Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1920-10-29

as dangerous to the interests of the
people of his country. President Will
son and Governor Cox and the demo-
cratic party have appealed from the
decision of the Senate directly to
the American people, to the fathers
and mothers of the boys whose blood
would have to be spilled on foreign
battle fields to mike good these guar
nntees. Are you willing, by your
vote, to reverse the United States
Sanate and direct il to rntify and
approve this league, and make these
guarantees, and seal them with the
blood of your boy? If not, and you
are against this league. vote for
Harding and Slcmp.
President Wilson not only nttcmpt
ed to force this League of nations
upon the American people and there
by change their whole policy and his
tory, but in furthcrance of this mol
icy, while in Europe, he agreed To
separate military alliance with France
by which the United States Would
Mt once send its soldiers and navy
across the sea FOR the protection Of
France in case of war with Germany.
Not only did he attempt to commit
the United States to military nj
lianccs with foreign nations, but af-
ter he returned from Europe he sent
message to Congress- asking that
tho United States meddlc i'm Euro
pcan affairs by accepting mandate
for Armenia, and guarantee, by the
blood of our soldiers, the safety of
this European country. Governor
Cox snys he stands for the Wilson
, policies and the Democratic party il
committed to the Wilson policies. If
, these policies are endorsed by the
American people on November 2nd.
and the United States takes its place
in this league of nations, and its
part in the wars of the world to
which it would thereby he obligated.
your boys would hccome Internntion
al soldiers and their graves would
be found in Europe, Asin. Africa. and
The isles of the sens. Read Article
containing the guarantee and read
article XVI providing for its full
iilment. and then ask yourself. Is
the Wilson league II league OF peacc
or league of war?
Our forefathers came to Americn
IN order to have religious and politi-
cal freedom and to get away from
the ,cntanglcments Of Europe. Up
TO this time we have accepted the
advice of George Washington, Tho
inther of our country and other great
statesmen and have steercd clear of
foreign alliances. We have the great
est nation on carth-n government
OF the people, by the people and for
the people.
Are you willing to enter this Will
son league, make the guarantees
therein contained, and commit the
destiny of this nation to n council of
nine men, eight of whom are for
eigners? Are you willing for one
man TO represent. the United States
on this Council, when he will be sit
tlhg IN foreign country, four thous-
ana miles from home, and surround
ca by foreign influences? Who will
this one man be? Will he be Re-
PuDiican, Democrat, Socialist, Labor
Leader, multi-millionaire connected
WIN WIN stcci, oil and other great indus
tries OF the world, or an information
al banker. holding millions Of hond.
Of foreign nations? Will he be n he.
lever in Americanism or Information
aiism Will he be Christian or an
infidel? Are you willing for anv ono
man to have the sole power to com
init the United States to n coursn of
acton w>ich might not meet with
our approval? Laws enacted by our
own congress or or legislatures NAV
be repealed when the same do not
meet the approval of the people. he
cause, undr our form Of government.
the power is with the people. But
under under, the autocracy formed by the
wilson league of nations One Man
mas the sole deciding power to com.
NIT us so n course of action thot
we could not afterward CHANGE. but
whlch could only be changed by for
eign governments. This takes The
power from the hands of the neonie I
OF the United States and places It
with foreign council sitting in Eu.
rope. If you want to deIeeate the
power of governing this country to
TINS foreign council, vote for Govern
or Cox and Boiling II. Handy.
If the United States had been I,
member of the league and woodrow
Wilson had been our Representative
on the council, he would have com
mitted the United States to his doc
Urine OF lnternationalism, world with
out end He would have decided tho
great world questions for the Unit
ed States according to his own ne
culiar beliefs and not according to
the wishes Of a majority of Ameri !.
can people. The interests of limited
'States on international questions are