New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-29
Wilson Backs
Platform That
Lauds Policy
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view of the fact that these twenty
three Senator'S voted for the Lodge
reservations which the Virginia plank
condemns. From their standpoint the
significance of to-day's move on the
part of the President lies in the ap-
parent indication of dawning realiza-
ton on his part of the extent of the
revolt within his own party against his
previously maintained position.
That the President will now concen-
trate his efforts behind the Virginia
declaration is evidenced by the fact
that, in making public his letter to
Senator Glass, the White House also
distributed mimeographed copies of
the Virginia platform in its entirety,
including the extravagantly worded
tributes it pays to his work in Paris.
Also regarded as significant was the
fact, disclosed in the brief letter of
Senator Glass to the President, in
closing copy of the Virginia plat
form, that the President yesterday
personally asked that it be sent to
him for perusal.
Triumph of Democracy
The part of the Virginia platform
referring to the league Of nations fol
lows:
In his president Wilson's) second
term the greatest war of the worlds
history was successfully fought to q
speedy conclusion. And in its prose
cution the Pres dent not only sus-
tanned the honor and guarded the vel
spirit of humanity and justice which
is essential to national security and
ind ;vidual liberty BY his leadership
the American people established the
authority of democracy over autocracy
and throughout the world commanded
respect for human rights and a yearn-
ing desire for perpetual peace.
The Democratic party. Of Nirginis
favors a league of nations as the
surest if not the only pract cable
means of mainta ming the permanent
insufferable burden of great military
and naval establishments. 1t was fo1
this that America broke away from
traditional isolation and spent he1
blood and treasure to crush a colossal
scheme of conquest. We not only con
graduate the President on the Wis or
manifested and the vigor exhibited il
the prosecution Of the war, but We
felicitate him and his associates or
the exceptional achievement at Pari:
involved in the adoption Of q league
and treaty so nearly akin to American
ideals and go intimately related to tht
aspirations of civilized peoples every
where.
I'VE commend the President for his
courage and his high conception OF
good faith in steadfastly standing fol
the covenant agreed to by all the as.
sociated and Allied nations at war with
Germany, and we condemn the Repub-
lican Senate for its refusal to ratify
the treaty merely because it was the
product of Democratic craftsmanship
thus interposing partisan envy anc
personal hatred in the way of the peace
and renewed prosperity Of the world
Separate Peace Denounced
BY every accepted standard of in.
ternational morality the President is
justified in asserting that the honor Of
the country is involved in this bust
ness; and we point to the accusing
fact that, before it was determined tx
initiate political antagonism to the
treaty, the now Republican chairman
of the Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee himself publicly proclaimed thai
any proposition for a separate peace
with Germany, such as he and hi;
DartV associates recently reDOrted r.