Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1919 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts ot the Country. SHORT HITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Localities. SAYS PEOPLE WISH PACT NOW League to Enforce Peace Urges Early Vote for Ratification. New York, Nov. 24- —Settlement of differences over the peace treaty to permit its ratification as soon as possible after the senate reconvenes is urged in a statement issued yesterday by the League to Enforce Peace at the conclusion of a special meeting of the executive committee. Former President William H. Taft, president of the league, presided. Among others at the meeting were Edward A. Fllene, Henry W. Taft, Herbert S. Houston, Oscar 8. Straus and Herbert C. Hoover. The league’s statement in part follows: "The defeat of ratification has bfeen received by the country with surprise and indignation. They want peace and they want a league ot nations to guard the peace. Whose name It bears, which party brand It wears, they care not at all. They longed for and expected ratification before adjournment of the senate. "The making of peace Is no more a party question than was the making of war. The American (people, without regard to party, stood behind the war until the day of victory. With like unanimity they now stand behind the treaty.

"Shall the small minority who oppose a league of nations In any form defeat ratification? Shall Ift senators decide where America shall stand In this world crisis? “Eighty senators have shown by their votes, that they favor the great principle of the league of nations. The fate of the treaty rests In their hands. They have the votes. They have the power. Theirs Is the responsibility. They must get together.”