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Senator Asserts.
WAKES PEACE IMPOSSIBLE
Jonvcntion Cheers Greet His
Arrui'Miment of Home and
Foreign Policies.
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YcaK Ilniui.
Chicago. June 8. Senator lionn
Mint iuliri-'n kevnote speech at the
penlns of tho republican National
!nnvntlnn wax erected with roars
nd cheers of applause, which reached
heir anex when the temporary chair-
lan of the convention declarer tn.n
very one connected with "the dynasty
f Woodrow Wilson muat bo driven
rwn nnnpr. nol Because wicr nw
"Democrat but because Mr. Wilsons
heory of government Is un-Atnen-an."
Henator Lodge's nddrrsH through-
tout was a denunciation of Witaonlsm.
Lodae' Speech.
Benalor Ijdgc's speech In full follow
"We nre met here to' take the first, the
Snoat declalvo step In the political cam-
Mzn which is to determine me iwv
ontrol of this great Oorernment for
he next four years. It la a solemn roo-
ent. fraught with vast posaiDiimes 01
Ither good or evil. Well worth our
;hlle It la lust lure, 'upon thla bank and
f.onl of time,' to pause for an Inatant
hlle we glance swiftly upon tne scene
i .ihlrh wn are to flzht our battle.
(Uehlnd us Iks the greatest war of hls-
jury, now ior in mu , ..,-.....
together with all the hldeoua advance
f science In methods of taking human
Slfe, which battened upon It, halted and
ulesccnt The tempest una suosioea,
ut lh neerin still heaves and rolls with
reatlnr waves, while the dead seas of
tin Mnrm. which has named, crash sul-
cnly ocalnat the shores that shelter and
Sustain the vast rannc wnicn we n
Svont to call our civilization. We nnd
fcurselves gazing upon the problems and
arlala wrflch the huge conrulalon ha
left to us and with which we must cope,
and cope successfully, If we are to re
build and acaln move onward,
j 'The ruined towns, the broken Indus
tries, desolated farms are there before our
lie wherever the battles were fought
Countless little mounds mark the resting
places of the dead In the fields ana on
She hillsides, torn and cashed by shot
And shell. Signals of mourning through
Cm Hi vnrM tMI na nf th Irrenarable
Bosses of all nations, which have swept
away such an appalling portion of the
jtouth of every land, those In whom were
w garnered up the hopes and strength of
Vlhe future. The splendor of the achieve
ment of our soldiers and sailors, their
aaiAtlea courage and unshrinking
jervlce, will always remain one of the
broudeat memories In the history of the
Republic. Hut the dead return not. and
shadow of the great sorrow for those
forever gone will never be lifted from
e hearts of the people who sent them
rth to battle. The material side of
ar results la, like the spiritual, ever
1th ua. We feel In dally life the grlnd-
I pressure of tho vast debts and
eaped up taxes which have been piled
pon our shoulders and upon those
f posterity. Great empires have
)cen swept from the earth, ancient
monarchies have crumbled In an hour,
nd long established governments have
ottered, fallen and passed away like a
atcli m the night.
Dlfllcnlt Task Ahead,
All these things stare us In the face,
lirco our attention and arrest our
oughts. But this Is not all, and what
etnalne, perhaps more than anything
le, makes incredibly difficult the Im-
enso task which lien before u, one not
o be escaped but which will strain gov-
rvmcnt and people to the top of their
ent If aught that makes life worth llv-
M Is to survive. The wrecked towns,
the shattered fortn, tho effaced villages,
he sinking ships were not the only vic
tims of the storm of war. Other things.
T,ho Impalpable possessions of the mind
ifnd heart, have In Ilka fashion been
.ounucu unu cnppicu. in uic biiuck ui
:r, through long years of bitter con-
Ift, moral restraints wero loosened and
11 tho habits, all tho conventions, all
he customs of life, which more even
lan law hold society together, were
wept aside. One paenlon, ono purpote
to save the country, to save cllvlllza-
Ion, to preserve freedom rose supreme.
I could not be otherwise. There could
a In that hour but ono question asked
i men and women : 'Are you loyal to
our country and her cause, renny I
ork and to sacrifice and if need bo to
le for them? If that single deman
as rightly answered nothing else mat
ured In those days of strong and anguish.
Jo ono Inquired further.
'So the war ended ana victory came;
ne great adventure was over and men
nd women camo back to find the old
rv drill, iha old Ufa tame, the old re
straints burdensomo nnd they themselves
possessed by a longing for excitement
ind & hunger for change unknown bc
jfore. Ono sees the result In the rest
lessness whlph la everywhere; in the
rtere trilicn or me, in aress, in amuse
ment. In pleasure seeking. In the grceo
or money and tho recklessness of ex-
dlture nnd. what Is Infinitely more
lous, In the discontent with all forms
government or control and In tho
tadtness and eagemeas to destroy even
lie fundamental principles of a free and
rderly civilization without wnicn law
nd order, organized society, the possl-
llltles of progress nnd the cnance ior
applness cannot exist. Thla state of
InJ born of the war is inc gravest
bstacla In the essential work of rcstor-
yg n shattered world and making tne
rest victor- a bleislng lo mankind. In
rdcr to succeed at all wo must under-
nd this mental and moral condition.
Patience I Advised.
"W must allow for It. We must be
ery patient. We must steady our
trveaC We must bo tolerant and above
U oDen minded. We muat call on our
ommon sense and sclf-rcitralnt. The
omnlex nroblcm cannot bo evaded and
t must be dealt with In such a way as
i) preserve tho foundations or society
nd enable us, tnose once sccurcu io
dvanee steadily, never hurriedly but nl
rnYa In order, toward every reform.
rarv Imnrovement. every form of true
progress which will help mankind. It Is
gigantic. " j -
ny party. No party and no government
Jin succeed unless they face It bravely,
ooklng tacts always in me iacc nnu ue
lermlned to do their best never promls
ng what they cannot perform nnd nover
leldlng to tne raciie itmpmuoni oj uju-
entary success.
