Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 9, 1920, Page 1

VOL. LXII—NO. 9 . I BRVAN CONGEDES RBHT OF SEWATE TODIGTATE. TERMS OF THE PEAGE TREATY Maintains as a Majority of Congress Should Have Power to Conclude Peace—Asserts Dem- ocrats Must Secure Such a Compromise From the Repub- lican Majority as may be Possible—To Present Issue to the Public Would Take at Least 14 Months—Sybmits Three New Propositic=... be Known as “a National Under Bi-Partisan Control; the Initiative and the Rerer- endum. Washington, Jan. 8—(By The A. P.) ~—William J. Bryan split openly with President Wilson at the Jackson din- ner here tonight, on the question of whether the democratic party should make the League of Nations an is- e next election. acretary of state, three andiffite for the presidency, a power in his party, declared the democrats could not go before the country on the issue and that they must accept such compromises as may be possible. F ident Wuson. in his message to diners, had declared that “the clear e way out” was to submit the Senate’s Course Right. ding the right of the republi- o dictate the senate’s course, Mr. been rejected and we uation as It i t such compromi ble or present the is- The latter course only a a two-thirds ma- securing the senate. n afford, either members of the party, to r delay; we country on’the would pre- of congress we make it more difficalt to conclude a, treaty 2 to enter a war, Three New Propositions. Reviewing the past and surv programme said he ng a for the future, Mr, Bryan to suggest hree to be known as both as a util- g the states : d intercourse, as well to the ation: 1—not a newspaper Bryan dec sent na- iestues under san con- reform.” Mr. Bryan's Speech. Dryan’s speech in part was as eidom has such an opportunity for great service come to any party as W presents itself to our part s a soldier opportunity comes— er a hero-or a coward. the party, oppor- tunities become ' stepping stones t opportunities neg- lected arc miilstones about the par- s now offered are n and as wide as iour when we take for the coming cam- uty of each member I take it, to present i hout c are shared by others. ¢ Opportunities as Bryan Sees Them. “Permit me, therefore, to present the more important of these opportunities as T see them. The nations are en- nz upon a mew era: old systems passing away; democrac everywhere. -~ Our nation is the o great nation in a position to fur- nish the moral leadership required. The nations of Europe are busy with their own problems; our people are the only ones di rested enough to be trusted by all, and the democratic party is the party whose ideas best fit it for the task of leadership in such & work. ng democratic president was the spokesman of the. United States in helding out to a war worn world the hope of unievrsal peacd, ,and he brought back from Paris the covenant of a league of nations that provides ieans for settling international dis- putes without a resort to force. He did the best he could, and succeeded better than we had any right to ex- pect, when we remember that he fought single handed against the sel- fish interests of the world. “The republican party, in centrol of the senate, instead of ratifying at once or promptly proposing changes that deemed necessary has fiddled while civilization has been threatened with conflagration. It could have adopted_its reservations as well five months ago as later, but it permitted endless debate while suffering human- ity waited. . Democrats Must Face Defeat. “The democratic sendtors stood with the president for ratification without reservation, and If stood with them, believing that it was better to secure within the league, after it was es- tablished, any necessary changes, than to attempt to secure them by reser- vations in the ratifying resolutions. But our plan has been rejected and we must face the sifuation as -it is. We wust either secure such compromis- 28 as may be possible or present the jsue to tha coun The latter cou Srould mean a delay of at least four- teen moaths and then success only in case of our securing a two-thirds ma- jority in the senate. To Avoid Further Delay. “We cannot afford, cither as -eiti- zens or as members of the party, to share with the republican party re- sponsibility for further delay: we cannot go before the country on the fwsue that such an appeal would pre- went. The republicans have a major- ity in_the senate and, therefore, can by right dictate the senate’s course. Being in the minority, we cannot d mand the right to decide the terms upon which the senats will consent to ratification. Our nation has spent 180,000 precious lives and more than twenty billions of dollars to maké the