The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1922-02-19

the great things hoped for, or comes
to supersedure, or to failure, the Am
erican unwillingness to be a part Of
it has been expressed"
Get the pictures: "A world hum
gering for centuries for better re-
lationship;" "a League in response
to that hunger;" American unWil-
lingness to appropriate it," The only
conclusion to be drawn is that Am
erica, infant among nations, has not
"hungered' for a sufficient number
Of centuries" to be able to appre-
ciate the League And alas! il may
come to "supersedurc" (inferentially,
we gather by conferences on a ne
bilious association Of nations"), or
even (horror Of horrors!) to "failure'
But here is a paragraph in which
the Presidents frankness, in intimate
revelations, is most touching: Frank
ly, Senators, if nations may not safely
agree to respect each others rights,
and may not agree to confer if one to
the compact threatens trespass, or
may not agree to advise if one party
to the pact is threatened by an out
side power then all concerted efforts
to tranquilize the world and stab
ilize peace must be flung to the winds.
Either these treaties must have your
cordial sanction, or every proclaimed
desire to promote peace and prevent
war becomes hollow mockery."
What Senator is there with heart SO
hard as to be unmoyed BY such an
sppeal? Surely none would dare to
deny to the nations the fundamental I.
rights to agree to respect ito agree |
TO confer" and Ito agree to advise.
Even so unseasoned and unsophisti- .
Gated a Senator as Mr. Newberry will .
recognize this incontroyert
ible logic and yield to this imprisoned .
plea!
Speaking further in Interpretation,
the President said: "No one Of us
shall have less than before There is
no narrowed liberty no hampered in
no shattered sovereignty, /.
10 added obligation The Senate's .
concern for freedom from entangle-
nents, for preserved traditions, for
independence, was never
nee forgotten by the American dele
rates" And here is a confession of
aith truly sublime: IF | did not
believe these treaties brought Us not
My new guarantees Of peace but also
greater assurances Of freedom from
| would not submit them to
our consideration Think of it,
they bring not only new guarantees
f peace, but also "greater assurances
f freedom from conflict
Here again the President furnishes
N effective key to Interpretation:
There has been exercised every eau
ion consistent with accomplishment.
n mindfulness of this, ! submit to
he Senate that if we cannot join in
taking effective these covenants of
eace, and stamp this conference with
.merica's approval, we shall discredit
he influence Of the Republic, render Z
lture efforts futile or unlikely, and
rite encouragement whore today
mere is hope"
Such solicituda FOR Keeping the in
ue0ce of the Republic inviolate could
OF have been born of any less dis
nguished service than that which
n. Harding rendered as Senator ia
alping to defeat the covenant Of the
eague of Nations, which came, we
re told, in response to a world hum
err centuries old But above all
iings, in this wear Of our Lord. 1922,
lder the dispensation of Republican -
ace, let the influence Of the Re q
lblic be safe guarded, and let the al
ltions be made secure in their rights, o
pecially the rights "to agree to re- o.,
'ect," Ito agree to advise, and ito
cree to conferl' y
With such rights guaranteed, with .
"compulsiye measures" out-lawed, ,,l
th no "entanglements' and no "in- h'
lvements" countenauced the ma p
ms Of the world "with easily re- 'l
nciled national aspirations must 90
I'VE forward toward that battle-ship- 5.
IS, gas-less, secret -diplomacy-less o.
ate Of complete accord in "agree- 81
ents,' and uninterrupted joy in a'
egotiations," wherein there shall be oa
semblance Of cntanglements and
suggestion OF involvements.- not
en-, indeed, in the Marionesque tut CT
'ances Of a provincial President. ~