Arizona republican., 1920-02-05

in the United States in his work of fiction published in 1912. It is a text book for the peace conference in Paris. This novel exhibits his disregard of laws and his belief in revolution. Ii throws a steady light upon his acts in the Paris conference, and explains why President Wilson chooses him as his
 chief adviser in navigating the un-
 charted sea-
 It would seem therefore that instead
 Of article x, or the appointment of 'an
 American ambassador supreme" to
 vote, together with foreigners, in a foreign country to bind the United StateS-being an accident, as many have imagined, it is a deliberate plan of internationalists to illegally change
 the form of the United States govern
 ment and destroy the greatest docu-
 ment of history, the constitution of the l United States, and with it the greatest
 government in the world for the uplift
 of humanity.
 | What can be said of those sworn to uphold the constitution of the United State sendeavoring to foist upon the United States a treaty which attempts
 unconstitutionally to change our fed l eral government and vitiate our great constitution?
 How therefore can the administration senators and the newspapers call for
 compromise on something which strikes at the very heart and life blood of this great nation and spells disaster for us and the possible end of our rep resentative government?
 It would certainly be a calamity be- yond the power of expression if our form of government, which has ex- 1 isted for so many years and prospered
 so wonderfully, should now be changed and destroyed, not by a foreign foe,
 but by the very heads of our own gov
 ernment who have taken their oaths to uphold, and not destroy, the gov erHment and the laws.
 It may be contended, and some sen
 ators have contended, that the Amerl- can representative in the league of na-
 tions' council, would not have the
 powers just described, and that in such
 matters as binding our government to
 war, supplying troops and raising
 money for war purposes, he could in
 any event bind the country only with
 the consent of the congress, and in
 the usual manner prescribed by the constitution. Unfortunately, however.
 there is absolutely nothing Tn the league of nations covenant that p1 O.
 vides or even suggests that any action
 of his shculd have the consent of con-
 sress before becoming effective. If such contention on the part of the advocates of the treaty is however founded on fact, why then all this tre- mendous opposition of the president and administration senators, to the committees amendmeZt, which after all only makes clear both to the Amer
 jean people and our allies that which they claim to be the fact, viz: that America's representative on the league cannot by his vote bind the United States without the sanction of the con gress? It is inconsistent, for example to argue on the one hand that a reser vation to article x which would define the limits of our obligations. relative to guaranteeing territorial integrity of European nations, would take the heart out of the treaty. and in the same breath to argue that such a reservation is unnecessary because the limitations of our obligations are clearly under stood. Either these limitations are un- derstood and such a reservation could do no harm and would be acceptable to all Of the parties to the league of nations covenant, or they are not un derstood and should be so clarified that all the American people, and our allies understand them,. beyond any shadow of a doubt.
 Would any honest business man sign a contract which he knew he could not perform? Would he hesitate know, before it was signed, the limits of the obligations he could perform ? This is all that the senate committees reservations do, and yet they are per sistently and vigorously rejected by the administration and the administration democratic senators.
 Can we argue with any honor that a thing which is honest for individuals need not be honest for great nation No The standard of our morality in OUT relations with foreign nations must at least be as high as that of our in dividual relations.
 It may also be contended that the fears expressed with respect to the pos sib1y of executive usurpation under the treaty are not well founded, since if the executive department, through the rep resentative on the league of nations council should attempt to assume such | powers as those herein described, the | supreme court would interfere. Un- l fortunately, we have already seen in | our foreign affairs, under the present i executive uSurpation on | such a scale as the framers of the con- would never have dreamed 1 possible, without the acts of the execu- | tive department having come before the | supreme court for review. Moreover, | it would be wholly unjustifiable to 1 enter into contract, knowing that as | it is written, the supreme court would | have to declare it unconstitutional, | since we would be placed in the unfor- | tunate position of having assumed ob- legations which we could not perform, and instead of cementing our frienship | with other nations, such a procedure | would only tend to dissipate such 1 
 It is to be hoped therefore that this great matter will be brought to the at tention of the American public in such a way that we will hear less of this talk Of compromise of the autonomy of the United States.
 The American people. therefore. should certainly give fervent thanks to the great American senate, to the re- publican party and to the great senator from the state of Massachusetts,, that they in their keen wisdom have seen through the deceits of the Versailles peace treaty and are demanding and will force upon an unwilling president and administration senators, an Ameri- canized treaty or none at all
 w. C. r. U. TO MEET-Members of Inc w. c. T. U. will meet at their home. s27 West Monroe street at 2:30 o'clock .his afternoon Full attendance is de-