world safe for democracy and the one iental principal of democracy " the right of the majority to rule. is dawn- | 'y next great reform, a reform entirely in harmony with the election of sena- tors by the people and the primary. “We have become the world’s teach- er in the science of government, and we must, not hesitate to express in practice our own faith in’the princi- ples that we proclaim. Faith in the people—faith in their capacity for seli-government, as well as in their right to self-government. must be our party’s now and always.” DEM. NATIONAL CONVENTION F IN SAN FRANCISCO JUNE 28 Washington, Jan. 8 (By the A. P. —A split between_ President Wilson and William J. Bryan over whether the league of nations should be made an issue at the coming election t‘r,)ped off the Jackson day deliberatihis of the democratic party chiefs. It came at the Jackson dinner, as the climax of a day in which San Francisco had been chosen as the meeting place of the democratic na- tional convention on June 28 and it charged the air with political elec- tricity. The hosts of democrats on hand for the dinner had swamped the available accommodations of any one hoter iu town and the party was divided into two dinners at two separate hotels a block apart. National Chairman Cummings presided at once and Vice Chairman Kremer at the other. Both dinners began with toasts drunk to the health of President Wil- son, the guests elevating goblets of Potomac river water. The same set of speakers addressed Can Declare War, ltl a National System of Roads to Peace Way; a National Bulletin It applies to the senate and to the house as well as to the people. Ac- cording to the constitution a treaty is ratified by a two thirds vote, but the democratic party cannot afford te take advantage of the constitutional right of a minority to present ratification. A majority of congress can declare war. Shall we make it more diffi- cult to conclude a treaty than to enter a war? Issue Raised by Article 10. “Neither can we go before the coun-: try on the issue raised by Article X. If we do not intend to impair the right of congress tc. decide the question of peace or war when the time for action arises,”how can we insist upon a moral obligation to go to war which can have no force or value except as it does im- air the independence of congress? | “We owe it to the world to join in an honest effort to put an end of war for- ever,rand that effort should be made at the eariiest possible moment. Constructive Programme Imperative. ‘A democratic party cannot be a party of negation; it must have a construction programme. It must not only favor a league of nations, but it must have a plan for ‘the election of delegdtes and a policy to be pursued by these delegtes. other in various order. At some um during the evening both parties of diners were addressed Dby Senator Mitchcock, Governor Cornwell of West Virginia, Governor Cox of Ohio, James W. Gerard, Senator Underwood, Sec- retary Daniels, former Speaker Champ _Cla; Attorney General Palmer, Mrs. Peter Olesen of Minne- sota, Pomerene, nator What nlan can a democratic party|Owen and William J. Btyan. Former | have other than one that contemplates | Secretary McAdoo's telegram and the popular election of those delegates|President Wilson's message were read who, in the influence .they will exert.|to each. {will be nexs in importance to the pres-| There was not a sound in the big ident himself? And what policy can|dinner hall when Chairman Cummings the democratic party have within the|began reading President Wilsons let- league of nations other than ome of|ter, but there was vigorous cheering absolute independence and impartial-|at the first reference to failure of the ity Dbetween the embers of. the]senate to ratify the peace treaty. league? Our nation's voice should at ther and greater outburst greet- all times be raised in behalf of equal|ed tite president’s statement that per- and exact justice between mations as|sonally he did not accept the action the only basis of permanent peace: it{of the¢ senate in failing. to ratify as should be raised in defense of.the right|tae decision of the nation. ¢ self-determination and in proclaim-| Everybody stood at the conclusion ing a spirit of brotherhood as unaver-|of the reading and cheered. “Hail sal as the peace which we advocate, |Hail, the Gang's All Here” was sung. “Dixie” started the diners up again, _ Fearful of New Partjes. the demonstration cortinuing severa: “We have domestic problems also{minutes. j which, offer an_opportunity .o renaer | Mr, Eryan told his audience that; {large service, and one objection 1o Fynlike some of the other speakers, he thrusting“the treaty.into/the campaign {y3q4 nothing to ask. it smolE TYonL is that it would- @ivert attention from|gratitude rather than in expectation: questions demanding immediate con-| " “you will, therefore,” he added, “not sideration. We are confronted with|yisten to me with the thought ‘that the organization of new parties, on the | oy are listening to a candidate.” theory that the old parties.do not meet|" 3rr sBryan then read his prepared the issues that have arisen. Our party(gqdress, saying he would follow it ex- [is the one party that can qualify for|ycely because \it was twritten before the meeting of these issues. It canihe knew the tontents of the presi- onpose ~ class party because it not | gent’s letter. itself the party of a class. but the par-| A" he proceeded, however, Mr. ty of the whole people, regardless of | Bryan interspersed numerous extem- cl poraneous arguments. . rging that the republican party @llowed tariff barons and trust mag. nates to dictate its policies, and own attitude would compel divisi the country into class parties, Mr. B in contrast upheld the deme COL. EATON REPORTS ON WIDOWS’ PENSION LAW Hartford, Jan. 8.—Colonel Robert O. party as protecting the rights|Faton. agent of the widows' pension ¢ class and “dealing with each|law, has submitted to Gov. Holcomb n as an individual instead of as a |a report of the operations of his de- ‘member of a class.” partment from last May when the law 2 went into effect, to Dec. 31, 1919. o How, fosiaeian Btaies penses_amounted to $: as fol- The democratic party would lows: Paid in pe 87.01, sal- s, not by prohibitory ary of agent $1 and in- machinery for peaceful settle- | yostigators $2,349.8 s of in- ment. and would guarantee freedom ot | yecri B0 ear spebch and press, but, at_ the same |3y ; SRt ; 2 miscellaneous T Ume, Drevent the Use (Ol scither (0 ceipts from reimbursements by towns Orerthrow constitutional government.|ang countles were $3.365.02 and inter- ng the party would continue the fight against the profiteer, he add- ed that the remedy could not ve com- plete without participation of states and communities as well as the federal Zovernment. “I assume that the party will accept prohibition as the permanent policy of the country,” he continued. “It is in- conceivable that our party should an- tagonize the moral sense of the nation. Jobn Batlevcorn is dead. The demo-| New York, Jan. 8—Directors of the cratic party cannot tie itself to a|United States Rubber Company at a corpse or become the champion of an|meeting here .today declared a stock eutlawed traffic. dividend of 12 1-2 per cent., amount- Woman Suffrage. ing :;d_s?.oao.ooo. on its S 51(0(;‘: “I adsiime that the party will accept | I _2dditlon to the regular quarterly woman’s_suffrage, also as an accom- | "y Soomnanvis volume of sales and plished fact. The women saved our|, o inie's %1010 were the largest party from defeat in the last cam-|i "o history, it was announced. At Palsn. and we need their ald to hasten | . "Cose of its fisca’ year its cash in {he triumph. of every righteous cause.| .. pank amounted to more than $15 Three New Propositions. 000,000 and there were ,$2.800,000 in “I venture to suggest three new |Jiberty bonds in its treasur: propositions for which I ask consid- Enlargement of the company’s tire eration: 4 plants in Detroit, Indianapolis. Hart- “(’)—A national peace-way, running|ford, Providence anq Kitchener, Can- into every state, wide enough to ac-|ada. when completed, will more than ¢ommodate both passengers undidouble the company’s present produc- freight, and permanent so that it will[tion of tires, it-was estimated by the be a lasting tie binding together the | directors. forty-eight commenwealths. It will be.a memorial to the soldiers anu ru all others who took part in the war, and a monument in commemoration of .ce restored. Qs (2)—We need above al} other things Chicago, Jan. 2—Investigation of Jjust-mow . a national bulletin—not a|Why more than 100 Reds arraigned at newspaper, but a bulletin—under bi- |the federal building today were suf- partisan control, furnished to al who fering from black eyes, cut lips and desire it at a normal cost—a bulletin | bruises, revealed a riot at the county which ‘will present to the people the|jail in which “respectable :prisoners” issues upon which they must act |led by a quintet of auto bandits and with editorials presenting the argu-|jewel thieves, attacked the radicals, ments ‘for and against the action pro-| The riot is said to have occurred posed, so that every citizen may in-)last Sunday. John Russo, held for telligently exercise the duties of citi-{robbery and credited by the jail at- zenship and give to his sovernment | taches with being the ringleader in the benefit of his judgment and his|the assault on the Reds, is sajd to | conscienc The avenues of informa- | have knocked out fifteen of the radi- tion are at present in private hands,|cals before guards quelled the riot. and the editors, being human, have a S e e Bias whifh mikes it impgsgible for WAS OLDEST SON OF em to vresen sides fairly; and to gmke the situation worse, the great NETCHAN INGTHE JOTARE predatory interests are in position to v, = 2 influence many newspapers in addition | ooy’ e 5 FRE D el to those which they absolutely con-| i on’ Monday, probably had the dis- tinction of being the oldest Son of Veteran in the state, if not in the country. 