Charlevoix county herald., 1920-10-29

cured by treaty negotiated by the
President through and with the advice
and consent of the Senate. The Presi-
dent had the right to appoint a COM
mission to sit in conference at the
peace table; he had the right to go to
the conference himself, although no
other President ever did such thing
Mr.. Wilson, however, trusted no one,
he kept his own counsel and he can
not complain If the world interprets
his motives. One man dictation Of
peace terms was entirely in keeping
with Mr. Wilson's notions Of auto
cratic government.
1.-THE Allies were quite content in
exchange for Mr.. Wilson's approval of
a division of the 81 oils of war among
them to grant him League of Ma
lions. They had rothing to lose and
much to gain. They had little iaith in
It, however, and the events have prov
en- its futility as a preventive OF war.
when the Sena.e obtained an OFF,
cial opy of the cove iant 1t was read
with great care. It was couched in
doubtful language ant subject to vari-
Gus interpretations. From what the
President had said, however, the SEN
ate was able quite clearly to under
stand what he had in mind and after
reading and discussing II more than
O third of the Senate signed a protest
to the President, stating that certain
changes would have to be made In the
document before II could be approved
by the Senate.
81 know that the President said the
interpretations which the Senate con-
tended for were what the covenant
really intended, but he impeached his
own integrity when he repeatedly pre-
vented the Senate from attaching the
expressions In the form Of explanatory
reservations to the covenant itself.
IL can never vote that any man or
any few men can plunge our nation
into a foreign war in which must be
sacrificed American boys without first
having our people or their represent
atives pass upon that question.
want the matter so clear that no for
eign council shall have power to In
volve US either morally or actually
In war. The President himself has
made this question a political issue
In this campaign and as far as l am
concerned l do not shrink from 1t.
Read the history Of the world since
the armistice and see what dangers
would threaten and what compiled.
lions would involve us IL we were in
n al
twenty-nine nations. Most OF these
European troubles grow out Of wrongs
which the League sanctions and which
Il must perpetuate. We should be di.
vinely thankful that The Senate pro-
tected the United States against the
moral necessity of furnishing men and
money to fight old world battles in
order that monarchy may be extended
+, and wrong perpetuated.
with a real American President
who feels that II is his first duty to
care for his own country, the United
States will regain its one-time power
and influence. Americans rightfully
In foreign countries will have their
rights OF person and property respect.
ed and protected.
"If the party which has served this
country in every one of its great trials
and preserved 1t as the hope Of the
world is returned to power, is there
any doubt that our full duty will be
performed? Is the Republican party
Iss intelligent. less patriotic than Its
democratic rival? Let the peoples
,ts make answer"
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