Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-28

President Wilson'S two sppU5G
before congress for Legislation d.
ing with profiteering. reduction -
taxation. aid for soldiers and lo1D
to improve relations of capital a6d
labor were ignored, he dec11rod.
and after year of sterile debo<o
our country has neither peace nor
reconstruction"
He dwelt particularly on attnclso
made upon the President. MaHc5
followed him to the peace table. ho
said, and widespread propagnuda'
made IL imperative when he return
ed from Paris to make q stru0xIo
for that which had been won ct h
calculable cost. This meant wreck
of health, sickness for months on =
bed of pain; and worse, the sicknooD
of heart which comes from ne
knowledge that political adversar1eo
are savagely destroying not mogelX
the work of mems hands, but IT,
worlds hope Of settled peace. I4<D
was the affliction-this the oEu1I~
fixion."
Mr.. Cummings continued thnk -
one sense 1T is quite ffnmaterI
what people say about the Pre-
dent. Nothing we can say can 81
or detract from the fame that M
flow down the unending channels q
history"
He cited the Republican ana Pro-
gressive platforms of 1915 as part &
the record placing this country .
favor of the league Of nations.
The Republican platform coq-
tains a vague promise to estabA4
another or a different form Of annD-
ciation," he said. There n no
%-T s-L- <w
than that which expresses feA1ty 10
a league of nations while oppoG1DE
the only league that exists or II ev1k
apt to exist.
What nations stand outside
Revolutionary Mexico, Bolshex1<
Russia. unspeakable Turkey nn4
the United States
~ ia, is not yet too late. Let ~
stand with the forces OF civiliz1<1o1-
The choice is plain. It is between
the Democratic party's support Qf
the league of nations, with itg p1o<
gram of peace, disarmament 9nd
world fraternity. and the Republ1-
can party's platform of reputation,
provincialism. militarism and world
chaos"
II is not the reservations that
the President stands against. sad Mr..
Cummings, but notification He told
how President Wilson had pub1ishea
the tentative text of the league COW
enant widely in 1919, asking for cTt-
ticism and receiving suggestions
from Taft, Hughes and others that
were actually incorporated into the
revised draft of the League"
Senator Lodge, he said. refused 20
offer constructive amendments ~
any time so intolerant was his at
titude that he would not even con-
slider a compromise proposed by for
mer President Taft of his own party
and which was assured OF support Of
40 Democratic senators. Senator
Lodge knew that he controlled the
senate and that in his own time and
way he would destroy the treaty.
This is the sordid story of its de-
feat" said Cummings, after review-
ing the senate's action in the matter.
NO blacker crime against civil1xa-
ton has ever soiled the pages Of our
history. The last chapter was writ
ten at Chicago"
Let the true purpose of our paE11
be clearly understood" he said e
concluding his address. We stand
squarely for the same ideals of peace
as those for which the war was
fought. We support without flinch-
ing the only feasible plan for peAco
and justice. We will not submit to
the reputation of the peace treaty
or TO any process by which it il Whit
tied down to the vanishing point. Va
decline TO compromise our principles
or pawn our immortal souls for se1-
fish purposes We do not turn cur
backs upon the history OF the lkat
three years. We seek no avenue Of
retreat. We insist that the forward
course is the only righteous course
I'VE seek to re-establ the fruits
of victory. to reinstate the good faith
of our country and to restore it to il
rightful place among the nations Of
the earth. Our cause constitutes
summons to duty. The heart Of
America stirs again. The ancient
faith revives. The immortal part Of
man speaks for us. The services Of
the past. the sacrifices of war, the
hope of the future, constitute spdr.
itual force gathering about our ban
ners. We shall release again the
checked forces of civilization and
America shall take up once more the
leadership of the world %