South Bend News-Times, Volume 37, Number 181, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 29 June 1920 — Page 5

TtTSDAY MORSTXG, JUNX 23. 1P20. ummings Recounts Achievements of Democrats and Points Out Failure of Constructive Action by Republicans in Congress

THE SOUTH 3END NEWS-TIMES

The text of ti:c kyr.ntr xjddress i'V Horner Cuaimiri.v, temporary halmum of the- d moc. i .1 ti ; tonStation, follows. Indies and Gentleman of the Convent Inn : At this hiOi hour when the- destinies not only of political parties b at of peoples arc at stake; whui r-orlal i,nr n'. in tvrjwhi re apparnt; whn existing forms ot uvTnJü nt are b'-tng challenge d. and th-ir

ry fotindatior.il disturbed or swept u'v.'iy, it 13 well ffr us, hen in .Anrica, to iMU'" for . period of .-omn deliberation. U e, who a . nr. L!o in this great con n!lor., e-our.s-I together, r.ot merely as members of a party, but ;i chiMre-n cf the Republic. I ovo of country ar.d devotion to human M-rvic iihould pure ur h arts of .VI unworthy or misleading motives.. Ja t u f'-rv r.tly pray for a Divine J.lcslr.g upon all that wo d or unel r take. I. t us pledge ourselves anew to i'i.iliy f opportunity; the unity of our country above irif interests of groups or lasses, and tne ruaintenarn of th- hl-'h honor of Arnorica in her el alines with o'hT nation. The peoph will -hitiy determine v.h:ch political 1 :i vt r u Ii i o 11 .i I i t y U 1 --t "oit'-'l to their purp s, mot sponsi'. Ie to the-lr needs. The-y will have b"for' th .:i many platforms rol many promises. In u hat direction ull! they tum'' Thon- 's no h tt,r uay of Judg.ng the future than b the jait. V- ask, th relore, t ti 1 1 the people turn from thr pass:'n.i and the prejudices of thlay to the conside rat ion of a record i.s cle.ir as It is .-.during. Ropubllenii l.e-adci ship. Tho republican party was unu - . f 1 1 1 in the electleuis e.f 1 1 j b"-oi;.-i it hat persistently served sp ci il irtt-nsti and had lot tout h with th spirit of the time. Tho.e who outrolU-d its destiny derived their political inspiration from "th good old days of Mark ilanna" and n. 1thr desired a new day nor wer willHit; to recognize a. new day whn it had dawned. To each pressing 1m blem, they nought merely to reapply the processes of antiquity. There verc elements in the republican party which wer intolrant of its mental sloth and moral i.rcspoi.slbllil . The'' influences fought to train party control In It'll! and again. In 191 1. They renewed th- hopeless struggle" at th nention recently held at e;hiciK.. inspire tnrs eiijris. in- u.-op rs v ho have manliulaled tho party jm chanlFm for more than l rn ration, nr still in undi.sputtd contro!. Ta? republican platform, iationary antl provincial. U the r apotneosis of political xp-'diency. l llled wl'h I Temedita tt'd .vlander:: .nd vas'jc promls. s, it will b. Ki.rched in vain for on constructive A ucrxestion for the reformation of thiiriditlon vhicl it eritit :l.s' t and delois The oppres.-'d Jirojile-i of 1ho earth will lor,!; to it In vain. If ionl.iln.1 no n ;..- -:ty.f ot hoje fur Jreland; no "word oi nuroy of Ar2'iienia; nnd If conceals a sword for "Mexico. J t I the v. ork or nu n concerned muri! with material things than with human rights. It contain 1.0 thought, no purpose whicii tar. Kiv- impul-yo or thrill to tho.