'He was 85 years, two months and twenty-two.days old when he died. He served i nthe Civil war with his father and three brothers, and was a member of the 20th Connecticut In- g est $44.62. The amount of the appro- priation on hand at the close of the year 1919 was $115,76 There is due from towns ang ecounties on reim- bursement for the quarter ending Dec. 31, $14,75 uU. S, RUBBER COMMON PAYS 12 1-2 PER CENT. DIVIDEND “RESPECTABLE PRISONERS” ROUGH-HOUSED RADICALS i “(3)—The initiative and referendum are not new. For a quarter of a century the idea has been growing and spreading. Since the reform has been put into operation in states like Ohio, Illinois, Missouri and Massachusetts, it has ceased to be a thing to be ridi- culed. Instead, it rowl excites the determined opposition of those who are not willing that, the S | BOLSHEVIKI CAVALRY be the masters of their mfls;finy HAVE CAPTURED BERDIANSK i through a government entirely within b their control. The progress that de- —Bolsheviki cavalry mocracy is making - throughout the |has captured'the town of Berdiansk, world ought to encourage our party|on ‘the north shore of tine Sea of to make the adoption-of the princinle|Azov. one of the imost ezceiient ‘ports of the initlative and referendum its'on the sea, & hoth dinners, going from ome to the || ONN., FRIDAY, JA Sist of Speeches at Jackson Day Dinner President . Wilson: Make League of Nations a campaign issue. No compromise in o§ngress. ‘W. J. Bryan Congress . should dictate terms® of the peace treaty. Democrats “should accept compro- mi 3 Senator Pomerene: Ratify the treaty with or without reserva- tions. Fomer Secretary McAdoo: An ar raignment of republican adminis- tration, but no expression about the league. Secretary Daniels: . Mr. Bryan is entitled to credit for the League of Nations tréaty, because his peace Jinvestigation conyentions were the groundwork for it. Senator Hitchcock: Honorable compromise on the league:question or a finish fight. Senator Owen: Immediate ratifi- cation, and proceed with recon- struction legislation. Chairman Cummings: “Inevita- ble impulses” are carrying the democratic party “each day nearer and nearer to victory. S Gov. Cornwell of West Virginia American institutions are in dan- ger of being overthrow . by the un- cheeked growth of “a labor auto- cracy.” Vice Chairman Kremer: cept the gauge of battle. Gov. Cox of Ohio: The old guard is in control of the party (republi- can) which it well nigh wrecked by ‘its greed: Attorney General Palmer: The war will not be over in fact unfil the issues which it has raised are passed unon by: the great court of appeals in America and the judg- reat of the people.is entered. Former Ambassador Gerard: The country demands that both sides get together, that a compromise be made and peace given to the world. Former Speaker Clark: Demo cratic accomplishments during the last X years entitled the party “to a long lease of power.” Senator Underwood: The issue is'clear. The president has defined it beyond cavil. ST — Steel Strike Has Been Called Off National Committee Says Is Submits to the “Arbitrary and Ruthless Use of Power.” Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 8.—The strike in the steel mills and farnaces, called September 22, and whick' at’its ince) tion involved 367,000 men, was offici Iy ‘called” off Here tonight By the na tional commitfes after an’_all- Announcement that the mationaiy committee ‘Had decided to proceed no further’ wag cohtained in a telegram sent to the headquarters of tife Amer- ican Federation of Labor in Washing- ton, to the heads of all international uniong interested and to the organiz- ers and field men in all strike dis- tricts. 