Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-09

ments in each other and their vali- dity cannot be questioned.
 No Object Obtained.
 "None of the objects we pro- fessed to be fighting for has been secured or can be made certain of without this nations ratification of the treaty and it's entry into the covenant. This nation entered the great war to vindicate its own rights and to protect and preserve free government. It went into the war to see it thru to the end, and the end has not yet come. 1t went into the war to make an end of mili- tarism. to furnish guarantees to weak nations and to make just and
 lasting peace. It entered it with noble enthusiasm. Five Of the lead ing b:lligerents have accepted the treaty and formal notifications will soon he exchanged. The question is whether this country will enter and enter whole heartedly. If 1t does not do so, the United States and Germany will play lone hand in the whole world. The maintenance of the peace of the world and the ef- l fective execution of the treaty de- pend upon the wholehearted partici- patton of the United States. am 1 not stating it as q matter of power.
 The point is that the United States i is the only nation which has suffi- cent moral force with the rest of i the world to guarantee the substi- tu:ion of discussion for war. If we keep out of this agreement, if we do
 not give our guarantees, then anoth-
 CT attempt will be made to crush the new nations of Europe.
 Not Nations Decision.
 "I do not believe that this is what the people of this country wish or will be satisfied with. Personally, I do not accept the action of the sen- ate of the United States as the decision of the nation. l have as serted from the first that the over whelming majority of the people of this country desire the ratification of the treaty, and my impression to that effect has recently been con- I firmed by the unmistakable evil dence of public opinion given dur ing my visit to IT of the states. l have endeavored to make it plain that if the senate wishes to say what the undoubted meaning of the league is, I shall have no objection.
 There can be no reasonable objec-
 tion to interpretations accompany
 ing the act of ratification itself.
 But when the treaty is acted upon. i I must know whether it means that we have ratified or rejected it. We cannot rewrite this treaty. We must take it without changes which alter fits meaning, or leave it and then, after the rest of the world has sign
 ed it, we must face the unthinkable task of making another and separ-
 ate kind of treaty with Germany , But no more assertions with regard to the wish and opinion of the coun- try are credited. If thare is any : doubt as to what the people of the country think on this vital matter , the clear and single way out is to } submit it for determination at the
 netX election to the voters of the nation, to give the next election the
 form of great and solemn referen-
 dunn, referendum as to the part
 the United States is to play 1T completing the settlement of the } war and in the prevention in the future of such outrages as German - attempted to perpetrate. We have nt < more moral right to refuse now tt , take part in the execution and ad : ministration of these settlement than we had to refuse to take par : in the fighting of the last few week 9 of the war, which brought victor r and made it possible to dictate t. F Germany what the settlements shou,' be. Our fidelity to our associate in the war is in question and th' whole future of mankind. It will b. .Iheartening to the whole world t. know the attitude and purpose of tn
 people of the United States.
 Spiritual Leadership.
 "I spoke just now of the spiritua leadership of the United State : thinking of international affairs. Bu there is another spiritual leader ship, which is open to us and whicl :. we can assume. The world has be-