocated submitting
the question. Bryan conceding the
right of the republican majority in the
senate to dictate the senate's course,
declared I'VE nlust face the situation
and either obtain such compromises as
may be possible" or make it an issue
in the election which he objected to
as meaning fourteen months delay and
then success only if the democrats
got two thirds Of the senate.
Reviewing the past and suggesting
a program for the future, Bryan said
he ventured to suggest Three new
propositions" They We're Al national
system of roaos, extending in every
state. to be known as a national peace
way both as a utilitarian project for
binding the states together in COM II
merce and intercourse and as memor-
ial for the soldier dead. a national b
bulletin, not a newspaper. to present
national issues under bipartisan con-
troll, initiative snd referendum, which
he declared the democratic party
might well adopt as its next great
reform"
Hryan's prepared speech contained :
nothing bearing on his ambitions to- /
ward the presidential nomination, but
before reading it he said he had moth ]
ing to ask and therefore the diners {
would not listen to him with the {
thenght that ey We're listening to
a candidate.
Referring to tie treaty he made the !
extemperaneous remark that 'if 1 !
know the American people they will {
never transfer ID any foreign nation
the right to say when our boys shall {
be drafted"
In q telegram from Wichita Falls.
Texas. William @. McAdOo assailed
the work of the republican congress as
a sorry record OF dismal failure and
declared the success of democracy in
the presidential election this year was
Inevitable If leadership was wise, \
vision undistorteo and sympathy with 1
the masses preserved. I
Republican, leadership has demon
strated startling incapacity to deal
with the great problems confronting
America and the world Mr.. Nc
Adoo's message read. Nine months Of
leadership disclose no con-
structive humani tartan or stateman-
like act.
Peace defeated. war prolonged and
hundreds OF thousands of needless
deaths inflicte uIpon helpless chill
affn women and men in Europe-a !
gtsstiy toll 70 exact for partisan poll I
teal ends.
"The railroad problem bungled ana \
no promise Of a real or permanent So &
luton through bills now in conference. In
The public interest is not protected
"niie increased rates. Inefficient trans
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