Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-03

army, was very critical this evening" l be no peace until we could create sit- i nation where no such war as this could i recur. We cannot make peace except in | company with our allies. It would brand 1 us with everlasting dishonor and bring | ruin to us if we undertook to make q | separate peace.
 Thus to that which Fr. Lodge in saner moments considered ''the black i 1 est crime" he and his party in mad ness sought to give the sancity of law | 1 that which IS months ago was of "ever- 1 1 lasting diSaonor'' the republican party and it's candidates today accept as the
 essence of faith.
 Advocate Ratification. We endorse the presidents view of our | International obligations and his firm stand against reservations designed to. l cut to pieces the vital provisions of the Versailles treaty and we commend the | democrats in congress for voting against | resolutions far separate peace which would disgrace the nation. We advocate 1 the immediate ratification of the treaty l without reservations which would impair | it's essential integrity; but do not oppose l the acceptance of any reservations mak- l ing clearer or more specific the obliga- | tions of the United States to the league 1 associates
 Only by doing this may we retrieve the reputation of this nation among the pow
 CTS of the earth and recognize the moral l leadership which President Wilson won i and which republican politicians at i Washington sacrificed. Only by doing ] this may We hope to aid effectively in the
 restoration of order throughout the world
 and to take the place which we should
 assume in the front rank of spiritual, : commercial and industrial advancement We reject as utterly vain, if not vi- l efouS, the republican assumption that
 ratification of the treaty and membership
 in the League of Nations would in any way impair the integrity or independence
 of our country. The fact that the cov-
 enant has been entered into by 29 nations, | all as jealous of their Independence as 1 We are of ours, is a sufficient refutation l of such charge The president repea ted | ly has declared and this convention re-
 affir1ns that all our duties and obligations
 as members of the league must be fulfill | ed in strict conformity with the consti-
 tuition of the United States embodied in
 which is the fundamental requirements of
 declaratory action by the congress be-
 fore thls nation may become a partici-
 pant in any war
 Ireland
 The greate principle of national self l determination has received constant re-
 iteration as one of the chief objective l for which this country entered the war
 and victory established this principle Within the limitations of international conity and usage this convention re-
 peats the several previous expressions of the sympathy of the democratic party of the United States for the aspirations of Ireland for self government
 Conduct of the War
 During the war President Wilson ex- hibted the very broadest conception of liberal Americanism In his conduct of the war, as in the general administra-
 ton of his hieS z office, there was no semb- lance of partisan bias. He invited to Washington as his couneilors and coad- tutors hundreds of the most prominent and pronounced republicans in the coun- try. To these he committed responsibil- ities of the gravest import and most confidential nature. Many of them had charge of vital activities of the govern ment.
 And yet with the war successfully
 prosecuted and gloriously ended the. re- publican party in congress, far from ap- i plauding the masterly leadership of the
 president and felicitating the country on the amazing achievements of the Ameri-
 can government has meanly requited the ! consIderate course of the chief magis-
 trate by savagely defaming the command
 er-inchief- of the army and navy and by asailing nearly every public officer in
 tfmately concerned in winning the war
 abroad and preserving the security of government at home.
 Soldiers and Sailors Praised. We express to the soldiers and sailors
 of America the admiration of their fel low 6ad b,-
 of such commanders as General John J.
 Pershing the armed force of America .l constituted a decisive factor in the vic tory and brought new lustre to the flag. ii We commend the patriotic men and women who sustained the efforts of their ,i government in crucial hours of the war and contributed to the brilliant adninis- trative success achieved under the broad visoned leadership of the president.
 High Cost of Living
 The high cost of living and the de-
 preciation of bond values in this country , are primarily due to wartself. to the necessary governmental expenditures for ! the destructive purposes of war, to pri-
 vate extravaganza, to the world short l age of capital to the imitation of foreign
 currency and credits, and in large de- { degree to constituencies profteering. : The republican party is responsible for the failure to restore peace and peace conditions in Europe whic his a
 principal cause of post armistice infa- : ton the world voer It has denied the demand of the president for necessary legislation to deal with secondary and local causes. The sound policies pursued by the treasury and the federal reserve
 system have limited in this country
 though they could not prevent, the inffa-
 tion which worldwide. Elected up-
 on specific promsies to curtaiI public expenditures mad to bring the country back to a status of effective economy. the republican party in congress wasted
 time and energy for more than year in
 va2l and e1+travagant investEations
 costing the taxpayers great sums of !, money, while revealing nothing beyond the incapacity of republican politicians
 to cope with the problems. Failed to Repeal Harassing Laws. \ Demanding that the president from his place at the peace table call the congress into extraordinary session for : imperative purposes of readjustment. the , in partisan pursuits. failing to repeal a singlt war statute which harassed busi- ness. It buried itself making a pre-elec-s tion record of pretended thrift having not !. one particle of substantial existence in
 fact. It ragged against profteers and