2 “The steel corporation,” the gram said, “with’ the active ance of’the press, the courts, the fed- We ac-. eral troops, state police and =~ many public officials, have denied steel’ workers ‘their rights of free speech, free assemblage and the right to or- ganize, and, by this arbitrary and ruthless misuse of power, have | brought about a condition which has compelled the national committee fo: organizing iron and steel workers to te today that the active strike phase he sfeel campaign is now at an ampaign of educa- tion and reorganizatign will be mediately begun, and will not cease until industrial justice in the steel in- has been achieved. All steel now are at liherty to return pending preparation. for the nest big organization movement.” MANSLAUGHTER INDICTMENTS FOR THE SALE OF “WHISKEY"” Springfield, Mass., Jan. 8.—Ten in- dicigents for manslaughter were re- ported tonight by a special grand jury which has been taking evidence for two days in connection with the alleged sale of “whiskey” said to have| contained wood alcohol and which, it is claimed, resulted in the deaths of more than sixty persons in the Con- necticut valley. Two other indict- ments were returned charging illegal sales of liquor, Those indicted follow: Frank Lucibello, alias Suiello, 663 Howard street, New Haven, Conn.; William Guangi, 577 Grand avenue, New Haven; Harry Vincent, 260 Wooster street, New Haven; Domenic Perritti, Westville, Conn.; John Starzyk, saloon keeper,. Holyoke; John Wyszatchi, . Hotel Polaski proprietor, Holyoke; Sam Darling, truckman, Hartford; Alexander Perry, American House proprietor, Chicopee; . Leo P. Fredette, saloonkeeper, Chicopee, Indictments charging illegal sales of liguor were recorded against Charles Perry and Wililam Baker, both bar- tenders in the American THouse - of Chicopee. Viovanni Pinto of New Haven, charged with murder in the original warrant, was ordered held as a material witness under $1,000 bail, for manslaughter i WEEK BEGINNING JAN. 17 NATIONAL THRIFT WEEK Hartford, Conn., Jan. 8.—Governor Holcomb, in a proclamation tonight, calls upon the people of Connecticut to observe National Thrift Week, be- zinning January 17. “It is a lamentable fact.” says the proclamation, “that the period of high wages and large profits which the country is now enjoying seems to be accompanied by unprecedented extra- vagance and lavishness of expendi- ture. Unmindful in the Biblical ex-} ample of providing during tne scven‘ fat years for the coming of the seven lean years, too many of our people seem bent upon wasting their present substance. “Thrift is fundamental in the devel- opment of individual and national cheer. Along with it goes .temper- ance, selg-denial, foresight, morality and fidelity to home. “I seriously commend to the con- sideration of all our people that dur- ing said period thew take account of stock in their personal affairs, to the end that present menacing tendencies be arrested and a more rational atti: toward expenditures be main lain?d for the future.” NUARY 9, 1920 16 Pagei—112 Columns Condensed Telegrams During the last eight months the Amierica.n army obtained 139,843 re- cruits. Sale of army stocks in France re-| ported to have realized almost $800,- 000,000, < l { Controiler of currency issued call for condition of national banks as of Dec. 31 last. Nova Scotia lobster pack amounted to 130,000 cases in 1919. The. value| was $6,750,000. Steamship La Lorraine was. held up in Havre harbor because of a strike among the crew. A coal distributing committee will raise government ban on Ameri- can coal exports. Roumanian oil production first six months ‘of 1919 was larger than total production of 1917, Bar silver was quoted at 76 7-8d an ounve, in London, compareq with $1.32 in New York. German army which numbered 280,- 000 men on January 1, will be on a treaty basis by April 1. _ According to authorities in Wagh- ington full exportation of coal will be resumed within ten days. Farr Alpaca Co. of Holyoke, Mass., will distribute: on Friday io employes bonuses amounting to $230,000. Berlin school authorities prolonged the Christian vacation unti] Jan, 20, because of the shortage of coal. James McLean, vice president and director of the PhelpssDodge Corpora- tion died at his home in New York. in Rome the sixth national ban, now being of- fered, is likely to be oversubscribed. A general license was issued by the British government for the exporta- tion of raw wool and mixtures there- Chicago Stock Exchange member- ship was sold for $8,000 compared with $10,000, for the last sale late last year, 3 : Ten men taken into custody in Wa- terbury on susmicion of having been engaged in radical activities were all refeased. shipping board ' steamer Lake‘ reported by wireless that she! was returning to Boston on account of .beilet trouble, Standard 'Oil. Co. of New York, ad- vanced price of gasoline and kerosene one cent a’ gallon in'New York and New England states. A total of 1,183 firms were incorp- orated at the offices of the secretary of