We fought the war together, and now
before the thing is through it is proposed to enter into a
separate peace with Germany! In good faith we pledged our
strength with our associates for the enforcement of terms upon
offending powers, and now it is suggested that this be
withdrawn. Suppose Germany, recognizing the first break in the
Allies, proposes something we cannot accept. Does Senator
Harding intend to send an army to Germany to press her to our
terms? Certainly the allied army could not be expected to render
aid. If, on the other hand, Germany should accept the chance we
offered of breaking the bond it would be for the express purpose
of insuring a German-American alliance, recognizing that the
Allies--in fact, no nation in good standing--would have anything
to do with either of us.
"This plan would not only be a piece of bungling diplomacy, but
plain, unadulterated dishonesty, as well."
"No less an authority than Senator Lodge said, before the heat
of recent controversy, that to make peace except in company with
the Allies would 'brand us everlastingly with dishonor and bring
ruin to us.'
"And then after peace is made with Germany, Senator Harding
would, he says, 'hopefully approach the nations of Europe and of
the earth, proposing that understanding which makes us a willing
participant in the consecration of nations to a new
relationship.'
"In short, America, refusing to enter the League of Nations (now
already established by twenty-nine nations) and bearing and
deserving the contempt of the world, would submit an entirely
new project.
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