Show TILL TIIE PEOPLE AND SUE THEATY TIU flATy the best continent comment upon the actual signing ot of the treaty ot of peace was promptly provided bj bf th tho american public it may be W epitomized it in a single world Indifference Mem ory cry lashed flashed back to that day of nearly eight months before when n word came of 0 the signing ot of the armistice that meant nothing but a on 0 ot f hostilities w which aich aie it was wa s might presen presently be resumed at th the in no sense definite yet word ahe the nation was whelmed in such buch a universal brenty of rejoicing as never had ben known before this later treaty signing on the contrary i was waa de denni active Ai tive it w aff the real feal ac alfe movement r befit adv to v which ich I 1 the other was merely the tentative prelude yet it the I natiOn cold apathetic indifferent na crowds no groces pa n 0 ot jubil jubilation atlon fi a trivial imelde incident ut not comparable tn interest with the question tuest lon whether the aine cards were really moally to be abol fislid t three days laler this we hare hajo said with the best commee comment not in the sense that it was the most mosi desirable but that it was the mos roost t significant in and d illuminating both objectively and subjectively it showed how utterly weary the people had become become of bf the long 1069 dr drawn awn out haggling 1 and bartering and diplomatic huggar mugger that had prevailed month after after month at paris hole hope deferred madeth the heart sick and achievement de dc berred day after day week after week in month anth after rn month nth on insincere and irrelevant pretexts wearies and distrusts the mind with what confidence an easter Peace was once I 1 promised then date after date in may was fixed to be followed by date after date in june it was not ln in hilman human nature 10 keep interest highly wrought through such a tedious process 0 or r tor to revive it ft when at last the process did rib reach ach its end nor jt it must fee e confessed aas tas there Ruy anything thing in the event itself to arouse e enthusiasm instead 0 ot o a peace dictated b by y triumph ant right etwas a peace negotiated with willi unrepentant pen tant crime instead of a peace concluded ba by the allies with i the same fine I 1 harmony that had ma marked abd their cooperation in the war the same unity of 0 purpose the same mutual trust it w was marr marred edw with ith weeks and months ot of bc be kering suspicion animosity even open breaches between I 1 former comrades I 1 instead 0 ot a peace aiming directly at a cessation of war at punishment of the guilty at reparation for the injured ed and at a guarantees for or future good behavior it was one one which made madd these subordinate to extraneous and arre 1 levant fads which countenanced the continuance ot of war even while it was being signed which sought to make punishment as light and reparation pa ration as scanty as ad possible and aa d which gave offence offense to all and satis faction action to 0 o none equally unsatisfactory were t the he circumstances on the side of 0 the enemy again and again during the closing weeks the huna grossly ina in suited the allies and with impunity r they did more than insult in words they hostile acts they violated the arEM armistice stice by y scuttling the intern interned ed ships at scapa plow and b burning the fren french eh battle flags aich they ivere ers pledged to preserve and to return they broke faith and menaced peace by fomen fomenting Ling insurrection in poland and by preparing Ire paring themselves to w wage age war war against that country and by secretly recruiting troops in in the terri territory tory occupied by the allies by the word of mouth of some of their foremost statesmen and in tile the colu columns of their roost authoritative journals they sneered at the treaty as a mere 1 scrap of paper which they might be compelled to sign sigil but which they had no intention of obeying or observing tor for one moment longer wall they could help in tin the face or of sued conditions c end irions it t was that th alie e american public could feel any enthusiasm or adv considerable de decree ree of gratitude tor for tile he signing of the treaty laek lack ot of enthusiasm could not however I 1 justify indifference it would be a deilor deplorable able mistake tor for dissatisfaction with the terms and circumstances of the treaty to cause apathy toward it for the treaty has hah actually been signed it we ratify it in any form ap a we probably shall with strong r reservations it will become a part 0 of o the supreme law of at the land edew even if we I 1 should not ratify it but should reestablish peace in another way it would still become the basis of peace between betic y the other nations and germany and the bis basis odthe of the greatest reorganize 1 hiort that europe has known tor for a hundred years these considerations make it incumbent upon us I 1 to dismiss all apathy and ana to devote our most earnest and patriotic efforts to making the best of the bad job which cur our self appointed misrepresentative has made at paris it is for the american peaple directly if and through ough their loyal rep at wellington washington to see to it that america Ai gets whatever pod good it is possible to derive from the treaty and avoids a olds the evils eills which 1 DI maladroit meddling has intruded in to it it ii Is no no afie ib for apathy india i ference 0 or r weariness because fie cause their dele delegate g ate at paris served erv le d them so ill is all the he more reason why Atner At fc n citizens should now vigilantly and strenuously swerve serve themselves tile the treaty is signed it is as tor for the arcier american can people to determine defer roine in what form it shall be ratified by tins this coll country try and in whit what spirit it shall be enforced A treaty is law and law tor for americans must be made not by an autocrat nor by any a lien alien power but by the representatives of alie b people the diplomats and diplo matl casters have had their day at treaty making now comes the day of the american people liar harveys deeply |