South Bend News-Times, Volume 37, Number 161, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 9 June 1920 — Page 3

THE SOUTH BEND NEWS-TIMES

WEDNESDAY MORN I VC, JIWE 9. 1920.

Sen. Lodge Strikes Keynote of Republican Convention With Bitter Attack on League of Nations Covenant

CHICAGO. June s. Ad Jr. :r.i,the rTuMlf-in ration -i I convention V.. r today, n. Her.ry Cabot Iyvlpe, : nip..rary rh iirn an. In hi keynote f r h Id : We are in1! h"-- to ..k the flr?t, the r.i'"d ri;v' .tp In the jol lt:r.tl rampilen whi-h i to determine the p-irty fMr.tru! of this Kreat r 'rnn.ont ff-r th'- n'-xt fv:r vr-nr. I 1- a. Mukran ninr.n r.t, fr.f.;;ht v f.h vat poihili:: s ef ithr :;r,.,-1 rr s V 1 1 . W:i worth nur wfii it H J'ivt i.r" upnp, this hank and shw.il of time." to j-.au-f for an ir.tant while a 9 srlmce wiftiv upon the ?' " ri In which we ire t fUht ur t.attl". Ile-

l;!nd :k !i s th Kroatl war f hUt ry. now f r the most jart f.il'.en J .Vnt. t'-c-th r with all th- hideo-js j ..uvjt-ck fi -ci-n. Jm methods rif

i.ik'.r.jc hnmin life, which hatten"! .r-on It. halted and fliege, nt. The jenpf-t ha 4 yi fut the ocean II! h a'S ;i n . 1 rlN with r ftir.i,' v.avf-s, 'Ahi'.c th" dead -.a of thF"rm. whl' h his j.ts-d. crash nlv ncair.'t th hh'.res that Mvl!-r jmd f .j!taln the vast fabric whi h wr ;rf wr.t to all our civil iza t Inn. ',Vf f.r.d r.ufflvt'S izjntr upon the problems And trials which th' hiK rnnvnlfinn has 1 ft t uh and a ,th which wo must (opo :r.l cope : ( --f ully if we ,'ir'1 to rebuild and ;ti.-a!n move onward. The ruined towns. th broken industries, the !. dat'l fnrn. are thre l-rfon our i y,'i wherever th :i ttl h wT to ;?ht. ('mntle- litt!' mound ?. ark tho rtslliit; places of tho dead In t'"e nIds and on the hillsid-.s torn ar.'l cahd bv sht and shell. Mx-

i.ils of ni'iurniiiK throughout th world toll us of th Irreparable losvi i of all nation?, which haw s'.vt'jit n way such n appallinir portion of th youth of every land, thos.. in v.-honi were p:rnT'l up th- hope ; :id trnKth of the future. Shadow Will Not l.lft. Th ieiunr f thr achU-Vf mcnt f cur oldiers and sailor, th' lr iauntles" rnrniKf and un.-hrinklncT s'ric will always rrmain ono of th jiroudrst nicni'irits In the hi-t.-.ry of th" nruli lie. Hut the dead i'tt.rn not and tho shndow of the -rf.it sorrow for thov- forrvor Rfnr v. ill novrr lift' d from the hearts of the people who M-nt them forth to hattle. The ni.aterl.'il si.lc of war result J". likA th spiritual. vrr with u. fed in daily life the rrindlnt? '!siirp of the va: dehts and hap- ( I up taxr which h ae len piled noon oar shoulders and upon thoe of posterity, f'.reat empire?? have l en swept from the earth, amlent Tiionarchhs have rninhhtl in an hour and lonc-f stahlished povernments have tottered, fallen and passed away like a watch in the nlht. Mort lYoblcin Trt's.;. All thes things stare us in the face, pierce, our attention and arrest our thoughts. Hut this is not all and wh.it remains, perhaps more than anything else, makes incredlhly llf1. vi 1 1 the Immense task which lie l,f.re us. one not to rscnpol lnt v hieb will strain (,'iivrrrnicnts and p.-. .pie to the top of their lnut if auht that makes life worth livinc; i to tjrvii. The wrec'.ved towns, the shattered forts, the effaced villages, the sinking ships wtre not the only victims of the storm of war. Other thincrs, the impalpable possessions of the mind and heart, have In like fashion been wounded and crippled. In the fhock of war. through lonj; years of hitter conlllct. moral restraints wer loosened and nil the habits, all the conventions, all the customs of life, which more even

