Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-03-08
SPEECH OF
HON. GEORGE HOLDEN TINKHAM
OF massachusetts,
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 3, 1888

Mr.. Holiday. Mr.. Chairman, yield 40 minutes to the gentle
Mr. Tinkham. Mr.. Chairman, the time has come to handle with
out gloves those who would denatonalize the United States.
tons and individuals who are attempting to destroy the independence
of the United States, to subyert her national integrity, and to involve
her in advance IN the next European war.
The time is here fully to disclose to the American people the
One of the fundamental policies of the United States in relation
to her foreign affairs was to refrain from interference or participation
in the political affairs of Europe.
In 1917 the United States entered the World War in violation of
t4asid 5an of fSs unR Rsj'y States 1t is bs sle i".r thst the s6 gFsie di.o ssSnemi snJ gr fss
me eaUd gi challenges id a@@D to SI her institutions tit ltiorras ae d iue'i in q Iarge part tn to the
a0an %Sa aetiy; Of this ;s t t5ad Ifnifsd s and sai III 4Eg policy, 80 mn.4,;,
OF the European beLhgerents and of American international banking
opinion which in in 1917 hurled nni nus US into at / "E European ppemp' estae 4 pu and
thereby precphated our present ruin.
These activities were accompanied by a vast expenditure of mon
ey and the dissemination of unlimited propaganda. These same meth
tons ga and dO PERSONS sems vh %pW would . aen nti 3 dIinse' the IN United fed'S States e' and n ia
i f1ts t f %iitaris IT pol siis,r and d. financial haTSRsii irre sspolnibf Ht political
: The sr manipulation Ioaah n Of Rub Ii OPT by hig he .O ORGANIZED zed, PrO pa
has become the poisoned cup from which the American Republic will
The ballot in the United States has become a negligible factor in
expressing public opinion and in influencing national legislation and
In 1915 the American sass ~ people }.. voted against ..s entry into the EurOp-
reference or participation in the political affairs of Europe They
political ~ft nternati6naHsm. notwithstanding, they have seem s'' party ty
platforms ttn and elected and M, appointed % American officials repeatedly aSn
opinion which writes party platforms and influences Government Of
from disloyal, sedtious, and alien-mnded sources, and from sources
of sefinterest and personal gain.
islation and directs American policies is the invisible Government Of
delivery . Of i public ub% s~ opinion in in any an direction upon any issue. 's -
1t is the preeminent duty of the Congress of the United States to
preserve American independence. to safeguard American nationality,
and to keep the United States out of war.
light of publicity upon the foul intrigue now being perpetrated against
d dhf Ans and ss RsGpHs' or aas asinns's wh fad a Ts'i now ssp poi1onins & At sas
can public opinion at .i its source Sr id demand complete compile doe exposure g. Their i
pollution Of the pulpit, the platform, institutions ton Of learning, and the h
should be named and identified. -
The foreign policy Of the United States is a political question and
the foreign policy of the country which places them within the scope
Their platform, briefly stated, consists of four planks:
First. The entry Of the United States in the Permanent Court of
Second. The entry Of the United States into the League of Ma
Third. The disarmament of Europe, but first the disarmament of
- Fourth. The destruction of American neutrality by an affirm
alive commitment under the so-caned Kellogg BRAND pact
Nations is a political court, which was inevitable table on on. account u6mt Of its
s ssDG5d restnfPv to 61 The Es L dsegsieD Of e Ns abs prop poa T fof tb w's seo os@15s@ unien
Of Germany and Austria. It is the bureau . organ camp pofH zeal i indgus
of the principal European powers are selected for their mastery Oh
For the United States to join this court would be to submit her
questions atS n, to European r9ge?a decisions de En,mna and Tt to id 6sCO fPs l noI { court 9 an w edd
be an intermediate step toward joining the League OF Nations and is
The League Of Nations is a British conception and not an AmeTi.
f Unh eGnS states, 1915 IL fa suppls Sesas1g the he World Sns d0T waT, p nfHsUai by by h
Department of State, we find on pages 90 and 90 a letter written e
(which s was 81 long oag before fans't the U United j. States entered the war; by the
m ported that It Sir { W Nsinsnl1 Tyrre H. secretary 't to Sir T Edward Grey, British
Secretary Of State for Foreign Affairs, stated to Doctor Van Dyke
tnat ne ChoughI q eas VI nU"
recurrence of such q war as this"
The League of Nations is a European political mechanism, the
pawn of the principal European powers, bankrupt morally and phys
caly by its conduct in relation to Japan, financially by default OF ITS
guaranteed loans, and intellectually by its abandonment of reality fol
the pursuit of vain utilities.
The League Of Nations exists for the enforcement of the Yer
sailes treaty. The Versailles treaty was a treaty of force, of hate
oppression and chaos. 1t has already been vitality amended by agree,
ment. It must be further vitality amended by negotiations. or 1T will
be by war. 1t should have been an eternal dishonor for the Unted
Should the United States now join the League of Nations she would
be involved without choice in the next European war. The decision
would not be hers.
Should the European nations disarm upon the insstence Of the
TTu.4oJ c+atae +a limited States would he morally committed TO inter-
vention in the next European quarrel
Any affirmative commitment under the socaned Kellogg-Briand
nact would destroy American neutrality, which has been the priceless
heritage and safeguard of the United States since the founding OF tt
Republic, and inevitably would mean war IN support Nc o. t n g aSlo. o.
+ba heUiperent European nations in the next war. The United State
should remain the great neutral nation. 1T
Tho largest and most formidable promoters OF the subverslve
disloyal, and sedtious movement against American independence at
American neutrality are "a the so-caled Carnegie endowment 10
International Peace which has an endowment of $lO0O0'oOO, supple
mented nv the endowment of $~125,000,000 of the Carnegie Corpora
4 u ard fol the John D. Rockefeller interests and the Rockefele
Foundation. with IN endowment of s165,0O000O.
These organizations not only are spending vas th un - "a a,o s NJ