The Penn's Grove record., 1920-06-18
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The reading, thinking American is
interested in what the National Re
publican platform says on the para
mount issues following the World
War. They are the Peace Treaty,
League of Nations, Armenian Man.
date and Mexico.
Most of the Republicans favor the
Peace Treaty with reservations as
tackled on by the Republican Senators,
represented by Lodge, as the leader.
The bitter-enders, led by Hiram john
SON, of California, and William E.
Borah, of Idaho, favor not only no
League, but no Treaty.
In order to hinder any discussion In
the convention and possibly a bolt the
treaty advocators surrendered TO the
b~itter-enders.
Treaty and League
The Republican party stands for
agreement among the nations to pre-
serve the peace of the world. We be-
lieve that such an international assocl-
alton must be based upon information
al Justice, and must provide methods
which shall maintain the rule of public
right by development of law and The
decision of impartial courts, and which
shall secure instant and general inter-
national conference whenever peace
shall be threatened by political action,
so that the nations pledged to do and
insist upon what is just and fair may
exercise their influence and power for
the prevention of war. We believe
hat all this can be done without the
compromise of national independence,
without depriving the people OF the
United States in advance OF the right
to determine for themselves what is
Just and fair, when the occasion arises
and without involving them as partlc-
ipants and not as peacemakers IN a
multitude of quarrels, the merits OF
which they are unable to judge.
The covenant signed by the Presl-
dent at Paris failed signally to &C
complish this purpose and contained
stipulations not only intolerable for an
independent people, but certain to pro-
duce the injustice, hostility and con-
~troversy among nations which 1t pro-
posed to prevent.
That covenant repudiated to a de-
gree wholly unnecessary and unJustl-
fable the time honored policy IN favor
of peace declared by Washington and
Jefferson and Monroe and pursued by
all American administrators for more
than a century, and it ignored the uni
versal sentiments of America for gen
erat;ons past in favor of international
law and arbitration and it rested the
hone of the future upon mere eXped-
iency and negotiation.
No Armenian Mandate
III u-a D,ocilapt Wilson for
asking Congress to empower nm TO
accept a mandate for America. Inc
acceptance of such mandate would
throw the United States into n very
maelstrom of European quarrels.
We deeply sympathize with the peo-
pie of Armenia and stand ready to
help them in all proper ways, but the
Republican party will oppose now and
hereafter the acceptance of a man
date for any country in Europe or
Asia Mexican Policy
The ineffective policy of the present
a lr1inistration in Mexican matters has
been largely responsible for the con-
tinued loss of American lives in that
country and upon u border, for the
enormous loss of American and for
eign property, for the lowering OF
American standards of morality and
social relations with Mexico, and for
the bringing of American ideals OF
Justice and national honor and pollti-
cal integrity into contempt and rldl-
Guile in Mexico and throughout the
world.
We should not recognize any MeXl-
can government unless it be a respon-
sible government, willing and able to
give sufficient guarantee that the
lives and property of American citl,
zens are respected, that wrongs Will
be promptly corrected and just COM
pensation will be made for injury sus-
tanned. The Republican party pledges
itself to a consistent, firm and etfec-
tive policy toward Mexico that shall
enforce respect for the American flag
and that shall protect the rights OF
American citizens lawfully in Mexico
to security of life and enjoyment OF
property, in connection with an es-
tabIished international law and our
treaty rights.