The state herald., 1920-06-08
PAGE SEVEN

""iei tehSNeu US from every oDilga-
ton under Article X, which took nil
our domestic questions completely
out Of the jurisdiction Of the League.
which once and FOR all placed the
Monroe doctrine beyond any inter
ference by Europe or any foreign
power, and which refused our as
sent to the cruel wrong Of Shantung.
We also made it impossible to sub
ject the United States to the pro-
posed inequality in voting power, for
We profoundly believed that the
United States must never take part
in any council of the nations where
her vote was not equal to that of
any other power represented. Some
of us were deeply convinced that
there ought to be no League at all
and that absolute safety could be
obtained in no other way; others of
as, more numerous, believed that the
reservations ! have described would
protect the United States against
the perils of the covenant if we ioin-
ed the League. We were all firmly
united in our determination that the
League as submitted by Mr. Wilson
must never pass. We were also
agreed that Mr.. Wilson'S League
with what he called "interpretntive
reservations" or with anything
th2se obedient to him approved, was
iust as bad, .iust as menaeing as the
7ri.inal Twice We offered The Pres
dent and his most faithful support. &.
ers an opportunity to ratify the
treaty with reservations. Twice his
followers. obedient to his orders. re
iected the treaty with reservations
! have outlined
A Veto Without Reason
The Republicans of the Senate
then made another effort to put an
end TO the state of technical war
with Germany and at the same time
rid the country of those measures
which were adopted under the war
powers of the constitution and
which are clearly unconstitutional
in time of peace. They would thus
have relieved the business and the
daily occupations of the people from
the burden of war legislation and at
the same time have preserved to the
United States under the terms of the
resolution all benefits accruing to
thc United States under the provis-
ion of the treaty Of Versailles. This
resolution was passed by both
branches of Congress and vetoed by
the President in a message which
furnished neither argument nor rea-
son for the veto but which il must
be admitted had pleasant touch of
humor in its alhsion to the freedom
of the seas. Thus the President
demonstrated again that unless he
could have his own way exactly and
without any modification he would
not permit the country to be at
peace. nm exercise of executive pow
er never contemplated by the consti.
tuition.
There the story ends. We have
stopped Mr.. Wilson's treaty and the
question goes TO The people. In 1916
Mr.. Wilson won ON The cry tbnt she
had Kept MS ont of war" He now
demands the approval of the Amer
iean people for his party and his
administration on the ground that
he has kept MS out of peace.
Let us stand fast by the princi.
pies and policies of Washington and
Monroe and against utterly against
those of Mr.. Wilson. We must be
now and ever for Americnnism and
Nntionalism, and against interna-
tionalism. There is no safety for us.
no hope that We can be of service to
the world. if We do otherwise.
For the Future OF the Country
One word more before ! close.
during all the tedious weeks and
months of the protracted struggle to
save America from what We conceiv-
ed TO be the dire perils lurking in the
covenant of the League of Nations,
which Mr. Wilson presented to us.
pnriy was scnrcely ever mentioned
nor was the effect of our action upon
ih' pnriy considered To this spirit
think our success wns largely due.
We nude mp our minds as TO what
nlr duty and our general policy
u2ht to be- and then the only diff
renee was as 10 the best way in
which that duty could be performed.
. believe thgt the grcat purity which
"o represent here today has made
np lis mind Ms 10 It's attitude upon
ur Wilson's League and all that is
carried with il of danger aud of
mennce. In making our contest be-.
| fore thu neonI. LAT us th,.,L ..g ...L.