Milford chronicle., 1920-05-21
UNCLE TED'S
BEDTIME STORIES
Current Events for the Children
and Grown-Ups, Too
WAR. PEACE AND THE WORLD
CLUB PLAN

y know it is, cause my uncle was q
soldier in France, and he's been back a
long time, and he wouldn't come back
Ill it was over either" II was Jacks
shrlu voice that reached Uncle Ted's ears
as he came up the front walk
well, just the same, the war really
isn't over cause my dad said So" came
another boys voice from back of the
house.
Uncle Ted tip-toed around the side of
the house and found Jack with Tommy.
one OF his chums, holding a heated areli-
ment, and it looked as if they were
about TO come TO blows.
What's going on this time" asked
prise.
'Ah! Tommy says the war isn't real
Jack.
Wen my dad says it isn't over be-
cause the United States hasn't agreed
70 the peace treaty" was Tommy's final
Now it happens that both you bows
are right and both of you are wrong"
salu Uncle Ted THE war is over SO far
as hghting Is concerned, and has been
since the 11th of November, 1918. but
aside from that we are still at war with
Germany because the United States Sem
ave mas refused TO accept the treaty with
me world club plan as presented by Mr.
wilson. II is a bad thing for many rea-
sons that this condition should exist but
It Is tar better that it be this way than
-eA - " nave dHIEtQ 10 the treaty and
now De bound hand and foot as a ma
uon by the world club plan, so that our
own government would mean absolutely
nothing any more. There is no reason
anyway, why We have TO wait for Mr.
wilson or anybody else to be really at
peace with Germany. Congress certain
~ mas the right to declare the United
States al peace with Germany So far
as the world club plan is concerned, it [
is dead and gone. Mr. Wilson's own par I
y mas turned MS club plan down and
everywhere in the United States, where I
the people have had an opportunity TO I
vote on the question or express an opin- Z
ION, the whole plan to turn our govern I
ment over to the other countries of the D
world has been rejected. William Jen-
nlngs Bryan said at the funny dinner .
party Of Democrats in Washington, on I
jackson Day, that he did not agree with
President Wilson'S opposition to 'Amer-
primaries Mr.. Bryan won and Senator
Hitchcock resigned as leader of the DEM
ocratic party in the Senate. But the
greatest result Of all was in Georgia,
when the Democrats voted to see whom
they would support as their next nOmi-
nee for President The question was
whether the Georgia Democrats would
vote to stand by President Wilson and
the policy Of his administration a Wash
lngton, or whether they would vote TO
show they did not agree with these poll
leles and were against the world club
plan. The result was that they voted
$4,000 to $4,000 against the adminstra-
tion. The result showed that those who
voted We're two to one against the ad-
and the world club plan.
1T was just week after this that the
Democrats Of Massachusetts voted to
send a delegation to the convention in
San Francisco in July, everyone to stand ,
against the Wilson policies, Senator
Walsh, the Democrat from that State in /
the United States Senate, said at the
time ANY leader who thinks the Dem 4
Ocrauc party as whole is going to the ;
San Francisco convention, dominated and !
controlled by the treaty and league Dem !
0crats, is going to get the shock Of his /
ife.' All Of this means that the Demo- [
cratic convention cannot and Will not 4
pass any resolution endorsing the world a
,lub plan Of Mr. Wilson. No Democrat d
who supports it can be nominated, at j
Which all means, that the league is e
DEAD" fc
IF it is dead Uncle Ted" spoke up v
lack, then how can we have real peace a
without the treaty%' 4
There is a way, as l said a while ago, il
hat Congress can act to bring real peace, g
Is you call it, which is known as a p
Ormal declaration Of the state Of peace. n
congress has the power to pass a reso- v
ution to do this, and the best remedy d
AVE read about is the peace resolution Il
Introduced early this month in the Unit a
d States Senate by Senator Philander c.
Knox, Of Pennsylvania. His resolution, 81
think, would bring about a state of real p
eace and help US return quickly to nor v
ldL GOullllullS d. lAAEg GAAsAGA bGA0AG =
We went to war against Germany. Some Y
Senators have said they will n
ak and talk so that it cannot be passed. =
resident Wilson has told them he does OF
OF want them to do this. He will, l u
uppOse refuse to sign the resolution, -
rhich has TO be done to make il ef- ~
ective, even if it is passed. To all this 81 ~
say, let them 90 ahead and talk IL TO ~
cath or let Mr.. Wilson refuse to sign ~
- If he does refuse then certainly he ~
ill be the one who has refused TO let
S have peace and all that goes with 1t, in
lst as he has in the past by refusing to IN
low the Senate to fix the world club ~
an so it would PROTECT AMERICA 2
IRST. BY this time the Senate may w
ave voted on this resolution and it may Itb
ave passed or failed, but no matter what he
e outcome is, the fact remains that 1t
possible for US to have real peace, II ao
r. Wilson and his followers do not stop da
Toward the end of his speech when
2 introduced his resolution, Senator TO
nox said this, It has been said that te
serVatiOnS proposed IN the senate AM to
icaniZe the league. This, OF course, is I'M
1t true A more accurate statement OF gil
e effect Of those reservations is that
ey tend to make it safer for America tn
enter the league by refusing 10 be sh
,und in many important matters by its di
tion. But it is not enough that the su
ague shall be made safe for America, WI
must be made safe for all who enter en-
and safe for the world. As ] see it, th
othing could be fraught with more OF
niger than any nation having q speclal- arr
insured relation to league where the col
her members are subject TO the dangers
-ainst which the immune nation at for
mpts to secure ITSELF In another
ace he said: The peace Of the world is
t assured but threatened if 81, say, out
80 nations so curtail their liberties and n
y , 81 ei5, 49, ,tVy - - !. f-se non thav be
II not do when the test Of allegiance IlS
tween league and country arises.
ia si'N ~ We
80 am T." chimed in Jack. Il hope
get a real peace and show Mr.. VIII sne
q that we don't have to have his old ~
rid club to get it, either"
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