Ono of our great political parties has
raited to m3Pt-nay, is In a considerable
wvimir resnonalblc for the Cerilous I
. T ' - ' -
conditions of the hour. The only other
organized political force strong enough
to grapple with the encircling dangers
is the Republican party. If that, too,
falls and breaks down the Husslan de
scent Into barbarism will begin lo draw
near. Such an end Is Inconceivable with
the American people, but they must real
ize the peril and drive It back Into the
darkness whence It come. We, keepers
of the Ilepubllcan faith, muat therefore
succeed. Wo muit not know defeat
when the great responsibility comes to
our hand. To the service of 1IC0 we
must add a like service In 13:0. No
larger victory at any time could be won
by any political party. We muat both
earn and deserve It We did not fall In
the civil war. We shall not, must not
fall now,
"In order to render to our country the
service which we desire to render and
which we can accomplish In large meas
ure at least If we 'undertake It with all
our ability and in a disinterested public
spirit, we must have the opportunity for
service. That opportunity can only
come through our being Intrusted by the
people with both the legislative and the
executive authority. To this end Mr.
Wilson and his dynasty, his heirs and
assigns, or anybody that is his. any body
ho wllh bent knea baa served his pur
posee, must be driven from all control.
from all influence upon tne uovernmeni
of the United States. They must be
driven from office and power, not be
caure they are Democrats but because
Jfr. Wilson stands for a theory of ad
ministration and government which la
not American.
A Menace to Principle,
"Ills methods, his constant If In
direct assaults upon the Constitution
and upon all the traditions of free
government strike at the very llfo of
the American principles upon which
our Government has always rested. The
return of the Democrats to power with
Mr. Wilson or one of his disciples still
the leader and master of a great party,
which before his advent possessed both
traditions and principles, would be a
long step In the direction of tho autoc
racy for which Mr. Wllaon yearns and
a heavy blow to the continuance of free
representative government as we have
always conceived and venerated It.
"The peril Inseparable from Mr. Wil
son and his system goes far beyond all
party divisions, for it Involvea the
fundamental question of whether the
Government of the United States shall
be a government of laws and not of
men, whether It shall be a free repre
sentative government or that of a dic
tatorship resting on a plebiscite carried
by repellent methods. Mr. Wilson and
the autocracy he represents, and all
which those who.belleve In bis doctrines
and share bis spirit represent, must bo
put aside and conclusively excluded from
any future control. Dear this well In
mind throughout the campaign, lor It la
the drat condition of our ability to enter
upon the path which will carry us for
ward to true progress and wiser laws.
"It Is the path of Washington. Lincoln
and Roosevelt from which Mr. Wil
son has sought to drag us. We can only
regain It by once and for all condemn
ing the man and his associates who have
thus endeavored to turn ua from the
right road Into the dark and devious
ays which with all nations lead to de
struction. We therefore make our ap
peal for support to all who love Amer
ica, to all, whatever party name they
happen to bear, wbo are true to the
faith of the fathers, to Join with us in
this great work of redemption. The de
feat of the present Administration and
all It means transcends In Importance
every other question, and all immediate
and dominant Isaues are bound up with
It. Without that defeat overy chance of
the right settlement of the mighty ques
tions before us, so sorely needed now
and not later, Will depart.
Oar First Duty as Americans.
"The ground thus cleared. It Is our
first duty as Americans to reestabllah
certain essential principles which have
been both shaken and Invaded shaken
by the shock of war, Invaded by those
who had their own selfish purposes to
sprvc even In the hour of the country's
clanger.
"The earliest beliefs of men reveal tne
trust of mankind In order as the divine
conqueror of chnos nnd eternal night. A
famous DOet tells us that "order is
Heaven's first law," and history repeats
the same Inlunctlon. All the civilization
ever built by and treasured by mankind
haB rested upon the establishment oi law
nnd order. Law and order, the supports
of true liberty, the firm foundations of
prosperity and progress, havo always
ruled In the United Btates and have been
very dear to the hearts of tho American
people. They must never be weakened
or Imnalred unless we are ready to see
ull thnt we havo carefully built up go
down in ruin and men forced once more
Into the struggle against chaos, followed
by the slow nnd toilsome climb out of
the darkness of nnarchy to the height of
freedom and accomplishment To main
tain law nnd order and a stable govern
ment where Justice rules and the rights
of all men, high and low, rich and poor,
shall be protected we must have a gov
ernment of tho people, duly chosen by
the people, and never must there be per
mitted any government by a single man
or by a group of men, or by" an organized
minority. Tyranny lurks In them all and
true freedom withers when they ascend
the throne. There must be but one
law In this country, and that la tho law
framed by tho men chosen by the peo
ple themselves to make the laws.
"The Chief Magistrate must understand
It Is his duty not only to enforce but to
abide by the laws, the laws made by tho
representatives of the people, and when
those laws are once mado they must be
obeyed until the people see fit to change
them. The will of the people, expressed
In lawful manner through the Govern
ment of the United States, must bo su
preme, for the Government of the United
States can neither suffer revolt nor sub
mit to any question of Its authority on
the part of any man or any group of men
or any minority of the people. When free
government falls autocracy and revolu
lon and the downfall of civilization as wo
have known it aro nt hand. Progress
will cease nnd the decline to lower stages
of development will have begun. True
progress must rest upon and proceed
from the sound principles which sus
tain air free government and lo such
progress the Ilepubllcan party alwayB
has been committed. Loyalty to tho
United States and obedience to tho pec
pie's laws nre the cornerstones of tho
republic, and should be sustained nnd
upheld by every man and woman In
every corner of our great land. Keep
these principles sacred and untouched
and all the rest will follow.
