The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-10-30
AMERICAS GREATEST AND
THE LEAGUE

,r,-, uoover. william Howard
Taft. Charles E. Hughes and Siihu t|oo'
Sre four Of the greatest living Amer
.ans Theodore Roosevelt Is one OF '"'
r-oatest Of those who have passed away.
What do these five men say OF the
Wilson league OF nations?
Herbert Hoover, food administrators
. during the world war, in letter 70 Nsi'
-rScrnia women, says: 49,.
II have no doubt our Democratic
II have no doubt our Democratic
friends will argue that tneS are nrlnrini.
in the unmodified covenant Oh
League Of Nations. They are seeNi"h
martvrtlon, under false premise
The questions involved in the LeasIie
aud numbers Of alternative methods OF
rs accomulis hment. The only principe
involved Is the preservation OF peace Ny
4TRh RspuSiican party and Senator Hard
Ing have repeatedly eNpresseu Their
sreatest devotion to this principle.
Article x and other articles OF me
treaty that have been objected 10 tho
Senn61ican party are but part OF th
methods Of reaching this great object. OF
which there are many other atSet 10,
tiyes. Those particular articles aaneassu ,
to by the Democrats r6 Paf'SS y arr the major
ina tneI ~ our people as dangerous, not only
40 our own country, but 10 She suIG''
OF the league itself.
"Esyen II these particular articles IN
the league eontriousean az y' tm OF their
tsxt permits, they are so remote IN Use
SnIness in its " hole conception that tney
furnish no warranty IN Rood sta,esI
ship for this delay In peace anu i'00'
nv personal view is that some arti,
cles Of the present treaty shou4o oe
abandoned and others mou ra 's an inter
tyined with the stability OF corope an, nt
50 necessary in order TO secure the 60.
operation OF many other majors Psr,, Xii
Ssye Joined it that practical Repuota,
csn statesmanship will, in order 10 use
ali in II that Is good for the aeEelop
Tnsnt Of the great principle TO when .ho
party has pledged ITSELF, nu', tr.a aS and
also include the great step In oreSh -
, AS AS ~ the court OF international Jus
|, rice recently advanced IN Europe oS
Senator Root
GARNER President Taft says:
.rEr Cox will nowhere find any state
,,,a,1f nv me that Article Y was lnols-
nansable 10 a useful league. On the CON
!, trary, IL no does me the honor 10 liz
, further In my spseen ot.. S In Novem-
her 1918 and from that time on. akains.
Air, wilson's attitude that the 49,
must be destroyed unless ArttciS ~ 49,
Included in IT, TINS So ~ nosition. To
mat view I have always been u'u''ef
. ably opposed and am now.
. CHARLES Z. Hughes. former justice or
the supreme court and candidate LOT 'ne
Presidency in 1915. says:
- vThe President has recently sala
that there is nothing In the covenant
. which In the Least a .nrst TO declare
) IL or NOT declare war. according 70 its
own independent Judgment. as our 80
y stitution provides, Lee Soh h's signature
IIhoriS find II difficult to credit It Sut
Is main that the statement SaHhot
~ accepted. Does congress ACT win M
Independent Judgment when II aGs o on-
a.. "a absolutely compelling m0raI %
) ger S,tinn As the President put II; Does
nsAI act with an Independent Juds-
: ment' In deciding whether ne wiz AZ
, - a contract which he mas maoe :.
! W. ~ N. time comes TO make gooo tne
- eontract. Is he free to repuo'ate ~;
COZ a@rss 10 preserve the territorial IN
tegrity Of every memoer " ,' rsn ne
as as re- Obligation when the exis-
ency arisesF - ,hu
,h,,st Of President Mckinley. secre-
tarv Of state in the cabinet OF President
pooasye1t. and former United States
so,ator from New York. says:
",-,,c,e X Is Inconsistent with the
purpose and spirit OF tho league nxs, A anS
cIe x Is an attempt to carry over AM
GIG Tor ali time, as part OF tho
SSeprsniEstion to preserve peace. the eIsr-
else Of power by the conaueror nations IS
In closing the war: 4 - an a sha ooers'
tinns OF tho league tho decisions Of Mr..
WiIson and his associates IN the
wear 1913. II Is a throw-eack TO the
Old discrsditsd alliances OF inc past ~, -
n an attempt to do what the Holy Alli-
snca Sought one hundred years ago
1wjth lust as noble expressions Of pur-
\pose)-co impose BY force the tudSnient
A. the rulers OF the present generation
nnon all future generations.
"The conception which would make
the alliance OF Article Y the heart OF \
L-sxM> 10 p.rouIote he peace OF the world