The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-06-11
can bandits and carried insult upon
our national honor and dignity.

| can bandits and carried insult upon
our national honor and dignity.
| I'VE should not recognize any
| Mexican government unless 1t be re-
sponsible government, willing and able
to give sufficient guarantees that the
lives and property of American citi-
zens are respected and protected, that
wrongs will be promptly corrected and
just compensation will be made for
injury sustained. The Republican par
ty pledges itself to a consistent. firm,
and effective policy toward Mexico
that shall enforce respect for the
American flag and that shall protect
the rights of American citizens law
fully in Mexico to security Of life and
enjoyment of property, in connection
with an established international and
our treaty rights.
The Republican party is a firm
friend of the Mexican people on its
l insistence upon the maintenance of
order for the protection of American
citizens within its borders, great SER
vice will be rendered the Mexican
people themselves for a continuation
of present conditions means disaster
to their interest and patriotic aspira-
tons
Mandate of Armenia.
I'VE condemn President Wilson for
asking congress to empower him to
accept mandate for Armenia. The ac-
ceptance of such a mandate would
throw the United States into the very
maelstrom of European quarrels. Ac-
cording to the estimates of the Har-
board commission, organized by au-
tlority Of President Wilson, we would
be called upon to send $4,000 Amer
lean boys to police Armenia and to
expend s276, 900 in the first year
and 1856, 10000 in five years. This
estimate Is made upon the basis that
we would have only rowing bands to
fight, but in case of a serious trouble
with the Turks or with Russia. a
force exceeding 100000 would be
necessary.
mo more striking illustration can
be found of President Wilson's disre-
gard of the lives of American boys or
. American interest. We deeply SYM
pathize with the people of Armenia
and stand ready to help them in all
proper ways. but the republican party
will oppose now and hereafter the &C
, ceptance Of mandate for any country
i'll Europe or Asia.
League of Nations.
The republican party stands for
agreement, among the nations to pre-.
serve the peace OF the world. We be-
J. lteve that such an international asso.
citation must be based on international
Z justice, and must provide methods
:: > which shall maintain the rule of pub.
l. lie right by development of law, and
y the decision of impartial courts, and
= which shall secure instant and general
. International conference whenever
u peace shall be threatened by political
, action, so that the nations pledged tC
do so, may exercise their influence anG
irower for the prevention of war We
. believe that all this can be done with
u out the compromise of national indie
!, rendence, without depriving the people
y of the United States in advance of the
q right to determine for themselve:
,, ,, what is just and fair, when the occa
- sion arises and without involving then
y y, rs participants and not as peace max
= ers in multitude of quarrels. thu
- r:erits of which they are unable t
- judge.
=, . The covenant, signed by the pres
: ident at Paris failed signally to &C
= complish this purpose, and contained
y, stipulations not only intolerable TO
-. an independent people but certain t.
II produce the injustice, hostility ant
a controversy among nations which i
g proposed to prevent
+o ne covenant repudlated TO de
"a gree wholly unnecessary and UNJUST
ID fable the time-honored policy in favo
rs of peace declared by Washington an,
ID Jefferson and Monroe, and pursued b.
all American administrators for NOR
u. than century, and it ignored tn
in universal sentiments of America TO
q. generations past in favor of internal
of ional law, and it rested the hope @
I'd the future on mere eXpediency an
&c negation.
V: The unfortunate insistence of tn
d. president upon having his own wa
rs without any change. and without an
le regard for the opinion of a majority c
a. the senate, which shares with him i
ty the treaty making power, and the pre-;
co ident's demand that the treaty shout
be ratified without any modification
IN created a situation in which senator
an were required to vote upon their col
be science and their oaths, according I
nd their judgments really as it was pr
ly scented, or submit to the demands
in a dictator in the matter where tn
authority under the constitution We
he theirs and not his.
XII The senators performed their dut