The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1920-08-19

wears have been started under cover
of secret diplomacy. President VIII
son maintained that the prerequisite
of world peace was open diplomacy
but the president was kept wfhin
closed doors until they let him out to
come home If President Wilson,
with his great intellectual power, and
with 110OOO,O00 people and the psy-
chology of war behind him, could not
pry open the doors OF European Sc
crecy, what could one man like Col.
House accomplish
II Another popularity of this prin-
ciple Of secrecy is that the fellow that
should not know often known first.
Wall street had four copies OF the
treaty before the United States SEN
ate or the people Of the United States
knew what 1t was. That Is the disad-
vantage of secrecy. One Of the
things that 1t was said should be- done
was that secret treaties should be re-
jected, yet every secret treaty, with
one exception, made during the war
is written into the Versailles treaty
For instance, the Shantung treaty,
thing born in such infamy that 1t
cannot be for the peace of the world !:
treaty purchased by the returning
Of 40,OO0,00O people to slavery under
military power. So much for open
diplomacy and secret treaties.
"The president claimed that impe-
rialism must case; yet no such i'm
perialism and land-grabbing has ever
been known as has been seen since
the signing of the armistice, when all
AL 20 ho No nm Utho
newspapers say that the man from
Idaho. does not like England and
overdraws the picture, but they are
mistaken. I know that the English
people are q proud, self-governing
people of indomitable spirit, and
only ask that the same esprit control
the American people
To-day, Persia Is as mucn a Part of
the British empire as is Canada, and
makes In all 100000 square miles
| added to British territory that they
could not help taking, it being forced
upon them, 1t is claimed. They now
ask us to sign a league Of nations
| treaty that pledges us to send ouI
boys to defend 1t with their lives
Here article 10 was read,) This
would be a primary obligation. IL we
become a member of the league o1
nations, every foot of this tie rritory
comes under our consideration We
promise to police every foot OF this
territory. l would not give the blood
of a single American boy to see that
they hold one foot Of it. (Here arti
Gle IL was read.) The league must
take active part in case of any wal
in any place at any time. We must
send men when called to do SO OF
break our contract. Under article 1C
or article IL, we are bound by our
contract.
Suppose 1t Is referred back TO con.
gress. The treaty is presented as q
solemn obligation, and congress is
bound to carry It out as would be
anyone else. IL the men who fighi
and die have nothing to say about 1t
they are no longer part of this gov
eminent. You will never stop wal
until you give those who fight anf
die the right to say when they shall
have war. We will never stop war
until the people can say when there
shall be war. would bring the
question of war directly to the people
Il do not involve other people, bu
IL snould pe induced to sign such q
treaty l should deserve to be writer
down with Benedict Arnold in the
history OF the country. Yes, Amer
lca VIII 90 ner part, but we will leat
as Tree and independent nation tt
do what we think is right, as d free
people.
"Egypt's appeal for a hearing wa.
denied, and our president turned 4
deaf ear because he could not 70
counter TO the other members OF thu
council England seeks a league o.
natlons tnat 1t may ask Us to suppl,
men 10 Hgnt Struggling subject PEG
pies BACK 10 subsection. The patheti,
appear OF the Korean people for q
hearing was denied, and they ar,
ngnIing tonight Tor their independ