"Let me turn first .to the economic
conditions, so profoundly distorted and
confused by tho war, which affect our
dally life, arc essential to our business
and upon which our material prosper
ity and all the benefits, both mental and
moral, which flow from It when hon
estly acquired, so largely depend. Al
ready a beginning has been made by a
Republican Congress, working under all
tho difficulties and opposition Imposed,
by a hostile Executive. Many vital eco
nomic measures, and especially protcc
ttvo tariff legislation to guard our In
dustries, are Impossible with a Demo
cratic free trader of socialistic proclivi
ties In the White House. To accomplish
such measures as these we must have,
as Te Intend to have, a Republican
President, In sympathy with a Repub
lican House and Senate. Great reduc
tions In expenditures have been effect
ed, but we have been met with resist
ance In some of the departments and
.i k.. i..t.ii. Ar ku mni.
imflV V J UVfc V ! t.U . U VSttMVW W U.M
administration, by sacrifice of efficiency
to political purposes, never so recklessly
indulged In before, and In certain Cases
by an Incompetency so .nanrelloua that
It cannot be due to nature but roust
be the result of art Tet despite ail
these fettering conditions an amount of
work has been dona which in days of
peace would have, been jonsMered re
markable but now passes almost un
noticed because great events havo so
crowded on each other's heel In the
years of world war that the compre
hension and appreciation of legislative
accomplishment are well-nigh lost Let
me gtvo a 'few examples of what ha
been accomplished.
'The estimates have been reduced
over a billion dollar. The oil leasing
and water power bills, two measures
of Urge effect and high Importance,
which have been halting and stumbling
for many years In the Incapable hands
of a Democratic administration, have
psiMd both houses, but tho President
ha vetoed ths watcrpoccr U1L
"We havo passed ths vocational
rehabilitation act for the benefit of
wounded soldiers and several act for
the disposition of war material, very
necessary to our finance. We have
amended and Improved the Federal Re
serve and the farmers' loan acts. We
havo cared for the soldiers of the Civil
U' ntr1tnA tn thlr itrl nam tVirrMirh
' the rise In prices, by an increase In their
pensions. The civil service retirement
law, a long deferred act of Justice to
faithful servants of the Government,
has been passed.
"We have been obliged to restore the
army and nary to a peace footing, a work
as difficult as It was necessary. We have
met this by two most Important measures,
the army and navy pay bill and the law
for the reorganization of the army on a
peace basis. Two of the most Impor
tant act of any period, the shipping act
for the upbuilding of the American ma
rine and the settlement of the affairs of
the Shipping Board and the law estab
lishing the budget a great measure of
economy and sound financial adminis
tration, are conspicuous as our latest
achievements. The budget bill was ve
toed by the President at the last moment
on the ground that It interfered with his
power of appointment and removal.
Pro ad of nepabllcaa Record.
"The list of beneficial laws, passed.
under adverse circumstances, might be
largely extended did not time forbid.
But these are enough to show the far.
reaching result of the labors of this
Congress, whose time Is but little more
than half spent Some of the master
minds of the Democratic party are now
chirruping away like Incessant little
birds that 'the Republicans have done
nothing.' I should be glad, omitting
the two years of war when both parties
worked together, to out the recorded ac
compllshment of the five years of com
plete Democratic control beside that of
our eighteen months hampered by an In
tmlcal administration. Let me assure
you that we do not fear the comparison.
"We have made a remarkable begin
ning, but we are fully conscious that It
is only a beginning. Much has been
done, much more remains to do and we
pledge ourselves to exert all our energies
to deal with what is still undone.. The
wreck and confusion of a great war. In
Dimness, finance and all economic con
ditions, cannot be cleared away and
fully readjusted In a year and a half
nor Indeed In twice that time. Recon
struction muat be steady and energetic,
but It also demands care If It is to be
of lasting value. The rise of prices, the
high cost of living which reach dally
Into every home, Is the most pressing as
It Is the most dUUcuIt and mojt essential
problem which confronts us. Some of
the sources of this trouble can be
reached by legislation, although not all,
but everything that can be affected by
law should be done at once. Profiteer
ing, the charging of extortionate and
unjustified prices, which Is stupid as
well as unlawful, are subject now to
ample punitive laws. Those lanes should
be enforced, others If necessary added,
and the offenders both great and. f mall
should be pursued and punished, not In
the headlines of newspapers after, the
manner of the present Attorney-General,
but quietly, thoroughly and efficiently, In
the courts of the United State. Some
thing moro In this direction can be ac
complished by the proper regulation of
cold Btorage, and a bill for that purpose
has passed both Houses and Is now In
conference.
"Another deep-seated caute of the rise
of prices, more effective in Its results
although less obvious than profiteering.
Is the abnormal Increase per capita of
the circulating medium. This has doubled
since tho war began and If In the space
of a few years the amount of the cir
culating medium Is doubled It has a
most profound effect tn stimulating and
advancing prices. During the war credits
havo been enormously Inflated and there
have been large additions to the cur
rency through the Federal Reserve
banks. Hero It is possible to check the
advance of prices by law. We can pro
vide for the control of credits In such
manner as to give preference to the
most essential products. We are also
able to reduce the amount of the cir
culating medium In the form of Federal
Reserve bank notes, the authority hav
ing been given during the war to In
crease the Issue of these notes from two
billions to four billions. It should be
one of the first acts of Congress to deal
with this essential point and It would
have a marked effect In reducing prices
by steadying them and bringing them
down to a lower and more normal level.
Remedy Ltea in Production.
