Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-09-14

war you held great meetings. Is this
where you held your war meetings,
where the mothers assembled, where
your people came, where you forget
all OF your differences, where you left
your politics and your religion out
side. where you labored together as
Anericanso There were many moth
ers there who wanted assurance. They
were Americans, one thousand per
cent. They realized that war was a
cruel thing and they believed that
certain imperialistic heads overseas
brought the great tragedy Of war upon
the sons of man; but they became
thoroughly recOnciled to the sailing
OF their boys to the battlefields OF
Europe. What was it that reconc led
the mother heart of America What
assurance did you give them DID you
tell them We were going over to con-
quer domain that we did not then
possess; that our boys were to fight
in order TO gain a rich cash indem
nifty? No. You simply sad that we
are going to destroy 4 military autoc-
racy. war machine. and that we
were going to end this war III order
to make wars in the future impos-
sible. Isn't that right?
THE boys completed their work.
While they stood watch on the Rhine,
Germany signed the treaty. and then
all the Allies signed the treaty. and
the Allies ratified the treaty, and
America alone has failed to ratify
the treaty. Now. why did Germany
sign that treaty? Not only because
she had been defeated in war, but
because the American boys stood
watch on the Rhine; two million
magnificent fellows behind them, and
the German Government knew the
kind of stuff they were made of ard
they signed the treaty.
THE republican convention passed
a platform. Its provision with refer
ence to the League of Nations is mea1-
ingless. It's vague. Nobody knows
what it means. Some of those who
have been for a league say it is all
right too. They attempted to pass
something that would please every
body. They tried to make the blanket
big enough to cover the whole family.
and my experience has been that when
you pull the blanket too much at the
four corners, it is apt to rip in the
middle.
| Nov, the candidate has inter-
preted the platform. He says that il
elected, the first thing he is going to
do is to make a separate peace with
Germany. He is going to desert the
Allies. Would your soldier boys have
deserted the Allied soldiers during the
war? If we wanted separate peace
with Germany, we could have had II
long before this. Germany would
have signed a separate peace with us
just as soon as she saw the soldiers
from America arriving overseas. But
ask you whether it would be an
honorable thing for us to desert the
Allies and sign a separate peace with
Germany? My contention is that it
would not be; that 1t would be a
dishonorable thing. Then the candi-
date says that having done that, then
he is going to turn to the nations Of
the earth and establish an entirely
new relationship. What nations Of
the earth will have anything to do
with America II she perform a per-
fectly dishonorable act? Well, I will
call the roll. II we make a separate
peace with Germany we will be pop
ular in certain quarters. Russia
will sign with us and enter into this
new relationship: Russia. Turkey,
Mexico and the United States.
don't believe the people want us to
keep that kind of company interna-
tionally. That is my deliberate judg-
ment.
1.-The position Of the opposition has
been rather singularly changeable. In
the Senate the candidate of the Sena-
torial oligarchy was for the Lodge
resolutions. In his speech of accep-
lance, he was against the Legue alb
colutely. About week ago he came
forward with another change. He ad-
vocated the old Hague Tribunal. Presi-
dent Roosevelt. in his observation in
1910, said that the Hague Tribunal
would not be of any force; that 1t
would be absolutely useless because
it had no police power back OF it.
Senator Harding says that the old
Hague Tribunal will be made over.
Senator Harding is sincere in his ad-
vocacy OF reactionary policies. have
known him pleasantly and agreeably
for four years. He has fought on one