Republican farmer., 1920-08-13
Nominee Declares
 That That Would Be
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 party is committed both by platform in the abstract and by its candidate in specificat ton. The threatened re- volt among leaders of the party is averted. but the minority position as oppressed in ths Senate prevails as that of the party. In short, pr1n- cip1e, as avowed in support of the Lodge reservations, or of the so-csli- ed mild rese1va tiOns, has been sur rendered to expediency.
 Senator Harding makes this new pledge of policy in behalf of his party:
 .I promise you formal and effective peace SO quickly as Republican con- gross can pass it's declaratlon for Republican executive to siyh-"
 This means nue one thtng--a sepa- rate peace with Germany!
 This would be the most disheart- ening event in civilization since the Russians made their separate peace with Germany, and infinitely more unworthy on our part than 1t was on that of the Russians. They were threatened with starvation and revo- lution had swept their country Our soldiers fought s1de by side with the Allies So complete was the coal,- ton of strength and purpose that General Foch vas given supreme command, and every soldier in the allied cause, no matter what flag he followed, recognized him as his chief We fought the war together. and now before the thing is through II is pro- posed to enter into a separate peace | with Germany! In good faith we I pledged our strength with our as sociaaes for the enforcement of terms | upon offending powers, and now it is | suggested that this be withdrawn. Suppose Germany, recognizing the | first break in the Allies, proposes | something we cannot accept Does | Senator Harding intend to send an
 army to Germany to press her to our l terms? Certainly the allied army
 could not be expected to render aid
 If on the other hand, Germany should
 accept the chance we offered of | breaking the bond it would be for the
 express purpose of insuring Ger | man-American alliance, recognizing | that the Allies-in fact, no nation in | good standing-would have anything 1 to do with either of us
 | This plan would not only be a piece
 of bungling diplomacy. but plain, un- 1 adulterated dishonesty, as well. l No less an authority than Senator | Lodge said, before the heat of recent l controversy, that to make peace ex- l cept in company with the Allies
 would ."brand us everlastingly with
 dishonor and bring ruin to US" | And then after peace is made with Germany, Senator Harding would, he
 says, Hopefully approach the nations l of Europe and of the earth, propos- ing that understanding which makes us willing participant in the con- | secration of nations to a new relation | ship"
 ] In short, America, refusing to en- l ter the League of Nations (now all ready established by twenty-nine na- tions) and bearing and deserving the
 contempt, of the world, would submit an entirely new project. This ac | would either be regarded as arran'
 madness or attempted internationa boSsiSrn.
 The plain truth is, that the Repub.
 lican leaders, obsessed with a deter
 imitation to win the presidential cleo
 ton, have attempted to satisfy too
 many divergent views. Inconsist encies, inevitable under the circum stances, rise to haunt them on ever. hand, and they find themselves ar rayed in public thought at least against a great principle More thai that, their conduct is opposed to tn, idealism upon whcih their party pros
 pered in other days. ... II Illustrating these observations b, , concrete facts, let it be remembere' that those now inveighing against al
 interest in affairs outside of America , criticised President Wilson in un f measured terms for not resenting tn s invasion of Belgium in 1914 The = term the League of Nations mili i. tary alliance, which, except for thei , opposition, would envelop our coun v try, when, as mater of truth, tn V subject of a League of Nations ha . claimed the best thought of Americ he fo Enfn = Peace was presided over by so dis = tinguished a Republican as Ex-Pres
 ident Taft, who, before audiences i a every section advocated the prfncipl
 l and the plan of the present Leagu, V They charge experimentation, whe
 we have as historical precedent tn @ Monroe Doctrine, which is the yer Q essence of Article X of the Versatile q covenant. Skeptics viewed Monroe = mandate with alarm. predicting re h current wars in defense of Centr; L. South American states, whose guard a fans they alleged we need not b , And yet not a shot has been fired h almost one hundred years in prs n serving sovereign rights on this hen , isphere. They hypocriticaIly clail n that the League of Nations will IT 10 suit in our boys being drawn int military service, but they fail to re; l. lize that every high school youngst' 10 in the land knows that no treaty ca
 override our Constitution, which r. Ia serves to Congress, and to Congre f alone, the power to declare wa st They preach Americanism with ,d meaning of their own invention, ar i- artfully appeal to selfish ar z- provincial spirit, forgetting that Lii ,- coin fought a. war over the pure "a moral question of slavery, and tn ', Mckinley broke the letters of ol T., boundary lines, spoke the freedom .d Cuba, and carried the torch of Anne n ican idealism to the benighted Phili " pines They lose memory of Garfield
 prophecy that America, under Il as blessings of God-given opportunit h would by her moral leadership al pr cooperation become Messis
 among the nations of the earth. r. These are fatefu1 times. Organi Iv ed government has a definite duty n; over the world. The hous- or civiliz .e tion is to be put in order. The S tv preme issue of the century is befo