-e who luv liberty antl hope tu make th world ci safer and happier p;ace for th average man. I VllUXTUtk .'lli' CMH'llts. The tlenuH-ratlc p .rty is an uurntar.?;led party a fie party owiriiT no allegiance to any class or KMupn or special interest. V were able ti take up and carry through to surveys the k'reat pro;;rsslve program outlined in our platform ot Iurmr tht rut nths which interened between March 4th, l'.l;:. jind the outbreak of th world war, we plac d upon the i tatute b oks ot our country more tf:' dive, constructive and remedial ie:;is.lation than th- republican party had placed there in a generation. Tin Income Tax was made a permanent part of the it venue producing a'emhs of the country, thereby relieving our law of the reproach r' l -ei r.;-T unjustb.- r J n.-i'!ne to th I'ciu-. The i-tr.i agances and injuitis of the taritf ytm u re rerni.ol; and a non-partisan tarii t t rnnilss;on v.. us fstablishtd o that tutor revisions might be matle in the l:!it of accurate information. nu r.tifically and impartially obt ni't d. I'ati-Anu ri. aniiui as inuui.iL'i ti; ami the bie.td thuii i a.-t upon the International waters rainback. t us man: fell. The great reat h s cf Alaska wer openttl up to t mtr.erce atiti de t lopmen t. Iol1. 1 r tllpU'tnacy was destroy.-d. A orrupt Ubl)V was driven from tht rational capitul. An !Tctive S.aiii. til's act Wa.s adop;eil. The I-Vd-ral Trail- conuu imu:i was itattl t !n! I Iibor ltCila;i.-n was cnactd. Th- I'arcel I'ost ant th-- Iiural I'li-i Itl; ry were dv-!o,M ti. A i; nul HoicN Hill and a Hural Crtdit i -1 w re p. isn d. A scrt tary of l i';m r was given a s at in the cabin l ( f the piasident. lacht hour laws writ avb'pttl. T)i M. aytcui iiti'.t r.'lr.unt to the Sherman antlt! ":t at t was passed, freeing Amenta u labor and taking it fio:n the category et commodities The bmith-lav r bill lor the nr.prover.'.ent of agricultural conditions was enacted. A Corrupt Hrutae ad v.is adopted. A will nui-idered A'.'a 1 a 1 ou e act was paKcd. Vtderal 1 ni ploy n nt burt-au-a wa re rrealed. r.irm Ioan banks. I'ostal Savings J-ank ami the Ilr.il reserve ssleni w ere stablish-d. !;e tr.adi'uents, .uitl rnar.v otlur r" i5lons of a rem-tlial eharacter. Lad a clean ing aird ;uick i.:ng cfirct upon th- ecoi.omic life t f our country. The farm r ws fre ti fr"ta the t!eadeiur.(r i-fTets of us-ur-b'i.H iir.ancial contrtd. libcr was K.ven lt.s M:i,rn.i Charta of liberty. Husin s and finance w er released from the thraldom of uiut rtumty tiVi h.utartl. T!ie economic bfe if An-ru-a was r fr .etl by the vital - uir.ff zreath of eoonoir.io frtedoin. This extraordinary narration sound like .1 platform, of prom:s.s The sol r fact is that it in lnadetpiate 10 it il of actil performance. It constitutes 1 -r.0cr.1e 's respoiis. to th il -1:. tiu'.ü of s cia! Justice. It is o ur anwer to the antip:attl flard.-r that th' tle-mocratlc part, i-s up. ab! t- und r-tar. 1 ; h e c r ,t affairs of the ti'i:i:rv. The I de-rnl H rx t-m. !f tb.e (!er;4cra!ic party had acf'nii'..hiil linil.iri: more ti. in tb lässig, of the Feel'l'al lt'l- .nt, 1. would be- e-nt.tl.'d to the r.dur;n-r rjrat'.tiid.. t the nation. This art ;pplid the country with an e lastic i r ret".-' eit I -I'.-! b the , iu i le.t n I....j.-. 1 a;:. s !.'! r tiil'l ir.g -b-uaooitCA dilet Vtiucb tlitf fe

