Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-06-18

4 a that tie nations pledged co DO sno IA
/ sist upon what is Just and fair may e1Sr-
/ else their influence and power Ior -
/ prevention Of the war. We believe tHAt
all this can be done without tns SO Ditbo,It
| depriving the people OF the United Stasoe
/ in advance of the right to determine loI
themselves what is just and talr Wh 1sa
| the occasion arises, and without inVolY-
1 ing them as participants. and not a.
/ peacemakers in a multitude of quarreis.
| the merits of which they are unable 70
| Judge.
The ineffective policy Of the present
administration in Mexican matters has
/ been largely responsible for the con-
/ tinued loss OF American lives in that
country and upon our border; for the
/ enormous loss of American and Tor
| eign property; for the lowering OF
/ American standards Of morality and so
cial relations with Mexicans. and Tor
| the bringing of American ideals OF JUS
\ tice and national honor and pollucal m
tegrity into contempt and ridicule In
/ Mexico and throughout the world.
The policy of wordy. futile. written
i protests against the acts of Mexican
| officials explained the following day by
/ the president himself as being meaning
/ less and not intended to be considered
seriously or in force. has but added In
/ degree to that contempt. and has earned
for US the Sneers and jeerS or Mexican
bandits, and added insult upon Insult
/ against our national honor and dignity.
/ We should not recognize any Mexl-
/ can government unless 1t be RESPONSE
| BILE governm ent willing and able 10 give
| sufficient guarantees that the lives ana
/ rights of American citizens are respected
! and protected; that wrongs Will De
| promptly corrected and just compensa-
/ ton viii oe made for injury sustained
| The Republican party pledges itself to
| a consistent firm and effective policy
| toward Mexico that shall enforce respect
| for the American flag and that shalI
| protect The rights OF American citizens
| lawfully in Mexico to security OF lie
and enjoyment OF property in accord
ance with established principles OF inter
national law and our treaty rights.
| The Republican party is the sincere
| friend of the Mexican people In its IN
| sistence upon the maintenance OF order
| for the protection of American citizens
! within it's borders a great service WIN
| be rendered the Mexican people them
selves, for the continuation Of present
| conditions means disaster to their inter-
ests and patriotic aspirations.
| Mandate for Armenia.
| We condemn President Wilson for ask
| ing congress to empower him TO accept
| mandate for Armenia. We commend
| the Republican senate for refusing the
/ presidents request to empower him to
| accept a mandate for Armenia. The
| acceptance of such mandate would throw
| the United States into the very ma ell
| strom of European quarrels. According
| to the estimate of the Hartford commits
| sion. organized by authority of President
! Wilson we would be called upon to SEND
| 5000 American boys to police armenia
| and to expeud $276, coo in the first year
| and $756 200, 900 in FIVE years. This es-
innate is made upon the basis that We
| would have only rowing bands to hgnt
| but in case of serious trouble with the
| Turks or with Russia, a force exceed
ing 100000 would be necessary.
DISREGARD of Life Claimed.
| No more striking illustration can be
| found of President Wilson's disregard
| of the lives of American boys or OF
We deeply sympathize with the peo-
! pie of Armenia and stand ready to help
| them in all proper ways, but the Re
| publican party will oppose now and here
! after the accepta nee OF a mandate LOT
| any country in Europe or ASA
For Association Of Nations.
| The Republican party stands for agree
ment among the nations to preserve the
peace of the world, We believe thdt
such an International association must
| be based upon International Justice ana
| provide methods which shall maintain
| the rule of public hight by the develop
ment of law and the decision OF lmparu ai
! courts and which shall secure instant ana
| general international conference when
| ever peace shall be threatened, so that
| the nations pledged to do and insist upon
! what is just and fair may exercise tlelr
We believe that all this can be done
without the compromise OF natlonal moe
| pendence without depriving the people
| of the United States In advance OF the
| right to determine for themselves what
| is lust and fair when the occasion arises
| and without involving them as particl-
pants and not as peacemakers in a null
| titude of quarreIs the merits Of which
| they are unable to Judge
The covenant signed by the president
fofI Cd afp n
| great purpose and contains stipulattons
| not only intolerable for Independent
people but certain to produce the In
| Justice, hostility and controversy among
nations which 1t proposed TO prevent
Praises Senators Actions
That covenant repudiated to a degree
wholly unnecessary and unjustifiable the
| time-honored policy in favor of peace de-
| clared by Washington and Jefferson and
Monroe and pursued by all American ad-
| minjstrators for more than a century, and
| 1t ignored the universal sentiment OF
America for generations past In favor OF
| rested the hope of the future upon mere
expadients and negotiations
The unfortunate insistence Of the
president upon having his own way
| without any change and without any
| regard To the opinions of the majority
! of the senate, which shares with him
! the treaty-ma king power, and the pres
! idents demand that the treaty should
| be ratified without any modification.
| created q situation In which senators
! were required to vote upon their con-
sciences and their oaths according to
| their Judgment against the treaty as
! ii was presented or submit to the COM
| mand of dictator in a matter where
! the authority and responsibility under
/ the Constitution were theirs and not
| his
| faithfully. We approve their conduct
! end honor their courage and fidelity
and we pledge the coming Republican
administration TO such agreement with
! the other nations of the world as shall
| meet the full duties OF America to civ
| ilization and humanity in accordance
| with American ideals. and without sur
rendering the right of the American
| people to exercise its Judgment and its
| power in favor of Justice and peace.
| viii Reform Taxes.
Pointing to its history and relying
! on its fundamental principles, we de-
| clare the Republican party has the
| genius. courage, and constructive abil-
| ity to end executive usurpation and re-
| store constitutional government to fuI
| fill our world obligations without sac
| riiclng our rational inaependence tc
raise the national standards NJ adt,ca :.