New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-04-16
VIII SON IS CANDIDATE
ON LEAGUE PLATFORM

Washington, April 14.-President
Wilson is flirting with the Democra-
tic denomination for the presidency
and it is believed here that his failure
to demand that his name be with
drawn from the primary ballot in
Georgia is evidence that he intends
to run again on a platform of ratify-
ing the league of nations covenant
without change in order that he may
thereby keep the United States out
OF war.
! 1t is true that the Presidents name
was actually withdrawn at the last
minute by some of the signers of the
petition entering it on the primary
ballot, but not at the behest of Mr..
Wilson himself, who remained deter
mined not to commit himself. Thus
the party leaders are faced with the
same dilemma as at the now famous
Jackson day banquet in January
when they waited impatiently and in
vain for some word from the party
chief which would take him out of
the race and relieve them of en-
barrassment. Their several candi-
dacies must now go on under the
shadow of the belief that Woodrow
Wills IN will seek third term.
Throughout the treaty fight, con-
sistently in favor of ratification of
the covenant without the slightest
additional protection of the interests
of the United States, the President
has even refused to accede to any
separate peace the majority in Con-
eress might determine upon. He dis
missed Secretary Lansing as the re-
suit of his having said that the Anne
rican people would never accept the
league If they understood its mean
ing He rebuked Senator Hitchcock
and others for breathing a spirit of
compr omise. He alone is responsible
for the defeat of the treaty as amend
ed by the Lodge reservations.
1t is therefore now conceded by the
Democrats in Congress that he will
not be swerved from his purpose of
insisting that he sh ould be upheld in
spite of the action of the large ma
jority of the Senate to the contrary
and of carrying the fight to the coun-
try in the presidential campaign. He
has already stated that il is the lead
ing issue. He has already denounced
opposing s. nators as traitors to the
best interests of the United States.
He has alreadv declared that Ameri-
ca must yield something of its
strenrth to the new internationalism
And thus h has stated and repeat
ed that the unamended league stands
for peace, that he stands for peace
that America must stand for peace,
and that If the covenant is adopted
immaculate and the people accept
his verdict at the polls peace will
reion. This is so much like 1915 that
members of Congress dismiss it with
a derisive smile.
Whether the President is again no.
minated or not. it is certain that he
viii inflrence the convention in bring
ing about an Endorsement of his own
attitude and that of his party in the
Senate IN the peace treaty. 1t is
REGARDED hrre as certain that his
administration will be indorsed and
that those who insisted that the lea
que be Americanized will be denounc-
ed. And hence it is considered no
less certain that the Democratic par
" VIII tOlftCIi III thN thbil'oAsh hhot
If its chieftain had had his way en-
tire there would be no future wars.
In the M antime Secretary Daniels
is clamoring for larger navv-a
navy as large a, England bv 1925.
Tr oubles are brewing with Mexico,
dre 20 what members of the Senate
and House declare TO be a weak and
vaciliating policy. There is grow
ing impression that the United States
cannot afford to have rapine and dis
order and barbarism at its front do or
and wish il away bv "Watchful watt
ing" Japan is extending its suzerainty
over Eastern Asia and showing its
ambition to control the Pacific Ocean,
Europe is filled with wars and rumors
of wars. Human nature remains the
same, C)ngressmen say. and they do
not believe Mr.. Wilson's conclusions
will be accepted without question.