pubihan party e-ouM r.'ither control rar . plain are now but a memory. 1 "rider the: republican system.

thre was an average of one bank j Ldiwre every 21 das for a period : of nearly 4Ü years. After lh- patMage- of the Federal Res-rve ry&tern, th re we re, in 1MÖ. four bank Jfailur-: and in 1 X 9. no bank fail- ' ur-s at all. The 1 '-de ral K serve system. pa-d over tae oppe sitiotl of the leaders of th- republican par ty, en.ib!.d America to withstand the strain of war .vithout shock or panic; and ultimate ly made our country the greatest creditor nation of the world. Ac-Iile-xoments in War. And then the jrreat war came on. Ultimately, by the logical pttps ef n -esity, our peuco-loving nation was drawn into the conflict. The necessary w.ir legislation was pjckly supplied. A War Finance corporation way ereate-d. 'ar Klsk Insurance was pu'vided. "Shipbuilding laws re-ed-tablished America's huprem;uy upon the J" as. The of lice of alien property e us'todian was created. A War industries board was established. A War Trade board was created. Food anl fuel regulations were formulated. Vast loans were- successfully floated. Vocational training waa provide d. A nation. il council of de-f-ns was created. Industry was succ s.fully 1 1, i. bilia d. Almost ver night, the factories of the- nation were made a part oi the w;u- machine, and the miraculous revival ef th- shipping mdusfv tilled the ea an lan-s with our transports. Our fleet laid th North S a mint": barrage. W st nt lighting eraft to v ry s a at d 1 rought new courage and inventle genius to the crucial buht against the l.'-boat. In transporting our troops to France, we n vt r -st a niun in a ship convoyed by the American navy. The Democratic Draft. One of th" t'rst decis;or.s uns bc-tut-on the- "volunteer sysstem" and tlie se-lective dr.ift. Many patrioticcitizens strongly deprecated conscription and tlre-aded its possibilities. Tho administration, however, pliLCcd its inlluence behind the measure, seeured its pass-age, and made possible the? winning of the war. It proved a democratic system assuring equal service, equal langer ami equal opportunity. At one stroke of th pen, bounty jumping, and the hire-d substitutes that had disgraced the management of the Civil War were made- impossible-. Tho selection ot men to go to the fiont w;ifl placed not me-rely in the .hands of the ciil authorities, but actually in the hands eif the frie-nti. antl neighbors f the men eligible lor service. No fundamental law was ucr a lministt i t d wiih such sciupulous honor. Not one breath of scandal touched this legislation; .ind so cheerfully wies it accepted that today, tho term "draft dodger'" is an epithet of reproach in an community. Partisanship was put aside in th' stle-tion of (Jen. IV rs hing as leaeb-r "i ;'ir forces and no military cumlaunder in liisttiry was evr given a lr'--r hand or more unflagging support. The policy of selecting- t:1ic i-v through training camps avoided the U' of political favorites and guaran-t-l competent leadership for the outh t'f th" land. T'n liiJllion me n w re registe red within three: months from trie d-claratitn ef war anil 'ump cities, implete in evtry municipal eletail. we-re built in Ö0 c'ayn. Cemstniethm In I'ranev. In France, we hati to construct our ewn ilocks, railroatl lines, storage elepots, heispitals and erdnance bast-s. Wo had to cut down the truest for our barracks. In June, two months after the' tleclaratlon ef war, our f.ghting men were in France-: in t;ctober, Americans were on the firing line; in sarcdy more than a year, we had two million men iu France', had whipped the enemy at lU'lUau Wood, beaten them back a'. Chateau Thierry, wiped out the St. Mihiel salient and eb-llvered the terrüic hammer blow at odan that virtually e nded the war. Less than two years ago, Gen. Uai1;. with bluntness ef a soldier. : iid. 'The Kritish army is pghtinc stith its back to the wall;" Lloyd' (iesire was crying: "It is a race between Wilson and lllndenburg;" antl France clung like a elrownlng man to the Hock 'f rdun, turning .ticonlreet ryes toward America. Antl AmeriCii eame. We challenge thcritics of the administration to point u.t how, within the limit of human possibility, the war could have be-on wtm more promptly or with less loss if American life. It was not by mere chance that these things were accomplished. To rt adjust tho process of peace eo as ? serve the activities of war reouircei leadership of unexampled skill. Petty criticism of minor defeds and individual officials may for a time attract a superficial attention, but the sLgnlricant things, the great outstanding facts pleael eloquently for the demcKratlc cause. Patriotism Stimulus. Let no eine mlsunde rstand us. Tiiene great affairs were carried forward under stimulus of American patriotism, supported by the courage ami tho spirit of our people. All this is freely and gladly acknowledged, but surely the time has come when, because of the calculated criticism and the premeditated calumnies of the opposition, we are entitled to call attention to the fact that all of thes things w e re accomplished under the leadership of a gTe.ot demoerat and a great democratic administration. We have no apologies to make not cne. We- are proud of our great navy; wo are proud of our splendid army; we art j ro'id of the power of our country and the rr.anncr In which that rower has tie en used; w e are proud of the work that America has done in the world; w are proud tf the heroism -f American men and women; and w e are proud of the inspire! and Incomparable leadership of Woodrow Wilson. Has not the time come when all Americans. irrespective of partv should begin to praise the achiever i er. is ,,f our oountrv rather than to criticise them" Surely a just in I rit:ht-o:s setl,- nf national pritle shoul 1 protect us from tht ins r.sat ass. cults of mere part!-.ir.?. V.'e fought a great war. for a great (.i':." and w e b.id a Icob-r-hip that earrled Am . ri -a to gr .itr h ights "f honor and power and glory than -he has er known b for m her -r . t : r hiotv. If the American fag I"-:.-! '. ' !nM i-O'il. it eilt be h.llllf'd 'b'wn in a r pab:i. an conve ntion ;ia l not in a dcratxratlc concntloiu

