The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-01-16
.IIRGE o:,|Ft'!IIa7F TT
HASTEN PEACE
Leaders in Forty States, Re-
gardiess of Party, Sign
Ringing Appeal
TREATY WITHOUT AMENDMENT
esy Every Day OF Delay Puts World
In Imminent Peril OF New War.
Point To National
Unrest

IcanS ana democrats representing 1o0-
ty different states and every prominent
activity have Joined in q non-partisan
effort to bring about the ratification
Of the Peace Treaty without amend
nent and without delay" Their names
are attached to an address to the
United States Senate, which was made
public today, through the League to
Eaforce Peace, after it had been sent
to every member of the Senate.
The signers, almost without excep-
ton, are men and women OF national
reputation. They include such prom1'
nent citizens as e0-President Taft,
George W. Wickershsm, Attorney Cen
oral in the last Republican administra-
ton; A. Lawrence Lowell, president Of
Harvard; Charles C. Moore, OF San
Francisco. president Of the Panama
Exposition; Judge George Gray. OF
Wilmington, Del; President Samuel
Gompers, of the American Federation
Of Labor; Harry A. Wheeler. Of Chica-
20, retiring president Of the Chamber
of Commerce Of the United States:
Mrs Carrie Chapman Gait. president
Of the National American Woman SUI.
TRACE Association; Cyrus H. X. Curtis.
the Philadelphia publisher; President
Herber ]. Grant. OF the Mormon
Church. and Spargo. leader OF the So
cialists. who supported the war.
The signers declare that every day
Of delay in ratnying the treaty puts
the world in Imminent peril of new
war"
Their statement follows:
In the Senate at Washington. now
that the committee on foreign rela-
tons has reported the treaty. the lines
are sharply drawn between the iRzne-
date ratification Of the treaty Of peace
with Germany, and its amendment with
. reassembling OF the conference and
. reopening of negotiations that would
bring great delay and prolonged I'M
certainty In settling the great issues OF
the peace. No partisan plea can be
made. Party lines are already broken.
Standing at a distance from the
conflict In the Senate chamber. we
plead for immediate ratification with.
out delay Our land requires it.
state Of nervous strain. tension and
unrest exists manifesting itself in dis
t1rbances. which IN some cases have
no self evident connection with the
war, but which are. in fact. its after
10 in inn
peril OF new wars by the lapse OF each
day. Discussions between US and our
former allies are being sown. We firmly
believe and soiemnly declare that the
States and ciIies il which we dwell
desire immediate peace.
The wagtng OF war steedied and
united the American people. Peace
will bring prosperity. and prosperity
content Delay in the Senate post.
poning ratification in this uncertain
period Of neither peace nor war has
resulted in tndecision and doubt bred
strife and Qlickened the cupicity Of
those who sell the daily necessities
If life and the fears Of those whose
daily wage no longer fills the daily
market basket.
We beseech the Senate to give the
land peace and certainty by ratif1ca-
ton which will not keep us longer in
the shadows Of possible wars. but give
the whole world the light OF peace.
Reservations in the nature OF clartfi-
cations tn the meaning Of the treaty.
not inconsistent with its terms, will
not require the reopening Of the ne
gotiatfons with Germany and with cur
associates in the war. which we al!
and each united to win.
+ But there is no possibility Of doubt
that amendment Of the treaty. as Is
now proposed in the Senate Commit
tee on Foreign Relations. would re-
euire negotiation and reopenins OF
all the questions decided at Paris.
Months OF delay would follow. The
oeriis of the present would become
the deadly dangerD Of the near future.
All the doubt engendered would aid
the plots for violent revolution In this
and other lands. The issues here and
elsewhere between capital anu IaDoT'
the conspiracy of speculator and prof
iteer, would all grow and become more
perilous. 4.s'as
This cannot be- The American peo-
pie cannot, after victorious war,
permit its government to petition Ger
many, which has accepted the treaty,
for its consent to changes in the treaty:
Yet II the United States should amend
the treaty for its own purpose and
policy, Germany would have full right
70 ask for concessions. Germany has
sgreed to make no claim in regard to
enemy property seized in this country
10 an amount Of seven hundred mil
lion doilara Our recent foe could ask
Tor q reopening Of this issue and OF
the Lnsitanis claims. II could raise