Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-10-22
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
IS SUPREME ISSUE
IN THIS CAMP AIGN
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n2sd lpon to make good on that
noral pledge, shall claim the right to
DnsAk out Of performances by hiding
eshind the Constitution. >t
Do the American people. with their
yos vide open, want to assume a
moral obligation with proviso in
nAvAnss that they don't intend to keep
sAs,r word when the emergency
n<iBssi 10 It not far better to make
~ such binding promise; but instead
- maintain their independence, and
1AsiF national morality, firm in the
attention IN the future as in the past,
- discharge manfully all their obliga-
; nAons 10 mAnkind7
Morsovsr. in the entire history Of
hs united States there has never
eson n occasion when the President
Ee ne United States, as Commander
kChisf Of the land ard sea forces,
Sseo4nended 70 Congress a declara-
Non 81 war that Congress did not fol
npw his leadership. II the American
people shall accept this Wilson League
ef Nations and elect James M. Cox
uresident. II follows as a matter of
sDurse that Mr.. Cox would interpret
khs League OF Nations and our obliga-
e1nns Hereunder as they are inter-
prstsd now by Woodrow Wilson. and
VITA the Council of the League sum-
raoning he United States to war, Con-
yress undoubtedly would follow the
President inte the conflict.
H0wsyez the situation is viewed.
aossptancs of Wilson'S League of Ma
tions points Inevitably to war, war
fpsQnsnt and intermin-ble. The whole
tsnor Of Article x and of every other
feature Of Wilson's League of Nations
= toward war rather than toward
peace through reason and justice.
Anothsr feature of the League
which warns Americans against par.
tfpipafing therein is Article XXI,
which provides for the scrapping of
ahs Monroe Doctrine. The league
covenant removes that aee-old doc.
erips UPON which the safety, as we'll
~ the prosperity and the happiness
- the nation has been based under
which we warned all European powers
- keep or the Western Hemisphere
and IN return guaranty to them that
80 viii keep off Of Europe.
Washington's farewell address:
warmed the nations against entang
Nng alliances with Europe, and the
Monroe Doctrine supplemented tha
with IN assurance that the United
States would observe the same atti
tuds toward the rest Of the worlt
which We expected the rest of the
world 10 maintain toward US.
Wilson'S League of Nations pro
poses an abandonment of these cardi
nal American doctrines which are
fundamental to the preservation of oul
sovereignty and national integrity
And these are but two Of the vicious
1ssturss OF the covenant which pro
vs1ss IN addition that Great Britain
phail have ak votes In the league cove
hart 10 eur one; which seeks to make
Bus American boys policemen to con
ssrss order In the uttermost parts ot
cbs world; which will entangIe our
populatlon, made up Of all the people,
- the world In all the worlds EN-
broilrnents, Will lead to civil strife a
home, add TO our taxes, and general,
e.lxs away from the nation the distinc
I've character which II has enjoyet
throuph the one hundred and thirty
ese years Of lts existence under th,
Constitution.
IA Senator Harding has pointed oui
nsre b no wish on the part of tn
American people to stand aloof. L
IN the years Of our independence W
have never faltered In the discharg
q cur obligations to mankind. Will
cut any league covenant TO compel us
whsn the World War threatened tn
destruction Of our Christian civilizs
don. the United States, shaking ot
khs Aethargy. horn Of Democrat
pzcinsm which found expression Il
ths slogan. he kept us out of war,
met the duty which confronted 1t 1
such manner that no pledge of an
character is necessary to insure ou
son6acf Zoe the future.
N desperation Of the situatio
which confronts them, the Democrac
demands that the Republican part
now oifer substitute for Wilson
League Of Nations. This is a delil
crate effort to confuse the issu,
when the house Is on fire and threa
ensd with destruction, we don't 8
kgwn calmly to draw plans for ne
hD<rss We first apply all our energie
10 saving the house by putting out th
IRA The liberty and independence {
10 United States has been attacke
through MT. Wilson's proposition {
khis particular League of Nation
Hhs nrst duty is to put out the fire.
tn other words, to avert, the threa
snsd danger. That is the suprem
issue % tho campaign. After we hay
made certain that Mr.. Wilson's pro
esition shall not be imposed upon u
there will then be ample time for cal,
and deliberate consideration of
eoreign policy for the United State
whish viii at once protect our instit
icons and assure rational scheme (,
Drsserying the peace of the world.