Arizona republican., 1920-05-11
TUESDAY, MAY Il, 1920
Nothing except battle lost can be half so melancholy as 8 battle won.
 Duke of Wellington.
From the Land o, Dreams


 address of President Wilson the crats of Oregon, urging them delegates the national convention who would support the Yer saies treaty and oppose the Lodge reservations be dismissed something already disposed of by the people of America-as the enlanation from a sick room. of a whose mind has not moved forward since last August when the people for the first time begin give intelligent treaty
 Nowhere have the democrats this year accepted the view of the president with to the treaty. We know of convention of democrats in which it's ratification without reservation has been specifically urged many official meetings of democratic lead in the meeting of the Arizona state committee the subject studiously, almost ostentatiousy ignored In the Georgia primary the only far where democratic voters have had an opportunity to heard this issue was forced by Attorney General Palmer less than one-third of the voters sustained the president
 Mir Bryan is openly opposing. and democratic leaders generally acquiescfng by silence. his proclaimed belief that declaration by the party in favor of the in it's original form would fate. democratic hopes November. Therefore, far it's effect upon the democratic party at San Francisco is concerned, the address thte president be regarded wholly negligible.
 It is of interest only evidence that the presi. dent is still wandering in the land O dreams;" tha clouds still compass him about, earth, he is not earthly, men who lead political parties to success; statesmen who contrive that govern ment shall benefit their people. must be-
 But what is this continual muttering of the pres- dent in his dreams about world leadership? Who O have asked for world leadership? of the peoples of the earth have wanted position of world leadership? And which the great nations of the earth would not assumption of that position only alite less bitterly than they resented the attempt of Germany to take the world leadership? The world is not ready for any leader ship It will be enough is given free dom to solve it's problems out it's own destiny and if in every case, that a happy soluton the world will be happy, though Ieaderless as it aI- ways has been
 The president manifests a jealousy for the na- tion's honor which he believes be sustained only by the ratification of the treaty original form Obviously the president holds that nation was committed to a certain course by his promises and actions at Versailles. But the president could not make a commitment. He was without authority to do His associates there, they were not conversant with the constitutional limitations that restrained the president could to hear the protests which arose from that still powerful negative force-he United States senate against the presidents plans. The representatives the other great nations there known that the presi- dent was as power1ess to pledge the honor of the American nation as any other American citizen would have been. The fathers had appraised the honor of the American nation thing too priceless to be placed in the hands of any man.
 But suppose tut the president had been in- vested with such power that the objections of  the senate might have been regarded as an attempt at repudiation. the and France to the views of the would reduced repu- diation to modification the terms of the treaty Even a sacred contract entered by competent parties may be honorably with the consent of the parties
 We are not considering the treaty n it's original form or the Lodge reservations That has all been done The Republican along, believe with a large majority of the American people has favored and still tho vations as have been proposed that will enable us to enter League of Nations terms that the other great powers have signified will be acceptable to them.
 But that period of discussion is now temporariy at least, past We consider the treaty and the league only with reference political canpaicn But mildly interested in the continued ob session Of the president that he the spokesman of the world, the keeper of democratic partys conscience and the custodian American honor