Show I II T I PEACE lL AND THE COVENANT j II G Editor Herald Herald- The determined opposition op opposition op position alrea Already begun b by some somo mom- mom bors of or tho Senate n against the league of or nations nallon as now outlined from Paris makes certain a trial of or strength upon the merits of or the plan n The Tho rulos rules of or the tho give Sho to In Individual senators senators sen sen- en- en and to a Il small minority very great pow power or for preventing action 1 It may nm bo be expected that no no action will yo III bo ho taken talen to ratify the covenant CO It remains re- re of the tho I league uc as mains mS i a party of ol mho iho treaty tc or nut until It has hu been thoroughly hl and until tho the public demand for IL IU after full Information has ll boon been oll unmistakably un- un unmistakably un un- mistakably demonstrated d. d If H tho tiro treaty as an tin finally all presented to the Son Son- ate ale contains tho the covenant aa nJ now proposed proposed pro pro- posed its ratification Is boun bound l to lib bb t delayed 1 Except b by subversion of Jr the Oe constitution which would woul not ool g rt t far Car thorn Js is no way war to discipline 1 a Sufficient euf- euf group roup of or resolute noon men in V-IO V Senate of ot the United States Wisdom dorn therefore dictates tho time immediate disentanglement disentanglement dis dis- entanglement of or tho the provisions for or the time from tho the provisions for peace pence Other Oilier reasons for lor this action are arc so o strong strong- as to seem cem conclusive upon mere statement If It tho iho covenant remains a part t o of or orthe f the time treaty it cannot annot ho bo adopted rill r It out the consent of German Germany If It II It i l ift ln 13 s ft n good thing Vh why put It In the r of an criminal to deprive de le Us of or it If H it remains In th the o treat treaty nn and goes Into effect os us a contract contract con tract t with Germany It cannot II b i o nb n abandoned on failure to n r v properly without Germanys Germany's consent The Tho len league Is to enforce this thin treat treaty which It was W not allowed to ron mauc H By operation of Articles XIII XV and antI i X II of ot tho covenant all questions ah ns ahto asto to Interpretation anti and enforcement of or ortho tho the treat treaty can at the solicitation of or Germany bo be carried Into the assembly wherein the neutrals In this war beIng boins be- be ins Ing tho the only ones not parties to tho the dispute will have ho h o the tho final decision This Is an nn arbitration which the tho authors authors au au- 1 thors of or tho tiro treaty trent disdained so tW lon long longas as 33 their own political fortunes fortun 3 were at stake The three nations which bore the brunt of or this war dictated this peace rend under the tho torms terms of ot the tho treaty ty will see ce it through thou though h no others sign hH Unless th those these se three continue continuo to enforce It It it will not stand stancl If It th they relin relin- relinQuish relinquish their power powel of ot decision and ind n ac action action nc- nc tion to a n. heterogeneous ous assembly of or orn n nerveless r feeble and n vicious powers po vers this war will go unpunished and there thero will wilt quickly be another The Time continued continued contin contin- uell operation co-operation of or those three I Is perfectly perfectly per per- feasible and proper the thi attempt to drag the n neutrals ls In to administer our Justice Is 11 no moro more practicable nou nn than titan it t was In 1916 Timers Thoro Is no i rca rca- ca canon ton non to suppose we wo will fare arc better fifty years hence b by calling in fifty nations to make mako our settlements settlement than we would right now nou The Time covenant cotenant t adopts Jen general ral and permanent institutions of International al nl government men t. t designed to op operate r lc upon all 11 the thc nations of ot the world orld fo Cornil for Cor r all nil time based hse upon principles which h the th authors aut n. n agree could not bo be ap plied In In arranging ln the mho settlements of or this treaty It Is a prescription for tor I future it ills Its not riot for our present ailments aUm nil ail ments m and they the propose to administer adminis adminis- ter tel It to us In our coffee It Is 18 a course courso of or diet which the authors of or orthe I the treat treaty wont won't cat eat but hut propose to feed tho the children Wo We 0 sent sont over an I order fore for white whito flour Tho lOho dealers I and messenger er say saye h we e must al also o buy corn oats and barley barIc They must be bo responsible for the delay deloy while wo WI ro- ro mo e c from the tho package and return the articles we do not want Neither tho Iho separation of off or the covenant cove covenant nant from tho the treaty treat nor Its ultimate rejection need cn endanger the tho making of an orly peace If iC Congress Con mn makes S ke prompt provision for Cor tho the operation co of or the United States with the powers I which won the th thear war ar to the extent and during the timo necessary to enforce the tho terms o of peace If It we cannot I agree agoNe upon and perform so simple a duty In harmony r with nations so 80 honorable hon lion honI I as England and antI France Babel can be he built no higher b by an additional addi addi- additional confusion o of tongues Such recognition rec roe oh by Congress of or its own power pow pow- er lr and duty would soon clear up the foreign situation and antI open lh the thu way for tor lr domestic legislation J. 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