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i m BOMH'S-FINA- L TREATY ATTACK MASTER EFFORT Republican. Senator's Co- lleagues Eegard It as Best' Exposition of Issue. RESERVATIONS ARE IDLE' Document. Called Surrender, of Tollcy on Which Nation Was Established. Washington. Nov. 22. Tun Sun herewith presents tho speech mado by Senator Borah, Republican, of Idaho, Wednesday in the Senate during tho final treaty debate. Tho speech Is regarded by Mr. Borah's fellow Senators as ono of tho ablest dollvercd' Blnce tho treaty came up for .discus-do- n. Tho Bpeech In full: I am not misled by the debate across tho aisle into tho view that this treaty will not be ratified. I en- tertain llttlo doubt that sooner or later and ontlroly too soon tho treaty \Will be ratified with tho League of Nations in it, and I am of the opinion With tho reservations in it as they aro now written. There may possibly be some change in verbiage in order that thoro may bo a common sharing of parentage, but our friends across the aisle will likely accept the League i of Nations with the reservations In substance as now written. I think \ Itherefore this moment is Just as ap-- i proprlato as any other for me to ex- - press my final views with referenco ; to the treaty and the League of Na- tion's. It Is perhaps the last oppor- - tunlty I shall have-t- state, as briefly as I may, my reasons for opposing tho - treaty and tho league. llr. President, after Sir. Lincoln had , been elected President, before ho ub- - iBumed tho duties of the oftlce and at a time when all Indications were to the effect that we would ' soon be in the . midst of civil strife, a friend from, the city of Washington wrote htm In I Btructlons. Mr. Lincoln wrote back In a - ;lngle line: \Entertain no compromise; 'have none of it.\ That states the poal- - tlon I occupy at this time and which I have in an humble way occupied from , the first contention in regard to this (proposal. My objections to' the league have not t;lbeen met by the reservations. I desire I'to state wnerein my objections nave not been met Let us see what our attitude win be toward jsuropo and wnac our position will be with reference to tho other nations of the world after we shall jaaye.,entered the league with the present duo resicct to those who think that they have accomplished a different thing and .challenging no mag's intellectual integrity or patriotism, I do not believe tho reser- vations have met the fundamental prop- - osltions which are Involved In this con- test. What Oar Statu Will Be. 'When tho leaguo ' shall have been . formed we shall be a member of what Is known as the council of tho league- -. Our I accredited representative will sit In Judgment with the accredited representor tlves of the other members of theeSIW v to pass upon the concerns not .only, pf our country but of all Europe and' all\ Asia and the entire world. Our ncl credited representatives will be members of tle assembly. They will sit there the Judgment of these llff.090,- -' COO of people, more then, Just as we are accredited hero to represent our We .can't Bend our. repre-- r centatlves to sit In council with the rep-- ; resentatlves of the other great nations of the world with mental reservations as to what we shall do In case their \ Judgment shall not bo satisfactory to us. If wo go to the council or to the. assom- - bly with any other purpose than that of complying In good faith and In abso- -' lute integrity with all upon which tho 1 council or the assembly may pass we ' shall soon returtf to our fcountry with - our forfeited and tho public , opinion of the world condemnatory. Why need you gentlemen across the aisle worry about a reservation hero or there when we are sitting In the council and In the assembly and bound by every obligation in morals, which tho President eatd was supreme above that of law, to comply with the Judgment which our reresentatlves and the other representa- tives finally form? Shall we go there, Mr. President, to sit. in Judgment, and in case that Judgment works for peace Join with our allies, but In case It works for war withdraw our cooperation? How long would we stand as we now stand, a great republic commanding tho respect 'and holding the leadership of the world, If we should adopt any s.uch course? So, sir, we not only sit In the council and in thei assembly with our accredited representatives, but boar in mind that Article XI is untouched by any reserva- tion which has been offered here; and with Article XI untouched, and Its In- tegrity complete, Article X is perfectly superlluous. If any war or threat of war shall be a matter of consideration for the league, and the leaguo shall take such action as It deems wise to deal with It, what Is the necessity of Article X.? Will not external aggression be regarded ,as a war or threat of