The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1921-11-18
THE BETRAYAL OF a NATION

4 The history of the fight to destroy the League
of Nations or at least to make It impo.ent. Is be-
ing written much earlier than many politicians an
t;cipated The motive behind the fight was
thought to be successfully hidden in the innermost
recesses Of the minds OF those who conceived the
plot and executed il. Crimes against individuals
have often remained concealed apparently for all
time, but crimes against a nation are eventually
recorded in history. In the case OF the League OF
Nations the inside facts being revealed and a
record made. The motives OF those who met IN
secret even before all of the contents OF that Ia
nous document were known to them. and plan
ned its destruction along with the elimination OF
President Wilson, stand out today as the most
damnabe and selfish ever conceived in the mind
of politician who places party first and the
Nation second
Prior to the receipt of the treaty of Versailles
and League Of Nations document in this country
but after party leaders had been informed some
what of its scope Senators Lodge. Knox. (now
deceased), Brandegee and few other party lead
ers. met in secret at a preananged dinner party
where Senator Lodge presented his plan to re-
store the Republican party to power AT this din
ner Senator Lodge is reported to have said:
President Wilson has brought back from
France the most important State document ever
formulated in the history of the world. II the
Senate ratifies this League of Nations covenant
and treaty of peace, it will be known and recorded
and heraded achievement Of the Democratic
party. AS Republicans, we can not allow this to
wide importance to be ratified and chroniced as
the achievement of Democratic President and
Democratic Administration would cast blight
on the Republican party and its future and would
keep us in the background perhaps for years. Our
only remedy is to kill the League OF Nations and
treaty of peace and in order to do this we must
eliminate President Wilson
In this statement Senator Lodge acknowledged
the treaty of Versailles and League of Nations as
the greatest State Document ever formulated in the
world. His objection to il that It was the
product OF a Democratic President and a Demo
cratic administration To him the OF his
party was greater moment than the revival OF
industry and the promotion of the cause OF peace
throughout the world The fact that failure to rati-
fy this treaty would plunge nations into war; that
millions of women and children must suffer the
pangs of starvation that the world would continue
in state of turmoil and that the United States
would be placed in a position of renouncng its
world obligations. were of little weight com
pared with party success.
This editorial is not written in support OF the
League of Nations but in condemnation OF all
party leaders Democratic and Republican. whose
loyalty to party and to their selfish interests
is greater than their loyalty to the Nation itself.
How long will we continue to send men to the
United States Senate and 10 the House of Repre-
sentatives whose only thought is for political
power and who subject the welfare OF the Nation
to whms of leaders who play the game from
professional standpoint and according to rules of
half century agol
Judas lscariot betrayed Christ for few pieces
OF silver Benedict Arnold surrendered the for
tress of West Point to the enemies of his country
for few dollars and commission of Colonel in
the British army. Both acts condemned by
ali Christian people. Grimes black as, any
Party.--Farm and Ranch.