Partisan In e'stlgntloni. It is this shining rcoord of trc-

, iii'-odousi achievement that repubLfan nvinage-rs and the 7hic;wtTo ( platform -ek to sha.me and be.I suurch. Varitjua conpresiema.l comj rnittees, which for want of a more apprrjpriate term, are called smelling committee" were appointed for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not there was any graft In the conduct ef the great war Over eighty investigations have been made, over two million dollars have been wasted, anel the one result has been tc prove that It was the cleanest war over fought in the history of civilization. Through the hands of a democratic administration, there have passed niorj than forty billions of dollars, and the finder of scorn does not point to one tingle democratic official in all America. It is a record never before made by any pedltical party in any country that ever conducted a war. S-', n la Is ef 1SDK. If republican leaders are not able, to rejoice with us in this Amtrican triumph. they sheuld have the gruce to remain silent, for it loe-s not lie in the- mouths of those who conducted the Spanish American war to Indulge in the luxury ef criticism. What was there in thu war to cempare with the typhoid Infested camps antl the paper soled shoe controversy of la'js? What was there in thin wur to compare t the embalmed beef scandal of tho t-pan-lsh-Amoriean war? Despite all their inve-stlgations. not one single democratic official has e-ither been indie ted or accused or even suspectd; and the enly ilignitary in Ameriea, ef any outstanding political significance who is moving in the direction of the p nite r tiary, is Trumun Neu ben y of Michigan. The ery peer ef the repuhIlean party te ctnuluct a partisan lnes,tlgatle)ri of the vear, to eritl-e-lso the presJlcnt. te contrel the- ergani.alloii of the seruite anel le uieek the iresiHet of wor'al pe-iicv, re-sts iifHin a mvtv. nmjoiity )f enH. sceMml threugh the talnteel senatorial ieto from .MiclJ;aii. The republican party became so fixeel In its incorrigible habit of cenducting investigations that it finally turned to the fruitful task f investigating itself. For the tirsi time since they entered upon this program, they discovered fraud and graft and gress and inexcusable expenditures. The revelations disclose the fact, long understocel by theinitiated, that the meeting at Chicago was not a convention but an .notion. The highest bidder, however, did not get the prize. Th" publicity whit h overtook the proceedings frustrated the initial purpose. In more senses than one. tbere cent Chicago convention has le-fi tho democratic party as the sole custodian of the honor cf the country. Kcpuh-Ile'.in Ke-e-ortl Slnee 1918. The republicans, havo now been in control of the' senate antl the house for more than a year. They won the election of 1 1 1 S upon thefaith ef alluring promises. The-y said that the-y would e-arnestly support the president, at least, until the tasks of war wer finished. Il was their contention that they would e nter upein the work ef recemstructlon with superior intelligence ant! even with greater patriotism than vvemld be possible under elemocratic leadership. They gave publicity, when they entered upon the recenl -e-sslon. to detailed and ambitious statements as t their program. If we are to be Judgeel, as I hope we may be, by the record, let them also be Judgeel by the re-cord. What have the republicans accomplished since their political success in 191S? What beneficial results havo flowed to the American people? What promises have been redeemed? What progre-ss has bee-n matle in the settlement ef foreign or elomestic questions? Twice the president went before congress, since the termination of hostilities, calling attention to neede,l legislation. He urjred the passage of laws relating to profiteering; measures to simplify and reduce taxation; appropriate action relative to tho returning soldiers; the passage of a resolution concerning the constructive plans worketi out in detail by former Sec'y Lane, and the me-asures advocated by the secretary e.f agriculture. He suggested that the congress take counsel together and provide legislation with reference to industrial unrest, and the mutual relations of capital and lahnr. After more than a year of sterile debate-, our ceuntry has neither peace nor reconstructietn. Harren of achievement, shameless in waste of time anel money, the record f the present congress Is without parallel for its incompetencies, failures and repudiations. Are the American people so unjust or so lacking in discrimination that they will reject the service of a party which has kept its word and place trust in a party which merely renews the broken promise's tf a previous campaign Attacks Uixm the InsrtelcntRepubllcan leaders have been moved by a strange and Inexplicable iealousy of the president. Their "teverish animosity, expressed in gross abuse and through secret intricue. has been productive of one 'of the most unhappy chaptr3 in American history, recalling the slnllar cxieriences of Lincoln and Washingtn. Political malice followed the president to the peace table. A senatorial "round robin" was- widely circulated. Kvery device which partisanship could develop, was employed for tho purpose of weakening the influence of our commisvdon at Paris, and making the task there still more ditaculL At a time when every' instinct of fairness pleaded for a whole-hearted support t f the president, political antagonism and personal envy controlled the antl-Administration forces. The president made even' sacrifice for the cause of peace. The long continue, strain while composing tiifferenees abroad; the expenditure of nervous vitality and Intellectual force in building a now t.rde-r ef human relationships upon the ruins of the old. laid heavy toll upon Iiis reserve powers. Then ca:ne the retvirn in triumph, only to find here a widespre .ad propaganda f opposition, making it Imperative ;hat he take up in his own country, a struggle for the preservation of that which hat! been won at such incalculable cost. Following th s ii-rhaiiia n labors f sovt n y ars of ur.e xamp'.etl servic e, this meant tho.wreck of his he-1th. sick-

nets for months upen a bed of pain, and worse than the physical sickness, the sickness of heart which comes from the knowledge that political adversaries, lost to the larger sense of things, are savagely aestroying not merely the work of men's hands, but the wrld's hope of settled peace. This was the affliction this the crucifixion. Tho Glee of Ilncmlc-s. As he lay stricken in the whitehouse, the relentless hand of malice beat upon the door eif the sick chamber. The enemies of the president upon the floor of the senate repeated every slander that envy could Invent, anel they couid scarcely control the open manifestation of their glee when the great man was stricken at last. The congress was in session for months while the presid?nt lay in the white house, struggling with a terrifying illness and, at times, clese to the point of death. He had been physically wounded Just as surely as were Garfield and McKinley and Lincoln, for, It I but a ellfferoneo of degree between fanatics and partisans. The congrews during all this iKMioel, vilie-n the whole heart ef America ewight to lme beoii

