The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 7, 1920, Page 2

“BSSENTIAL \ ae Takes Wilson’s Word,’ Saying, Only Reservations Democrats Will Accept Are Those’ Clari- fying Ambiguous Language of League Covenant and Treaty—Deals With Subject in Detail — Condemns Pro- posed Separate Peace With Germany IMMEDIATE RATIFICATION OF TREATY IN ITS. | INTEGRITY” DEMANDED BY GOY, COX TO SMILE... HIS DAY “HARDING, JOHNSON, ONE” DAYTON, August 7. The jong - awaited declaration 01 Governor James M. Cox, Democratic nominee for the presidency, on the league of’ nations, as given today in his speech of acceptance, is as fol- lows: In the midst of war the present senatorial pal, led by Senators Lodge, Penrose and Smoot, was forn- ed. Superficial evidence of loyally to the president was deliberate in Ohio, the very core, might not be «ffended. But underneath his misleading ex- terior, conspirators pianned and _ plot. ted, bith pigoted zeal. With victory to our arms they delayed and ob- structed the works of peace It deémed useful to the work in haad no artifice for intert 3 with our constitutional” peace-making author- ity was rejected. Before the country knew, yea, before these men them- selves knew the details of the com: posite plan, formed at the peace table, they declared their opposition {6 it. Before the treaty was sub- mitted to the senate in the manner the Constitution provides, they vio- lated every custom and every con sideration: of decency by presenting a copy of the document, procured un- blushingly from enemy hands, and passed it into the printed record: of senatorial proceedings. "rom that hour tated the enterprise of throw- ing the whole subject into a technical discussion, in order that the public might be confused. The plan has never changed’ in its obective, but the method hag. At the outset there was the careful insistence that there was no desire to interfere with the prin- ciple evolved and formalized at Ver- sailles. Later, it was the form and not the substance that professedly in- spired attack. But pretence was fu tile when proposals later came forth that clearly emasculated the basic principle of the whole peace plan. It is not necessary to recall the details of the controversy in the senate. Sen- ator Lodge, finally ¢rystalized his ideas into what. were ‘known as the Lodge reservations, and when con- ress adjourned these reservations Feld the support of the so-called reg- ular Republican leaders. Political Expediency ‘ From that time the processes have been interesting. Political ‘expediency in its truest sense dwarfed every cbn- sideration either of the public inter- est or of the mainterance of the honor of the great political party. The ex- clusive question was how to avoid a! rupture in the Republican organiza- tion. The~country ‘received with in- terest, to say the least the announce- ment from Chicago, where the nation- | al convention was assembled, that a. platform plank, dealing with- the’ subject of world peace, had. been drawn, leaving out the Lodge reser- vations, and yet remaining agreeable to all interests, meaning there-by, the Lodge’ reservationists, “the mild reservationists and the group of Re- publican senators that openly oppos- ed the League of Nations in any form. = As the platform made no definite | ¢ommital of policy and was, in fact, so artfully phrased as to make almost any deduction possible, it passed through the convention with prac- tical ungnmimity, Senator Johnsop, order that the great rank and file their party, faithful and pat ic however, whose position has been con- sistent and whose opposition to the league in any shape is well known, withheld his support of the conven- tion’s choice until the candidate had stated the meaning of the platform and announced definitely the policy that would be his,.if elected. The Republican candidate has spok- en and his utterance calls forth the following approval from Senator Johnson: “Yesterday_in his speech of accept- ance Senator Harding unequivocally took his stand upon\the paramount is- sue and this campaign—the League of Nations. The Republican’ party stands committed by its platform. Its stand-! ard-bearer has now accentuated that platform, There can be no misun- derstanding his words.” Senator Harding, as the candidate of the party, and Senator Johnson are as one on this question, and; as the latter expresses it, the Republi- can party is committed both by plat- form in the abstract and by its can- didate in specification. The threat- ened revolt among leaders of the par- ty is averted, but the minority posi- tion as expressed in the senate pre-| In short, ; vails as that of the party. principle, as avowed in support of the ‘Lodge reservations. or of the so-called mild reservations, has been surrend- ered to expediency. Harding’s Pledge Senator Harding make} pledge of - policy party: “I promise you formal and effective peace sd quickly as a Republican con- gress can pass its declaration for a asepublican executive to sign,” This means but one thing—a sep- arate peace with Germany! This would be the most