than law hold society together, were swept ftsld. On pa-ssion. ono rurp,, to mvp the country, to cave . i lllzation. preserve freedom roe supreme. It could not he otherwise. Ther could he in that hour hut one question asked of men and women: "Are you loyal to your country and her caue. ready to work and to s-icriftce and If need he to die for them?" If that .single- demand was rightly answered nothing else mattered in thosn days of Mrps and anguish. No one Inquired further. It-MlrncvS of Victory. Fo the war ended and victory came; the preat adventure was over and men and women came )ack to tlr.l the old ways dull, the old life tame, the old restraints burdensome and they themselves possessed by a longing for excitement ami a hunger for hanire unknown before. One sees the result In the restlessness which Is everywhere; in the mere triries of life, in dress, in amusements, In pleasure seeking. In the KTeed for money and the recklessness of expenditure and, what Is inlinltely more serious. In the discontent with all forms of government or control and In the readiness and eagerness to destroy even the fundamental principles of a free and orderly civilization without which law and oroer, organized society,, the possibilities of projjrs and the chance for happiness cannot exist.

This state of mind born of the war is the gravest obstacle in the essential work of restoring a shattered

world and makln.fr the preat victory a blessing to mankind. In order to succeed at all we must understand this mental and moral condition. We must allow for it. We must be very patient. We must steady our nerves. We must he tolerant and above all.

open-minded. Wo must call on our common sense and self-restraint. The complex problem cannot be evaded and It must be dealt with In such a 'a ay as to preserve the foundations of society and enahlo us. those once secuied, to advance steadily, never hurriedly but always In order, toward every reform, every jmprovernent, every form of true progress which will help mankind. It is a RtKantio task for any government or any party. No party and no government can succeed unless they face it bravely, look in?; facts always In the face and determined to do their best never promising what they cannot perform and never yielding to the facile temptations of momentary success. t'luirgcs Democratic Failure. One of our great political parties has failed to meet nay, is in a considerable measure responsible for, the perilous conditions ot the hour. The only other organized political force, strong enough to grapple with the encircling clangers is the republican party. If that too fails and breaks down, the Kussian descent into barbarism will begin to draw near. Such an end is Inconceivable with the American people but they must realize the peril and drive it back Into the darkness whence it comes. We, keepers of the republican faith, must therefore succeed. We must not know defeat when the great responsibility comes to our hands. To the service of 1S60 we must add a like service in 1920. No -larger victory at an time could be won by any political party. CVe must both earn and deserve it. We did not fail in the Civil war. We shall not, must not fall now. 'Drive Wilson Out." In order to render to our country

der and which wo can accomplish In large measure, at least, if we undertake it with all our ability and In a disinterested public spirit, w must have the opportunity for service. That opportunity can only come through our being entrusted by the people with both the legislative and the executive authority. To this end Mr. Wilson and his dynasty, his heirs and assigns, or anybody that is his, anybody who with bent knee has served his purposes, must be driven from all control, from all influence upon the government of the United States. They must be driven from office and povr not because,

they aro democrats but because Mr. j

Wilson stand for a theory of administration and government which is not American. His methods, his constant if Indirect assaults upon the constitution and upon all the traditions of free givernment, strike at

tho very life of the American principles upon wh ch our government has always rested. Tho return of the democrats to power with Mr. Wilson or one of his disciples still the leader and master of a great party, which before his advent possessed both traditions and principles, would bo a long step in the direct n of the autocracy for which Mr. Wilson yearns and a heavy blo'v to the continuance of free representative government as we have always conceived and venerated it.

Dark and DcUous Way." Tho peril Inseparable from Mr. Wilson and his system goes far beyond all party divisions, for it involves tho fundamental question of whether the government of the United States shall he a government of laws and not of men, whether it shall be a free representative government or that of a dictatorship

