Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-09

old pretensions of political conquest and territorial aggrandizement' It IS
 a new doctrine in the worlds a1talrs and must he recognized or there IS no secure basis for the peace which the | whole world so longingly desires ana | so desperately needs. If Article IS | not adopted and acted upon, the gov | ernment which rejects it will, l thlnk, | l he guilty of bad faith to their people whom they induced to make the ln- | finite sacrifices of the war by the pledge that the would be fighting to | redeem the world from the old oroer
 of force and aggression.
 1 Should Welcome Responsibilities.
 They will be acting also in bad faith ] to the opinion of the world at large ] to which they appealed for support in a concerted stand against the aggres- sions and pretensions of Germany. If we were to reject Article X or so to weaken it as to take it's full force out of it. it would mark us as de- ! string to return to the old world or
 jealous rivalry ad misunderstanding
 from which our gallant soldiers have rfescued us and would leave us with
 out any vision or new conception Of Il justice and peace. We would have learned no lesson from the war but
 gained only the regret that it had in
 volved us in it's maelstrom of suf-
 | fering. If America has awakened, as
 the rest of the world has, to the vii sion of a new day in which the mis-
 takes of the past are to be corrected,
 it will welcome the opportunity to
 share the responsibilities of Article X. It must not be forgotten, senator 7 that this article constitutes a renun-
 citation of wrong ambition on the part f of powerful nations with whom we p welt associated in the war. It is by | no means certain that without this ar e ticle any such remuneration will take l place. Militaristic ambitions and inn - perialistic policies are by no means - dead even in the counSelS of the na- S tions whom we most trust and with
 l whom We most desire to be associated - in the tasks of peace. Throughout - the sessions of the conference in Par - is it was. evident that a militaristic r party, under the most influencial
 leadership. was seeking to gain ascen- f dency in the counsels of France. They @ were defeated then. but are in con q trol now. The chief arguments ad- d vanced in Paris in support of the Ital- d ian claims on the Adriatic were h ] strategic arguments, that is to say, - military arguments, which had al h their back the thought of naval su- - premacy in that sea For my owr
  d tie designs on the part of other ma ,e tions as I was of such designs on tht ie part of Germany.
 st Choice Between Two Ideals. '- The choice is between two ideals 'e On the one hand, the ideal of democ as racy. which represents the rights o l- free peoples everywhere to goverl e themselves. and on the other hand, tn ol ideal of imperialism which seeks [ l dominate by force and unjust power te an ideal which is by no means dea ls and which is earnestly held in man " ] quarters still. Every imperialistic in a' fluence in Europe was hostile to tn E. embodiment of Article x in the GOV e- enant of the League of Nations and il
 defeat now would mark the eomplet ot consumation of their efforts to nulif es the treaty. l hold the doctrine of AT 10 ticle x to be the essence of American Fe ism. We cannot repudite it or weak dS en it without at the same time repu TT diating our own principles.
 ou Imperialist Wants No League.
 as The imperialist wants no league -es nations, but if. in response to the un
 I versal cry of the masses everywher am there is to be one. he is interested he secure one suited to his own purpose ht. one that will permit him to continl n. the historic game of pawns and peC lat ples-the juggling of provinces, u e.- old balances of power and the int nal vitable wars attendant upon the ,ur these things. The reservation propo h. ed would perpetuate the old orde ire Does anyone really want 10 see the o ed game played again? Can anyone req of ly venture to take part in reviving tl nat old order? The enemies of a league ent nations have by every true instin er- centered their efforts against Artic Y fc II, 5ot |, md of the whole structure. It is the bu
 of wark. and .the only bulwark, of t
 of rising democracy of the world again vas the forces of imperialism and req IS" tion. ep- Either we should enter the leag md fearlessly, accepting the responsibi ply ty and not fearing the role of leade 1en ship which we now enjoy, contributi for our efforts towards establishing pu- permanent peace or we should reti rith as gracefully as possible from ist- great concert of powers by which t and world was saved. For my own part
 am not willing to trust to the coun. !. of diplomats the working out of I e' salvation of the world from the thin ex- which it has suffered.
 on- believe that when the full s 'ess nificance of this great question | me been generally apprehended, obstac ana will seem insignificant before the c oi portunity. a great and glorious ( 'tes portunity, to contribute our owe axe whelming moral and material force
 pc the establishment of an internatic
 al regime in which our own ideals va justice and right may be made mo- prevail and the nations of the wo not be allowed a peaceful developme llcn under conditions of order and saf m hitherto impossible
 Our Responsibility as a Nation. de- I need not say, Senator. that I h; the given a great deal of thought to rery whole matter of reservations prop self ed in connection with the ratificat not of the treaty, and particularly t sta portion of the treaty which conta ence the covenant of the League of Natic bers and I have been struck by the f title that practically every so-called res per- vation was in effect rather swe Bel ing notification of the terms of Ger treaty itself I hear of reservati as ists and mild reservationists, bu files cannot understand the difference reat tween a nullifier and a mild nullif the Our responsibility as nation in
 in turning point of history is an ov
 by whelming one and if I had the opp reat tunity I would beg everyone conce
 inc ad to consider the matter in the Ii