The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1920-07-03
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The only changes in the platform as
framed by the subcommittee follows
lreland-The great principle of ma
tional self-determination has recefy-
ed constant reiteratiOn as one of the
chief detectives for which this coun-
try entered the war and victory es-
tablished this principle
Within the limitations of interna-
tional comfy and usage, this -conven-
ton repeats the several previous ex-
pressionS of the sympathy of the Dem
ocratic party Of the United States for
the aspirations of Ireland for self
government
League of Nations-The Democratic
party favors the league of nations as
the Surest, if not the only, practicable
means of maintaining the permanent
peace of the world and terminating
the insufferable burden of great mill
tary and naval establishments. #
was for this that America broke away
from traditional isolation and spent
her blood and treasure to crush q
colossal scheme. of conquest. It was
upon this basis that the president of
the United States, in prearrangement
with our allies, consented to a Sis
pension of the hoStilities against tha
imperial German government: the ar
mlSt1ce was granted and a treaty. of
peace negotiated upon the definite as
surance to Germany, as well as TO the
powers pitted against Germany. thar
"a general association of nations must
he formed, under specific covenants
for the purpose of affording mutual
guarantees of political independence
and territorial integrity to great and
small states alike" Hence, we not only
congratulate the president on the Wis
ion manifested and the vigor exhibit
ed in the prosecution of the war. but
we telicitate him and his associates
on the exceptional achievements at
Paris involved in the adoption of a
league and treaty so near akin TO pre-
viously expressed American ideals
and so intimately related to the as
piratfons of civilized peoples every
where
We commend the president for his
courage and his high conception of
good faith ID steadfastly standing IN.
tile covenant agreed to by all the az
ISOLATED and allied nations at war
with Germany, and we condemn the
Republican senate for its refusal to
ratify the treaty merely because il
was the product of Democratic states
manShip. thus interpreting partisan
envy and personal hatred in the way
Of the peace and renewed prosperity
of the world.
BY every accepted standard of in
ternational morality the president is
justified in asserting that the honor
Of the country is involved in this
business; and we point TO the acc1Is-
ing fact that before it was determined
TO initiate political antagonism to the
treaty, the now Republican chairman
of the senate foreign relations COM
mfttee himself publicly proclaimed
that any proposition for a separate
peace with Germany, such as he and
his party associates thereafter report
ed to the senate would make us gull
ty of the blacklist crime"
On May Is last, the Knox substi,
| tute for the Versailles treaty was
| passed by the Republican senate; and
this convention can cOntrive no more
fitting characterization of its oblouuy
| than that made in the Forum Maya
zine of December. 1918, by Henry Ca
| bot Lodge, when he said:
eff we send out armies and youna
men abroad to be killed and wounded
| In Northern France and Flanders with
no result but this, our entrance into
war with such an intention was q
| crime which nothing can justify"
| The intent of congress and the in
| tent of the president was that there
should be no peace until we would
create a situation where no such wal
as this could recur. We cannot make
peace except in company with our al
| lies. 1t would brand US with ever
| lasting dishOnOr and bring ruin to rs
| also if we undertook to make a sonar
| ate peace
Thus to that which Mr.. Lodge il
saner moments considered "the black
| est crime" he and his party in mad
ness sought to give the sanctity O.
law; that which eighteen months age
was of "everlasting dishonor" the Re
| publican party and its candidates to
| day accept as the essence of faith.
| We indorse the presidents view O
our international obligations and hi.
firm stand against reservations de
| signed to cut to pieces the vital pro
visions of the Versailles treaty and WI
commend the Democrats in congress.
for voting against resolutions for sep
! arate peace which would disgrace thu
nation We advocate the immediat,
ratification of the treaty without re
servationS which would impair It's
essential integrity; but de- not oppost
| the acceptance of any reservations
{ making clearer or more specific TIL
| obligations of the United States to tn,
league associates. Only by doing thi
may we retrieve the reputation o
this ration among the powers of tn,
earth and recover the moral leader
ship which President Wilson VOL
and which Republican politicians a
Washington sacrificed.
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