war? If thu political Independence of some nation in Europe Is assailed will It be regarded as a war or threat of war? Is thero any- thing In Article X that Is not completely covered by Article XI? It remains complete, and with our representatives sitting In the council and the assembly, and with Article XI com- plete, and with tho assembly and tho council having Jurisdiction of all matters touching the peace of the world, what more do you need to bind the United States If you assume that the United States Is a nation of honor? We have said, Mr. President, that we would not scad our troops abroad with- out the consent of Congress. Pass by now for a moment the legal proposition. If we create executive functions the Executive will perform those functions without the authority of Congress. Pass that question by and go to tho other question. Our members or the council are thero. Our members of the as- sembly aro there. Article XI is com- plete, and It authorizes tho league, a member of which is our representative, to deal with matters of peace and war, ami the league through Its council and Us assembly deals with the matter, and our accredited representative Joins with the others In deciding upon a certain course, which Involves a question of jjendlng troops. IVlmt Will CoimrcM Do? Whut will Urn Congress of tho United Btates do? What will It have left, ex- cept the baro technical right to rcfuso. Which as a moral proposition It will not dare to exercise? Have wo not been told day by day for tho last nlno months that the Senate of tho United States, a co- ordinate part of tho treaty-makln- g power, should accept this league as It' was written because the wise\ men sit- ting at Versailles had so written It, and has not every possible Influence and every source of power in public opinion been organized and directed against the Senato to compel It to do that thing? How much stronger will bo the moral compulsion upon the Congress of the United States when we ourselves havo lndorsod the proposition of sending our accredited' representatives thero to voto . for us? An,' but you say that thero must be unanimous consent, and that there Is vast protection In unanimous consent. I do not wish to speak disparagingly; but has not every division and dismem- berment of every nation which has Buf- fered dismemberment taken place by unanimous consent for the last 300 years? Did not Prussia and Austria and Russia by unanimous consent divide Poland? Did not the United States and Great Britain and Japan and Italy and Franco divide China and give Shantung to Japan? Was that not a unanimous decision? Close the doors upon the diplo- mats of Europe, let them sit In secret, give them the material to trade on and thero always will be unanimous consent. How did Japan get unanimous con- sent? I want to say hero, In my parting words upon this proposition, that I havo no doubt the outrage upon China was quite as distasteful to the President of the United States as It is to mo. But Japan said : \I will not sign your treaty unless you turn over to me Shantung, to be turned back at my discretion,\ and you know how Japan's discretion oper- ates with reference to such things. And so, when we are In the league, and our accredited representatives are sitting at Geneva, and a question of great moment arises, Japan or Russia- - or Germany or Great Britain will say, \Unless this mat- ter Is adjusted In this way I will depart from your league.\ It Is tho same thing, operating In. the same way, only undera different date and under a little different circumstances. Mr. President, If you havo enough ter- ritory, If you havo enough material, If you have enough subject peoples to trade j upon and divide, there will be no diff- iculty about unanimous consent. Do our Democratlo friends ever ex- pect any man to sit as a member of the council or as a member of tho assembly equal In Intellectual power and in stand- ing before the world with that of our representative at Versailles? Do you expect a man to sit in the cour.clt who will have made more pledges, and I shall assume made them in sincerity, for and for tho rights of small peoples, than had been made by our accredited representative? And yet, what became of it? The unanimous con- sent was obtained nevertheless. But take another view of It We are sending to the council one man. That one man represents 110,000,000 people. Here, sitting In the Senate, we havo two from every State in the Union, and over In tho other House we havo Rep resentatives In accordance with popula- tion, and the responsibility Is spread out in accordance with our obligations to our constituency. But now wo are transferring to ono man the .stupendous power of representing the sentiment and convictions of 110,000,000 people in tre- mendous questions which may Involve the peace or may Involve