The Dolores star., 1924-07-11

and federal agencies, and the multi
plication of offices and office holders.
| We demand a revival of the spirit of
local government essential to the
preservation of the free institutions of
our republic.
We pledge ourselves to maintain our
established position in favor of the ex-
clusion of Asiatic immigration.
Territories
The Filipino peoples have succeeded
in maintaining stable government,
1 and have thus fulfilled the only condi-
ton laid down by Congress as a pre-
requisite to the granting of independ-
ence. We declare that 1t is now our
duty to keep our promise to these peo-
pie by granting them Immediately the
independence which they so honorably
covet
The maladmlnistration of affairs in
Alaska is a matter of concern to all
our people. Under the Republican ad-
ministration, development has ceased
md the fishing industry has been Sc
riouslY impaired. We pledge ourselves
to correct the evils which have grown
p In the administration OF that rich
domain.
An adequate form Of local self-gov-
ernment for Alaska must be'provided
and to that end we favor the estab-
| lishment Of full territorial form OF
| government for that territory similar
to that enjoyed by all the territories,
except Alaska, during the last century
Of American history.
We believe in a policy for continu-
ing the improvements Of the national
parks, the harbors and breakwaters
and the federal roads of the territory
of Hawaii.
| We recommend legislation for the
welfare of the Inhabitants OF the vir-
gin Islands.
Treaties
We condemn the Lausanne treaty. 1t
barters legitimate American rights and
betrays Armenia for the Chester oil
concession.
We favor the protection of American
rights in Turkey and the fulfillment
of President Wilson's arbltral award
respecting Armenia.
| We welcome to the sisterhood of re-
publics the ancient land Of Greece
which gave to our party its priceless
name. We extend to her government
and people our cordial good wishes.
Reduction of Armaments
We demand a strict and sweeping
reduction of armaments by land and
sea, so that there shall be no competi-
tive military program or naval build
ing. Until international agreements
to this end have been made, we advo-
cate an army and navy adequate for
our national safety.
Our government should secure a
joint agreement with all nations for
world disarmament and also for a ref
erendum of war. except in case of ac-
tual or threatened attack.
Those who must furnish the blood
and bear the burdens imposed by war
should. whenever possible, be consult
ed before this supreme sacrifice is re-
quired of them.
War is relic of barbarism and it
is justifiable only as n measure of de-
fense.
In the event of war in which the
man power of the nation Is drafted, all
other resources should likewise be
drafted. This will tend to discourage
war by deprivlng 1t of its profits.
League Of Nations
The Democratic party pledges all Its
energies to the outlawing Of the whole
war system. We refuse to believe
that the wholesale slaughter of human
beings on the battlefield Is any more
necessary to mans highest develop
ment than is the killing of individuals.
The only hope for world peace and
for economic recovery lies In the or
ganized efforts Of sovereign nations CO.
operating to remove the causes of war
and to substitute law and order for vio-
] lence
Under Democratic leadership prac-
teal plan was devised under which fif-
ty-fOur nations are now operating and
which has for Its fundamental purpose
the free cooperation of all nations in
the work of peace.
The government of the United States
for the last four years has had no for
eign policy and consequently it has de-
layed the restoration of the political
and economic agencies of the world. 1t
has impaired our self-respect at home
and injured our prestige abroad. 1t
has curtailed our foreign markets and
ruined our agricultural prices.
1t is of supreme Importance to civ
illZation and to mankind that America
be placed and kept on the right side OF
the greatest moral question of all
time, and, therefore, the Democratic
party renews its declarations of conf.
dence in the idea of world peace, the
League of Nations and the World
Court of Justice as together constitut'
ing the supreme effort of the states
manship and religious conviction of