Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1920-05-15

Washington, May "a call to tho
Demo cratic party to go into the cam
paign standing four-square in favor :
Of the treaty of Versailles and against
the Senate's reservations was issu-
ed tonight by President Wilson in
Il telegram to G. E. 1amaler, chair
n,an of the Portland (Ore.) Demo-
clatic Central Committee made pub
lie at the White House.
Declaring that the party had "thc
Etnor Of the nation" In its hands, the
President said that the Lodge reser-
vations wcrc utterly inconsistent
with that honor us we'll as destruct-
Two Of the role OF world leadership
which the United States must as
sumo.
Mr.. Hamakcr telegraphed the
pic ident:
primary election May 81; please
wire .v;!er YOU consider it :mp)r
tant TO nominate candidates pledged
10 ratify Versailles treaty without
Lodge reservations. "
WILSON URGES ACCEPTANCE
The reply of the President fol-
lows:
Il think it imperative that the
party should at once proclaim itself
the uncompromising champion Of tho
nations honor and the advocate of
everything that the United States
can do in the service OF humanity;
that 1t should therefore indorsc ana
support the Versailles treaty and con
ocmn the Lodge reservations rs ut
tcrly Inconsistent with the nations
honor aud destructive OF the world
leadership which it had established
and which all the free peoples Of tho
world including the great powers
themselves had shown themselves
ready to welcome.
1T is time that the party should
proudly aVow that it means to try
without flinching or turning at amy
time away from the path for reasons
or expectancy, TO apply neral and
Christian principles to the prob.
lcrB OF the world. 1t is trying to
accomplish social, political and inter
national reforms and is not daunted
by any OF the difficulties it has to cob
associates IN the war that ut any
rate he great majority OF the party
OF the nation, the party which OK.
presses the true hopes and purposes
or the people of the Country, intends
to keep faith with them in peace as
well as in war. They gave their trca;
nfc, their best blood and everything
they valued in order, not merely TO
beat Germany. but to effect settle
mont and bring about arrangements
OF peace which they have now tried
to formulate in the treaty Of Versail-
les. They are entitled to our support
Ia this settlement and in the arrang
hlentS for which they have striven.
LEAGUE is HOPE OF WORLD.
The league Of nations Is the hone
o. the world. AS q basis for tho
arDllstice, ! was authorized by all
the great fighting nations to say to
The enemy that it was our object In
proposing peace to establish a gen.
eral association Of nations under
specific covenants for the purpose OF
!. aHord1ns mutual guarantees Of poll.
teal independence and territorial III
tegrlty to great and small states
alike and the covenant of the league
OF nations is tho deliberate embodi
nlent of that purpose in the treaty OF
peace. i
THE chief motives which led us
to enter the war will be defeated I'm
less that covenant Is ratified ano
acted upon with yigor We cannot in !
honor white it down or weaken it
as tho Republicans leaders of the
Senate have proposed to do. If We
are to exercise the kind of leadership
TO which the founders of the republic
looked forward and which they de-
Tended upon their successors to es-
tablish We must do this thing with
courage and unalterable determine.
tim. They expected the United Stat
es to be always the leader in the dc
tense OF liberty and ordered peace
throughout the world and we are un
worthy to call ourselves their success
sors unless we fulfill the great pur
pose they entertained and proclaimed.
DEFINES TRUE AMERICANIsM
1.-THE true Americanization, tho
oHly true Americanism, is that which
puts America at tho front free na
tons and redeems the great promis
rs which we made to the world when
we entered tho war, which was fought
not for the advantage Of any single
Or hut
the salvation Of all. 1t is In this way
we shall redeem tho sacred blood
sAat was she'd, and make America