New York state in December, a record forone month. It was decided representatives of the United States will not be present | \at the exchange of ratifications of the Deace treaty at Versailles. The former transport St. Louis was| scuttled at Hoboken in a deperate; effort to check flames which swept! the ship from stem to stern. Commercial Cable Cd., announced messages for Hungary may be accept- ed subject to Hungarian censorship ang senders’ risk. Rate 37 cents a word. Senator Ramsdell of Lousiiana in- iroduced a bill providing for the sale of all government owned tonnage, within two years, at prevailing world prices. A certificate of amendment was fil- ed at Dover by the General Motors Corporation permitting an increase of 3apitoal from $1,020,000,000 to $5,610,- 00,000. Massachusetts and Connecticut will fight out the issue as to who shall get the New York wood alcohol ring for trial, at a conference, in New York| this afternoon. Questions relative to the domestic situation and especially crimes attend- ing strikes throughout Spain were con- sidered by the Council of Ministers at an important session. Gold bars shipped from New York assay office during 1919, amounted:to $74,349.620. Of this total $59,811,501 went to domestic points, and $14,538,- 118 to foreign countries. State department was notified Ga- briele Porter of Fullerton, Cal, was killed by a Mexican federal army of- ficer at Tampico. He was in the em- ploy of the Penn-Mex Co. Charles' (Chappy) Moran, known to the police all over the country as a confidence man, today was fined $300 and sentenced to serve 18 months in the federal prison at Atlanta. Belgian cabinet approved popular loan of 2,500,000,000 franes at 5 per cent., payable in 75 years with sur- premium of 50 per cent. at maturity, 750 frs. will be paid for 500 frs. The Massachusetts legislature has conveneq for its 141st annual session and re-elected Edwin T. McKnight as president of the senate, and Joseph E. ‘Warner as speaker of the house, Minimum salaries of $35,000 for am- bassadors and $15,000 for ministers with government-owned embassy huildings and allowances for up-keep were recommended to the house. After being ashore for more than five hours on the Hen and Chickens reef, half a mile of Larchmount, the sound steamer Lexington of the Colo- fiai Co. was floated by two tugs. Attorney of American Seedless Rais- in Co., and others filed brief with fed- eral trade commission asking immedi ate termination of alleged monopoly. of California Associated Raisin Co. A bill designed to make October 27, the birthday of Theodore Roosevelt, a. legal holiday, to be known as Roose- velt day, was the first measure intro- duced at tme 1930 session of the New York legisiature. R lwar not really won until it did. An- | similar governments (if the world be PRESTERT WILSON WOULD MAKE LEACLE ~ OF NATIONS ELECTION CAMPAIGN ISSUE Declares That We C annot Rewrite This Treaty—Must Take It Without Changes Which Alter Its Meaning or Leave It, and Then Make Another and Separate Kind of Treaty With Germany—Contends That the “Clear and Single Way Out” is to Submit the Question to the Voters nv"a Great and Solemn Referendum”—Nothing About a Third Term, Either By Implication or Intimation. : Washington, Jan. 8.—President Wilson in his message to the Jackson Day diners here tonight said “the clear and single way” to determine the will of the American people on the eLague of Nations was to make it | an issue at the next election. The president’s message said noth- ing whatever about a third term for himself and neither did it say even by implication or intimation that he! would not be a candidate, as had been widely forecast. Most of the president’s message-was devoted to an expression of his argument of why he considered it the duty of the United States to join the League of Nations | covenant and why he considered the other: attempt to crush the new na- tions of Europe would be made, the president said, if the United States held aloof. The president again exvpressed his attitude toward reservations, much as he dig &t hig conference with the sen+ ate foreign relations committee, in this language: “If the senate wishes to"say what the undoubted meaning of the treaty is T shall have no objection. There can be no reasonable.objection to in- terpretation accompanying the act of ratification itself. But when the treaty is acteq upon I° must know whether it means that we have rati- fied or rejected it. We cannot re- write this treaty. We must take it without changes which alter its meaning or leave it and then, after the rest of the world has signed it, we must face the'unthinkable ta: of making another and separate kind of treaty with