South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-05-21

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Goodrichism we propose 90 con-
Wet James r.. Watson Of having
Tnisrepresented the people OF Indiana
on the League OF Nations and sen
tence him % a political death with
out resurrection
We can respect the open manly
fight that Borah made, but we nave
nothing but contempt for the snipinB
methods of the senator's from IN
diana. The senator FROM Idaho
courageOusly declared that ne would
not follow Jesus Christ upon the
League OF Nationa-and ne did not
but the senator from Indiana hid
ing In the ambush OF his sOphistries
stabbed the covenant at every op-
portunity with a poisoned blade.
We called our war a holy war.
We preached a holy purpose And
men gave their money and mothers
gave their boys on as solemn n
promise as nations ever mace, that
this should be the last great war,
II human ingenuity could plan a
lasting peace
And after we had turned the tide
and won the war, and the sinister
forces OF eaCtiOn throughout the
world began TO plan the domination
Of the conference of peace, Wood
the banner Ct American democracy
at the head OF the table.
He went. followed by the jeers of
the tunkers and the prayers Of the
masses Of mankind And standing
among the soldiers graves. ne said
in substance his. We have come 10
keen the faith. We have come to
write into the laws of nations the
pledge the nations made In the sol
emn hour OF battle. We have come
10 keep our promise 10 the sorrow
ing stricken mothers Of the world
that everything that statesmanship
can do shall now be done 20 put an
end to wars OF ambition and Of
greed No more shall the tribe of
Tallyrand and MetterniCk meet be-
hind closed doors TO barter away the
lives OF boys and the happiness of
mothers because of a lust for land
and dollars
And 10 in all the tongues Of earth,
from every quarter of the globe,
there came n shout more universal
than ever before had greeted the
worCs of mortal man. and Woodrow
Wilson, the leader Of the American
democracy, became the leader, the
spokesman. and Interpreter OF the
democracy of man.
Conspiracy to Kill the League.
But UcfOre the covenant could be
discussed the reactiOnaries of the
senate ECgan to sing their hymn of
hate against the League OF Nations.
Before the plenipotentiaries of the
peace themselves could know the
terms, the reactiOnaries of the SEN
ate began TO denounce il with all
the intemperance of a political cam
paign.
And before the covenant could be
completed they served notice of
their intent 10 kill through the no
torious Round Robin Of Henry Cabot
Lodge-signed by James l.. Watson
of Indiana.
They cut the ground from under
the president as best they could;
they weakened his power for good
as best they could. they dimmed the
splendOr of his prestige as best they
could: and through their perfidy
they encouraged the cupidity of all
the imperialists OF the world. But
as against this handicap of the
American senate, the seven million
soldiers graves. the twenty million
crippled and manned, the anxious
hearts of the hundreds or millions of
the mothers Of men were battling by
the side of Woodrow Wilson-and
he won.
And then they began to mobilize
their forces 10 kill the League of
Nations They stopped TO the in
credible duplicity of packing the
foreign relations committee with
enemies Of the league and then adj
vertised the infamy by boasting of
the deed.
More: they converted this COM
mittee into a shambles for the
he nv IA If ha
convict senator fOm Michigan, who
now awaits his summons 10 the
peni-entiary. And, Oh God OF our
father, there in the penitentiary
may his tribe increase.
Sophistry and FalsehOOd.
Then they launched their cam
paign OF misrepresentation in their
attempt 10 divide America into war
ring racial groups and array them
against the League Of Nations. They
said that England would dominate
the league; then that Wall street
would dominate: then union labor
would dominate; then the pope
would dominate, then the colOred
races would dominate; and one was
as true as the other and all were
false as hell
When these wreckers of the treaty
say that the president demanded the
treaty without the dotting OF an
or the crossing pf a they stoop TO
naked falsehood.
When We accepted the Root
amendment to the Monroe doctrine,
they rejected the amendment.
When we accepted Taft's reserva-
ton on article y, they rejected the
reservation
When they learned of Wilson'S
stand on Plume, they joined the
forces OF D'AnnunZio.
All OF these nursery statesmen had
20 know was what Wilson wanted,
10 know that they opposed; or 10
know what Wilson opposed 10 know
what they wanted.
All. but they say that the league
has increased the radicalism Of the
times. Our answer Is that the radi-
calism OF the times has been in
creased hundred fold because the
masses know that bIood-soaked i'm
periaism rules the senate
They have the impudence TO say
that the one serious effort 70 put
an end to slaughter has multiplied
the reds And we answer that with
the undisputed fact that every So
cialist every communist. every an
archist. every bolshevist and every
copperhead from Bill Haywood down