Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-14
WHY OUR GOVERNMENT
STANDS D|SCREOI1ED
New York World. June IL

New f0rk NtFN8s 1het -
.o,,r government stands discredltet
a,d fr,ondless among the nations Of the
world +" declares the Republican party ~
~ national platform. This IS true, tragic
Ill, tr,,n. and the whole moral and poli'leal
responsibility rests upon hepioii'ah
The United States emerged from We
tor;ous war with a power and preStiRe
sIch As no nation in all history hao eVel
attained. The American people We're ''s
,ras+ors of the world IN the noaest sense
~ which such mastery can ever he actheN
ai for they were the moral masters ~
addition. they were the dominant poii'i'a'
and economic force.
The, still held tins unique poSi'Aah
whom President Wilson rchTnei ii"ii,
France with the Treaty OF fcace 7'lat 'ia,i u
been signed at Versailles. In Spl'e q III
the conflicting interests thai h3a - ~
reconciled, in spite OF all the racia' ~ ~.s'','..5
le a,v,+,,r;cs that had to he adjusted,
tho conference agreed upon treaty q.
Coco and a covenant OF the League OF
Nations Germany accepted tins treaty
Ail the other helligercnts accepted \ ! ne
I-nited States alone rejected II, and i was
rejected because a Republican senate re-
H,sad for Dartisan reasons to rathN any
treaty Of peace negotiated by fresiden1
titd"N ~
a. time when the white man $ clviilza-
4ion i hanging IN the balance, 81 2 IlIhe
whom the guiding and sustaining influence
~ tho United States Is the last hope OF the
,,-orld a Rnnuhhcan National Convention
deals with the Treaty OF Peace IN the spiTi'
of ward politics and leaves the War-stTiek-
on nations of Europe weiterlng III tlel'
agony. So s4e.,,ds
discredited and fricndless. 1t couio Ilo'
be otherwise in the hight OF the senate
record. When Russia under the sinister
leadership of Lenlne and lrotzky' ne-
+~a1,oJ the Allies at Brest-Ltovsk the
paisbax,il-i a+ least had the excuse that
Russia was politically and economically
exhausted and had no recourse except tc
make a separate peace with Germany
There is no excuse whatever tor the zen
ato There never can be any excuse fol
,,-bat the Republican National Convention
hos done at Chicago. Only party blinded
by hatred. only party insane with malice
co,IId he capable Of this supreme betraya
which bv comparison gives certlhcatt
of hiob character and noOie motives Z
Lenine and Trotzky.
The Treaty Of Peace plank that was
ad.,nted at Chicago was not tie careless
~comnronlse of bewildered factions. II i
the product Of a conspiracy Of Republican
Senators who agreed IN Washington week
400 what tbev would do and carried ou'
their compact at the Chicago convention
All nretense Of being concerned merely
with the "Americanization Of the league
covenant is swept aside. Even the Lodgt
reservations are abandoned.
The Republican party stands COMMITTED
against the treaty Of peace. It stands com
mItted against the only League Of Natloni
n existence and the only league on whici
sgree s,,r : It has cheated the living and de
fFauded the dead in the most horrible Of Al
wars If its policies are to prevail tn
United States will remain "dlscredlted a4t
friendless among the nations Of the world
in the final judgment Of history and WI
richly deserve its full measure OF lgno
miny nd shame