Show L I Running True to Form Formin p i in tho discussion of oC the league lengu of nations we ire I made the assertion that bat if the world hope became a political is issue isue ue in the Un United tc Stat States s President Wilson Vilson would be responsible It would now seem that fhe he opinion is to be bc borne out by history as the President President dent attempts to monopolize ize support of his league of Rations nations by saddling his party with a pledge t to a particular par par- paro constitution tho the covenant co dictated b by British Statesmen tate at the peace cace conference There is is nothing unusual in the existing for it is is reflective of attitude from 1916 down to the present day Z It matters little that President Wilson stands today for fth American security by the establishment of a l lar r form of world brotherhood while in 1916 and 1917 be ho stood for security ty by y abstinence from European entanglements Since the tile cry of lie Ic kept out of war was first raised President Wilson has completely changed his attitude stepping from security by nationalism to submersion by br internationalism m. m The first stand was taken not in the interest of American welfare not in the interest of humanity not in the in in- in terest rest of men everywhere e but in the int interest rest of political political poli poli- prestige and personal ambition forded I w We were kept out of the war not for the safety afI afforded af- af us but for the success of the Democrat part party in November elections When the nation stood on the brink of war Mr Ir Wilson Vilson and his party s saw only the comfortable security of a n war three thousand miles way That the slogan of 1916 was but a a. political trick was vas soon made evident ident but even the declaration of f war var failed to the stifle the political thought of Mr 11 Wilson Vilson he great national appropriations to overcome the han han- diC p of were to the favor fa of j patronage with the result that the south was wn in prosperity while other sections struggled h to meet tile the he money demands of the government crat In spite pIte of the platform of 1910 1916 w we found the Demo Demo- I party Varty endeavoring to make a political possession I of f the conflict The Thie conduct of the tIle I program was vested in P ji the thc hands of men whose first qualification was the ilie right political complexion V War nr measures fended in the li light ht of their political erfe effect t. t were Bills BiUs considered con con- in- in to promote thaI tho American cause causo carried political riders designed to 10 further tho the ambitions of deserving Democrats President Wilson who had consistently opposed equal suffrage reversed himself an antin in Jn tho the in in- in terest of political prestige brought forth th thE tho issue as a measure Last fall fail the President ident made mucIe it i 1 determined effort to make a a. political issue of patriotism Men fen who differed i t. t their in itt political faiths were placed under the sti stigma mn of disloyalty if they failed to vote the Ule Democrat ticket We were vere told that the demand In was the Interest of ro military 1 t i necessity but secretly we un understood the political poli poli- l eff ct and the American people voted according to their vi views ws In those days duys- and ond it J Js only n a few ago ugo America vas was the tIle first consideration of loy- loy and the predominant ant reflection in the demands of Ute R President As we realize the Ule p part pirt nt politics plays we ar not surprised to find lU thia tha the Ilie first test of loyalty j 1 I j I I I I now V according to Mr Ni Wilson Vilson is our ability to give tot toI to t I the Lie he world The railroads and find the thc telephone and ancl telegraph lines lilIeS also evidence e the hand of or polities politics in in the conduct conductor oC or war In view ic of these facts fads it is not nol surprising to find t that hot efforts effort are now no being heing made to paint the Jea league ne of nations with political color From the beginning we have expected just lI t what is coming to to puss pass a new ne campaign cam cam- cr cry to befuddle the uninformed and trick the tho unwary Efforts will be made e to bring the British document to the United jIlted States Stales not nut for what it is in itself but for all that It a league of nat ought to be he Xo No doubt we will be he told that all who oppose the Paris document oppose a n league of nations With ith it hi political trickery again trying trying- to assert itself it behooves the American people to reflect on the past and 1111 be he prepared for the future We Ve e must know the lie Paris document and a n world worM league of hut nations bus are two different things and that thaI we WC do 10 not hOt betray ourselves when we insist that the fi first t essential of whatever league is adopted is the prese preservation lion n of Am American independent |