The Raymer enterprise., 1921-04-21

to eliminate the burdens Of q heavy
armament The United States ever
will be In harmony with such . move
ment toward the higher attainmentS ef
peaca But we shall not entirely d.
card our agencies for defense until
there ID removed the need to defead.
We are ready to cooperate with other
nations to approximate disarmament.
but merest prudence forbids that We
disarm alone.
League Of Nations serappsd.
In the existing League Of Nations.
world governing with Its super.poweEs.
this republic will have no part. Thsre
can be no mislnterpretation, and theEs
will be no betrayal Of the delibesats
expression Of the American people b
the recent election; and, settled In eur
decision for ourselves, It u enly Air
to say to the world In general, and to
our associates In war In particular.
that the league covenant can have no
sanction by %.
The aim to associate nations 10 pre-
vent war, preserve peace and prsmots
civilization, our people most cordialiy
spplauded. We yearned for this nsw
instrument Of justice. but we can have
no part In a committal to any agency
Of force In unknown contingencies; ~
can recognize no super.authority.
Manifestiy the highest purpose q
the League Of Nations was defeasea IN
linking It with the treaty Of peace apa
making II the enforcing agency Of ths
victors of the war.
Approves Peace Resolution.
"The American aspiration, indesd.
the world aspiration, was an ass0ela-
tion Of nations, based upon the appli.
cation Of justice and right, binding 10
In conference and cooperation for the
prevention Of war and pointing the
way to a higher civilization and inter
national fraternity In which all the
world might share.
In rejecting the league covenant and
utterlng that rejection TO our own peo-
pie, and to the world, we make no sur
render Of our hope and aim for an ~
sociation to promote peace In whach
we would most heartily join.
We wish 1t to be conceived In peace
and dedicated to peace, and will ~
llnquish no effort to bring the nations
Of the world into such fellowship, not
in the surrender of national SOW
ereignty but rejoicing In noblsr
exercise of It In the advancement Of
human activities amid the compensa-
tons Of peaceful achievement.
In the national referendum to which
! have adverted we pledged out a.
forts toward such an association and
the pledge will be faithfully kept. In
the plight Of policy and performances
we told the American people we meant
to seek an early establishment Of
peace. The United States alone among
the allied and associated powers CO..
tinues In technical state Of war
against the central powers Of Europe.
This anomalous condition ought not 10
be permitted to continue.
To establish the state of technical
peace without further delay, I shouid
approve declaratory resolution By
Congress to that effect, with the quail.
iflcations essential to protect all our
rights.
Such action would be the simplest
keeping of faith with ourselves and
could IN no sense be construed a. q
parting with those with whom We
shared our sacrifices In war, for these
powers are already at peace.
Such a resolution should undertake
to do no more than thus declare the
state Of peace which all America
Graves. 1t must add no difficulty 10
effectIng. with Just reparations, the
restoration for which all Europe
yearns. and upon which the worlds re-
coyery must be founded. Neither for,
mer enemy nor ally can mistake Amer
Ica's position. because our attitude a.
to responsibility for the war and the
necessity for just reparations already
has had formal and very earnest ex.
preston.
II would be unwise to undertake to
make statement Of future policy with
respect to European affairs In such q
declaration Of a state Of peace.
Must Safeguard Essential Interests.
The wiser course would seem to bs
the acceptance Of the confirmation Of
our rights and interest as already pro-
vided, and to engage under the exist
Ing treaty, assuming, Of course, tint
this can be satisfactorily accomplished
by such explicit reservations and mod
ifications as will secure our absolute
freedom from inadvisable commit
ments and safeguard all our esseatial
interests.
We must not allow our vision to b.
impaired BY the conflict among our.
selves. The wsariness at home and
the disappointment 10 the world have
been compensated 10 the proof hat