"The most potent remedy of all
against advances In the high cost of
living, however, lies In production,
statutes. If production begins to fall
and fall off, tho coat of everything will
be advanced, by the simple force of
scarcity which Inevitably drives prices
upward. The most essential remedy
for high costs Is to keep up and In
crease production and particularly
should every effort be made to advance
tho productivity of the farms. Just
how much tho Government can do In
this direction Is uncertain, but It can
aid and support and If anything can
be done It must not be omitted or over
looked. At the same time It muat not
be forgotten that there la a vast dif
ference between the powers of the Na
tional Government In time of war and
those which It possesses In time of
peace. The normal limitations of times
of peace restrict very much Uw powers
of the general i Government and' In help
ing to Increase tho productivity of the
farms, which must be done through
Government action, the Republican
party promises to use every power In
this direction whether within the State
or Federal Jurisdiction.
"I have touched upon thla matter of
prices and the high cost of living be
cause it is altogether the most Impor
tant domestic question now before the
country and one to which the Repub
lican party should address Itself with
out delay in every direction where help
Is possible. There are, of course, as I
have said, many other Important eco
nomic questions to bo dealt with, as
speedily as may be, but the time al
lotted to me makes It Imposjlblo to
touch upon thera alL
"There Is, however, one measure
which cannot bo passed over, a slnclo
great law which has been enacted and
which In any period would be sufficient
to distinguish a Congress a one of high
accomplishment. This is tho railroad
act For six months able committees In
both House committees where no
party line was drawn tolled day after
day upon this most Intricate of prob
lems. Thero was much serious debate
In both Senate and House, and then the
bill, signed by the President, became
Nation's Biggest Problems as Met by
Senator Lodge in His Keynote Speech
THE AD3HNI8TRATI0K' In order to advance steadily toward
overy form of true progress that -will help mankind . . . Mr,
Wilson and bus dynasty must bet driven from all control, from all
Influence upon tho Government of the United States, not because they
are Democrat but because Mr. Wilson stands for a theory of government
that Is not American.
man LITINa COST The most patent of all remedies against
advances In high cost of living is to keep up and increase production,
and the Republican party promises to use every power In that direction
whether within the State or Federal Jurisdiction.
O0VEBJrKB3T OWKEHSinP In the United States, Government
ownership, whenever applied to any Industry, 1 a very Inefficient and
wasteful system, badly managed and certain to be Intolerably burden
some to tho taxpayer. During- the Umo which the Government under
took to mnn.igo tho railroad they were wretchedly conducted and money
spent and wasted with a prodigality nothmr can defend. The experi
ment failed and should not bo renewed.
MEXICO AXD JLUMEMA We liave watched and waited long
enough. It' Is tlmo this condition, disgraceful to ua and ruinous to Mexico,
should cease. We need a firm hand at the helm who will think not only
of the rights Of the United States but of the welfare of Mexico. Tne
President, unable or unwilling; to do anything- for Mexico, thinks it our
duty to take a mandate for Armenia. To such a proposition the" only
answer Is a plain refusal. It Is a plan to get ua involved In the responsi
bilities of the League of Nations and its wars, without being a member,
PEACE The President has demonstrated that unless ho could have
his own way, exactly and without modification, ho would not permit the
country to be at peace. We havo stopped tho Wilson treaty and the
question goes to tho people. Let us stand fast by the principles and
policies of Washington and Monroe against utterly against those of
Mr. Wilson. We must be now and forever for Americanism and national
Ism and against Internationalism. There la no safety for us, no hope
that we can be of service to the world If wo do otherwise.
law. No doubt time and experience will
show that Improvements In the act can
be made, but In the main It Is a remark
able pltco of legislation nnd In gen
eral principles Is entirely sound, and,
nothing could be more unfair than to
criticise the present owners contending
with the logacy of mismanagement
waste and confusion bequeathed by the
Government when It returned tho road
only three month ago. The railroad
law possesses also an Importance wholly
distinct from it provision, which have
been framed with extreme care.
"This act declare a national policy and,
so far as any law can do It, establishes
that policy as a rule of action. Tho pol
icy embodied la the bill concedes at the
outset that It Is of course Impossible to
return to the old system or lack of sys
tem In the manageenmt of railroads.
They must henceforth be under thorough
Government supervision and also the
Government must have over them a
Jarge measure of control. The trans
portation system of the country can no
longer be suffered to continue without
such supervision and control. But the
policy also represents the principle that
the Government must not assume the
ownership of the railroads. Their opera
tion and management must be left In
private ownership. The phrase 'gov
ernment ownership' mean not only that
the Government shall own the railroads,
but also, It is to be feared, that these
who run the railroads shall own the
Government. General government own
ership under our political system would
Inevitably bring about the mastery of
the Government by those who operate
the machinery of transportation or of
any other industries which come Into
Government possession.
nights of General Public,
"The rights of the general public, for
whom all Industries exist would disap
pear under this scheme and nothing
would be left to the people except the
duty of paying taxes to support the
roads. That Is a very perilous position
for a representative democracy. Our
Government must not be dominated by
any one man or any class or any se
lected body of men who represent a part
of the people and not tho whole people.
"Moreover, In the United States. Gov
ernment ownership, wherever applied to
an Industry, whether It Involves trans
portation or telegraphic and telephone
communication or shipbuilding or man
ufacturing. Is a very Inefficient and
wasteful system, badly managed and
certain to be Intolerably burdensome to
the taxpayers. This point It 1 not
necessary to argue because the country
through the demands of war turned the
railroads over to the Government and
we have had the painful privilege of
observing the performance which fol
lowed. The Government management
which ensued was Inefficient, the rail
roads were wretchedly conducted and
money was spent and wasted with a
prodigality which nothing can defend.
'During the time In which tho Govern
ment undertook to manage the railroads
they sustained, despite a generous In
crease In freleht rates, a loss of over a
million dollars a day, and the total pay
ments out of the treasury to support
the railroads have reached the enormous
sum of one and three-quarter billions
of dollars. There was universal dissat
isfaction with the Government manage
ment and it was a Just dissatisfaction.
The experiment failed and should not
be renewed.