dishearten- ing event.in civilization since the Rus- this new “Hours of, Ease” Best Describes. Riding in THE HUDSON . Performance, Economy, Comfort, Beauty, Quality, Speed and matched in These Qualities by any Car in the World and Harmoniously Combining Them All. In the Foreground of Motor Achiev THE HUDSON | Endurance; Un- ement, Stands Supreme. R. B. LOUBEK MOTOR CO. Distributors, 216 Main St. cs Bismarck, N. D. - JAMES M1, COE : Governor James Cox occupies. the limelight in Dayton, O., today, where he was this afternoon formally notified of his nom: nation as the Democratic candidate for. the presidency. in behalf of his! | established by twenty-nine nations) +, tempt of the, world, would submit an ent ely new project. This act would either be regarded as arrant madness | ’ sians made their separate peace with Germany, and infinitely more un- | worthy on our part than it was on that of the Russians. They were threatened with starvation and revo- lution had swept their country. Our soldiers fought side by side with the Allies. So complete was the coali- ition of strength and purpose that General Foch was given supreme com- mand. and every soldier in the allied cause, no matter what flag he fol- lowed, recognized him. as his. chief. We fought the war together, and now before the thing is through it is pro- posed to enter into a separate ‘peace with Germany! In > good faith we pledged our strength with our asso- lates for the enforcement of terms upon offending powers, and now it is lsuggested that this be withdrawn. Supposed: Germany, recognizing the first break in the . Allies, proposes somethikg we cannot aecept. Does Senator Harding intend to send an army to Germany to press her to our terms? Certainly the allied army could not ‘be expected to render aid. If, on the other hand, Germany should: accept the chance we offered of break- ing the bond it would be for the ex- press purpose of insuring a German- American alliance, recognizing that | the Allies in fact, no'nation in good standing—would have anything to” do with cither of us. B > This, plan would not only be a piece of bungling diplomacy, but plain, un- adulterated dishonesty, as well, No‘ less an authority than Senator, Lodge said, before the heat of re- cent controversy, that to make peace except in company with th Allies would “brand us everlastingly with dishonor and bring ruin to us.” And then after peace is made with Germany, Senator Harding would, he says, “hopefully approach the nations of Europe and of the earth, propos- ing that understanding which makes us a willing participant in the conse- eration of nations to a new relation- Ship.” - Can't Refuse League In short, America, refusing to enter the League of Nations (now already and bearing and deser' the con- {at attempted international bossism. ; Th plain truth is, that the Republi> can leaders, obessed: with a determ- ination: to win:the presidential election have attempted ‘to satisfy too many divergent views. Inconsistencies, ‘in- evitable under the circumstances, rise to haunt thém on every hand, and | they findSthemselves arrayed in pub- lic thougitt at least, against a great ; Principle. More than that, their con- duct is"dpposed to the idealism upon which theiy party pr days. Illustrating these observations by. concrete facts, let it be remembered that those now inveighing against an interest“in affairs outside of'America, criticized President Wilson in un- measured terms for not resenting the invasion of Belgium in 1914. They term the League of Natons a military alliance, which, except for their oppo- sition, would envelop our country, when, as a matter of truth, the sub- ject of a League of Nations has claimed the best thought of America |for years, and the League to Enforce Peace was presided over by: so dis- tingvished a Republican as Ex-Presi- dent Taft, who, before audiences in ‘every section advocated the principle and the plan of the present League. They charge experimentation, when we have as historical _ precedent the | Monroe Doctrine, which is the very ‘essence of Article X of the Versailles covtnant. Skeptics viewed Monroe’s {mandate with alarm, predicting re- |current wars in defense of Central jand South American states, whose | guardians they alleged we need not be, And yet not a shot has been fired jin almost one hundred years in ‘pre- | serving sovereign rights on this hem- lisphere. They hypocritically claim that the League of Nations will re- sult inour boys being drawn into mil- itary séfvice, but they fail to realize ; that every high school youngster in the land knows that no treaty can ospered in other equipped in 1914, could conquer the world in a year. League is Operating It is planned now to make this im- possible. A definite plan has been agreed upon. The League of Nations \wantefl to make sure that. the League the other, powers signing the BISMARCK. DAILY TRIBUNE _ serves to Congress and to Congress | which the world has just passed, The alone, the power to declare war. They | cooperaton of the United States with preach Americanism: with a meaning; the League and its continuance as a of their own invention, and artfully | member thereof, will naturally depend appeal to a selfish and provincial spir-| upon the adherence of the League to it, forgetting that Lincoln fought a|tnat fundamental purpose.’ “Such a declaration would at least express the view of the United. States and justify the course which our na- tion’ would unquestionably’ follow. if the basic purpose of the League were at any time distorted, ‘ It would-also}/ appear to be a simpler matter to pro: vide against any misunderstanding in the future and at the same time to meet the objections of.thdse who: be- war over the purely moral question of slavery, and that McKinley broke the fetters of our _ boundary. lines, spoke the freedom: of: Cuba, and’ car- ried the torch of American idealism to the benighted Philippines. They lose memory of Garfield’s prophecy that America, under the blessings of God-given opportunity, would by her moral leadership and cooperation: be-) come a Messiah among the nations of the earth. ‘ Duty to World These are fateful times. Organ- ized government hus a definite duty all over the world. The héuse of civ- ilization is‘ to be put in order. The su- preme issue of the century is before us and the nation that halts and de- lays is playing with fire. The finest impulses of fiumanity, rising above national lines, merely seek to miake another horrible war impossible. _Un- der the’ old order of international an- archy war came overnight and the world was on fire before we knew it. It sickens our senses to think of an- other..We saw one conflict into which modern science brought new forms of destruction in great guns, submar- ines, airships, and poison gases. It is no secret that our chemists had per- tected, when the contest camé to a precipitate close, gases so deadly that whole cities could be wiped out, arm- ies destroyed, and the crews of battle- ships smothered. The public prints men that in future wars the method, more effective than gages or bombs, will be the employment of the germs of diseases, carrying pestilence and destruction. Any nation prepared un- der these conditions, as Germany was is in operation. A. very, important’ work, under its control, just complet- ed, was participated in by the Hon. Elihu. Root, Secretary of State under the Roosevelt administration. At a meeting of the Council of the League of Nations, February 11, ay organiz- ing committee of twelve of the most eminent jurists in the world was se- lected. The duty of this group was to devise a plan for the establishmtnt. of a permanent Court of international Justice, asa branch of the League. This assignment has. been concluded by. unanimous action. This augurs well for world progress. The ques- tion is whether we shall or shall not join in this practical and -humane representative at the peace table, en- tered. theiLeague in ouv name, in so far as the executive authority permitted. Senatér Harding, as: the Republican candidate for the. presidency, propos- es in plain’ words that we remain out of it. As the Democratic candi- date, I favor going in. Let us an alyze Senator Harding’s plan of mak. ing a German-American peace, and then’ cajling for a “new relationship among nations,” assumjng for the purposq of argument only, that the perfididus hand that dealt with Ger- many would possess the power’ or in- fluence to draw twenty-nine nations away from a plan already at work and induce them to,retrace;every step and make a.new. beginning. This would entail our. appointing another commission to ‘assemble with those selected by the otHer powers. With the Npreailles instrument discarded the whole subect of partitions and di- visions of territory on-new lines would be reopened. The difficulties in this regard, as any fair mind appreciates, would be greater than they were at the peace session,.and we must not at- tempt to convince ourselves that. they did: not try the genius, patience, and diplomacy of statesmen at that time. History will say that great as was the Allied triumph in war, no less a vjc- tory: was achieved atthe Reace table. ‘The Republican proposal means dis- honor, world confusion and delay.. It would keep up in permanent company with Germany, Russia, Turkey and Mexico. It would entail, in the ulti- mate, more real injury than the war itself. The Democratic position on the question, as expressed in the platform: is: “We advocate immediate ratifica- tion: of the Treaty without reserva- |‘ tions which would impair its essen- tial integrity, but do nat oppose the acceptance of any reservation making clearer or more specific the obliga- tions of the United States to the League of associates. * Duty to Ratify The first duty>of the new admin- istration clearly will. be the rati: cation of the Treaty. The matter should be approached without thought of the bitterness of the past. The public verdict will have been rendered and I am confidént that'the friends of world peace as it will: be promoted by the League, will.have in ‘numbers the constitutional requisite to favorable