Show C i Es Escaping aping National National Per Peril F i i I BY SCOTT C. C BONE nONE t 1 i When Woodrow Wilson Nilson President of the U United United States brought r b beck ck from Paris the Peace Treaty w a th the League of N Nations covenant o peremptorily deman demanded ed Its acceptance and ratification without the tho of or an 1 i or the crossing of or a t t. t Sign hc here was In effect the thc White House decree 1 I The rhe made European-made document was submitted as as a perfect piece ot or f rk the product of or infallible minds minds breathing breathing brothe brotherly IY bye loye ove t its ts every line and guaranteeing to a harried and world o ld an in r enduring peace t i Blind BUnd followers of or the President hailed it If as all but fo foreshadow foreshadow- F f tog the dawn t the and there ensued an insistent o outcry for or Immediate concurrence in the tho provisions of or the pact r f But America America Amerita possessed possesse statesmen who were not to be swept Pt of off their feet teet by popular clamor Republican clamor Republican statesmen I i I t There Thero were those those who paused to think and read Elihu Root the U c eminent Secretary of State in IJ Ro Roosevelt's sevell's cabinet i terns was One onee of the tiie firs tirs first of these to discover defects in the proposed cove cove- nant t. t A It firm believer in the principle of or a League of Nations he was Buick to sec see nevertheless that the treaty to which the President stood committed required much more than the crossing of r a t or the dotting Of ot an i. i In Jn order adequately to protect America it must carry Import important tant t reservations and he submitted several Charley Charle E E. Hughes distinguished jurist of or national and International repute the repute the Republican in 1916 1916 likewise likewise voiced his Ills criticism of the document and also outlined reservations reser which he deemed imperative f. f Subsequently William Howard Tart Taft former President of the the United States and foremost champion of the League of Nations Idea i OWe able to give ive unqualified approval to the treat treaty in its original form Assented to the need Deed of ot reservations taking issue with Root Hoot aDd anil Hughes only as to the form of or these reservations Meantime the Senate Committee on I- I Foreign Relations Henry JabOt Cabot t Lodge Chairman had taken up the Versailles pact and proceeded to give giro it the laborious and analytical attention it deserved as involving tab ing the most important problems that had come before the United States s 8 Senate the Senate the Joint treaty-making treaty power power power-In in all ll the history of or body Unmoved by the still persistent clamor and outcry outcry- unaffected unaffected un un- un- un affected b by White House pressure Senator pressure Senator Lodge and his Republican 1 colleagues kept at their work until mastering its intricacies and ramifications they had Americanized the treaty through and through through pro pro pro- g to Congress by reservation the C constitutional right to declare reaffirming the Monroe Doctrine and otherwise sa safeguarding the Republics Republic's institutions beyond ond possibility of peril perU And so 80 thanks to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Relation fed Peace Treaty with Ita its Le League e of Notions Nations covet covenant is today in form torm tor ratification But tat anion action I e 4 I a I f. f B Because a 3 dwindling Democratic minority still refuses to reeo a s righteous defeat and Ana t fain Jn Would mould saTe Bare by phraseology lo the feelings rf the President Ident Wh What Whitt t a n change has bas come over the country It is Js striking In the thee e. e No longer longerI I is fa a 3 solitary voice rotee heard beard from any quarter in Iu sup suo- of the cov covenant without reservations Whatever the outcome of the struggle at Washington whether ica Is to have a part in the League of or Nations or not it is cJ clear ar w to everybody everybody everybody-everybody everybody outside the White House that House that b but t for tor the fidelity to duty and the courage conrage of or a Republican Senate America ld 14 hAve nave been committed to untold folly toUy tot which many mB Let tt 4 b have bye we been called p upon pon n to pay I f. f pJ p 1 r- r J f I I 1 |