Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-05-10

Iudt 1lUuOI DIS wen dS ueSLTuCIl\
which the United States must a:
The only true Americanism. the presi.
dent said, was that which puts Ameri-
ca at the front Of free nations and re-
deems the great promises which we have
made to the world 1t would be vo-
lation of such promises. he said, to at
tach reservations to the treaty which
'whittle it down or weaken it. as the
Republican leaders of the senate have
proposed to do
In Response to Query
The telegram was in response to a
message from &. f. Habaker. OF Port
land, Ore, chairman of the Multnomah
county Democratic central committee,
asking if he thought it important to
nominate candidates pledged to the
Versailles treaty without the Lodge res
ervations. The president replied:
II think it imperative that the party
should at once proclaim itself the un-
compromising champion of the nations
honor and the advocate of everything
that the United States can do in the serv
ice of humanity; that it should there
fore indorse and support the Versailles
treaty and condemn the Lodge reserya-
tons as utterly inconsistent with the
nations honor and destructive of the
world leadership which it had establish
ed. and which all the free peoples Of the
world, including the great powers Them
selves, had shown themselves ready to
welcome.
Apply Moral Principles
at is time that the party should
proudly avow that it means to try. with
out fiinching or turning at any time
away from the path for reasons Of cx-
pediency. to apply moral and Christian
principles to the problems of the word.
1t is trying to accomplish socinl. positi-
cal and international reforms and - not
daunted by any of the difficulties 1t
has to contend with. Let us prove to
our late associates in the war that at
any rate the great majority party of the
nation, the party which expresses the
true hopes and purposes Of the peopie
of the country, intends to keep fatth
with them in peace as we'll as in war.
"They gave their treasure: their best
blood and everything that they valued.
in order not merely to beat Germany.
but TO effect q settlement and bring
about arrangements of peace which they
have now tried to formulate i'll the trea-
ty of Versailles. They are entitled to
our support III this settlement and III
the arrangements for which they have
striven.
'"rhe league of nations is the Eore
of the world. As a basis Tor tue ?rm-
istice l was authorized by all the great
fightiu: nations to say to the enemy
to establish general ASSOCIATION OF
nations under specific covenants. for
the purpose Of afford!ng mI:udl suarau-
tees Of political! independence ard terri
torial integrity to great and small states
alike. and the covenant of the leasue Ct
nations is the deliberate embodiment OF
that purpose in the treaty Of peace.
.''rhe chief motives which led us to
pnter the war will be defeated unless
that covenant is ratified and acted upon
with vigor. We cannot in honor whit
tie it down or weaken it. as the Ke-
publican leaders of the senate have pro-
posed to do. If we are to exercise the
ki,A of leadership to which the found.
ers of the republic look forward, and
which they depend upon their success
sors to establish, We must do this thing
with courage and unalterable deterni
patton.
They expected the United States to
be always the leader in the defense of
liberty and ordered peace throughout the
world, and we are unworthy to call our
selves their successors unless we fulfill
The great purpose they entertained aud
The true Americanisr. the only true
is that which puts Amer
ca at the front of free nations and
,edccms the great promises which we
made the world when we entered the !
var, which was fought. not for the ad /
vantage of any single nation or group |
# nations. but for the salvation of all. |
It is in this way we shall redeem the
sacred blood that was shed and make
America the force she should he in the |!
.ounsels Of mankind. She cannot af
ord to sink into the place that nations !
rave usually occupied and become merely |
me Of those who scramble and look |
bout for selfish advantage. i
THE Democratic party has now I
.reat opportunity to which it must meas |
ire up. The honor of the nation is in
ts hands.
"WOODROW WILSON"