"From domestic affairs, which I have
only tcuched upon briefly, let us turn to
foreign questions, to our relations with
the world of other nations. Look first at
one of the most.presslng Importance Just
beyond our own borders. Look at Mex
ico. For seven years tho United Statsa
has been pursuing under the direction of
the President a policy of "watchful wait
ing. The President saw fit to Intervene
In Mexico. As a matter of fact, he made
war upon Mexico, for In the taking of
Vera Cruz wo lost some 120 men In
killed and wounded, and several hundred
unregarded. Incidental Mexicans were
also either wounded or killed in the con
flict. We went there to exact an apology
for the treatment of some of our sailors
at Tamplco. The apology has never
been given, but Gen. Huerta was driven
from power, which was tho Presidents
real purpose, and Mexico then fell Into
a state of anarchy which, growing con
stantly worse, has continued to this day.
Recognition of Carranza.
"The President saw fit to recognize Car
ranza, wbo was chosen by a military
Junta, as political chief. He thus fur
nished an essential support to the Car
ranza government, and what has been
our reward? Over 600 Americans have
been murdered In Mexico, some under
circumstances of great brutality. For
these murders no reparation has been
mado. Decorated by endless futile and
useless notes, they have gone on un
checked. To have been an American
citizen In Mexico added to a man's dan
ger. The words 1 am an American citi
zen,' Instead of being a protection, as
they ought to be. In every corner of the
world, were an absolute peril to any one
who was entitled to that high distinction.
Mexico teemed with German plots. The
Mexican Government largely the off
spring of Mr. Wilson's recognition, did
not support us In the war, but gave aid,
so far as It was possible, to the cause of
our enemies. Tet we still continued to
support Carranza.IIIs Government sent
agent Into this country to foment in
dustrial trouble and to bring on strikes.
"They allied themselves with Bolshe
vist and anarchistic elements. Nothing
was done by the United States. Car
ranza Insulted the American Government
In every possible way and still nothing
was done. We fell so low that when an
American was seized by one of the many
bands of brigands and held for ransom
all that the Government of the United
States would do was to offer to be the
channel for conveying ' the ransom of
their citizens to the highwaymen who
had seized them. The mere statement
seem Incredible, but It Is In exact ac
cordance with the facts In some cases.
Still nothing was done, and we watched
and waited. Naturally we lost our In
fluence in Mexico, and what was far
more important we lost the respect of
the Mexican people by the manner In
which we submitted to every sort of In
sult and outrage.
Need of at Firm flan.
"We have watched and waited long
enough. It Is time that this condition,
disgraceful to us and rubious to Mexico,
should cease. We need a firm hand at
the helm. We need a man who will
think not only of the rights of the United
States but of the welfare of Mexico. The
Mexican people would not resent the In
fluence or Intervention of the United
States if It would only help to bring
them peace under a president of their
own choosing. The great mass of the
Mexican people wish to work and eam
money. Tbey long to be able to sleep In
peace and not bo subject to pillage and
outrage. Thousands of them look to us
for help. Let the Mexicans choose as
their president some strong and upright
man who Is friendly to the United States
and determined to establish order and
then let the United States give him a
real and cordial support and so strength
en and uphold him that he will be able
to exterminate the bandits and put an
end to the unceasing civil war which
has well nigh coinpletely ruined one of
the finest and most valuable countries
on the face of the earth. Wo must
watch and wait no longer. We muat
hare a mar who has a policy and who
will act. .
"Nothing can tlCr be accomplished
under the Wilson administration or
any administration In sympathy with
it Their miserable record of hopeless
failure in Mexico has been unbroken for
seven years. The time has come to put
an end to this Mexican situation, which
Is a shame to the United States and a
disgrace to our civilization. If we are
to take part In pacifying and helping the
world, let us begin here at home In
Mexico. If we assert and protect the
Monroe doctrine against purope, as wo
must for our own safety, we must also
accept and fulfil the duties and re
sponsibilities which that doctrine Im
poses. 'The President has been unable or un
willing to do anything for Mexico, where
civil war has raged for years, where an
archy exists nnd where the people are
suffering. But he thinks It our duty to
take a mandato for Armenia, which
would Involve our sending an army
there for an Indefinite time and which
would cost Including the army and civil
expenditures JJ7S.000.000 for the first
year, besides entangling ua In all the
quarrels and Intrigues of Asia Minor
and the surrounding countries. Mexico
lies at our doors. It Is a primary duty
for us to deal with it under the Monroe
Doctrine, but nothing has been done, and
yet we are asked to take a mandate for
Armenia. The American people have a
deep sympathy for Armenia. They have
already given over 110,000,000 for the
relief of those starving and suffering
people, a brave and gallant people who
deserve assistance and who havo estab
lished a government We are anxious1
to help Armenia In all reasonable Ways,
and no doubt shall do so, but to take a
mandate to control, protect and govern
that country would Involve our sending
our sons and brothers to serve and sacri
fice their Uvea In Armenia for an In
definite time. This Is a mandate which
we In the Sonata of the United States
think should not be undertaken. It Is
a plan to get us Involved In the responsi
bilities of tho Leagua of Nations and
all the wars In which It may be en
gaged, without our being a member of
tho league. To such a proposition the
only answer Is a plain refusaj. On the
other hand, what the Preeldent has neg
lecteda like condition among an un
fortunate people at our very doors we
must take up and by a wise and firm
policy restore Mexico to ths position
which she ought to occupy and thereby
help and relieve her people and so
benefit the world and extend the reign
of peace.
As to German Peace.
"As tho great war In Europe pushed
Mexico Into the background and turned
the thoughts of all away from it, so
there Is at this moment another great
question of our relations to the civilized
world which overshadows every other.