tho war of the world. Does Not Protect IT. However you view the question of unanimous consent, it does not protect us. What Is the result of all this? We are in the midst of all of tho affairs of Europe. We have entangled ourselves with all European concerns. We have. Joined In alliance with all the European nations which have thus far Joined the league, and all nations which may bo admitted to the league. Wo aro sitting there dabbling In their affairs and Inter meddling In their concerns. In other words, Mr. President anu mis comes to the question which is fundamental with me we have forfeited and once and for all, tho great policy of \no entangling alliances upon which the strengtn oi mis iicpuouc iwa been founded for 160 years. MV friends of reservations, tell me where Is the reservation In these arti cles which protects us against entangling alliances with Europe? Those who are differing over reserva- tions, tell mo what one of them protects tho doctrine laid down by the Father of Our Country. That fundamental nronosltlon is surrendered, and we are A, part of the European turmoils and Conllicts irora mo mu yio league. Let us not underestimate that There has never been an hour since the Ven- ezuelan difficulty that there has not been operating In this country, fed by domes- tic and foreign sources, a powerful prop- aganda for the destruction of tho doc- trine of no entangling alliances. Lloyd George is reported to havo said Just a few days before the conference met at Versailles that Great Britain could give up much, and would be will- ing to sacrifice much, to havo America withdraw from that policy. That waa one of the' great obJecU'of the entire conference at Versailles, so far as the foreign representatives were concerned. Clemcnceau and Lloyd George and others like them were willing to make any reasonable sacrifice which would draw America away from her isolation and Into the internal affairs and concerns of Europe. This League of Nations,' with or without reservations, whatever else it does or docs not do, does surrender and sacrifice that policy; and once having surrendered and become a part of the European concerns, where, my friends, are you going to stop? Tou havo put In here a reservation upon the Monroe Doctrine. I think that, In so far as language could protect tho Monroe Doctrine, it has been protected. But as a practical proposition, as a working proposition, tell me candidly, as men familiar with the history of your country and of other countries, do you think that you can lnterme.ddlo in Euro- pean affairs and keep Europe from In- termeddling In your affairs? When Mr,, Monroe wrote to Jefferson, ho nBked him his view upon the Monroe Doctrine, and Mr. Jefferson said. In sub- stance, our first and primary obligation should be never to Interfere In European affairs; and, secondly, never to permit Europe to interfere In our affairs. He understood, as every wise and The Store of tho Bedding Specialist Box Springs Pure Dorse Hair Mattresses Metal Beds and Day Beds Pillows Cushions At reasonable price3 FRANK A. HALL & SONS Manufacturers ol Beds ind Bedding 26 West 45th St., New York City practical man understands, that if we intermeddle In her affairs, If wa holp to adjust her conditions, inevitably and remorselessly Europe then will be carried into our affairs, in spite of anything you can write upon paper. Quotes French Editor. We can not protect tho Monroe Doe-tri- ne unless wo prqtoct the baslo prin- ciple upon which It rests, and that Is the Washington policy, I do not care how earnestly you may endeavor to do bo, as a practical working DroDositlon vour leaguo will come to the United Statosu Win you permit me to digress long enough tr, read a paragraph from a great French editor upon this particular phase of tha matter, ilr. Stephen Lausanne, editor of La ila&i, of Paris: When tho Executive Council of the League of Nations fixes \the reason- able limits of the armament of Peru\; when it shall demand inform mation concerning the naval program of Brazil; when it shall tell Argen- tina whnt shall bo the measure of the \contribution to tho armed forces to protect tho signatures of the social covenant\ ; when It shall demand the lmedlate registration of the treaty between the United States and Can- ada at the seat of the leaguo, it will control, whether It wills or no, the 'dostlnes of America. And when the American States shall be obliged to take a hand in every war or menace of war in Europe (Art XI.), they will necessarily fall afoul of the funda- mental principle laid down by Mon- roe, which was that Americans should never take part In a European war. If the league takes In the world, then Europe must mix In the affairs , of America; If only Europe is In- cluded, then America will violate of necessity her own doctrine by inter-mixin- g in the