The Delta independent., 1920-08-20
UNITED ON THE EVE OF AN
OTHER GREAT WAR SAYS COLBY

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.-"If Sec
retary Colby means what he says, the
United States is on the eve of another
great war" is the view OF the Repub-
lican Publicity Association, which
through its president, Hon. Jonathan
Bourne, Jr., issues the following state
ment from it's Washington headquar-
ters:
The severe arraignment of the Bol.
shevik government contained in the
note OF Secretary OF State Colby ad-
dressed to the Italian ambassador will
meet with the approval OF all true
americans, who, it may be remarked,
have frequently been dismayed by
evidences of sympathetic feeling
between the Wilson administration
and The present rulers of Russia.
Neither can any exception be taken
to the expressed wish of Mr.. Colby
tnat an arniistice between Poland and
Russia may bring speedy cessation
of hostilities. But the American peo-
pie are going to take emphatic issue
with the secretary in his attempt to
pledge all available means to the
rity of Poland.
This government, declares Mr..
Colby in his letter to Ambassador Av-
ezZana, believes in united, free and
| autonomous Polish state, and the peo-
pie of the United States are earnestly
solicitous for the maintenance of Po-
lands political independence and ter
ritorial integrity. From this attitude
we will not depart, and the policy of
| this government will be directed to
the employment of all available
means to render it effectual.
Whatever may be our sentiments
toward maintenance OF the boundaries
of Poland, it is quite another thing
| to use every means at our disposal -
| guarantee the integrity of those boun-
daries The language used by Mr..
, Colby is the very essence of Article
X of the league of nations covenant
and involves policy overwhelmingly
rejected by the United States senate
and. destined to be emphatically re.
| pudiated by the voters in November
1t is simply reiteration of the presi.
dents insistence upon his precious
league, and continuance OF his eff.
fort to involve the United States in
European affairs, despite the opposi.
tion of the congress and of the peo-
pie.
Let it be remembered that the
president is possessed at this moment
with every one of the emergency
powers granted to him for the wasing
of war, with the exception of the IN
troll of our transportation systems.
Congress passed bill repeating prac-
tically all of the war legislation. hut
Mr.. Wilson refused to sign ii, ana It
failed to become a law Under the
powers with which he Is clothel Mr..
Wilson ordered our soldiers to : ich-
angel to fight the Reds, sent otlier
military detachments into Poland on
similar mission, and transported
several thousand men across the Paci-
fic to guard against the Bolsheviks in
eastern Siberia. There is not doubt
in the world that he could. If he wish
ed, send an army to Poland tomorrow.
"If Secretary Colby means what he
says, the United States is on the eve
OF another great war more than a
Thousand miles further from our
shores than the last II the admins
tration actually intends to resort to
'alI available means to make effectu-
| al the maintenance OF Poland's poll
tical independence and territorial In
tegrity the nation will soon see the
draft in operation once more. the can
tonments humming with a new life,
the communicating Of ships for the
transportation Of troops and supplies.
and Of industries for the manufacture
OF munitions, and last but not least
the sad farewells in hundreds of
thousands of homes as the boys march
away to vindicate the international
obesessions- Of the white house auto