The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-28
Public Discussion
A PLEA FOR AMERICAN
SENSE AND CONSERVATISM
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
nm The News Scimltar

To The News Scimitar:
We are deeply grateful to those SEN
ators who are subjecting the league of
nations document to painstaking anal
ysis and who are slow to place the
youth Of America in line for another
call to arms in Europe,
For ages it seems we have been read
Ing Of weaker nations and how they
should become independent of how they
could begin to own the land In which
they and their forefathers had lived,
instead Of working 1t on the shares for
some world power.
There are some who hope to cross the
| Atlantic In the future and meet a peo-
| pie that America assisted to freedom
| and to find something tangible that has
| been done for them by our entry into
the war
1t is true that the new maps show
Poland and other nations, but 1t would
appear that that these countries have
been organized as shock absOrbers for
the rough going that Is coming in the
days Of reconstruction.
It is also true that we lndorse Mr.
wilson's often repeated words that we
entered the war for no material gain.
| There can be no doubt in the minds
of any people anywhere about our af-
| fair being solely one of honor.
The worst thing to reproach to our
| allies in the division OF the spoils Of
war was when gentleman represent
| ing America in an allied conference
| slightly raised his eyebrows when we
| were awarded . per cent Of German
ships while Great Britain took 70 per
| cent,
We are proud of our ideals to the
point of paying taxes for them, but It
does occur to our minds now, as 1t did
| before the armistice. when the allied
| cause hung in 4 balance, that the
safety of the peace of the world in the
future depended upon mercy and JUS
tee in the treaty.
assume that the feelings of the av-
erage American citizen toward foreign
nations have not changed a great deal
| since they reelected President Wilson
! because he kept us out of war while
| Belgium. a weaker nation, was being
| pillaged and torn,
| II appears almost ridiculous to com
nit ourselves to a policy guaranteeing
aid in case of aggression to the borders
of some nation in Europe while Mexi-
cans murder and plumber across our
own border. and the one senator who
became SO aroused over it that he asked
a few questions Is accused of having
! SIS OOo involved
I can readily understand how a ma
ton that ts to be benefited by the
league Of nations would prefer us in
| without reservation. hut | fail to see
any thing in them that an American
could object to-
A. this time 1t would be well for us
to consider that Of the league Of nations
Great Britain has controlling interest
and in ireland, Egypt and India there
ia unrest to the point of rebellion.
Tine BoisheVilN are on their way to
india and massacres have taken place
there and IN Egypt, and the field is
made ready tor the seed Of revolt
There was diSsatisfa among the
Indian troops in France, due to disre-
gard Of their religious beliefs. such AS
sending beef that had been slaughtered
by unbelicvers, which, OF course, he
could not eat
Another reason was TINT, as rule
the rank Of second lieutenant was as
high as an Indian ever attained
Some say the real reason was that
during the British retreat toward
Auucus ON the Somme the Tommies
maG" tho Indian cavalry get our oil th'
road 81 they could really retreat
believe that the cause for revolt IN
India and Egypt Is as righteous as 4
revolt against taxation without repre-
sputatou hut they are bound to Great
7 Britain not by tongue or blood or re-
ugtou or custom. hat 10y an army of oe-
IruNation
one Of the charms Of America to tht
. American born as well as to the immi'
grant is our isolation which still OBJ
tatuS. regardless Of what we hear tC
IN" contrary,
Especially do We plead for an era o
conservation. not with our money TO-
IsHtsN eniug industries not with our foot
for the starving. not with our nurses
, medicines and doctors to combat The
rayages Of disease, bur with our prom
lsrS WI. en- or verbal which would do
tract nothing from the power of GU
. senate. which stands pre- eminent amonl
. / IN, dplibrrntIVp hOdieS Of the world