New-York tribune., 1920-06-16

among nations which it proposed to
prevent"
In the next paragraph the criticism
of Article is continued, as we'll as
that of the failure to settle justciable
controversies and improve interna
tional law by judicial tribunal rather
than by the league council or assem-
bly,. Here also is the reservation Of
the Monroe Doctrine insisted upon.
Traditional Policies
The words are as follows:
That covenant repudiated to a de-
gree wholly unnecessary and unjustif
able the time honored policy in favor Of
peace declared by Washington and JET
ferson and Monroe. and pursued by all
American administrators for more than
a century, and it ignored the universal
past IN favor OF international law and
arbitration. and it rested the hope Of
the future upon mere expedients and
negotiations"
This language it rs we'll to note care
fully. 1t does not declare that we must
adhere to the mo entangling alliance
doctrine of Washington and Jefferson"
parting from it more than is necessary
and justifable in creating a useful as
ISOLATION of nations. 1t thus comedies
that a department is necessary
Then comes the condemnatio of tho
President for not accepting the league
with the Lodge reservations rendered
him by the Republican majority of tho
Senate.
"The unfortunate insistence Of the
President upon having his own way
without any change and without any
regard to the opinions Of the majority
Of the Senate, which shares with him
the treaty making power, and the
Presidents demand that the treaty
should be ratified without any modh-
cation, created situation in which
Senators were required to vote upon
cording to their judgment, against the
treaty as 1t was presented, or submit
to the command Of dictator in a mat
ter where the authority and RESPONSE
bility under the Constitution were
theirs and not his"
What wns it that the President OBJ
jected to? 1t was tho league with the
Lodge reservations. He was not direct
ing his efforts against the absolute re
enders. He haa no chance to. Indeed,
he and the bitter enders were working
toward tho same end, j e, the defeat
Of the league with tho Lodge reserva-
tions. The bitter enders praised him
for his courage and conscientious stand
on principle against the league thus
qualified. This condemnation of the
President by the platform for refusing
to accept the league with the Lodge
approves the league with those teser-
vations. The meaning cannot be es-
capped and it is confirmed incontestably
by the language which follows:
The Senators performed their du-
ties faithfully. We approve their con-
duct and honor their courage and f.
delity, and we pledge the coming Re-
! publican Administration to such agree
ment with other nations Of the world as
shall meet the full duties Of America
to civilization and humanity in accord
ance with American ideals, and without
surrendering the right of the Ameri-
can people to exercise it's Judgment
and it's power in favor of justice and
peace"
These words Immediately follow the
. condemnation of the President for fail
ing to accept the offer of the Repub-
lican Senator'S to ratify tho league
with the Lodge reservations. What,
therefore, can the approval OF their
action mean but an approval of the
league with those reservations which
they offered the President! 1t shows
clearly what that world agreement is
to be to which tho Republican party
pledges itself in the closing words of
the paragraph
1t follows, Of course, that these rcso-
lutions repudiate tho vociferous att-
tude Of Senator Johnson. Senator
Borah and the other bitter enders
against the league or association of
nations at all. The only concession
made to them was to omit the specific
designation for approval Of the league
faces; but the substance they yielded
by accepting Mr.. Mills's and Mr..
Roots words offered.
Predicts U. 8. Entry Into League
Now, look at tho matter practically,
The 4th of March comes. The new
Administration wishes to clear the
decks fog reconstructive legislation. 1t
wishes peace. 1t wishes the benefits Of
the Versailles treaty as basis of that
peace. The new Republican President
is man who voted for the league with
the Lodge reservations. The league
will have been functioning for a year
All the nations except our late enemies
and nil our South American neighbors
are members, as we'll as our late allies
They are willing to take US with the
Lodge reservations.
Meantime Mr.. Root and his associ-
ates will have made their recommends
tions as to the character and jurisdic-
tion Of the league court and the de-
velopment Of international law under
its decisions. The election will have
become thing of the past. The Irish
and pro- German vote will ccase from
troubling. Mr.. Root will return with
that great national and party prestige
in foreign affairs which is deservedly
his, and he will favor entering the
league with the Lodge reservations
There can be no doubt, therefore, of
tho result under the coming Republican
Administration. The league and res
ervations recommended by Republi-
can President and repudated by
Democratic President will be Repub-
lican achievement, and will commend
itself al such to the party representa-
tives in tho Senate. The practical and
consistent friends Of tho league Of ma
tions may look forward to the coming
Republican victory with confidence in