The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-02-19
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20 reprssenf the Unit@d States as
fol6inE - the treaty solely from mp-
ffTes % party poiifics. thereby ssrrt-
f5efng the interests - other nations
for fhls petty consideration
,Nor q u true 10 say thai the
United States - moved solely b. self
fsfsrrsf 20 Z disregard % higher
deals. IN the UniteG States a. IN
other countries there are cross eur-
rents and bzekEaiers IN nafiOral life
and motives 7, would - well. there
fore. for reasons both u trsth and eN-
pedieney. 70 eOneenirate OnShe real
underlying causes Of tho Sensts'E res
eryztlOns In rstifying the covenant Of
the league OF nafiOns
There u In the United States a
conservative feeling for traditional
policy. and one % those traditions,
eOnsecrafcd b. the advice Of wash
fnEton. " % abstain from foreign and
particularly from European entAngle-
rnents. Even for nations which have
been used 10 European alliances. the
league Of nations is felt 10 he some
" la~ OF new departure. This " stili
frorc true FOR the United States.
80 fch has hitherto held aloOf from all
side alliances The league Of na-
y ~ fs not merely plunge into the
unknown. but a plunge into some
thtpr which its historical advice and
traditions have hitherto DOsitively
diaapprOyed Hence this desire fOi
some qualification and reservation
THE Americaa Constitution not
only makes possible. but under Ger.
tain conditions renders inevitable Z
conflict between the executive and
the legislature. II would be possible
W the covenant OF the league OF ma
tions stands. for a President in SONS
future wears TO commit the United
States. through it's American repre-
sentative on the council OF the league
Of nations. 20 a policy which the leg
stature al that time might disap
prove.
That contingency Is one which
cannot arise in Great Britain where
the government r. daily responsible &c
che representative authority OF tbs
house Of commons. and where. y.
case % conflict between the house o
commons and the government. th'
latter must either Immediately give
way. or public opinion must decide
between them and assert itself by az
immediate general election. But IL
the United States " is otherwire. Th'
contingency IL within the region oI
practical politics They have reason
and n they so desire the right. 10 pro
vide against H.
Viscount Grey's admirable letter tS
The London Times dispOses complete
~ OF the artful contention that so Ia
ns our European allies are concerne,
.raawrs.sFwvm Mwmn1fFrHf
the peace treaty The case for uncon
ditiOnal ratification has rested al
nose entirely on the fraudulent claim
that American reservations. unles
they we're merely 'interpretaiiye'
and therefore nugatory, would In
volve a breech OF faith with the othei
signatory governments and could b.
properly resented by them. The Sen
ate has been held up 10 scorn as TAX
ing o low and mean advantage OF our
associates by pressing on them modi
ficatiOns OF The treaty 10 which the,
could not afsent without loss OF eli
respect. II was only In N iE sense nat
the Presidents repeated protests
against "nulliNcatlcn" could bS
clothed with any uh'aHct 0f Rener
ssity Of fCel'rg or raj force.
The returning p t'sh ambassador
speaks with 'uii i-uJvledrC ~ ccndi-
tiOns In this country az WrN gs In
Europe. II ls becoming more and
more eyider tLat Graat britain
France and Itab are not rnt- unistiS
70 the Senate reacr n'iOns Fear that
The reservation VIII "Eullify" the
treaty Heema o be confined chiefly "a
the White House. And that Is be-