The Washington times., 1922-03-20
Senator's, We Make This Appeal to You in the
Name of Fifteen Million American CT

able harmless and full of the milk of human kindness
and generous helpfulness.
Senators, you know that that is impossible.
The day of miracles" has passed
The law Of human nature and probable human con-
duct is exactly what it always has been. No incana-
tions of the high priests of humbug can alter its
sovereign DEGREES or stay it's compelling hand.
Nations will again exactly as they have warred
before
Imperialisms will crave lands and peoples to SPOIL
and militarisms will 60 gladly to conquer and subu
gate them.
In the very nature of things the richest land and
richest people will be objects of common envy and
greed and if to the greatest riches that land
and that people unite weakness and lack of defensive
preparation, then any capable of thinking beyond
the capacity of babe must that the predestined
victim of the ntrgues and the allied attacks of the
envous mperalisms and militarisms will be that fool
lsh nation that invites it's perils
Now, Senators, this is exactly what these treaties
will bring upon if you should ratfy the negota-
tons begun in sentmentality and completed in cozened
credulity
We are the richest people earth.
We would therefore be the most desirable spoil.
And if batter down our own sea defenses with
foolish hands and trustfuly place ourselves
at the mercy of two imperiasms whose whole history
is of aggression violence subjugaton and gigantic
robbery then instead of insuring peace invite
And will get war, Senators, unless all history is
a lie unless the nature of has been changed
mracuously overnight.
They tell us, Senators, that these treaties have been
made to avert the threat of with these two allied
,imperiasms of Britain and Japan.
We should think that such argument would blister
an American mouth.
TO WHAT SHAMEFUL PASS HAVE WE COME
THEN, THAT WE MUST MAKE TREATIES OF
ALLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL ROBBERS
UNDER DURESS AND COERCION!
Why, Senator's if our escape from is perilous
and dsgraceful alliance with their Imperialism, then
better war-war now, war on land and sea- while our
millions of men are ready to fall into their old ranks
and our ships of battle still float on the waves!
Either let bright flag fly above people free
to follow their policies, to go their way in
the world to prepare their defenses, to maintain
their sovereignty to command and not to beg their
own rights, else let fleets and our armies 60
forth Armageddon and there rid the earth of the i'm
peralism and the mlitarism which still it and
oppress it. else 60 down like amid the universal
crash of nations, tumblng in common ruin.
That thousand times better than submission
to threats. But there need be no such catastrophe
Senator's No combination of international highway
will dare to attack if you, in your places
of high trust, faithful to the traditions of the Re-
public and resist every invitation and every nducement
to ally America with other Powers and every in
trigue to weaken powerful defenses upon the
There is true policy of permanent peace There
is certainty of security There the gates can
defend against all assailants. There are our mpreg
nabe walls.
There, Senators, there in the waters of the oceans
that wash the feet of mighty motherland lie the
happy hope the strong security and the assured peace
of the Republic.