The Washington times., 1922-03-20

aside the political partsanship which has its rghtful
Influence in wholly domestic affairs, and approach
those problems which affect the entire nation with the
sole desire to do only that which shall add to- and
diminish, that emnence of honor and good report and
might and dominion upon which the Republic stands
this day, beautiful and glorious the bright hope of the
peoples the admired of the nations and the splendid
and invincible leader of the forward march of
kind.
&c. speaking for more than fifteen millions of the
people you represent, invite your careful and
thoughtful consideration Senators, of the upon
which these journals and their millions of concurring
American readers base their profound distrus of the
treaties of alliance negotiated with the Republic of
France and the Empires of Great Britain and Japan.
First Senators, opposed to these treaties
upon the broad ground that alliances with other
tions contrary to welltried and continuous
policy of aloofness from entanglements with other
peoples political affairs.
We ask you, Senators, if this is not true and also
if it is not true that nothing in whole history
whether in peace in war, has been so emphasized
by enormous COST enormous loss and multitude of
domestic and foreign difficulties perplexities and
perils, as the wisdom of long practiced pol
icy of aloofness, by the single departure from
that polcy7 For this we are now paying the tremen
dous price without the consolation of single gain
either for ourselves for that Europe into which
thrust armies, and upon whose racial strfes
and dynastic ambitions and vainous diplomaces
flung away the lives of youth and the wealth of
industrious and peaceable people.
Senators, there is not of your number who
does not well know that need have been
entangled in Europes war, had Government been
mpartially insstent upon respect for sovereign
rights from ALL egerents, and had a real neutrality
been practiced toward ALL and compelled the part
of all, by vigorous policy and powerful naval and
military preparedness.
Is not that lesson enough, Senators7
Did we not pay high enough price for it'
Are not the plausible appeals to economy and pre-
paredness and pacifsm which preceded entangle-
ment in the war; and the sentimental rhetoric which
led us into that strife being exactly repeated by the
proponents of these treaties of another alliancei
Is not the shabby failure of that costly and bloody
adventure into the politics and quarrels and blood
letting of the mperialsms and militarisms from which
had stood aloof for hundred and forty years,
reasonable ground for believing that just such another
costly and bloody result will arise from these treaties
of alliance with the Powers with whom
sociaed in the dismemberment of Europe and the de-
.struction of the whole worlds industry and
lated wealth.
We ask you these questions, Senator'S, not in any
spirit of contention but soberly and earnestly, be-
comes who seek the truth by mutual reasoning
and we beg you to make answer before the conscience
which sits Judge of your conduct in your hearts,
and say upon your honor and your responsibility to
your people, whether you justified by the facts of
the past unhappy years in again entangling
nation in the net of mperialistic alliance.
So much for the broader and higher grounds of
opposition to these proposed treaties.
And now, Senators, ask you to consider other
reasons for rejecting these treaes-lesser reasons
indeed and reasons but nevertheless weighty
and powerful with those of who fear the specific and
think, inevitable pers that will arise from such an
alliance as is proposed between nation and the
British and japanese Empires.
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