New-York tribune., 1920-03-21

ica out If peace and out Of partnership
with the nations pledged to it's preser-
vation.
"But looking to the question as an
election issue, The Bulletin is i'm
PEELED to insist upon consideration of
its suggestion that the fate of the
treaty be decided by referendum sep
at the same time as the voting for
Presidential candidates."
Buffalo Express
1t looks as if the purpose of the Ad-
ministration Senators is to see if the
President is not now convinced that
his original treaty is impossible and
if he will not release them from any
obligation to support him further. 1t
is not improbable that several of the
Administration Senators as individuals
have gone as far with Mr Wilson as
they can and will reverse themselves
on the next text whether he consents
Or not.
Kansas City Star
The peace treaty with the league Of
nations is dead. It has been killed by
the President. In the Senate yester-
day. including the pairs, there was
majority of eighteen for the American
lied treaty, but the President refused
to release the seven Senator'S whose
votes would have ratified the docu-
ment. Obviously there is no use vast
ing more time over the treaty. 1t was
negotiated by President whose ap-
peal to the country in advance for
vote Of confidence had been refused
him: The Senate has spent nine
months on it and voted on it twice.
Each time majority has been ready
to ratify the treaty with the rserva-
tions. Each time the President has
blocked action. He has set his heart
on automatically forcing the treaty
down the country's throat in the face
Of strong majority in the Senate and
of course in the House as we'll He
will not succeed. There is
still the task of framing some practical
program to promote the cause of peace
through extending the domain of arbi-
tration and providing for more effec-
tive administration of international
law. That task must be left to some
less autocratic and visionary Presi-
dent
Louisville Courier-Journal
The enemies of Woodrow Wilson and
of the Democratic party, with the
champions of national coWardice and
.,
have their way.
They have crushed the league of ma
tions, the only structure ever contrived
for pacfication of mankind and it's
redemption from the rule of the brute
/. Such is the voice, not of the
great mass of the people, but of a
little bunch of politicians, but it will
be heard the earth over not as voice
of a few politicians, but as the voice
Of America
Boston Herald
While the peace treaty has been
dead SO many times that we hesitate
to pronounce the latest happenings as
final, it very much looks as if that was
the case. If so, we regret the out
indictment of the capacity of our de-
mocracy to do business. Both parties
have been to blame for this result
the President and the "irreconcilables, I"
Boston Transcript
The Senate has saved America and
America will sustain the Senate. 1t is
great victory, a victory for straight
Americanism at home and abroad.
Chicago Tribune
So Mr.. Wilson himself sealed the
fate of the covenant. The event makes
sardonic comment on his statecraft.
At Paris he made repeated sacrifice Of
principle to save the covenant. But
at Washington he would make no con-
cession to the demand for safeguards
in his country's interest. There is
consistency of egotistic purpose in this
which must be recognized. But we do
not think history will write it down as
admirable.