Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-10
|. You should know that
/ AT least 100000. tons of honey
60 to waste in Nebraska each year
because bee culture is neglected.
MR.. WILSON'S EXPLANATION.

In his letter to Senator Hitchcock, expana-
tory of his position with regard to Article X,
the president goes over much ground that has
been repeatedly travelled. His letter does dis
close one significant point When the treaty
was discussed in camera by its trainers, the
president states, due note was made of the
constitutional limitations under which the sew
eral countries were placed. To particularly
specify these he holds to be supererogatory. In
! plain English, the president does not think it
NECESSARY to set oat that the Constitution of
the. United States still governs this country in
its course. This may be readily understood, as
coming from one who has so long exercised
extra-consttutional power, and who has so cav
alierly set aside that venerable institution when
ever 1t stood between him and his imperous
NifL All
Reiterating the statement that Article X is
the "heart Of the covenant" and that it carries
moral obligation that the United States can
not ignore, the president expresses himself as
personally opposed to any Of the proposed
reservations, holding them to be amendatory
and not explanatory or interpretative. This is
a matter Of opinion. Even admitting that the
work would be one of supererogation, it is
not yet plain where harm could come to the
world by having it distinctly understood just
how far the United States is obligated to carry
out mandates Of the League of Nations.
We more than ever believe that Mr.. Wilson
lis not in touch with the mood of his country
men, nor wholly in harmony with the thought
/ Of the world Sixteen months have passed since
he went to Paris, and within the last five months
81 that period he has been secluded not only
1 from participation in the affairs of his own
I hand, but entirely separated from the current
1 Of world thought He has not been able to
!! determine the trend of events, and shows this
4 by his argument The world has moved
/ rapidly and has covered great distance since
/ Woodrow Wilson suffered stroke at Pueblo
4 fast September.
\ Lloyd George, Clcmenceau, Millerand, Ntti,
and other European statesmen representing
countries with which America must be asso-
csted in the League Of Nations, have agreed
and plainly signi6ed that the Lodge reservation
does not "cut the heart out of the covenant" "
|. ID November last they admitted that the Con-
sEitution OF the United States forbade this coun-
/ try going as far as the president wanted to
4 axe it, aud assented to the proposition that
/ MI, Wilson had engaged at Paris to do some
1 things he could not. But the president wants
/ to leave the gate open, with the vague and un-
/ certain suggestion that his country is morally
Il obligated to 60 beyond the boundaries fixed
!, by its fundamental law.
!; Having compromised with Japan on Shan
i lung and with the European Allies on Fiumc,
i Mr. Wilson finds himself unable to compromise
Il with his own country on its constitution. He
tsaHr hat al
!; but says it is "supererogatory" to so express
!: the fact in the treaty. This strange obstinacy
L on part of the president may cost him the en-
j tire substance of the covenant, unless enough
II democrats break away from his leadership to
i give life to the limited ratification, which alone
ais possible.