Germany.” Text of President’'s Message. The full text of the president’s message follow: “It is with keenest regret that I find that I am to be deprived of the ples ure and privilege of joining vou and ts who are to There can be no reasonable objection to interpretations' accompanying - the act of ratification itself. But when the treaty is acted upon, I must know Whether it means that we have rati- fied or rejected it. Cannot Re-write This Treaty. “We cannot re-write this treaty. We must take it without changes which alter its meaning, or leave it and then, after the rest of the world has signed it, we must face the unthinkable task of making another and separate kind of treaty with Germany. But no mere assertions with regard to the wish and opinion of the country are credited.” Submit It to the Voters. “If there is any doubt as to what the people of the country think on this vital matter, the clear and single way out is to submit it for determination at the next election to the voters of the nation, to give .the next -election the form of a great and solemn refer- endum, a referendum as to the part the United States is to play in com- pleting the settlements of the war and in the prevention in the future of such outrages as Germany attempted to perpetrate. We have no more mo- ral right to refuse now to take part in the execution and administration of these settlements than we had to re- fuse to take part in the fighting of the last few weeks of the war which brought victory and made it possibie to dictate to Germany what the set- tlements should be. Our fidelity to our associates in the war js in question, and the avhole future of mankind. It will be heartening to the whole world to know the attitude and purpose of the people of the United States, Democracy Not Vindicated. “I spoke just now of the spiritua: leadership.of the ited States, thi ing of internatio i But there is another spiritual leadership which is open to us and which we can as- sume. The world h been made safe for democ . but democracy has not a Day ang renew their vows of fidelity to the great principles of our part the principles which must now fulfill the hopes not only of our own people | but of the world, : . Turning Point :of the: Whole World. “The United States' enjoyed the piritual leadership of fhe world until the senate of the United States failed | to ratify! the treaty by which the bel- ligerent nations sought to effect the settlements for which. they had fought throughout the “war. It is inconcei able that at thi final turning point ali relations of the whole world, when the -results of the great war are by no me determined and are still auestionable and dependent upon events which no man can foresee or count upon, the United States should} withdr from the conceit of pro- | i htened ratiens by { which Germany was defeated and all i in the internation- so unhappy as to contain any) warned of the cerfain consequences of any at- tempt of a like iniquity, d yet that is the effect of the course the senate of the United States hag ken with regard to the treaty of Versaille: Open Path For Germany. “Germany is beaten, but we are still at war with her, and the old stage is re-set for a repetition of the old plot. It is now ready for the resumption of the oid offensive and defensive al- liances which made settled peace im possible. It is now open again to ev- ery sort of intrigue. The, old spies are free to resume their former abomina- ble activitie: They are again at lib- erty to make it impossible for govern- ments to be sure what mischief is be- ing worked among their own peopl what internal disorders are being fo- mented. L. of N. to Safeguard Treaties. “Without the covenant of the League of Nations, there may be as many se- cret treaties as ever, to destroy the confidence of governments in each other, and their validity cannot be questioned. None of Our Objects Obtained. “None of the objects we professed to be fighting for has been secured or can be made certain of without this nation’s ratification of the treaty and its entry into the covenant. This na tion entered the great war to vindi- cate its own rights and to protect and preserve free government. It went in- to the war to see it through to the end, and the end has not yet come. It went into the war to make an end of militarism, to furnish guarantees to weak nations, and to make a just and lasting peace. Tt entered it with noble enthusiasms. Five oi the leading bel- ligerents have accepted the treaty and formal ratifications will soon be ex- changed. Question For This Country. “The question is whether this coun- try will enter and enter whole-heart- edly. If it does not do so, the United States