The evening world., 1920-10-28
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MAKE GOOD OR QUIT.

physical health and vigor, President wilson SEEMS
to bring the country back to clear thinking on what
he rightly calls "he supreme issue in the present
campaign"
His address yesterday to the prologue RePlb-
lcan delegation at the White House lSa mastery
appeal 10 the conscience and consistency Of every
American who has been letting himself forget how
much more Is at stake than the election Of RePub-
lcan or Democratic President.
Shall we or shall we not redeem the great moral
obligations Of the United States"
The man who denies that this is the paramount
question Of the campaign Is false to his own inner
perception Of the truth
He Is false to the profeSsed purpose with which
his country fought the greatest war In its history.
He IS false TO those Americans who gave their
Ewes In the belief that that purpose would be full
filled.
Whether he likes II or not, he faces the duty Of
deciding far more than the question which political
party is to be in power In Washington for the next
four years.
at Is regsttabe," the President says "that the
supreme choice Of the present campaign should be
associated with party contest"
"As compared with the choice Of course
Of action that now underlies every other the
fate OF parties is n matter Of indifference.
Parties are significant now in thiB contest
only because the voters must make up their
minds which OF the two parties is most likely
to secure the Indispensable result
The indispensable result Is to make the United
States an active partner in the greatest peace move
mert the civilized world has seen-to show, in the
Presidents words, "the ndomitabe will and ineSist-
rbe majesty Of the high purpose Of the United
states, so that the part we played in the war as
soldiers and sailors may be crowned with the
achievement of lasting peace"
To this achievement there are no several ways:
mo one who opposes the ratification of the
Treaty Of Versailles and the adoption OF the
covenant Of the League OF Nations has pro
posed any other adequate means OF bringing
about settled peace
There is other available or possible
means. and this means IL ready to hand"
Shadows of doubt and Misrepresentation fiat
have gathered about Article X, the President scat
tiers with the clear light Of common sense
The United States was forced by its own phnci-
piles into war in which Germany had violated the
territorial integrity of her nelghbors and fouted
their political independence IN order to aggrandize
herself"
Article X Is in reality nothing more or less than
'-The specific pledge of the members OF the
League that they viii unite to resist exactly
the things which Germany attempted no mat
Ger who attempts them In the future. It is
exact a definition as could be given in general
termsoof the outrage which Germany would
have committed II It could"
As TO the preventive power the League can exsr-
ese 10 curb warlks impulses before they reach the
point Of action, the President uses what has been
all along the simplest, strongest argument:
you will remember that the morale OF the
German people broke down long before the
strength Of the German Armies broken.
That was obviously because they felt that
great moral force which they could not look In
the face had into the contest, and that
thonceforth all their professions Of right were
discredted and they were unable 10 pretend
that their continuation Of the war was not
the support OF a Government that had violated
every principle OF right and every eonsidera~
ton Of humanity
No sane people or Government would ever agar
start what Germany started If they knew in ad