flowing out, in love anel sympathy, dlel not find time, amid thedr bickerings, te wss eine resolution ef genemus inijMirt er extcnel one kindly inquiry as te the fate of the president ef the'lr own country. And what was his offense? Merely this that he strove to redeem the word that Ame-rica had given to the world; that he sought to save a future generation from the agony threuigh which this generation had passed; that he hail Liken seriously the promises that all nations hail matle that they would unite at thee nd of the war in a compact to pre serve the peace of the world; and that he relied upon the geod faith of his own people. If there was any mistake, it was that he made a too generous estimate of mankinel, that be believed that the idealism whic h had made the war a great spiritual victory, could be relied upcn te secure the legitimate fruit of the war the reigin of universal peace. In one sense. It is tjuite immaterial what people say about the president. Nothing we can say can add or detract from the fame that will l!ow down the unenellng channels ed history. Generations ye t unborn will look back to this era and pay their tribute of honor to the man who led a people through troublous ways out of the valleys of selfishness up to the mountain tops ef achievement and honor, and there sheiwed them the promised land of free-deun antl safety and fraternity. Whether history records that they e-nterod in en turneel their backs upon th- vision, it is all one with him he is immortal. The Itepilreincnts ef Ilemor. There are men w ho s em to l annoyed when we suggest that Amercian honor is bounel up in this contest, anel that good faith requires that we should enter t he league o! Nations. The whole republican cistis based upon the theory that we may. with honor, elo as we pleas, about this matter ami that we have made no promises which it is our eluty to redeem. Let us turn again to the record. The republican party in its platform in II IG hael declared for a world court, "for the pacific settlement of international disputes." The progressive party in lt 12 and in 1116 hail likewise eleelared for an arrangement between nations to make peace permanent. The elemoe ratio party in 1110 had specifically declared in favor ef the establishment of a Le-ague of Nations. The senate itself, on Aug. L'Sth. 1916, by unanimous vote, passed a measure reque'sting the president to take the lead in such a world movement. On Dec. ISth. 1916. the pre-sident addressed an identic note to the nations at war. requesting them to stat the terms upon which they would ileom it possible to make pesice. In this note, he proposed the creation of a League ef Nations, saying: "In the measures to be taken to secure the future peace of the world, the people and government of the United States are as vitally antl II-ree-tly interested as the governments now at war. They stand ready and even eager to cooperate in the accomplishment of theso ends when the war is over with every influence and resource at the'ir command." This was four months before America entered the war. The Heply of laine. To this identic note, the central powers answe-red e-vasively, but the allie's. in their reply dated at Paris, Jan. 10th, 1017. eleelared: "Their whole-h'arted agreement with the proposal to create a league of Nations w hich shall assure peace and justice throughout the worlel." On Jan. 21'nrl. 1317, the preside-nt addressed the senate with reference to these replies, and said: "In every eliscussion ot the peace that must end war. It is taken for granted that the peace must be followed by some definite cencert of power which shall make it virtually impesi-'ible that any such catastrophe shall overwhelm us again." Speaking of the I,eague of Peace which was to Tollow the war. he said: "It the -peace presently to be made is to endure, it must be a peace maele secure by the organized major force cf mankind." Acting upon these proposals, both the French and the British governments appointed committee-s to study the problem whll the war waa still in progress. On April 2nd. 1917. tho president delivered his famous war message to congress, and thrilled the heart of the country anew- by his announced purpose t make the contest "a war against war." High above all cf our other aims, he placed "a universal dominion of ricnt such a concert of free peopb-s shall brir.g peace anel safety to by as all nations and make the world itself at last free." The lourteenth Point. Follemlng this message, the rnngress by fith. l s 1 resolution, recognized passed April the state of wa r. On Jan. Sth. 101 S. went before remgress his famous fourteen the president anil set forth points. The fourteenth point, which is practically identical in linicuage with the provisions of Article X. oi thv covenant, provided that

"a general assoclatior of nations must be formed under specific cove-nants for the purpeiso ef affording mutual guarantees ef political inelependence and te rritorial integrity to great and small state s alike." Sen. Lodge himself, before the exigencies of politics forced him to take the oth-r side, said that an attempt to make a separate peace would "brand us with everlasting dishonor" and that "the intent ejf the congress ami the intent of the president, was that there could be no peace until we could create a situation where no such war as this could recur." Former Pres't Roosevelt, on July 18th. 13 18. said: "Unless we stand by all our allies who have stood by us. we shall have failed in making th liberty ef well-behaved, civilized peoples secure and we shall have shown that cur announcement about making the world safe for elemeJcracy was an

