New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-07-02
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Like a parrot praoticlng the phraS-
es he has learned through constant
repetition, Mr.. Wilson monotonous-
iy reminds the country again al
the word that America has given
TO the rest Of the world In ~
interview gwen 10 his Wouthpiecs.
the New York World, evidently IN
tended as a sledge hammer blow
at Republican ambitions, the pres
snt seeks once more 10 oonyince
his countTymen that statements con
tanned in his famous fourteen point
and repeated 10 the foreign repre-
sentatives whom he NET IN Paris,
constitute obligation 4pon the An
eScsn nation.
TT is unthinkable," says he, that
any democrats should for an in
slant be influenced by the selfish
and sinister motives that lie back
of the republican plan 10 Stuitifv
and dscrcdit the United States IT.
the eyes OF the World How man,
times the President has given voice 70
those sentiments z is difficult 10
compute, but his utterancc in that
vein can be traced to the time when
tHt tCdEht OF HdAINtlN iAtA INST ilt~
gan "a take shape after the
tice. The reiteratIonS which lie has
gwen 10 the thought s. t.. m.a..
time have acquired d vicious 81.
phasis which finds a elimination IN
his recent deliveranoe "a the world
He has searched hi, vocabulary to
find adjcctives sufficiently yindiet;ve
70 apply 10 the men who have re-
fused T. accept the casual state
ments OF an eRotistic individual n
the White House as solemn obli-a-
ton formally entered into by the
United States government
lie CharaCteTlzes - political scil-
duggeTy" the motives behind ne
convention which adopted the LEAGUE
plank Of the republican platform, al
iirming the party's stand Tor agc ee-
men among the ra1ous IN preserve
the peace Of the World bur CON
demnmp the BruSh-\Nil>un cony,a-
ant as mot only intollerabl, Tor an
independent people but certain 10
produce the injustice, hostility and
controversy among nations which
proposed 10 prevent He refers te
the adoption Of that plank a, a1 ;
attempt 70 sidestep or ,vadc moral ,
and humanitariau responsibilities +
much too solemn % treat so lightly ,
OF ignore"
Whatever may be said q the re- F.,
publican national platform. II ring ,
throughout with d note If true Am I
encsnism that must strike a rc,pou- 4
sive chord in the heart II every pa.
citizen. Nowhere 10 the do q
is that note SO pronounced
N the portion dealing with ihe +,
covenant OF the league Of nation, 8
and the party's attitude toward for Z
cigH relations IN general What a {
contrast with President Wilson, /,
1uiburst IN the New York World !,
One searches throughout that re- 7
markablc deliverancc TOR a single 'ap- I
peal to an American love Of coun r
He speaks al the create Z,
Of security the world would y
eel II the league, benefits should q
,e guaranteed" Bur he is silent on .
he cost Il the nation should that r
guarantee be undertaken by the Tn e.
ted States. Sacrifice Of nationality ii
the welfare Of our people is urE- %
ID in behalf Of the new interna- n
ionalism and the gell-bcing of the i.
Inhabitants of old worLl countrics. q,
u sincerely believe" says the Pre- a
that the attempt OF the re- N
party to win the sanction v,
4 the American people for its at
emp,ed evasion OF these obligations %
vii be decisiyely rcbuked" Which
Toyes how utterly Mr.. Wilson Is
nj Of touch with the American sen n,
Of the day. On every occa- ie
when the voters have had an AZ
pportunity 10 express themselves &c
is iniernati0nalisw has been dcci,- In
'eiy rejected, and his so-called az
obligations which are nothing NOR, W
r less than his individual state y.
tents, emphatioally regulated In M.
asting their votes next November M
enforced participation n for M
,gn quarrels u citizens will but m,
cord orce more their unalterable IA
position 10 the surrender policics Ia
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