The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 11, 1919, Page 3

__ THURSDAY, SEPT. 11, 1919. eee en meee fete i ( BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE ” THREE ‘territoria Ges ; 1 ECTS TEC ORD A eOT EE When our men were fighting on in Europe, and the Fourth When the War was over, and andthe Peace Treaty with its Liberty Loan was being floated, President Walhamy speaking intertwined “League of Nations” was presented to the in New York, asked:—_—_- United States Senate for acceptance or elas png President “Shall the military power of any nation or'group of nations be suffered to deter- Wilson said: _ mine the fortunes of peoples over whom they have 2 no right to rule except the - right of Force? “Engagements, which contemplated any disposition of territory, any exten« ‘Shall strong nations be free to wrong weak nations sai make them subject to sions of sovereignty that might seem to be to the interest of those who had the purpose and interest?) oo) power to insist upon them, had been entered into without thought of what the And said: wee le : ‘ peoples concerned might wish or profit by. And these could not always be “No man, no group of men, chose these to be the issues of the struggle. They honorably brushed aside. It was not easy to graft the new order of ideas are the issues of it; and they must be settled—by no arrangement or compro- on the old, and some of the fruits of the grafting may, I fear, for a time he mise or adjustment of interests, but. definitely and once for all and with a full i umequivocal:acceptance of the principle that the interest of the weakest is as bitter. saered as the interest of the arennes Sa sie President Wilson, : é President Wilson : New York, September 28, 1918. . Washington, July 10, 1018. Have the Fi undamental Principles of Right Changed Since 1918? OR Has the Continuance of the United States as a Republic Become Contingent Upon the Proposed League of Nations, so that Com- promise with Principle is Essential for Self-Preservation Sake? Or is.it that to protect the far-flung possessions of one of our associates in the late War, we are to accept a British-drawn League of Nations, throw Washington’s advice against entangling alliances in the discard; endanger or abandon the Monroe Doctrine, and pledge our children and their childrens’ children to the maintenance of that seething mess of European intrigue which drove our fathers to this Ceo Lulled with the belief, that President Wilson’ s promise of “‘self-determination for all peoples” meant justice for the land of their fathers, meant the recognition of American ideals of Liberty and Equality for all in that Land, the citizens of Irish blood among you have had.a rude awekening. Alive now to the danger which threatens this Republic they would have the country aroused to the ery of ‘America F irst ! ; For with perceptions quickened by seven hundred years of contact with England they see: England gorged with the spoils of conquest but affrighted at domestic unrest, seeking a partnership with the United States which would bind us to maintain the } integrity of the despoiler. Such a partnership,—if partnership it be with one vote for the United States and six votes for the British Empire,—could avail naught to the United States of America, for we seek no territorial aggrandization, and it must certainly mean sacrifice of prin- 1, ciples which Preident Wilson restated less than a year ago—principles upon which this Republic has grown great and powerful, For Ristonce: Are we to acée pt partnership with that Empire which holds Ire- ; land in military subjection against the expressed will of the people by . \ “Troops cauipped with lorries, armored cars, tanks, machine guns, bombing planes, light and heavy artillery, and, in fact, all the engines of War lately employed against the Central Powers?’ ‘ Atrocity Charges, American. Commission on Irish Independence. ~~ ri To which the best answer the British Government could make was: _ “The equipment mentioned is normal in these days. As regards equipment, the troops in England are similarly equipped, as also the creer of our Allies, including our American Allies. Answer of Sir Ian Macpherson, Chief Secretary for Ireland, : _ speaking officially for the British Government. “ ; : ior oNmneriod s Sake Let Your Senator Know Your Views. ae Z “PUBLISHED FROM EE IRISH VICTORY FUND UNDER THE AUSPICES OF FRIENDS OF IRISH: FREEDOM and ASSOCIATED SOCIETIES See next announcement in Bismarck Tribune _