The Washington times., 1922-03-05


1919 and at tho "ides of No
vember" in the year Of our
Lord 1920 there sprang up q re-
naissance of George Washington
lore.
You could not 60 into the gal
iery of the United States Senate
without hearing reverberations Of
the stentorian inquiry: els this
country to repudiate the wise
teachings of the Father Of His
Country"
To listen to tho passionate and
loud defamation defen ding
George Washington a visitor
would naturally have concluded
that q bunch Of bolsheviks had
made their way into tho National
Capital and were threatening to
tear down the graceful and sim
pie shaft that a grateful people
had erected to his memory. to burn
UP all his speeches, to repudiats
his successful War of the Revolu-
ton, and deny the blessings
which followed his illustrious
deeds.
He suddenly doomed up as hav-
ing all tho virtues of q SUPER
man. and tho strident patriotic
orators said by their tones. IF
any man, particularly Woodrow
Wilson. tries to remove tho doc
trine Of Washington. he should
be shot before sunrise without
benefit Of clergy"
LYNCHED WILSON'S IDEALS.
And 20 far Is tho Senate ma
5ority could do so It lynched
Wilson and his ideals, and COM
mitted tho assassination by in.
voking the name OF the illustri-
Gus George Washington. When
4 world alliance was PROPOSED.
known a the covenant of tho
League of Nations. and were
told that Washington foresaw
the day when Wilson would try
to create a superstate, destroy
Amer1canism. and make this
country subservient to Europe
And foreseeing It warned against
It in the memorable words. ut Is
our true policy to steer clear Of
permanent alliances with any por-
tion OF the foreign world" and
there can be no greater error
than to expect or calculate upon
real favors from nation to nation.
It 10 an illusion which expert.
enoe must cure. which a just
pride ought to discard"
In 1920 a majority of us
marched under what was called
washington Americanism" and
resolved that this country should
forever go on its own hook, toll
crate no alliance Of any character
with any foreign nation, and al
ways look out for Number One.
Before a year had passed the
results of a nation trying in the
twentieth century ito live unto
ITSELF had brought bankruptcy
to many farmers and turned mil
lions of mechanics and laborers
on the street without employ
ment. The policy in 1920 OF
sticking to the letter OF Wash
inston's utterance in 1895 had
borne the fruit which Mr.. Wilson
and others foresaw.
WASHINGTON REPUDIATED.
And now in 1922 we hear no
more, except from a minority, of
the necessity OF generating Wash
ington. His birthday passed with
no Senatorial encomium upon his
Farewell Message" no plea for
100 per cent Americanism as 10
found only in isolation. no philip
pics against any character of al
lance with foreign nations" Has
George done anything to justify
this changed attitude? Has
Henry Cabot or Harding had any
ouija board message from tho Fa-
ther OF his Country recanting his
warning against foreign nations7
Certainly nobody. or rather
mono of tho distinguished Sena-
tors who then regarded any sort
Of alliance as worse than poison
gas. has cried out against the
alliances which Harding and
Hughes and Root and Lodge and
Underwood have entered into
with foreign powers"
NOW ADVOCATING
ALLIANCES.
The signing OF the alliance
with Japan. Great Britain and
France Is the perfect apology Of
fered to Woodrow Wilson by
those who accused him OF betray-
ing the interests of America by
an agreement signed at Yer
ssilles to preserve the peace of
the world by an agreement with
all the free nations OF the world.
so Ear as reported in tho press,