Milford chronicle., 1920-10-22
UNCLE TED'S
BEDTIME STORIES
SENATOR SPENCEH STARTS
SOMETHING; NEITHER PRES
IDENT WILSON NOR COVER
NOR COX CAN FINISH!

president Wilson has gotten into
the campaign after all, hasn't he
Uncle Ted?" asked Jack, who thought
he might get a story out of his un-
Gle.
Now, Jack, why don't you ask me
right out to tell you a story. instead
of trying to start it that way. You
are a big tease, Jack, but 1 was go
ing to tell you and Ruth story to-
night anyway, so l might as well base
it on your question. Yes, Mr. Wilson
has been forced into the campaign
controversies and through his secre-
tary has had to attempt to explain
some of the things he said when he
was in Paris at the peace confer
ence trying to start the world club
plan.
1T all started when Senator Seldom
P. Spencer, of Missouri, in a recent
speech, said that the President had
promised to the representatives of Ru-
mania and Serbia, when the represen-
tatives of CZechoslOvakia were pres
ent, that if any nation ever invaded
their territory he would send the Am
erican Army across the seas to de-
fend their boundary line Soon after
this the President sent a telegram to
Senator Spencer in which he said this
statement was not true, in fact he US
ed the word false Senator Spencer
made the natural reply to this in
which he asked for the official report
of this particular session of the peace
conference when the President was
reported to have said
"'You must not forget that it is
force that is the final guaranty of
peace of the world. If the world
is again troubled the United States
will send to this side of the ocean
their Army and Fleet
1.-The answer given from the White
House to this last showing of what
was given the world as the official
report was the official version COM
ing from Fred A. Carlson, a Chicago
man who was one of the stenOgraph-
ers with the U. S. delegation at Paris. /
That part of the official version which /
compares with Senator Spencer's /
statement reads this way:
"'And yet there underlies all of /
these transactions the expectation /
on the part, for example, of Ruman-
ia and of Czechoslovakia and of Ser
bia, that if any covenants of this
settlement are not observed, the
United States will send her armies
and her navies to see that they are
Observed"
whats the difference?" asked
Jack.
That's just it, Jack. There is no
real difference. 1t is just as Senator
Spencer has said: It is a quibbling
attempt to pick out slight verbal diff
ferences.' The important part of this
matter is the understanding which
President Wilson has given to. the Eu-
ropean nations. Governor Cox, the
Democratic candidate, has declared
that whatever President Wilson has
promised he will do his utmost to full
fill, and is making speeches every day
for the world club, and backing up
everything Mr.. Wilson did, and stat
ing over and over again that if he is
elected he will just about break his
neck to see how fast he can get the {
United States into the world club. !
Both Governor Cox and Mr. Will ]
son have said again and again that it
is not true that Article X of the world s
club plan would send our soldiers all |
over the world to fight the battles of !
other countries. But most people be- a
lieve that the club plan would require a
the United States to send its army t
and navy abroad to fight, and they OBJ
ject to that part of Mr.. Wilson's t
scheme. Therefore, Governor Cox t
and Mr.. Wilson are trying to make e
people believe that it would not mean t
sending our troops and our navies to \
fight in other countries in wars T
which, if we were not members would
not involve us" l;
But they can't say that any more" v
spoke up Jack, president Wilson has l,
said, hasn't he, that we would send
our armies and navies across the F
Dcean?" a
Yes, of course, Jack, that is the
substance of what he said. 1t should t.
be explained a bit more, though. You ii
see when the smaller countries, like
Serbia and Rumania were called into t
he peace conference to sign, they a
saw they must sign something which B
would give the big nations, like Eng
and. the right to jump in and decide Ii
questions of race and religion. They it
iidn't like that and raised a fuss, and N
{ looked like the whole conference
SetAA VI Ntth w. GetCt 4GpAGo0AAttA- -
ives like Mr.. Wilson saw that they m
would have to induce these small
Countries to accept what was planned NJ
n the world club would never go 81
trough"
What happened?" asked Ruth. CO
President Wilson made his adj
ress in which he told the representa- ~
iT5s OF these small countries that the 10
lg powers, the United States, France, OF
-ngland, Italy and Japan, would lu
1teeethe political independence ve
nd territorial integrity of all the III
ountries joining the world club. He =
AID they should have control of some
the home questions of the smaller
ountries and that having this con-
rol they would be glad to guarantee
lelr integrity And his final word
what really guarantees peace for
ne world is the MILITARY AND MA
Al STRENGTH OF THE BIG Ma
IONS.
Now how can anybody say that the
orld club will stop war? And how
40 anybody say that we won't have
send our boys to fight for every
lue country under the sun, should
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