The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-06-11
PROTECT AMERICA
REPUBLICAN SLOGAN
Applicable To Issue AS
Made By Wilson In
Peace Veto.

Washington, June 7-Protection
OF unfaltering Americanism will be
the issue presented by the Republican
party at Chicago for decision in the
campaign.
The Presidents reiteration of his
many previous statements that he will
not accept any sort of peace except
that which does not include his own
pet league of nations and his four
teen points is contained in the fol-
lowing paragraph of his message We
toing the Knox peace resolution:
Notwithstanding the fact that up.
on our entrance into the war we pro-
fessed to be seeking to assist in the
maintenance of common interests.
nothing is said in this resolution
about the freedom of navigation up
on the seas, or the reduction OF arma-
ments, or the vindication of the
rights OF Belgium, or the rectifica-
tion of wrongs done to France, or the
release of the Christian populations
of the Ottoman empire from the in
tolerable subjugation which they have
had for so many generations to en-
dure, or the establishment OF an in
dependent Polish state, or the con-
tinued maintenance OF any kind Of
understanding, among the great
powers of the world which would be
calculated to prevent in the future
such outrages as Germany attempt
ed"
Republican members of Congress
are OF the opinion that this state
ment is entirely at variance with the
actual facts.
When the United States entered
the war there was no profession of
maintenance Of common interests.
but declaration that the rights OF
the United States had been violated
When the President arrived in
Paris to help negotiate the treaty he
made no effort to secure from Great
Britain an acknowledgement of free
dom of the seas. Meanwhile Repre-
sentative Britten, OF Illinois, had dis
covered that as the result of ships
now in building the United States in
1923 will have navy larger than
the combined force of the British
Empire. This, Republican members
feel, is the best guarantee of freedom
of the seas.
Great Britain cleverly incorporated
In the wording of the peace treaty
league covenant that no reduction in
armament should be made unless pro
rata, which would still leave her in
control of the seas of the world
The rights of Belgium have been
indicated by the armies OF the United
States which overthrow the German
Empire, by the restoration of Belgium
sovereignty, and by agreement by
Germany to pay damages
Germany has been shorn Of her
empire, her boundaries have dwindled
and France now has troops on Ger
man soil in order to make sure that
the last franc is exacted in reparation.
Europe is now working upon the
problem of Turkey
Poland is already in fact an indie
pendent republic.
No kind of permanently peaceful
understanding among the nations OF
the world can be possible until self
determination, which the President
fails to mention, extends to Ireland,
India and every other subjugated
state, and no preliminary agreement
can be entered into by America until
its sovereignty and republican ideals
are fully protected from the machina-
tions of the diplomacy of empires.
On this line the Republican leaders
intend to fight II it takes all sum-
mer. The President has laid down
his platform for attack in the one
paragraph quoted. His opponents in
Congress intend to meet the issue
on the facts.