Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-05-11
TACTICS
GUILTY FOR
BAD CONDITIONS

4 crave q nDtle space IN your paper,
in which to comment briefly on an
editorial in the Mexico Daily INTEL
Igencer of April, 18th, 1922, in which
the editor of that paper undertakes to
reconcile his erstwhile ardent sup
port of the League of Nations, with
his present support of James A. Reed
for reelection to the United States
senate.
The editor of that paper argues
that the League Of Nations cannot
become an issue during President
Harding's term and that Reed is
needed in the senate to fight the ten
denotes and drift of the Harding adj
ministration. But Reeds term if he
should be reelected would extend
four years beyond the end Of Hard
ing's term and IL a democrat should
succeed Harding, as every thing now
indicates, Reed would bethere COM
missioned by the democrats Of Mis-
souri, to continue his fight on the
League of Nations and all that it
implies.
I believe that Senator Reed, more
than any other man, is to blame for
the present distracted condition Of
the world and the consequent econ
omic stagnation in the United States.
1t viii be recalled that he was the
earliest, bitterest and most persistent
opponent Of the League Of Nations
and the Versailles Peace treaty, and
that he persisted in his opposition
after the Democratic party in Mis-
souri, and then of the United States
had declared for it with practical
unanimity. That neither Lodge, nor
Moses, Sherman nor Brandigee, nor
Knox, nor Borah, nor johnson, nor
any of the so-ealled "Bitter enders,H
were so virulent as he, against that
great and humanitarian program,
That without his support, creating al
it did a detection in the democratic
ranks, the republican leaders would
never have dared to go the limit thai
they did in opposition to so great ant
comprehensive plan, for the settle,
ment of the political and economic
affairs of the world.
The result Of this unholy allianc,
of Reed with the narrow-minded ant
bigoted leaders Of the republican
party was that the hands of tn,
Wilson administration were tied TO.
two years and then came the republi
can victory Of 1920, and we are nov
enjoying what was looked forwar,
to as SPLENDID ISOLATION, blu
has proven TO The commercial stagna
ton, with coal mines and factorie
idle, with farm products without
market, u ships rotting in our har
bors and one half the world sufferinI
for food and clothes; this, too, Will
we have all the surplus gold and cap
ital Of the world at our command.
Nor is this all. Our refusal to ra,
ify the peace treaty and subsequent
making separate treaties with th
enemy, has branded us, along wit
the Germans, Russians and Turks a
pariahs among the nations Of tn
earth, and encouraged Germany I
resist the fulfllment Of the treaty sh
signed, has given aid and comfort
the Bolshevic rulers Of Russia and eH
couraged the Turks to fight til
! Greeks and massacre the Armenian
All the present turmoil in the worl'
: with its disastrous reaction on on
I business conditions can be traced I
our refusal to ratify the peace treat,
: We see the spectacle nov at Geno'
! Of Russia and Germany defying Of
: recent allies because we have d.
! serted them.
!. The question Of whether we sha
! enter the League is still a live, burr
q ing issue and we cannot eyade ]
3 1t is in this Reed-Long campaign an
9 will be fought out in Missouri th
! year. The nomination and electic
I, Of Reed would mean its death kneI
! I don't see how any true friend
peace and the orderly settlement
international troubles a be +
Is Reed.
DEMOCRAT.
(The writer Of the above Is one
. the most prominent Democrats
z Audrain County and II necessary b
\. identity can be learned BY calling
\ this officeEditor.)