I resting on a plebiscite carried by re

pellent methods. .Mr. Wilson and the autocracy he represents, and all which those who believo in his doctrines and sharo his spirit represent, must bo put aside and conclu

sively excluded from any future control. Hear this well in rnind throughout tho campaign, for it is the first condition of our ability to enter upon the path which will carry us forward to truo progress and to wiser laws. It is tho path of Washington, of Lincoln and of Hoosevelt from which Mr. Wilson has sought to drag us. We can only regain it by ence and for all condemning the man and his associates who have thus endeavored to turn us from the right road into the dark and devious ways which with all nations lead to destruction. We therefore make our appeal for support to all who love America, to all, whatever party name they happen to bear, who are true to the faith of the fathers, to join with us in this great work of redemption. The defeat of the present administration and all it means transcends in lmporance every other question and all immediate and dominant issues are bound up with it. Without that defeat every chance of the right settlement of the mighty questions before us, so sorely needed now and not later, will depart. Economic Conditions. Let mo turn first to tho economic conditions, so profoundly distortd and confused by the war. which affect our daily life, are essential to our business and upon which our material prosperity and .all the benefits, both mental and moral, which flow from it when honestly acquired, so largely depend. Already a beginning has been mado by a republican congress, working under all the

dlfllcultifs and opposition imposed by a hostile executive. Many vital economic measures and especially protective tariff legislation to guard our industries are impossible with a democratic free trader of socialistic proclivities In the white house. To accomplish such measures as these we must have, as we Intend to have, a republican president, in sympathy with a republican house and senate. Great reductions in expenditures have been effected but we have been met with resistance in some of the department and also by habits of waste backed by maladministration, by sacrifice of efficiency to political purposes, never so recklessly indulged in before, and in certain cases by an incompetency so marvellous that It cannot be due to nature but must bo the result of art. Yet despite all these fettering conditions an amount of work has been done which in days

of peace would have been considered remarkable but now passe almost unnoticed because great evenbs have so crowded on each other's heels in tho years of world war that the comprehension and appreciation of legislative accomplishment are well nigh lost. Let me give a few examples of what has been accomplished. EtlniAti uro Jteducel. Tho estimates have been reduced over a billion dollars. The oil-leasing and water-power bills, two measures of large effect and high importance, which have been halting and stumbling for many years in the lncapablo hands of a democratic ma

jority, havo passed both houses but the president ha-s vetoed the waterpower bill. We have passed the vocational rehabilitation act for the benefit of wounded soldiers and several acta for the disposition of war material, very necessary to our finances. Wo havo amended and improved tho federal reserve and the farmers' loan acts. Wo have cared for the soldiers of the Civil war. straitened in their old age through tho rise in prices, by an increase in

their pensions. The civil service retirement law, a long-deferred act of Justice to faithful servants of the government, has been passed and a minimum wage bill for ail persons in government employ hn- passed bcth houses. We havo been ooliged to restore the army and nay to a peace footing, a work as dlrllcult as it was necessary. We have met this by two most important measures, the army and navy pay-bill and the law for tho reorganization of tho army on a peaco basis. Two of the most important acts of any period, the shipping act for the upbuilding of the American marino snd the settlement of the affairs of tl- shipping board and the law establishing the budget, a great measure of economy and sound financial administration, are conspicuous as our latest achievements. Turns to WorM Affairs. From domes-tic affairs, which I havo only touched upon brief'y, let us turn to foreign questions, to one relations with the world of other nations. Look first at one of the most pressing importance Just beyond our own borders. Look nt Mexico. For seven years the United States has been pursuing under th-: direction of the president a policy of "watchful waiting." The president yaw lit to intervene in Mexico. A.i a matter of fact he made war upon Mexico, for in the taking ot Vera Cruz we lost some 120 nun in killed and wounded and several hundred unregarded, incidental Mexicans were also either wounded or killed In the conflict. Wt wer'J

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there to exact an apology f or the treatment of some of our sailors at Tarn pico. Th apology has never been Riven but tien. Ilucrta was driven from power, which was the prisident's real purpose, and Mexico then fell Into a Male of anarchy which, growing run.uantly worse, has continued to this day. The president siw fit t recognize Carranza, who was chosen by a miliUu-y junta, as political i-hief. He thus furnished an i-s.-inii.il support to th Carlanza government and what has been our levsard : over 6 00 Amfricans hay been ir.urdered in Mexico, some under circumstances of great brutality, for these murders no reparation has bten made. Dtcurated by endless futile and u-seles notes they have gon on unchecked. To h?ve been an American citu-.en in Mexico added to a man's danger. '1 he words "I am an American citizen," instead of being a. protection, as they ought to Ik-, in every corner of the world, were an absoluto peril to anyone w ho was entitled to that high distinction. (Icnnau riots in Mexico. Mexico teemed with German plots. The Mexican government largely the offspring of Mr. Wilson's recognition did not support ua in the war but gave aid so far as it was possible to the cause of our enemies. Yet wo fctill continued to support Carranza. Ills government smt agents into thi.s country to foment industrial trouble and to brin on strike They allied themselves with the bolhhevist and anarchistic elements. Nothing wa done by the United states. Carranza insulted the American government in every possible way and t-till nothing was done. We fell so low that when an American was sei7ed by one of the many bands of brigands and held for ran5om all that the irovernnient of the