and Germany will play a lone hand in the world. The maintenance of the peace of the world and the ef- fective execution of the treaty depend upon the wholehearted participation of the United States. I am not stat- ing it as a matter of power. The point is that the United States is the only nation which has sufficient moral force with the rest of the world to guarantee the substitution of discus- sion for war. If we keep out of this agreement, if we do not give our guarantees, then another attempt will be made to crush the new nations of Europe. Does Not Accept Action of Senate. “I do not believe that this is what the people of this country wish or will be satisfied with. Personally, I do not accept the action of the senate of the United ‘States as the decision of th nation. I have asserted from the firsi that the overwhelming majority of.the eople of this country desire the rat- ification of the treaty, and my ‘im- pression to.that-effect has recently been confirmed by the unmistakable evidences of public opinion given dur- ing my_visit to seventeen of the states. T have endeavored to make it plain that if the senate wishes to say what the undoubted meaning eof the league i%, 1' shall have no objection. e - - been finally cated. All sorts of crimes are being committed - in its ame, all sorts of preposterous per- versiong of its doctrines and prac- tices are being attempted, This,. in my judgment, i§ 16 Be’ the great priv- ilege of_the_demoeracy of the United States, to and lead the way to a happ: order of life as well as to political lib- erty. Must Wipe Out Tyranny. “The programme for this achieve- ment we must attempt to formulate, and in carrying it ‘out wWwe shall do more than can be done in any other way to sweep out of istence the ty- rannous and arbitrary forms of power which are now masquerading - under the name of popular government. Inspiration From Jackson, “Whenever we look back to An- drew Jackson, we should draw fre inspiration from hi ample. His mind g a splendid definitente: the principle of national authority and national action. Ie was so indomi- table in his purpose to give reality tc the principles of the government, thal this is a very fortunate time to recall i his career ang to renew our vows of faithfulness to the principles and the pure practices of democrac I rejoiot to join you in_ this renewal of faith and purpose. I hope that the whole evening may be of the happiest re- sults as regards the fortunes of our party ang the nation.” LODGE FEARS PRESIDENT HAS DEFEATED COMPROMISE shington, Jan. 8.—Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, the republican lead- er, declared in a statement tonighf that he feared .President Wilson's Jackson Day message had made im- possible the hope “that in the senate we might have come together and rat- ified the treaty protected by the prin- ciples set forth in the fourteen reser- vations.” “The president has made his posi- tion very plain,” said the senator. “He rejects absolutely the reservations adopted by a decisive majority of tha senate. He says we must take the treaty without any change which al- ters its meaning. or leave it. He will permit interpretations, whatever that may mean, expressing its undoubted meaning, when there is hardly a line of it which has not been questioned and given meaning. "This permission is valueless. He stands as he has al- ways stood, for the treaty just as it is. “The issue is clearly drawn. The reservations intended solely to pro- tect the United States in its sover- eignty and independence are discard- ed by the president. The president places himself squarely in behalf of intrnationalism against Americanism. “I had hoped that in the senatc we might have come together and rat- ified the treaty, protected by the pri cipls set forth in the fourteen reser vations. ~The pres#Tht, I fear, has made this hope impossible. If it is im possible, then we must bear the dela: inseparable from the president's atti tude and appeal to the people, whicl I for one shall most cordially wel- come.” KING WITHDRAWS ~ROM GEN. WOOD CAMPAIGI. New York, Jan. 8.—The resignation of John T. King of Bridgeport. Conn. republican national committeeman fo: that state, from his connection with the presidential campaign of Major General Leonard E. Wood, was an- nounced tonight by the Leonard Wood League in this city. The announce- ment.gave no explahation of M= King’s withdrawal but Frederick Moore, director of publicity for the league, stated that he believed Mr. King’s retirement “was temporarily ‘due-to overwork. Mr. King was stated to be on his way home from Chicage, where he conferred with General Wood. Some men even like to brag about what they owe.