The border vidette., 1920-09-25

Judge Frank J. Duffy return ed home last Thursday from Phoenix, where he had been to hear Governor James M. Cox, the next president of the United States, who spoke at the State Fair grounds last Wednesday afternoon. Judge Duffy, who is a life long Democrat and a great admirer of the governor of Ohio, says the people of Arizona gave the standa rd- bearer of the Dem ocrat party a wonderful recep. tion. And they heard a fine ad- dress. Judge Duffy believes the governor of Ohio is going to be elected.
 Regarding the Peace Treaty and the League of Nations, Gov ernor Cox said:
 And now let us discuss the Peace Treaty and the League of Nations, and l am going to dis cuSS it in primer fashion. l am not going to attempt any techni- cal discussion. A technical dis cuSsion was originated about a year ago in order to confuse the public mind. That covenant is simple and plain and clear, and the men who contend that it in. fringes upon the sovereign rights of America, or the men who con- tend that it increases the pro- bability of American boys going to war, know better. It simply isn't true. Now, 1 assume that during the war you held great meetings. Is this where you held your war mee tings, where the mothers assembled, where your people came, where you forgot all of your differences, where you left your politics and your religion outside, where you labored together as Americans? There were many mothers there who wanted assurance. They were Americans, one thousand per cent. They realized that war was a cruel thing and they be lieved that certain imperialistic heads overseas brought the great tragedy of war upon the sons of man; but they became thorough ly reconciled to the sailing of their boys to the battlefelds of Europe. What was it that re- conciled the mother heart in America. What assurance did you give them. Did you tell them we were going over to con- quer domain that we did not . then possess; that our boys were to fight in order to gain a rich cash indemnity? No. You sim [, ply said that we are going to destroy military autocracy, a war machine, and that we were going to end this war in order to make wars in the future impos- sible. Isn't that right?
 "The boys completed their work. While they stood watch on the Rhine, Germany signed the treaty, and then all the allies signed the treaty, and the allies ratified the treaty, and America alone has failed to ratify the treaty. Now, why did Germany sign that treaty? Not only be cause she had been defeated in war, but because the American boys stood watch on the Rhine; two million magnificent fellows behind them, and the German Government knew the kind of stuff they were made of and they signed the treaty.
 ''The Republican Convention passed 3, platform. It's provision with reference to the League of Nations is meaningless. It's vague. Nobody knows what it means. Some of those who have been for league say it is all right. Those who are against any kind of league say it is all right, too. V They attempted to pass something that would please every body. They tried to make the blanket big enough to cover the whole family, and my ex- perience has been that when you pull the blanket too much at the four corners. it is apt to rip in the middle.
 Now, the candidate has in terpreted the platform. He says that if elected, the first thing he is going to do is to make a sep arate peace with Germany. He is going to desert the Allies. Would your soldier boys have deserted the Allied soldiers dur ing the war? If we wanted separate peace with Germany, we could have had it long before this. Germany would have sign od a SeDarate Deace with uS inst