When the armistice with Germany was
signed the course to be pursued was
clear. It was urged by Republican Sen
ators before the armistice and Immedi
ately afterward. That course was to
makef the peace with Germany at once
and then take up for reasonable con
sideration the question of establishing
such futuro relations with ourassoclates
In the war as would make for tho future
peace of the world. If this had been
dono wo could have had full peace with
Germany threo months after tho armis
tice. This Mr. Wilson prevented. He
went to Europo with the greatest op
portunity for Urge service to the world
ever offered to any one man. He In
sisted on going himself, for he trusted
no one else. We then had tho confi
dence, the gratitude and the friendship
of overy European nation, which, thanks
to the President we possess no longer.
"If Mr. WlUon had said: "We came
to help you win this war In defence of
civilization. The war Is won. All we
now Insist upon Is that Germany shall
be put In such a position as not to be
able again' to threaten tho peace and
freedom of mankind. Our own ques
tions In the American hemisphere we
will care for ourselves. We have inter
est In tlie Far East which wo shall
wish to have protected, but your own
nuropean questions you must settle and
we will accept the settlement to which
you agree. Wo are not here seeking
territory or to dictate what you shall do
In regard to either territory or bounda
ries' Then Indeed we should have been
entitled to the gratitude of the world
not only for our declalv services tn tho
war, but for generous assistance In
making a luting peace, But Mr. Wil
son did not do this. He had apparently
only one aim, to be the maker of a
league of which he should be the head.
"lie. wa determined there should bo
a League of Nations then and there and
In order fj nullify ths power of the
Senate given by tho Constltottofc ot the
United Btates he decided to make, the
league an Integral part of the treaty of
peace with Germany. Thus ho pre
sented to the Senate, and Intended to
present, a dilemma from which he be
lieved there was no escape.
"In order to have peace with Germany
he meant to compel the Benate to ac
cept with It the League of Nation. It
wa Indeed a difficult situation which
he thus created. But Republican Sena
tors believed their duty to be clear be
fore them and did not shrink from ful
filling It Thlrty-nlne of them In March.
13U, signed a statement setting ronn
that the first draft of the league a
Mr. Wilson brought It back, announc
ing that It must be taken Just a It stood,
could not be -accepted by the Senate In
that form. The President returned to
I Europe with this warning before him
and before the world. He admitted a
few slight change In the covenant for
the most part unimportant and some of
which made tho second draft worse
than the first He forced the Allied
and Associated Powers to yield to hi
demand that the covenant of the league
should be Interwoven with the treaty of
peace. To accomplish this he surren
dered the principle of the freedom of the
seas whatever that may have been
to Great Britain, and he made promise
and concessions to France not yet ful-
Oiled which brought hlra the French
support Having thus carried his point
abroad he brought the treaty with Ger
many borne and laid It before the Sen
ate.
Bush to Support League, -
'To the great mass of the American
people be said: This covenant of the
League of Nation will brlnir to the
'world a lasting peace.' Every one de-
sired lasting peace and, without pausing
to consider or even to read the covenant
thousand upon thousands of good peo
ple united In the demand that the Sen
ate ratify and take the league at once
and without consideration, Just as It
stood. The Republicans ot the Senate,
perceiving the dangers of the league,
determined to resist Mr. Wilson's de
mand, even at the cost ot delaying the
treaty of peace with Germany, They
felt that the one thing necessary was to
have the people understand the treaty,
that' they might realize what it meant
and what It threatened. So the long de
bate began and It has tasted for more
than a year. At tho outset that portion
of tho people who wished an lnatan
tancous and unqualified acceptance of
a covenant which most of them had
never read had possession tn large
measure of the press and other meth
ods of obtaining publicity and thus were
able to keep up a continual cry for tm
mediate ratification.
"The vocal part of ths community felt
almost universally, as they listened to
each other's voices, that the whole coun
try was with them, but they forgot the
great Inarticulate masses of the people
who went silently about their work and
their business, who did not write letters
to the newspapers or publish circulars or
spend million In spreading their views
through powerful organs and active
association, but who simply loved their
country and thought first of the Interest,
ox America. Tne ttetrate in the senate
spread to them. Tbey read the speeches,
they listened to the arguments, and,
what was far more Important they be
gan to read'and discuss the covenant of
the league themselves. In the street, by
tho firesides, wherever men and women
meet together. They began to under
stand the league. They began to know
what It meant They saw It was an
alliance and not a league for peace. They
saw mat it did not mention the Hague
ccnventlons which we all desired to have
restored as foundations for further ex
tension?,! .did nothing for the .develop
ment or international law, nothing for a
world court and Judicial decisions, and
nothing looking toward an agreement
as to dealing with non-Justiciable ques
tions. These real advances toward pro
moting peace, these constructive meas
ures were all disregarded and the only
court mentioned was pushed Into an ob
scure corner. The people began to per
ceive with an Intense clearness that this
alliance, silent as to real peace agree
ments, contained clauses which threat
ened the very existence of the United
States as an Independent Power threat
ened its sovereignty, threatened Its
peace, threatened Its life. The masses of
the people became articulate. Public
opinion steadily changed and to-day the
number of Americans who would be will
ing to accept the covenant of the League
of Nations Just as the President brought
It back from Europe Is negligible. The
American people will never accept that
alliance with foreign nations proposed
by the President The President mean
time has remained Inflexible. He Is de
termined to have that treaty as he
brought It back or nothing, and to that
imperious demand the people will reply
In tones which cannot be misunderstood.
No man who thinks of America first
need fear the answer.
The Famous Art Ids 10.
"Mr. Wilson said In a recent letter to
Senator Hitchcock: 'For my own part I
am not willing to trust to the counsel of
diplomats the working out of any solva
tion of tho world from the things which
If has Buffered.' And ho said this In be
half of an alliance whose representatives
will all be diplomats and polltlclana
They will all act In behalf ot the Inter
ests of their respective countries and
they will have nothing Judicial about
them. Strip ths league of every clause
which Involves the action of political
representatives In the Assembly and the
Coundl and you leave but one article in
which the diplomats of the league as
such will nave no power.
