Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-10-11
TAFT'SLEACUE
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Correspondence Shows
Former Presidents
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the league, unanimous league decis-
ions and disarmament. The corrs-
epondence made public contained two
cablegrams from the president 70
Mr.. Taft and several from Mr.. Taft
to the executive, including one in
which A. Lawrence Lowell, former
vice-president of Harvard University,
joined.
The White House memorandum
quoted at length league amendments
to show adoption of Mr.. Taft's sug-
gestions.
The final cablegram from Mr.. Taft
sent to Secretary Tumulty and for
warded to the PRECEDENT, as given in
published correspondence, was dated
June %, 1919, just before the presi-
dent returned to present the treaty
to the senate. 1t read:
81 would like to send a return mes
sage and that is that the president
argue to the league and its necessity;
the impossibility to secure peace
without it, the dreadful unrest in Eu
rope, the pressure of our allies to
ratify and secure peade at once, the
need of the league with the United
States to stabilize and to resist Dol
shevism, the necessity tor renewal of
negotiations if a nimportant amend
ment like striking out article ten is
made, the absurdity of a COMPRESSION
al declaration of peace on one side,
the giving up of all objects of the
war in such a peace if Germany were
to make similar declaration. | hope
sincerely he will not attack the Re
publican senator's. His appeal will
be more influential if he pleads his
cause and does not attack the OPP
position"
On March 16, 1919, the cor
respondence showed, Secretary Tu-
multy sent the president a message
stating that Mr.. Taft desired to cable
the president direct with suggestions
not looking to change "of the struc
ture of the league, the plan of action
or its real character, but simply re-
moving objections in minds of con-
scientious Americans which its
language does not justify and whose
fears could be removed without any
considerable change of language"
The reply given by President Will
son said he would appreciate Mr..
Taft's offer of suggestions and well
come them"
"The sooner they are sent the bet
ter" the presidents reply added
'fYou need give yourself no uneasi-
ness about my yielding anything with
regard to the embodiment of the
proposed convention of the treaty"
On March 10, the correspondence
showed, Mr. Taft cabled a reserva-
ton for the Monroe doctrine, stat
ing that it "alone would probably
carry the treaty, but others would
make it certain" Mr.. Taft's detail
ed suggestions were:
eff you bring back the treaty with
the League of Nations in it, make
more specific reservation of the
Monroe doctrine, fix term for du-
ration of the league and the limit of
armament, require expressly unan-
unity of the action in executive
council and BODY of delegates, and
add to Article XIV a provision that
where the executive council of the
body of delegates finds the differ
ence to grow out of an exclusively
domestic policy, it shall recommend
no settlement, the ground will be
completely cut from under the op-
pornuts of the league in the senate"
The latter, Mr.. Taft said, would
cover tariff, japanese immigration
and similar domestic questions.
Submitting drafts of proposed
amendments and detailed arguments
in their behalf, one of Mr.. Taft's
messages stated:
"The Republican senators are
trying to stir up anxiety among Re
publicans lest this be limitation
upon our tariff 1t would help
much to meet and remove objections
and cut the ground under senatorial
distractions"
REGARDING the Monroe doctrines
protection, Mr.. Taft was quoted as
follows:
envy impression is that if the one
article already sent. on the Monroe
doctrine be inserted in the treaty..
sufficient Republicans who signed
the round robin would probably re-
treat from their position and vote
for ratification so that it would car
ry. If the other suggestions were