The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-08-18
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SECRETARY BAKER
DEFENDS ARTICLE
TEN AT DEMOCRAT
CONVENTION IN OHIO

1Nthi SA'NN' 'AANNNlN' W Wight
of its moral and economic power.
II is the Keystone
without Article 10 the league is
vain, while with it, the league be-
comes a great modern civilized agency
working to bring the world into just
relationship.
This is the article Of the covenant,
which. II is said. needs to be Ameri-
canized 1t is American. We invent
ed it and applied it among ourselves;
we fought for it as the cardinal prin-
ciple at issue in the world war; our
president formulated it and forced its
acceptance, its principle and its pur-
pose are thoroughly American"
Armisiice Conditions
Turning to armistice conditions ac.
cepted by Germany. the secretary
said:
But all these questions We're set
tied on. We and our allies accepted
the surrender of the central powers
on that decision (the IA points of the
presidenD as an expressed condition.
THE long delay in ratification Of
the treaty has appeared to break to
the heart of the world the promise
which America made with its lips.
This delay is due to Senator Lodge
and his round robin and reservations,
il is due to Senator Harding and his
associates who voted with Senator
Lodge, for reservations which they
have now repudiated.
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San Francisco platform has restated
Americas cause. our candidate. has
with simplicity and directions declared
himself upon this prospect (the
league) by saying I favor going in.
America Must Decide
III America is to participate in in
ternational affairs" the beginning
must be made before the cement is
set which binds the rest Of the
world into a family in which she is
not a member. National interest as
well as moral duty demanded that
we now decide.
"Our action will throw the determ.
ining weight into the scales pan for
America as well as for making" he
said. The question is where Ameri- !
ca, being in the world, shall be Of it;
whether she shall cooperate with
ether civilized peoples in the maintc.
nance Of peace, or shall draw herself |
exclusively aside, allow the rules Of !
the game of life to be made by others |
and by failing TO exert in advance her |
economic and moral power be again |
obliged at even more frightful cost |
to suspend the process Of her life |
and send her sons to die in strug-
gle which the weight Of her word, |
given in advance, would have sufficed
to prevent"
Statesmen Are Responsible
"When the next war might come
depends in large measures upon US
and our action in this campaign"
Mr.. Baker said. If We make it the
business of statesmen to avert war
and equip them with agencies where
by war may be averted, ii may
never come he added, while Am
orleans spoke Of themselves as a
peaceful people our own history
shows that we have not been able
to preserve our own peace, much |
ItSH ltlelN VI lllt MblIus ny NHt plu
agencies which were much more prom
ising than Senator Harding's plans Of
holding up a pious hand and asking
everybody to be good
Either the League or Arm
During the las years since the !
beginning of the American revolu |
ton the United States has been en-
gagged in civil or foreign wars for
about 81 years. If those episodes |
in our history be counted as war in |
which the public military power was
necessary to be cXerted thus bringing
into account minor wars and serious
domestic disturbances. we find that
out of las years Of our national eXis'
tence. only As have been years Of
peace and 100 have been years Of
military exertion. The history of all
great civilized powers parallels our
own.
'If we do not go into the league
Of nations, we must continue To arm.
If we are TO play Il lone hand 1t
must be a strong hand. We will be
but one competitor in universal race
for armed supremacy. impovcrish IL
self preparing for its own destruc-