Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-05-12
COLOSSAL ERROR
MADE BY WILSON
SAYS NJ 'CUMbER
Wrong in Striving to
Subvert Will Of Nation
to His on Issue of Res
ervations, He Declares.

Washington, May 11.-Opposition fire
was opened Tuesday in the senate on
the Republican peace resolution. Senator
McCumber. of North Dakota, Republi
can, member of the foreign relations
committee. delivering The first saivo.
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, the ad-
ministration spokesman, will follow
Wednesday.
Adoption of the resolution probably
By next Thursday or Friday was pre-
dictei privately by leaders ON both sides
When Senator Lodge. of MHssachus-
etts. Republican leader. called up the
resolution and announced that it would
he pressed continually, Senator Under
wood. of Alabama. Democratic leader,
stated that while most of the Democrats
would resist the resolution. there
would be no obstruction nor many
speeches.
Dlshonor In Plan Says Dakotan.
Senator McCumber opposed both SEN
ate and house resolutions. Both, he
declared would bring dishonor upon the
United States by a desertiou of the al
lies AS a substitute. he urged his reso-
luton to restore commercial relations
with Germany. but conceded that it had
no chance of adoption because he said
the lines of division between the two
factions of this body have been cement
ed by partsanship and hardened by
time
President Wilson was criticised by
Senator McCumber. who charged the
executive with chief responsibility for
failure of the treaty of Versailles.
Ensulfed In Complexities.
This administration has made many
he said. ''but all will become
compared with the colossal
blunder of making the presidents indf-
yidual ana autocratic stand on the lea
que of nations a political issue.
IF this were the only issue. the
president would stand alone in his de-
termination to subvert the will of the
nation TO his individual conviction on
this important question. But you can
not make the league of nations the real
issue in this campaign. If 1t were
3 ! would be greatly concerned
for the success of my own party.
The thought of the people of this
country is engrossed with the complex
ties that surround MS. We stand almost
helpless while debts, national, state In
iustriaI are piling mountain high. We
behold idieness, production dangerous
V decreasing currency becoming more
md more inflated. the yoke of taxation
,ver growing more great and more gall
ng. the price of all the necessities of
ife ever advancing. We are living in
he midst of strikes aud threats of |
strikes.
Era of Anarchy Threatens
"The very atmosphere is poisoned |
With sociRlism's infectious threats, |
While anarchy. fevered by hate and envy, |
lMaits only the opportunity to work !
eign Of hell which today is consuming |
Igonized Russia.
"srhe war is not the cause of this |
threatening situation. The American
,eople today are the victims of the new
ystem of purchasing political support |
" enacting purely class legislation.
THE American people
want TO get back as nearly as possible
o normal conditions and they will /
ttempt it by an overwhelming vote in
he next election for change in admin
stration and they will do this,treat |
r no treaty. peace resolution or no peace {
esolution, league of nations or no lea
ue of nations"
Challenges Knox View
Senator McCumber challenged many
ontentions of Senator Knox. made in the
alters opening address last week in sup
orr or the resolution. NhiIe agreeing
hat congress has the power to repeal
esolutiops declaring state of war, he
enied vigorously that peace actually
xisted.
II recognize he said that the pres-
lent is more zesponsible than any one
or the failure of the treaty. He knew
hat the senate had the right to make
He should have accepted
hem aud our allies would have adopted
hem. We refused to join the allies in
onsummating this agreement, but while
'e seek to compel Germany to assure
> all of the benefits and oil of the
lghts which would accrue to us, we de-
line to accept any of the responsible
es of che treaty"