New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-28
Coolidge Calls For Return TO Peace Basis
And the End of sV0lrnteer Aut0cracy'

education, honorable preferment in
the public SERVICE a helping hand
everywhere. are theirs not as favor,
but by right. They have conquered
The claim to suitable recognition in
Ill things. The nation which forgets
is defenders will be itself forgotten.
Our country mas a heart as we'll as /
head il is :ial az well as in }
ivdual It has { bread and extend
ng sympathy. 1t books with the deep
rst concern to The welfare of those
whom adversely still holds at TN.
gateways of the al-nclusive AmeT.-
can opportunity. Conscious that OUR
resources have now reached a point !
where there is an abundance fer all,
we are determined that no inlposi-
ton shall hereafter restrain the
worthy from. their heritage. There
will be, can be, no escape from. the
obligation of the strong to ear u
burden of civilization, but the w e
must be aided to become. 81 .ak
Ample opportunity for ed, .ca. .ong.
public expense, reasonab A ION at
employment, always W 40 Tours of
conditions; fair and ~ e sanitary
wage for faithful NayS q nvlng
living conditions, tt 'fk; hea'tntul
: e1hf frnn, H. ener A.d honored r ru
ma radelicata3 .f, of all solfishness
ratiors Of thc - the noblest aspi
socialist;c Va trace, these are not
an ad Iv l*,ies but the mark of
revealed in 4 American civilization.
pored 'S Wit = rger social justice tenn,
this bett gan Astounding mercy. In
a new ~rried the nation forward to
dutv %sition, which it is our solemn
ni;f,, Fpt only to maintain but am
NTr' and extend
mr. fere is especially due to the COL
q ~ race more general recc milton
1helr constlrutional rights. Tempt
WIN d!sloyalty, they remained
oyhi' Serving in the military forces
VIII ulntinctlon, obedient to the
III 70 toe extent Of hundreds of
SSnoutssands, investing 81 out of every
90 'heE possessed In Liberty bonds.
surely they hold the double title Of
c!tizenS4ip, by birth and bv conquest
20 De relieved from all imposition. to
t De :" offended from lynching, and to be
wy Granted equal opportunities
Equal suffrage, for which | have
always voted, is coming. 1t is not
party Question, althoug h nearly six
sevenths Of the ratifying legisla
lures have been Republican. The
&arty stands pledged to use it's en-
deavor to hasten ratification. which
trust VIII be at once accomplished.
There are many domestic questions
when cannot discuss here; their
solution is amply revealed in the
platform, such as merchant marine,
an adequate army and navy, the es-
punishment of a Department Of Pub
nc Works, support of the classified
civil service laws, provision 10. pub
lie waterways and highways, a budg-
ct system and other equally pressing
subjects. am not unmindful of
their deep Importance.
Foreign Relations
The foreign relations of our coun-
try ought not 70 be partisan. but
American. If.restored to the limita-
tons of constitutional authority on
the one hand and to the protection
of the constitutional rights of oar
present difficulty would disappear.
There can be no sovereignty with
out corresponding duty. 1t is
Experimental that each citizen is en-
TITLED to the equal protection of the
laws. That goes with his citizen
ship and abides where he lawfully
abides, whether at home or abroad
This inherent right must be restored
to our people and observed by our
government. The persons and prop
erty of Americans wherever they
may lawfully be, while lawfully en-
gagged, must forever have protection
sufficient to insure their safety and
cause the punishment of all who vio-
late it. This is theirs as a plain con-
stitutional duty. A government dis
regarding it invites the contempt of
the world and is on the way to
humiliation and war. Rejecting the
rule Of law is accepting the sword of
force.
The ho 1v
stored to peace basis in anything
until a peace is first made with those
with whom we have been at war. The
Republicans in Congress, realizing
that because of the necessary reli-
ance of one nation on another there
was, more than ever before, mutual
need of the sustaining influence of
friendly cooperation and rapproche-
ment, twice attempted the establish
ment of such peace by offers of rati-
hcation, which were rejected by the
Dem ocratic Administration. No one
knows now whether war or peace
prevails Our party stands pledged to
make an immediate peace as soon as
it is given power by the people.
League of Nations
The proposed League of Nations
without reservations as submitted
by the President to the Senate met
with deserved opposition from the
Republican Senators. To a league
in that form, subversive of the ira
| dtions and the independence Of
America, the Republican party Is
opposed. But our party, by the rec
ord Of its members in the Senate
and by the solemn declaration Of its
platform, by performance and by
promise, approves the principle of
agreement among nations to preserve
peace and pledges itself to the MAX
ing of such an agreement, preserving
American independence and rights,
a.; will meet every duty America owes
to humanity This language is pur-
poseiv broad, not exclusive but in
elusive. The Republican party Is
not narrow enough to limit itself to
one idea, but wise and broad enough
to provide for the adoption of the
| best plan that can be devised at the
! time of action. The Senate received
a concrete proposition, utterly unac-
ceptable without notifications, which
the Republican Senator'S effected by
reservations, and so modified twice
voted for ratification. which the
| Democratic Administration twice de-
feated. The platform approves this
action of the Senators. The Repub-
| leans insisted on reservations which