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Show NOW UP TO THE U. S. SENATE. Now that the peace treaty has been signed, what will the United States senate do? Are the senators to play politics in a petty, spiteful way, or will they suddenly become broadminded and thoroughly American in purpose and ratify as is their duty? As the New York Times points out, every pro-German the world over is hoping the senate, with one excuse or another, will refuse to attach its seal of approval, but we are of the opinion that the American people will force the senate to uphold the great work of the peace conference. The New York Ti mes savs: "Time works altogether with the Germans. The longer they can put off the treaty, the higher their hopes of better terms. And if the United States senate forces the making of a new treaty, the Germans will be altogether al-together confident that it will lighten the penalty of the crimes. The sentimental and irresponsible in every land will plead for forgiveness and tolerance. If the senate has its way, there may be a new treaty months hence which mil be vastly more satisfactory to the German mind. That would mean that some of the fruits of victory will remain forever ungathercd. Of the millions of the allied dead, of the 50,000 Americans who were slain in battle or died of wounds received in battle, a great part will have died in vain. Of the millions spent to destroy the German peril and make the world safe, much will have been wasted We shall be making peace with the Germans more nearly upon their own terms." If the United States senate aims to serve Germany rather than the welfare of mankind generally, then the senators will continue to block the treaty. They may gain many votes among certain nationals in the United States, but eventually the American people will turn on them and destroy their political future. |