Milford chronicle., 1920-02-20
UNCLE TED'S
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Current Events for the Children
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HOPE OF PEACE BLOCKED
BY WOODROW WILSON


BY WOODROW WILSON
what do the papers mean wher
they saw that President Wilson has
blocked peace? asked Jack as he and
his sister were talking to Uncle Ted
Just before dinner.
They mean" answered his uncle
that although, as / have explained
to YOU before, the Democrats have
tried to make the people of the coun-
try believe that the Republicans in
the Senate were keeping the peace
treaty from being settled, that the
Democrats led by Presiden Wilson
are the ones who are keeping the
treaty from being settled because they
continue to refuse to accept reser-
vations which will protect America
Has the President said anything
about it lately?" asked Ruth.
Il know" spoke up Jack, "he wrote
a letter to Senator Hitchcock and
said the Senate must either accept
the treaty without reservations or
have the people Of the country vote
on it."
That's right, Jack" said Uncle
Ted. "As / told you last week, Lord
Grey's letter showed the people OF
the country that these reservations
protecting America would not be oO-
jected to by England which left no ar
gument for the Democrats that unless
the Senate adopted the treaty win
its world plan as President wilson
wants, the Allies would refuse to ac-
cept it. OF course the President
heard about the Gray letter ana II
made him angry because re wants
the matter settled HIS way or not At
all. Being sick in the White House
he couldn't SO TO Congress and make
a speech as he always liked TO do' SO
he saw there was nothing LETT TO 40
but write a letter. So, as you nave
said, Jack, he wrote TO Senator Hltch-
cock. the leader of the Democrats IN
the Senate, and said that he partlcu-
larly objected to the reservation 10
Article Y, which he was written 10
prevent the United States from beng
compelled to go out and fight Tor all
other members of the world cluO'
Then he not only refused 10 cOnslder
the Lodge reservations but SAID ne
was not at all pleased with the So
called compromise reservations VIII
ten bv his own followers, although
those reservations still would Dln9
this country to the orders of the world
club so far as the obligation TO help
keep peace by force is concerned.
What do some of the big Senators
think about the Presidents letter
asked Jack.
Some of them think that while the
letter might be called strong, when II
is remembered that it deals in gener-
alities. that is, written so as to in
clude a lot of things and not plain on
any one point, as all of his utterances
have been. it shows signs OF weaken
ing, so far as his previous stand mas (
been on the treaty. Senator Miles I
Poindexter thinks the Presidents let I
ter may bring the Democrats around (
to the position of agreeing to adopt the
treaty with the Lodge reservations.
There is another element, the imam
cial agents and those who have follow
ed the League to Enforce Peace which .
has been with President Wilson from
the beginning. They are cOmmenc-
ing to see that their only chance is
to try and persuade the Democrats
to Weld to the American reservations
while they realize that those reserya-
tions cannot be changed to any great
extent"
"Where does the treaty and the
world club plan stand nOw?' asked
Jack.
about three days after the letter
from President Wilson to Senator
Hitchcock was made public, Senator
Lodge made a motion in the Senate to
have the matter again brought up for
1t was apparent at once
that it will be a long time before the
matter is settled. The Republicans
who stand for the Lodge reservations /
are not willing to give in one point
on those reservations to have them
Senators Borah, Brande-
gee, France, Gronna, Knox, McCor-
mick, Norris, Poindexter and Sher-
man, all Republicans, do not want
The treaty with the world club plan
adopted at all, if they can help it. !
When it became necessary to vote ,
Ipon Senator Lodges motion, 63 SEN
ltors voted for it and 8 against The .
line were the men l just mentioned"
why did they vote against it?' Z
lsked Ruth
"They voted against it. Ruth, not {
they did not want the treaty q
discussed, because they stand on the s
,IOuQQ ludL lntIG GduuOL ub tOu uAuSh 4
discussion, but because they feel that {
he majority of the Senate has already I
expressed the feeling of the country
" voting to adopt the treaty with {
he Lodge reservations. If it had not
,een for the discussion which was {
tarted by Senator Poindexter. follow t
ID by Senator Knox and then by the j
who signed the round rob t
n, which became known as the Second y
of Independence the neo- d
lie of this country would never have e
nOwn what a terrible thing the world b
lub plan is and how it would make 4
his country a slave TO every nation Il
4 the world I
why wasn't that the end of it
len?" asked Jack. S
Because, Jack, it takes a two r
birds vote to ratify a treaty. The n
-eaty has been reported back to the G
enate now by the Committee on
oreign Relations with the Lodge {,
and it is now before the S
enate without any limit on the
mount of time Senators may take in 2
iscussing it,"
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