"That Is the famous Article X. Most
of the league covenant was prepared by
Gen. Smuts of South Africa, but Article
X. was the work of the President of the
United States. It Is true thla artlcleils
free from diplomats, but It rests entirely
upon naked force. In that way peace Is
to be preserved and tho nations freed
from war by multiplying the opportuni
ties for the uso of force. Each Individ
ual nation Is bound by Article X. to go
to war for tho protection of the territo
rial Integrity and the political indepen
dence of every other nation in the world
at the time of signature ; that la for the
protection of States somo of which are
not yet determined or established, fot
the protection of boundaries Nthlch no
man can define. We were to give such a
guaranteo and any of the countries In
the league In the event of exterior ag
gression could have demanded our armed
assistance, and our soldiers and sailors
must then have gone forth at the com
mand of foreign countries unless we
shattered all hope of world peace by
breaking a solemn moral obligation.
"Republicans ot the Senate, no matter
what their future fate might be, were
determined that tho covenant containing
that article unmodified would never be
ratified. It became every day clearer to
them that the alliance called a League of
Nations, instead of being a guarantee
for the world's peace, was a breeder of
war and an enemy of peace. As we
studied It and a majority of Senators
desired to have some league If possible
which should be a genuine league of I
peace we found that It dragged us not
only into every dispute and every war in
Hurope and In the rest of the world, but
that our soldiers and sailor might be
forced to give their lives In quarrels not
their own at the bidding ef foreign Gov
ernments. "It also appeared that our domestic
questions, like Immigration, could to In
terfered with, that th Interpretation! of
the Monroe Doctrine was to be left to
the decision of the league, that we were
to be made participants m the outra
geous disposition of Shantung which
robbed a friendly nation and gave the
proceeds of the robbery to her worst
enemy, and that finally w were to have
in the assembly of the league only one
rote to Great Britain's six. These pro
visions were alt Intolerable. Reserva
tions were adopted frhleh relieved us
from every obligation under Article X,
which took all our domestic questions
completely out ot the Jurisdiction of the
leagu. which once and for all placed
the Monroe Doctrine beyond any Inter
ference by Europe or any foreign Power,
and which refused our assent to the cruel
wrong of Shantung. We also made It Im
possible to subject ths United Statts to
the proposed Inequality In voting power,
for we profoundly believed that the
United States must never take part In
any council of the nation where her
vote was not equal to that of any other
Power represented. Some of us were
deeply convinced that there ought to be
no league at all and that absolute safety
could be obtained In no other way; oth
ers of as, more numerous, believed thst
the reservations 1 have described would
protect the United States against the
perils of the covenant If we Joined the
league. We were all firmly united In our
determination that ths league as sub
mitted by Mr. Wilson must never pass.
We were also agreed that Mr. Wluton'i
league with what he called "Interpreta
tive reservations," or with anything those
obedient to him approved, was Just as
bad. Just as menacing as the original.
Twice we offered the President and his
most faithful supporters an opportunity
to ratify the treaty with reservations.
Twice his followers, obedient to his or
ders, rejected the treaty with the res
ervations I have outlined.
A Veto Withoat Reassn.
"The Republicans of the Senate then
made another effort to put an end to
the state of technical war with Ger
many and at the same time rid the
country of 'those measures which were
adopted under the war powers ot the
Constitution and which are clearly un
constitutional In time of peace. They
would thus have relieved the business
snd the dally occupations of the people
from the burden of war legislation and
tt the same time have preserved to the
United States under the terms ot the
resolution all benefits accruing to the
United States under the provision of the
Treaty of Versailles. This resolution was
passed by both branches of Congress
and vetoed by the President tn a mes
sage which furnished neither argument
nor reason for the veto but which It
must be admitted had a pleasant touch
c,f humor In Its allusion to the freedom
of the sea. The houses also passed a
resolution repealing all the war legis
lation with three exceptions. The Pres
ident vetoed It His autocratic powers
must not be disturbed.
Thus the president demonstrated
again that unless he could have his own
way exactly and without any modifica
tion ho would not permit the country to
be at peace, an exercise of Executive
power never contemplated by the Con
stitution. "There the story ends. We have
stopped Mr. Wilson's treaty and the
question goes to the people. In ISIS
Mr. Wilson won on the cry that he had
kept us out ot war.' He now demands
tne approval of the American neople for
his party and his Administration on the
ground that he has kept us out of peace.
"Wa of the Senate believe that we
have performed a high and patriotic
duty and we aalryou. representative of
the Republican party, to approve our
course and stand by what we have done.
The next act win fill a larger stage and
the people will decide between ua and
the President The league must be dis
cussed In every district and In every
State, and we desire to have the verdict
so clearly given that no man who seeks
to represent the people In the Senate,
In the House or In any place or any
degree, can have the slightest doubt as
to his duty. We make the Issue: we
ask approbation for what we have dona
The people will now tell us what they
think of Mr, Wilsons league and Its
sacrifice of America. The shifting scene
In Europe, with Its wars and disputes,
its changing governments and fleeting
boundaries which we are asked to guar
antee, will Instruct the people from day
to day, and we confidently leave the
future and the protection of their sons
and brothers .and of the country's rights
In their hands. That' future no man can
predict but the country knows well In
what spirit we Republicans will meet It
a spirit as different from that ot the
President as day from night
"The people know our policy: tbey
know Mr. Wilson's, and they will choose
between them. They will tear aside the
veil of words woven to blind and deceive
and come down to the essential and vital
point Mr. Wilson's plan on one side.
the independence and safety of the
United States on the other. To deter
mine aright this question. Involving ths
Harriman National Bank
Fifth Avenue
NEW
Good News
The return tide of immigration has set in. If there
were only enough ships to bring them, we are told,
even witn post-war passport restrictions there would
be the greatest rush of peoples to this country ever
known in the history of irnrhigration.
This is indeed good news.
