Republican farmer., 1920-07-02

him. At no point, at no times dur ing no period while this history was i American voice raised in protest.
 Thus, before we entered the war we made the pledge: during the war
 we restated the pledge; and when the arnlistice was signed, all of the na- tions, ourselves included, renewed the | pledge; and it was upon the faith of l these promises that Germany laid 1 down her arms. Practically all of l the civilized nations of the earth have l now united in a covenant which con l 1 stitutes the redemption of that pledge. ! We alone have thus far failed to keep our word. Others may break faith; 1 1 the Senate of the United States may 1 break faith; the Republican Party I may break faith; but neither Presi- dent Wilson nor the Democratic Party l will break faith. The Fundamental Purpose i In this hemisphere, the mere de l claration of our young republic that
 the attempt of any foreign power to
 set foot on American soil would be l considered an unfriendly act, has
 served to preserve ''the territorial in- l tegrity and the political indepen- l dence'' of the nations of Central and | South America. The Treaty pledges
 all of the signatories to make this | doctrine effective everywhere. It is | the Monroe Doctrine Of the world.
 The purpose of the League is to give notice that if any nation raises l it's 1nenacing hand and seeks to cross 1 the line into any other country, the l forces of civilization will be aroused ! to suppress the common enemy of
 peace. Therein lies the security of
 small nations and the safety of the l world
 Every war between nations that has l ever been fought began in an attempt 1 to seize foreign territory to invade political independence. If, in 1914, Germany had known that in the event | of hostilities, Great Britain would 1 hays entered the war; that France
 would go in; that Italy would go in;
 that Japan would go in; and that the
 United States would go in-there
 would have been no war. | Objections to the Treaty
 l The opponents of the Treaty cry
 out Shall we send our boys abroad
 to settle a political quarrel in the
 Balkans?" Immediately, the un-
 thinking applaud and the orator rec ords a momentary triumph. Have
 we forgotten that we sent more than two million men to France, spent more than twenty billions of dollars and sacrificed nearly a hundred thousand lives to settle a Balkan dis : pute?
 There was a question between Ser
 bia and Austria. Territorial ques- . tions, political rights and boundary lines were involved. The Grown Prince of the House of Austria was assassinated. A little flame of war licked up into the powder house of Europe, and in a moment, the conti- nent was in flames. It took all the power of civilization to put out the conflagration. How idle to inquire whether we wish to send our boys to settle political disputes in the Bal kans!
 It is extraordinary that men should waste our time and vex our patience
 by suggesting the fear we may be forced into future wars while forget 3 ting entirely that American was fore ) ed into this greatest of all wars Nn 7 League of Nations existed when we !. entered the war; and it was only = when we formed in haste, in the , mids. of battle, a league of friend
 ship, under unified command, that we
 were able to win this war. This as-
 sociation of nations, held together by
 a common purpose, fought the war
 to a victorious conclusion, dictated
 the terms of the armistice and formu-
 lated the terms of peace. If such 9
 result could be achieved by an in
 formal and temporary agreement, why
 should not the association be contin-
 ued in more definite and binding
 form? What plausible reason can be :, suggested for wasting the one great = /. asset which has come out of the war
 How else shall we provide for in P ternational arbitration? How else
 l shall we provide for a permanent
 i court of international justice? How
 else shall we provide for open diplo'
 macy: How else shall we provide
 for progressive disarmament? How . else shall we check the spread o1 l l Bolshevisn? How else shall industry be made safe and the basis of re
 l construction established? How else shall society be steadied so that the processes of healing may serve theil = benefcent purpose? Until the critic: of the League offer better method y of preserving the peace of the world e they are not entitled to one naom
 ent's consideration in the forum O. e the conscience of mankind.
 j: Not only does the covenant guar e antee justice for the future but i e holds the one remedy for the evil e of the past. As it stands today, wal
 is the one way in which America car h express it's sympathy for the oppres l. sed world The League of Nations re y moves the conventional shackles O Il diplomacy. Under the covenant, it i
 our friendly right to protest agains l., tyranny and to act counsel for thu o wGak nations now without effec if tive champion.
 d The Existing League
 = The Republican platform contain
 vague promise to establish anothe Y a different form of association . amongst nations of tenuous ant = shadowy character. Our proposed - co-partners in such a project are un named and unnamable. It is no
 stated whether 1t is proposed to in , vite the nations that have establishe' '' the present League to dissolve it an
 to begin anew, or whether the pur ,e pose is to esta blish a new association Il of a competitive character, compose Il i of the nations that repudiated tn |. existing League. The devitalizin; 'I l character of such an expedient re