United State would do wa to öfter to be the channel Tor conveying the ransom of their citizens to the hichwaymen who hid seized them. The mere statement seems incredible but it is in exact accordance with the facts in some cases, Htill nothing was done and we watched and waited. Xaturully we lost our influence in Mexico and what wa far moro Important we loFt the respect of the Mexlc-an people by the manner in which W) submitted to every sort of insult and outrage. The Famous Article 10. Mr. Wilson paid in a recent letter to Sen. Hitchcock: "For my own part I am not wilims to trut to the counsel of diplomats tho working out of any salvation of tho world from the things which it has suffered." And ho twdd this in behalf of an alliance whoso representatives will all to diplomats and politicians. They will all act in behalf of tho interests of their respective countries and they will have nothing judicial about them. Strip the league of everj clause which involves the action of politicil representatives in the assembly and the council and you leave but cne article in which the diplomats of the league as 5uch will have no pt wer. That is the famous article 10. Mot of the leacue covenant was prepared by Cien. muts of ,outh Africa, but article 10 was the work of the president of the United State. It is true this article is free from diplomats, but i: rests entirely upon naked force. In th.vt way peace is to bo preserved f.nd the nations freed from war by multiplying the opportunities for the use of force. Kaoh individual nation is bound by article X to go to war for the protection of the territorial integrity and the political independence of every other nation in tho world at the time

of signature; that is. for the pro taction of states some of uhioh are r.oi et determine or established, for th prott-ction of boundaries which no man can detine. Call Ctnm.mt War Ilnn-drr. We were to Kive uich a guarantee and any of the countries in the league in the ivent of exterior a-T-greslon could have demandtd our armed assistance, and our soldiers and pallors nuist then have pone forth at the command of foreign countries unless we shattered all hope of world peace by breaking a solemn moral obligation. Tho republicans ot tho senate, no matter what their future fhte mijht be. v ero determined that the covenant containing that article unmodified should never be rati.'led. It became every- day clearer to them that the alliance called a League of Nation, instead of belntr a iruarante for the world's peace, was a breeder of war and an enemy of peace. As we studied li and a majority of senators desired to have some league If possibio which should be a genuine league of peace wu found that it draped us not only into every dispute and everv war in Europe and In the rest of the world but that our .olrtiers and sailors mbrht be forced to give their lives in quarrels not their envn at tho bidding of foreign governments. It also apjeared that our domestic questions. like im.m iteration, could be interferred with, that the Interpretation of the Monroe doctrine was to be left to the de-cislon of the league, that wo wero to be made participants in tho outrageous disposition of shantung' which robbed a friendly nation and gavo the proceeds of the robbery to her worft enemy, and that finally we were to have in the asmbly of the league only one vote to Great Britain's six.

Th pro i! or. r i'l r'r'rah'e. Reservations v ere a !"; 1 which relieed ua from evr pMjc -tion under Artlc' X. wh'.h t--o'; our domestic qtiertiT.s out t': " Juris lictlon of the league.

, A Veto Without Hraen.

The republicans of the fnat th'-n made another effort to put an end to the rJtate of technical war with (Wmar.y and at the same t!me rl ! th" country of tho me-:res whih were adopted under th' war power of the constitution and which are clearly uncon.tltuti n il in time . f peace. They would thus have relieved the business and the dailv occupations of th peop'.o from t!.--bi:rden of war legislation and the same time, havo preserved ! :! United States under the terrr." the. resoiutlon all ber.rfits nrrru;:to the. United State- under the provision cf the treaty of Ver.-:'.l. -Thi resolution wa parsed by b"'i branches of congress and vetoed '.v the president in a message w hifurnished neither areument nor reason for the veto but which It must be admitted had a p'.easn.t touch cf humor in its nllusdon to tho freedom of the f.eas. Thus the president demonstrated again thit unless h could havo his own wny exactly and without any modieatlon he would not permit the country to he at peace, an exercise, of executive power never contemplate ! by the constitution.

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