The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-07-02

OK world peace rests upon q bare ma.
Jority OF one. secured through the
tainted senatorial vote frcm Mirhi.
gan"
hequirements OF Honor.
In one sense II is quite immater.
iai what people say about the presi.
dent. Nothing we can say can add or
detract from the fame that win fiow
down the unendiag channels OF his.
tory. Generations yet unborn will
look back 10 this era and pay their
tribute Of honor to the man who led
people through troubl0us ways out
of the valley OF seiiishncss I'M Ia the
mountain tops of achievement and
honor. and there showed them ihe
promised land Of freedom and safety
and fraternity. Whether history re,
cords that they entered IN or turned
their backs upon the vision, II Is ali
one with him--he Is immortal.
There are men who seem To be-
annoyed when we suggest that Amer.
ican honor is bound up In this con
test. and that good faith requires that
we should enter the league OF nations
The whole Republican case is based
upon the theory that we may, with
honor, do as we please about this
matter. and that we have made no
promises which 1t Is our duty to re.
deem. Let us turn again to the rec.
ord
THE Republican party In its plat.
form of 1916 had declared for world
court for the pacific settlement OF
International disputes The Progress
sive party In 1912 and in 1916 had
likewise declared for an arrangement
between nations TO make peace per.
manent The Democratic party in
1916 had specifically declared In fav.
or OF league of nations. The senate
itself. on August 2S, 1916. by unani.
nous vote. passed u measure request.
ing the president TO take the lead in
such world movement.
In December Is, 1915. the presi-
dent addressed an identic note 10 the
nations at war. requesting them 10
state the terms upon which they
would deem IL possible TO make
peace. In this note he proposed the
creation of Il league of nations, say.
ing:
In the measures TO be taken To
secure the future peace of the world,
the people and government of the
United States are as vitally and di.
rectly interested as the governments
now at war. *They stand ready
and even eager 10 cooperate in the
OF those ends when
the war is over with every influence
and resource at their command.
This was four months before
America entered the war.
TO this identic note, the central
powers answered eyasively, but the
allies. in their reply dated at Paris,
January 10. 1917. declared.
Their whole.hearted agreement
with the proposal to create league
OF nations which shall assure peace
and justice throughout the world
Europe In Accord.
On January %, 1917. the presi,
cent addressed the senate with refer.
ence 10 these replies, and said:
In every discussion OF the peace
that must end this war. Ii Ii taken
for granted that the peace must be
followed by some definite concert OF
power which shall make 1t virtually
Impossible that any such catastrophe
shall oyerwhelm us again
Speaking OF the league OF peace
which was 10 follow the war, he said !:
II the peace presently 10 be
made liz TO endure. IL must be peace
made secure by the organized major
force of mankind
Acting upon these proposals the
French and the British governments
appointed committees 10 study the
problem while the war was stiIl In
progress.
On April 2. 1917, the president
delivered his famous war message To
congress, and thrilled The heart of
the country anew by his pronounced
purpose TO make the contest "A war
against war High above all our 9th.
or aims he placed:
universal dominion OF right by
such concert of free peoples as
shall bring peace and safety 10 all
nations and make the world Itself at
last free
War ls Declared.
Following this message. the con.
gress. by resolution. passed April 6,
1917. recognized the state of war.
ON January j. 1918, the president
went before congress and net forth
his famous fourteen points. The
ionteenth point. which IN practically
identical In language with the nrn.