empty boast." Xe Protest em Annlsth'e. On Nov. 4th. llelv, the armistice was agreed to and it was concluded upon the basis ef the fourteen points set forth In the address of Pres't Wilson tlelivereel to congress on Jan. Sth. 1 0 1 S , and the principle-s subsequently enunciated by him. At no point, at no time, during no pe-riod while this history was in the making, was one re-sponsible American voice raised in protest. Thus, before we enteretl the war, we made the pletlge; during the war we restated the pledge; and when the armistice was signed, all of the nations, ourselves included. renewed the pledge; and It was upon the faith of these promises that Germany laid elown her arms. Practically all ef the civilize! nations ef the earth have now united in a covenant which constitutes the redemption of that pledge. We alone have thus far failed to keep our worth Others may break faith; thesenate eif the United States may break faith; but neither Pres't Wii- - n nor the democratic rarty will break faith. The I "inula mental Purxsc. In this hemisphere, the mere delaration of our young republic that the attempt e-f any foreign power to t foot en American soil would beconsidered an unfriendly act, has served to pre-scrve "the territorial integrity and the political independence"' eif the nations ef Central and South America. Th tre-r.ty pledges all of the signatories to make this doctrine effective everywhere. It is the Monroe' Doctrine of the world. The purpe-ise of the League is to give notice' that if any nation raises its menacing hand and seeks to cross the line inte any other country, the forces of civilization will be aroused to suppress the common t nrniy of peace. Therein lies the--ecurity of small nations anil the safety of the worlel. Kvery war between nations that has ever been fought began In .an attempt to seize foreign territory or to invaele political independence. If. .n 1914, Germany had known that in the event ef hostilities. Great l.iitain woulel have entered the war; that France would go In; that Italy woulel go in; that Japan would go in; and that the United States would go in there would have been no w ar. Objections to the Treaty. The opopnents of the treaty cry out "Shall we semi our boyn abroad to settle a political quarrel In theHalkans?" Immediately, the unthinking applaud anel orator records a momentary triumph. Have weforgotten that that Is precisely what America has already elone? Havewe forgotten that we sent more than two million men to France, spent more than twenty billions of dollars and sacrificed nearly a hundred thousand lives to settle a Balkan lispute? There was a controversy between Serbia and Austria. Territorial questions. political rights and boundary lines were involved. The crown prince of the house ef Austria was assassinated. A little 11a me of war licked up into the powder house of Europe, and in a moment. th continent was in flames. It took all the power f civilization to put out the conflagration. How idle to inquire whether we wish to send our boys to settle political disputes in the halkans! Why Waste Only Asse t. It is extraordinary that men should waste our time and vex our patience by suggesting the fe-ar that we may be forced into future wars while forgetting entirely that America was forced into this greatest of all wars. No League of Nations existed when we entered the war; ami it was only when we forme! in haste, in the midst of bittlo, a league of friendship, under unified command, that we were able to win this war. This association of nations, held together by a common purpose, fought the war to a victorious conclusion, dictated the terms of the armistice and formulated the terms of peace. If such a result could bo achieved by an informal and temporary' agreement. why should not the assexiation be continued in a more definite and binding form? What plausible reason can be suggested for wasting the ene great asset which has come out of the war? How else shall we pro vide for a permane-nt court ef international arbitration? How else shall we provide for open diplomacy? How else shall we provide safety from external aggression? How else shall we provide for progressive disarmament? How else shall we check the spreael f bolshevism? How else shall industry be made snfe anel the basis of reconstruction established? How else shall socie ty be stoadleel so tiia t the processes ef healing may serve their benehcient purpose? Until the critics of the league offer a better method of preserving the peace of the world. they are not entitled to one moment's consideration in the forum of the conscience of mankind. Not only does the covenant guarantee Justice for the future but it holds the one remedy for the evils of the past. As it stands today, war Is the one way in which America can express its sympathy for the -.pprs!ed of the world. The I,eatrue of Nations removes the conventional shackles of diplomacy. Under the covenant. It Is our friendly right to protest against tyranny and to net as eeunsl for the weak rations now without an etTeetlve champion Tlie rtistlns: T.rngiit?. Thea, republican pjAlTorci ccajLalna

a vague premise to establish another er a different form of association amongst nations of a tenuous and shadowy character. Our prposed co-partners in such a prefect are unnamed and unnamable. It Is not stated whether it is proposed to invite the nations that have established the present league to dissolve it ani to begin anew, or whether the' purpose is to establish a new assoriatlon of a competitive character. eemposed eif the nations that repudiated the existing league. The devitalizing character f such n n expediert reepiires no comment. Fatuous futility could be carried no farther. There is n mental ellshonesty mere tntnsparcnt than that which cipi-ve fealty te a Iague eif Nations veltile epinjsing the -only Leaigue ef Nations that exists er is ever apt te exlsl. Why eleise enir ees lei actual world eeuulitleuis? A lie-ague of NntJeuis ahvnily xIsts. It is net a pnjec1, it la a fae-t. We? must either enter it or remain eut ef it. What nations have actually signed and ratified the treaty? Brazil, Folivia. Great Britain. Canada. Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, India, Czecho-SU)-vakia. Guatemala, Liberia. Panama, Peru, Uruguay, Siam, Greece-. Japan, Poland. Italy. France and Belgium. What neutral states, invited to join the League, have actuallv doneso? Norway, Venezuela, the Netherlands, Denmark. Colombia, e'hil, Argentina, Paraguay, Pe-rsia. Salvador. Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. F.ven Chira will become a member when she ratifies the Austrian treaty. Germany has signed ami Is preparing to take the place which awaits her in the League of Nations. What natie-ns stand outside? Revolutionary Mexico, polshevist Russia, Unspeakable Turkey ami the United States of America. It is not yet too late. Let us stand with the forces of civilization. The choice Is plain. It is between the democratic party's support of the League of Nations, with its program of peace, elisarmament and world fraternity, and the republican party's platfcrm of repudiation, provincialism, militarism and worhl chaos. Kquallty of Voting. There is great pretense of alarm because the United States has but on vote in the international assembly, against the 'six votes of Great Britain, Canada. Australia. New Zealand, South Africa and India. This popular argument against the League of Nations is as insincere as it is superficial. It ignores the fact that the executive council, and not the assembly, i tho governing body of the League-, and that our country' is ne of the live ceuntries having permanent me-mbership in the council. The colonial votes exist only in the assembly. Nor should we forget that Franc has. but one vote; Italy has but one veite; and Japan has but one vote. If there wer any injustice in the arrangement, surely these nations would have s-ensed it and obj-ct'il to it. Ne atlirmatlve action can be taken In any essential matter without a unanlmems vet ef all inemlM'rs ef the council of the Le-ague. No decision of the Ieaguet if America jolnexl It, e-emlel !x marie effective er even premulgateel witlmut our onse'iif. Like every other nation, ve have a vete ixmer upon cr.v resolution eir aet eif the League. We evm lx involve! in ne ente'nri' except of enir eiwii choosing; anil if vee are net sat idled with the IiCiigue. we can seer eiur emni"ctiem with it nixm twe jcars' notice. The

