The Washington times., 1920-06-10
TREATY PLANK
FLAYS,LEAGUE
Johnson Borah Group Demands
Firm Allegiance to Policies
Of Republic Fathers"


| cilable" plank which Senators John-
son, Borah. and Mccormick declare
they have the votes TO force through
the convention, declaring unalterabiy
| against the league of nations was To-
| day made public through the Int
national News Service.
The plank approves the action OF
/ the Senate In refusing to ratify the
treaty embracing the super state OF
Versailles" IL declares unalterAbie
opposition to Americas participation
In any league like that proposed by
Wilson. IL demands the restoration
OF peace. and declares unwavering al
iegiance TO "the policies originally
| enunciated by the fathers of the re-
public" Washington and Monroe are
not specifically mentioned.
/ 1t indorses the principle OF arbitra-
ton and adherence to such policy as
outlined In the act OF Congress passed
August 20, 1915 calling upon the
President, at the close Of the war. to
call together the representatives OF
foreign governments to formulate q
plan for the establishment or
tribunal or court OF arbitration.
Text OF the Plank.
The text OF the plank follows:
HeACt-we dppToNc thc dShho" w.
the Senate In preventing the ratifica-
ton OF the treaty of peace submitted
by the President, and we declare con-
tinuing opposition to Americas par
ticipation in any league OF nations,
such as that proposed by President
Wilson. which inpairs in the slightest
degree the sovereignty or independ-
ence of the United States.
1--WE adhere faithfully to the foreign
policies originally enunciated by the
fathers of the republic and main
tained successfully. to the inestimapie
advantage Of our country and OF the
world, from the Inauguration OF the
republic to the present day.
1--WE demand the restoration or
peace.
Twice the President had an oppor-
tunity to obtain ratification OF the
treaty. Twice he put II aside because
he would not accept reservations de-
signed solely to safeguard the rights
acquired by America through the war
of independence. Finally. in a con-
temptuous and insulting communica.
ton, he vetoed joint resolution OF
the Congress requesting him to in
itiate negotiations for the ending OF
a technical state Of war which ceased
to exist in fact eighteen months ago.
"Peace BASED On Justice.1
1--WE pledge the incoming Republi-
can Administration not only to
prompt restoration of amity between
our own and all other nations, but
also no less insistently to the MAX
ing Of agreements among those ma
tions designed to preserve peace
for all time, a peace based upon
Justice determined by law instead of
by discussion and force as provided
by the treaty OF Versailles. Such a
policy was clearly defined by the
Congress in the act Of August 20, 1916,
in these words:
at is hereby declared to be the
policy of the United States to adjust
and settle it's international disputes
through mediation or arbitration to
the end that war may be honorably
avoided. 1t looks with apprehension
and disfavor upon general increase
OF armament throughout the world.
but II realizes that no single nation
can disarm, and that without q COM
mon agreement upon the subject
every considerable power must main
tain a relative standing in military
strength. In ciew OF these premises
the President is authorized and re-
quested to invite at an appropriate
time, not later than the close of the
war in Europe all the great govern
ments Of the world to send represen-
tatives to a conference which shall
be charged with the duty of formulat-
ing a plan for a court OF arbitration
or other tribunal, to which disputed
questions between nations shall be
referred for adjudication and peace
full settledent, and to consider the
question of disarmament, and to sub
nit their recommendations to their
respective governments for approval
The President attached his sigma
ture to this declaration, but has ignor.
ed the request entirely and has sub
stituted a scheme of his own which
is at utter variance with the plan
thus outlined, which. in common with
both political parties and the whole
country, he then favored.
Party Follows Congress.
That policy initiated by the Con-
gress continues to be the policy of
the Republican party. We believe
that the purposes now in mind can
be attained without compromising
our national independence. without
depriving the people of the. United
states in advance OF the right to de-
termine for themselves what is lust
and fair when the occasion arises.
and without involving them as par
ticipants other than as peacemakers
in a multitude of quarrels, the mer-
its Of which they are unable to
judge.
1--WE rejoice, therefore, In the effort
now making among other nations to
effectuate perpetual peace upon the
sound and durable basis of interna-
tional law and OF justice among peo-
pies as among individuals, and we
regard 1t as a good omen that, at this
moment, when we register our ap-
proval, one of the greatest statesmen
OF any time is on his way to partici-
pate in the great undertaking, clearly
designed to supersede the ill-con-
ceived and ill-constructed superstate
OF Versailles. whose abortiveness Is
already conceded.
1--WE bid godspeed to the famous |
men, including our own illustrious |
who are about to en-
gage in this laudable endeavor, and |
we pledge the incoming Republican |
to participation in an
association of nations designed to af-