The loss to American Industry in the departures
during the war, and particularly in the year 1919, was
alarmingly large, although, as the Harriman National
Bank indicated, this outward flow was not a permanent
return of these people to their homes. They went
largely to visit relatives and for other sentimental
reasons. The return to this country, however, Is prob
ably based upon something stronger than sentiment,
and has doubtless been hastened by living conditions
in Europe.
What the departures meant to us has been evident
in the continued high co3t of living and deficiency of
labor, to which is related the inefficiency of labor. Just
as we have needed more goods than were produced
so we have needed more labor to produce them. As
suming that the vast majority of these Immigrants are
more or less skilled in our ways, production should
begin to creep up and the coat of labor to go down, for
this immigration carries with It an inquiry for a job, and
this Inquiry will become competitive. Such a condi
tion is not conducive to the success of strikes, while It
may easily produce, ten hours' work for eight hours'
pay.
If, as is stated, passports are being Issued selec
tively it is believable that the Influx will contain a far
less percentage of undesirables than ever before and
a higher potential for good citizenship.
MNKIQ HOURS FROM I O'CLOCK JIM. TO I O'CLOCK P. M.
tflFt-, DEPOSIT VAULTS OPEW FROM t l M. TO MIDNIIHT
fat and fartuaas of ths United FUttt,
all Republican, all American, mait
Join together and In their own way and
with their own arguments defeat Mr,
Wllaon'a League a he desires It whether
amended by htm or In It prUtlne um.
pllclty. We must all light side by t.U
to keep safe and untouched the or-
erelgnty. the Independence, the welfare
of the United States. We hear the llmu
cry that America will be Isolated.
Jfo Fear of Isetallen.
"Have no tear. The United Statu can.
not be IsoUtrd. Tb world need, us tee
much. We have never turned a deaf rir
to the cry of suffering humanity. t
-. . . An must tw, flonA In Mima,
wnaicvct w " -'i
way, freely and without constraint from
with nn outside heln since ihm
Revolution we have come lo where
are to-day. We shall march on and iwj
neglect our duty to the world. When
were called to the defence of fieedcn
and civilization tn mi ian.
We threw our greai wrm ,mu irt
wavering scale and we were all tin
more effective, all tho stronger becatx
we went without alliance and of cm
own free will, as we should always to
to help mankind. Let us stand fast bj
tbo principles and policies of Washroc
.nn Mnnrae and against utterly
agalnat those of Mr. Wilson. We must
be now and ever tor miul
.. . a .mI.,4 Ifil.rnannnji.
nationalism, anu u.w .
ism. There Is no safety for us, no hops 'I
that we can be or service v -wiu.
If wo do otherwise.
"One word more before I dose. Dur
ing all the tedious weeks and months
of tbo protracted struggle to nn
America from what we conceived to be
the dlro perils lurking In the covenant
of the League of Nations, which Mr
Wllaon presented to us, party ia
scarcely over mentioned, nor was th
effect of our action upon the party eon-
. n. tki. nl4 T thtnV our su..
cess was largely due. We made up o'-r
minds as to what our nuiy ana our ea.
era! policy ought to be, and then tU
only difference was as to the best war
In which that duty couia o per
formed. I believe that tne great
has made up Its mlnS as to its attltud
upon 3tr. Wilson league w u.ai
Is carried with It of danger and of
menace. In making our corneal ion
the people let us tninx oi wnai wa
public Interest the future existence ol
me unucu ...- ,
consideration of party effect When
put the word 'goia inio our yiawuim
In 1836 we took from tho ordinary polit
ical point of view great risks, but
went to tho people confident in the Jus
tice of our cause and won. The way
to assure victory now is' to remember
always what Mr, Wilson and bis party
.1 - .nli, In thji ljtjlfTXA but ,n
regard to the very foundations of our
Government Let us for our part thlnlc
of nothing except our cause, and wlta
.i-. ...... n mnA , tuirora us tei us
uibv ,j v. . . ra
hold with Indifference the lesaerig
chances and Inferior hopes meantime go t
pouring past' Bo tninxing, so oei
Ing, we muat win because the fight we:
are making 1 for the ngnu
Slaka Jfo Reckless Promise.
,rr ... .i in th battle we are ta
wage make no promises which cannot W
performed. Let us noi uuu w
Democrats, wno pieogea wiw m
nf Ihrtnr- tir lowering thS
tariff when they well knew, for even
they must have known, mat weir pteoss
was impossible of fulfilment that thj
.i-h nt nt Hvtnff ronld not be affected
In that way, and every day since thea
has proved the falsity of their position.
"Let us not pronrise any millennium
fiih tn ths nerformance ot
impossibilities. Let us simply lay before
the people our pnnc.pie nu yuiniiwi
policies which aro at once vigorous ant
practicable, and then pledge ourselves t
do our utmost to carry these poUde
Into effect This we can do and ws
.k..M MnA aunehrea no further. If the.
righteousness of our cause will not wlnj
no false promises or aeiusrre oopea iui
bo of any avalL Let us be true to cur
highest traditions because In them ws
shall And both an tnsptratktn and a
guide. Let past dissensions among oor
.w.a tu relented to history and for-
h n Tt all honest difference
as to means and methods, if there ar
such, be set aside until November in or
der that the great and overruling pur
mi, tn xrhlrh tt all agree and which
we long to achieve may be attained.
"Make our declaration ox principles so
broad, so devoted to the one supremt
object, that all may accept it and all
work for the same dominant result
Thus Inspired, thus united, we may feel
.iwimiI that nh,n thu Snnnerft are lifted
anil tho trumpets blown we shall march
forth to a victory, not for our party
alone but for principles and beliefs
which are absolutely vital If the Ameri
can Republic 1 to continue on Its
triumphant course'ana the nopes ot nu
manlty, so bound up In lh,e tortunes of
tne unuea mates, are in p iui;iiiu.
and 44th Street
YORK
Jarnc. Alfred -
and Frank K. Uu
If,
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