risk exists enly in the imaginatiem. the service is inexilculable. Moreover, the United States insisted that Cuba. Haiti. Liberia. Panama. Nicaragua. Honduras and Guatemala should each be given a vote, as well as the nations of South America, great and small. Including the nations which are bound by vital interests to the United Suites, or, Indeed, directly under our tutelage, we havo more votes In the League of Nations than any other nation. How could we. in good faith, urge that these nations be given a voice and deny a voice to such self-governing nations as Canada, New Zealand and the rest, which relatively speaking, made far more sacrifices in the war than our own country? It is desirable that all countries should have an opportunity to be heard in the league; and the safety of each nation resides in the fact that no action can be taken wlthe-ut the consent of all. Hesponslblllty For u tvit eif Treaty. It was the tlesrign of Sen. Ioelge, from the outset, to mutilate the tre-aty and to frustrate the purposes, of the administration. And yet Sen. Ixelge. with th help of the irreconcilables. having torn the treaty to tatters and thrown its fragments in tho face of the world, has the e-f-frontery to suffgest, in his aldre-ss at Chicago, that the president blocked ratification and postponed peace. The trouble with the treaty of pe-o.ee Is that it wa-s negotiated by a democratic president. It is not difficult to assess the responsibility for its defeat. The responsibility reäts. not upon Its friends, but upon its enemies. The foreign relations committee, immediately following the last election, wa reorganized with a per&onnel consisting of the open foes of the treaty. Amongst the number was Sen. Borah, who eleelared that ho would not be for a League of Nations, were the- Savior of mankind to advocate it. Sen. Johnson, Sen. Knox and Sen. Moses. whc?e hatred of the president amounts to an obsession, were also members; and Fen. Ledge was chairman. The 'Packcel Committer." The treaty was referred o the committee thus studiously prepared for its hostile reception. The members of this committee adopted every nubterfuge to misrepresent the document -which they were supposed to be cein side ring a.s statesmen. Deputations of foreign born citizens wer brought to Washington in an effort to color an I exagge rate the impress.on e.f icpu!ar opposition The Kr.ate had even begun the discussion of the treat) months before its negotiation wa-i concluded, and did nut terr:Jnte its debate until nine month? aftT the r-ubmls-filon of the treaty. It tools the eeu-

a?c nearly three tims as long to kill the treaty by protracted debate and1 by confusing and nullifying amendments and reserations as it to.c th- representatives of the allied government to draft it. It was not the business of the president, when h brought thi9 treaty back freim Prance, to join with Mr. Lodge and other republican leaders in their deliberate purpese. to debtroy it. Had he initiated, suggested or assented to changes which would have substantially alte reel its nature, it would havo been a distinct breach of faith with his associates of the peace council and a violation of Ainerican pledges. lTVc-ryone acquainted with tlirlcmatic usages, er with the plain requirements of honesix, understands this. The foedish invention that the president refused to permit the elottlng ef an "1" er the crossing of a "t" has been so eften repeated that many honest people believe in its truth. In every speech made eluring his tour, the pre-sident stated entire willingness to .accept any and all reser vations not incompatible with America's honor and true interests. It is the plain intent of tho covenant that the Monroe Doctrine is exclude.!, that domestic questions are exempted, that not one American e an be s nt eut of the country w itheuit formal action by congress and that the right of withdrawal is absolute-. If there are words which can make hese- meanings cle-arer, the-y will be welcomed. It is not reservations that ' the president stands against, but nulli'icaticn. Ne Const me-tivc Criticism. W hen the pre-side-nt came back from Paris in February, he breught the ilrst tentative dratt of the covenant of the Iag"ue eif Nations. He gave publicity to it. It was published throughout the land. He invited tbe friends of such a League to submit criticisms. Former Pres't Taft elfered four amendments; former Sen. Loot offered six amendments; and Mr. Hughes suggested seven. At a meeting; e the eommitte-e on foreign relations at tho white house in March, lSly. other change s were sugge-ested. Th se amendments were taken back by the president to Paris and othe-r substance was actually incorporated in the revised elraft ef the loague. Dr. Lowell, president of Harvard university, in his Joint debate with Sen. Ixdge, invited the latter to suggest constructive amendments which the president might incorporate in the draft; but he refused t-o to do. At no time has he failed to offer dcstructlvo criticism. So Intolerant was his attitude that ho would not even consider a compromise proposed by Former Pres't Taft of his own party and which was aiured f the suppert ejf 40 democratic senators. Sen. Ijdge knew that he contredled the senate and that in his own time and way, he could destroy the treaty. nils Is the sordid story of its de

