The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-08-07

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man-AmericRn alliance. recognizing
that the AAes, tn fact no nation IN
good standing, would have anything
to do with either os us
This plan would not only be n piece
OF bungling diplomacy, but plain, un-
adulterated dishonesty as well.
QUOTE LODGE ON pIsHoNoR OF
SEPARATE PEACE.
No less an authority than Senator
Lodge said. before the heat OF recent
controversy, that 10 make peace ex-
cept In company with the Allies would
brand us everiastingly with dishonor
! and bring ruin to u.s."
And then after peace Is made with
Germany, Senator Harding would, he
says. hopefully approach the ma
lions OF Europe and OF the earth, pro-
posing that understanding which
makes US a willing participant In the
Sonseoration OF nations to a new re-
In short, America, refusinu to
enter the League Of Nations (nov.
already established BY twenty
nine nationS) and bearing and de-
serving the contempt Of the world,
would submit an entirely new
project. This act would either be
regarded as arrant madness or
attempted intern ational bossisn,
The plain truth is, that the Repub-
lican leaders, Diseased with a deter
mination to win the Presidential
election, have attempted to satisfy
too many divergent views. Incon-
sistencies. inevitable under the cir
cumstances, rise to haunt them on
every hand, and they find themselves
arrayed In public thought at least
against a great principle. More than
that their conduct Is opposed to the
idealism upon which their party
prospered in other days.
illustrating these observations by
concrete facts, let II be remembered
that those now inveiEhlng against an
interest In affalrB outside of America.
criticised President Wilson i'm nm
measured terms for not resenting the
invasion Of Belgium in 1914. They
term the Lengue OF Nations a mill
tary alliance. which, except for their
opposition, would envelop our coun-
try' when. as a matter OF truth, the
subJect or a League OF Nations has
claimed the best thought OF America
Tor years, and the League 20 Enforce
Peace was presided over by so dis
tlnguished a Republican as ex- Presi-
Gent Tart, who. before audiences I'm
every section advocated the principle
and the plan OF the present Ieague,
MOI A SHOT NEEDED I'M DE.
TENDING MONROE DOCTRINE,
They charge experimentation.
when we have az historical preee.
Dent the Monroe Doctrine, which
the very essence Of Article X.
of tho Versailles Covenant. Skep.
RIOS viewed Monros's mandate
win alarm, predicting reourrent
wars In defense Of Central and
south American States, whose
guardians they alleged we need
NOT BE- And yet not a shot has
been fired In almost 100 years in
Gsrte ~ sovereign rights on
They hypooritically claim that the
League of Nations will result i'm on ,r
boys being drawn into military service
out they fail 70 realize that every hip-b
school youngBter in the land knows
thAt no treaty can override our Con
sutuuon, which reserves TO Congress
ana 10 Congress alone, the power M
declare war. They preach American
Ism with a meaning OF their own in
Venuon. and artfully appeal 10 a self
lsh and provincial spirit, forgetting
that lAncoln fought a war over the
purely moral question OF slavery and
$500 NANEsAiiN9 bfOhe the letters OF
our boundary lines. spoke the freedom
OF Cuba and carried the torch on
american idealism TO the benIghted
Philippines They lose memory of
Garneld's prophecy that America
under the blessing OF God given on,
portunity. would by her moral leader
snip and cooperation become
Messiah among the nations OF the
earth. ''''
These are fatetui times. Organ
ized government has definite duty
ali over the world The house OF
civilization Is 10 be put in order
The supreme issue OF the century
Is before us and the nation that
halts and delays is playing with
nre. The finest impulses OF mn
manity, rising above national lines.
merely seek TO make another horrible
war impossible.
Under the old order OF information
al anarchy war came overnight. and
the world was ON IRE before we knew
IT, II sickens our senses 10 think OF
another. We saw one conflict into
which modern science brought new
forms OF destruction In great guns
submarines, airships and poison
gases. II Is no secret that our chem