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Show PLATFORM OF NEW j YORK G. D. P. GIVEN Immediate Ratification of the Treaty With Reservations ' Urged in Convention i NEW YORK, Feb. 20. Immediate ! ratification of the treaty of peace with; the senate reservations retaining forj the United Slates its right to withdraw j from tho league of nations on proper notice, a declaration against Article X in its present form and demanding pro-' tcction for tho Monroe doctrine "in a letter and spirit" were advocated in the platform adopted hero today by the New York state Republican convention, con-vention, j The platform says in part: "The Republican party of the state, of New York reaffirms its unyielding devotion to the constitution of the. United Slates and to the guarantees of . civil, political and religious liberty j therein contained. It will resist all nttempts to overthrow tho foundations of the government or to weaken the force of its controlling principles and j Ideals, whether these attempts be made In the form of international pol-' icy or of domestic agitation. Favor Ratification "Wo favor tho Immediate ratification ratifica-tion of the pending treaty of peace with such distinct reservations and i declarations as shall make it clear to! all the world that tho United States retains its unconditional rights to withdraw from the league of nations j on proper notice; that the United States assumes no obligation, either legal or moral, to send American soldiers sol-diers or sailors for service abroad unless un-less tho congress in the exercise of its constitutional power, shall so authorize auth-orize and direct; that the Monroe doctrine doc-trine Is protected botli in letter and spiilt; that no foreign power or council coun-cil of foveign powers shall have any control whatsoever over the domestic policies of the United Stales, and that the government and the people of the United States shall not bo drawn, by the operation of Part XIII of the treaty, the so-called labor clauses, into the net spread by international Socialism. Social-ism. Article X Opposed "Article X of the covenant for a league of nations, in its original form, cannot and should not be ratified by the senate or accepted by the people of tho United States. To do so would not only contract away control by the American people of their own policies and acts, but would certainly embroil tho country in an endless succession of war3, great and small. "Wc believe that the proposed covenant cov-enant for a league of nations is gravely grave-ly defective in that it attempts to substitute sub-stitute discussion instead of the rule of law, for force in the settlement of International differences. We declare it to be the policy of the Republican party, when the troatly of peace is ratified, rat-ified, promptly to take steps for the institution in-stitution of an international high court of justice to hear and decide, in accordance ac-cordance with tho principles of law and equity, disputes that aro justifiable justifi-able in character arising between nations, na-tions, and for an international conference, confer-ence, meeting it stated intervals, to declare andto revise the rules of international in-ternational lav and conduct; and to urge upon the civilized nations as a long step forward in promoting permanent per-manent peace, their assent to such a Jcode of law defining the rights and duties of nations, such as was adopted by the American Institute of International-Law at Havana, Republic of i Cuba, on January 23, 1917, known as the recommendations of Havana Zncrriy of Democracy "The chief enemy of Democracy is based upon universal suffrage and majority ma-jority rule no longer is tho arbitrary government of a monarch or of a hereditary her-editary aristocracy but tho cruel and relentless domination of a class bent not upon protecting protecting liberty and equality of opportunity, but upon exploiting all who are not of their kind and group. Wc support and urge the nlost vigorous measures to prevent education the spread in this country of tho doctrines of this dangerous and undemocratic movement. "We earnestly urge upon the legislatures legisla-tures of those states that have not acted on the pending amendment to the constitution of the United States that it be promptly ratified In order talit women generally may participate in the elections to be held in November Novem-ber next for president, vice president, the senate and the house of representatives. represen-tatives. "The wage worker is entitled, as a I human being, to a proper wage, reasonable rea-sonable hours and healthful conditions of labor, and to a share in determining the circumstances under which his ! personal co-cperation shall be given. The strike Is a weapon of industrial war and should be made increasingly unnecessary and infrequent by the better bet-ter organization of industry and by the establishment of a commission or commissions com-missions on industrial relations. National Necessities I "Increased production, stimulation jof enterprise, checking of private cx-i cx-i travagance and waste, and the reduc-tion reduc-tion of public expenditures are a national na-tional necessity. Our system of taxation taxa-tion and of business regulation should bo immediately revised, with the definite de-finite purpose to promote rather than I to prevent enterprise and production. "Wc urge the prompt passage of legislation to authorize a national budget. "The principle of protection must be ; ret ained as a national policy not only (for uso in maintaining American standards stan-dards of labor and industry when present pres-ent conditions change, but in order to insure the nation's economic independence. independ-ence. "We are absolutely opposed to government gov-ernment ownership of the railroads land to the so-called Plumb plan for ! their management. The transportation lot the country should bo privately I owned and privately managed under strict government regulation. "Wo think that both the national I defense and proper care for our foreign for-eign commerce require a merchant marine of the best type of modern ship flying tho American flag, manned by j American seamen, owned by private : capital and operated by private en-j en-j ergy. Trade Is Persecuted "Wo charge that tho federal trade commission, as at present constituted, has deliberately prostituted Its proper function. It has persecuted trade instead in-stead of promoting trade. "We are opposed to a large army of professional soldiers. Wc favor the democratic policy of a small standing army with a trained citizen reserve,." The platform calls attention to the election of a Republican congress in 191S over the president's appeal for tho election of men of his own party. "Still the president persisted in his course," the platform says. "Both in his conduct of tho peace negotiations abroad and in lm advocacy here at home of ratification by the senate of his own individual work, he has assumed as-sumed a purely personal and partisan! attitude. Ho has forced tho Repub- lican party to take an attitude of sharp! opposition to hi3 recommendations In I order to protect tho independence and to promote tho highest interests of the people of the United States as well as to open tho way to tho adoption of a real instead of an illuslonary plan for securing the peace of the world. "We shall appeal to the people to support a policy of liberal and constructive con-structive progress both at homo and abroad, one which will secure international interna-tional co-operation for the preventing of war and the reduction or arma-j menUs without sacrificing love of coun-' tr and American Meals to a false and ' hurmful form of internationalism," ' |