feat. No blacker crime against civilization has ever soiled the pace's eif our history. The laot diapter was written at Chicago. The republican platform not only repudiate-s the League of Nations, but praises, without discrimination, all ef the republican senators who participated in its defeat- Its worehs of benediction fall alike upon the irreeoncilables, tho Ivcdge reservatienists, the mild reservatlonists and thes-o who proposed a separate peacewith Germany. It is consistent in one thing only, the recognition ef the fact that tho open foe-s of the treaty, the t-ecret foes of the tre-aty, and the apparent friends of the tre'uty who exmt-plred with its enemies, are equally responsible for thej destruction of tho instrument itself, it would be ldlo to inquire by what political legerdemain this meaningless and yet ominous declaration was prepared, it is enough to know that the "Old Guard" sold tho honor of America for the privilegej of nominating reactionary' for president, Tho Can." of Peace. The war had t- t a great task fr statesmanship. The best thought of the world eiemanded that a -serious attempt be made by the leaders of the allied governments to formulate a treaty of peace which should prevent tho recurrence ef war. Every rightful impulse of the human h-art wuts in accord with that purpose. From time immemorial, men have dreamed of peace; poet3 have sung of it; philosophers have written about it; statesmen have dis-e-usvK'd it; men everywhere have hoped and prayed that the day might come when w;irs would no longer be necessary in the settle ment of International For the first time in el ifference-K. the turbulent annuls of the human race-, .such a project had become feasible. The desitructiem of rrjlltar Ism, the crumbling of thrones, th- dissolution of dynasties, the world-wide; appreciation of the inner meaning of war and the final triumph eif elemoeracy had at last made it possible to re-allze the dearest dream that e very' crossed the night of man's dark mind. The opportunity for service, was ;us great as the need of the world and tho failure to render It m ust stand as a reproach for all time. It Is said that if the dead who die 1 in the Great War wer; p!ac 1 head to feet, they would str'-tch from NewYork to tfan Francisco. and from San Francisco back again to New ork; and if thos who perished from starvation and from other causes collateral to the war were placed heat! to fe t, they would r-ach around the great globe Itself. At this very hour, millions of men and women and little children are the vietinv of our hesitancy. How can the heart of America be closd to these things? The .Mesiure of Our iH-uel. I Irave? been many miles In thl-j country and it has been my fertunne to visit most of the states of the union. It has happened that I have been in many of thetie. states when the boys were coming from the front. I have seen the great avenue s of our splendid American citPs lined with the populace, cheering antl cheering again as thef brave lads marched by. happy that they had come triumphantly home. Put I have never witnessed these Inspiring sights with out thinking of the boyi who did not crm home. Ther do net rest as strangers in a ftranee land thes-e soldiers of liberty. The generous heart of Franc- enfolds them. The worr-en and the children of Franc cover their graves with flowers and watT them wim ti.-arc Destiny seized these lads and led them far from. rxr.e to die for aa idt&l. Aud yet thry live and spea'.i

to us here in the Homeland, not of trivial things but of Immortal things. Reverence and pity and high retolv" kurely the-se rcr.-aln to us. In that heart cf hearts where the great work of man are wrought, there can be no forgetting. Oh, God. releasw the impribor.ed soul of America, touch once mere the hidden sprlrics of the Fptrit and reveal us to ourselves! Let the true purpose cf cur partv bo clenrlv understood. W. stand s-juarely for the mrne ide-.tls of peace a-s thoso for which the war wss fought. We support without flinching' the only feasible 7lan for -pear and Justice. We will not submit to the repudiation of the peace treaty or to any process by which it ! whittled down to the xanthine point. We dec!lr.e t corn promise eur principles or pawn our immortal souls for selfish purposes. Wo do nrt turn our backs upon the history' of the last threo years. Wo reek no avenue of retreat. We lnlrt that the forward course is tht only righteous course. Wo seok to j-eestabllsli the .fruit.of victory. to reln-tato tho good faith ef our cerintry, and to restore it to the riertitful p!ari nmong th nations of the earth. Our can so constitutes a FurnmOTrt to duty. The heart of America stirs again. Tho ancient faith revive. Th immortal part of man f ie-aks for us. The services of tho past, thi s-arriticcf of the war, tho hopes of luture, constitute a pplritual forco gathering about our banners. "Wo rirül release against, the, checked forces of civilization and America Fha.Il jnke up emce more the b adert-hi; of the world.

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