senatorial action: The captious.may say that our platform reference to! reservations is vague and indefinite. Its meaning, in brief is that we shall state our interpretation of the cove- nant as a matter of good faith to our associates and as a precaution against any: misunderstanding in the future. The point is, that aftenthe people shall have spoken, the League will be in'the hands of its friends in. the -Senate, and a safe: index as to what they wit! do is supplied ,by what reservations they have proposed in the past. Some months ago, in a contributed article to the New ¥ork Times, I expressed my own opinion of the: situation. as it then was. I reproduce it here: “There can be no doubt but that some senators have been conscientious in their desire to darify the provis- ions of the Treaty. Two things appar- ently have disturbed them: First, they was not to be an alliance, and that its basic purpose was’ peace and not controversy. Second, they wanted stru- are filled with ale opinions of military’ -. SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 1920 lievé that we troversy intent of the cion which cannot in-any way be alt- ered by the treaty making power.’ Stick’ to Constitution Unquestoned friends of the league have made other proposals. Our plat- form clearly additions that will be helpful, but it speaks ina firm resolution to stand against anything. that. disturbs the vital principle. We hear it said that sntérpretations are unnecessaty. That may be true, sociates, reached, and get things over our rights, by making a senatorial addi- tion in words somethng like these: “It will of course. be understood that in éarrying. out the purpose of the League, the government of the United States in strict harmon} ceassuring to many of our citizens, who feel that in signing the treaty, there should be no mental reservations: that are not expressed in plain words, asa matter of good. faith to our Such interpretations [- sesss the further virtue of supplying. a base upon which: agreement can be jury to the covenant,.is now of press- ing importance. started,’ that prompted some members of. the senate to vote for the Lodge reservations. r Woman, official organ. of the federa- NOTED WRITER | ation edited-by Dr. Eda‘ 0. ‘Slatk, ) TALKS ON-ART : PROGRESS HERE! 5 EMPLOYES FROM SAME COLLEGE, 3 | Mrs. Austin Has Praise for De- velopment of Art and Drama “Sand us another witiner,’” said’ in North Ddkota the head'accountant of Union Light, iss ! Hear & Power Co., calling off Da+ kota Business College; Fargo, N.! D., forabookkceper. KK. A. Dr: land was seat—the 5th effictct B.C. graduate fof this firm. L. Larson, recently placedwith Consumers United Stgres Co, isthe Miss Leila Diesem, fietd deputy of the Department of Immigration, af- ter joining as a guest the first state might be inviting a con-| convention of the’ Business and Pro- constitutionat| fessional Women) of, North Dakota at Fargo, went to St. Paul as a delegate from the state of !North, Dakota to the -Natjshial Federation of Business| 414 1). B.C. pupil there. Positions their setord meeting there ‘recent will be open for about 1000 D: B. While atthe convention Miss Die-| (, students next year. % can novelists, Mrs. Austin. spoke|, the SucceS$ful. z Summer: term now. . Fall term: Sept. 1! Write very highly ‘of North Dakota, especi- { v ally of art and drama, as developed! }. [L/ Watkins, Pres., 806° Front $t.. Fargo N. D. in this state. ———————— ust at all times act withthe terms’ and United States Constitu- ‘She praised in glowing, terms, the development of the little country, the- atre here. ‘Mrs. Austin is at the pres- ent time studying conditions in the northwest and doubtless some of her future work. will deal ‘with: prairie subjects. : ‘At the federation meeting Miss Die- sem was made one of a committee in fBoostitg The Independent lays. no. bar against any CARS WASHED. Transmission Grease, Used Cars Fer Sale Lockwood Accessories Shop : Cor. Main’ and 8th’Sts. but they will at least be’ agreement, without. in- It was the desire to Those who conscientiously voted for them in’ the final roll calls realized however that they acted under duress, in that a politically bigoted minority was ex- ercising the possition to enforce drastic conditions. Happily the Punder our system of government, can remedy that sieaaticn, and I have the faith that. they wi this fall. Then organized government | will be enabled fo combine impulse and facility in the making of better world’ conditions. The’ agencies: of ex- ; change. will themselves to the opportutities . of cial freedom. renewed hope will take hold of every, Mankind’ will press a reso- lute shouldemto the task of readjust- ment, and a new era will have dawned movement. President Wilson, as our|.upon the earth. comme! nation. arbitrary power of its voters of the republic,, ONE-HALF MILLION ll,. at. the. election automatically | adjust ! New life and \" ment to understand our constitutional | Fy limitations beyond which, the treaty- making power cannot go. 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