affairs of Europe. If the league Includes the affairs of the world, does it not include tho affairs of all tho world? Is thero any limita- tion of the Jurisdiction of the council or of the assembly upon the question of peace or war? Does it not have now, under the reservations, tho .same as it had before, tho power to 'deal with nil matters of peace or war throughout tho entire world? How shall you keep from meddling In the affairs of Europe or keep Europe from meddling In the affairs of America? Mr. President there Is another and even a more commanding reason why I shall record my vote against this treaty. It Imperils what I conceive to be the un- derlying, the very first principles of this Republic. It Is In conflict with the right of our people to govern themselves free from all restraint legal or moral, of for- eign Powers. It challenges every tenet of my political faith. If this faith wero ono of my own contriving, If I stood here to assert principles of government of my own evolving. I might well bo charged with Intolerable presumption, for we all recognize the ability of thoso who urge a different course. But I offer in Justlfl-catio- n of my course nothing- of my own :save the deep and abiding- reverence I have for those whoso' policies I humbly but most ardently support. I claim no merit save fidelity to American princi- ples and devotion to American Ideals as they were wrought out from time to time by those who built the Republic and as they havo been extended and maintained throughout these years. In opposing tho treaty I do nothing more man aeclino to renounce and tear out of my Ilfo tho sacred traditions which throughout fifty years have been translated into my whole intellectual and moral being. I will not, I cannot give up my belief that America must, not alone for the happiness of her own peo- ple, but for tho moral guidance and greater contentment of the world, bo permitted to live her own life. Next to tho tie which binds a man to his God Is the tie which binds a man to his coun- try, and nil schemes, all plans, however ambitious and fascinating they seem in their proposal, but which would embar- rass or entanglo and Impede or shackle her sovereign will, which would compro- mise her freedom of action I unhesitat- ingly put behind mo. Endured Manr Taunts. Sir, since the debate opened months ago those of us who have stood agalns: this proposition havo been taunted many times with being little Americana Leave us the word American, keep that In your presumptuous Impeachment and no taunt can disturb us, no gibe discom pose our purposes. Call us little Amer- icans If you will, but leave us the con- solation and the pride which the term American, however modified, still Im- parts. Take away that term and though you should coin In telling phrase your highest eulogy wa would hurl It back as common slander. We have been redlculed because, forsooth, of cur limited vision. Possibly that charge J CHINA ( will be held THE SUN, SUNDAY, may be true. Who 1 there her that can read the future? Time, and time alone, unerring and rmir.tA will fflvn US eACh OUr proper place in the affections of our countrymen and in tho esteem anu com- mendation of those who aro to come after us. Wo neither fear nor court her favor. But If our vision has bean circumscribed It has at all time within ll. Uun letif. nnA fttAfldv. We havo sought nothing save the tranquillity of our own people ana we nonur au independence of our own Republic. No foreign flattery, no possible world glory and power have disturbed our poise or come between us and our devotion to ths traditions which have mad us a people or tho policies which have made us a nation, unselfish and commanding. If we have erred we have erred out . ih ln., far thnan thlmrs which from childhood you and wo together have Been taugni to roveru co, u fend even at the cost of limb and life. If we have erred It Is because we have ki.a..i i,tft. nn rttmatn unon the j.'iavcu .uu ,B\ ' \ \ wisdom of Washington and Jefferson, too exauea an opinion uijvh h otlsm of the sainted Lincoln. And blame us not therefore If we havo, In our limited vision, seemed sometimes: Utter and at all times uncompromising, for the things for which we havo spoken, feebly spoken, the thing whlsh wa havo endeavored to defend have been tho things for which your fathers and our fathers were willing to die. Senators, even In an hour so big with expectancy we should not closo our eyes to the fact that democracy is something more, vastly more, than a mere form of government by which so- ciety 1b restrained Into free and orderly life. It Is a moral entity, a spiritual force as well. And these aro things which live only and alono In the atmos- phere of liberty. The foundation upon whfch democracy rests Is faith in the moral instincts of tha people. Its ballot boxes, the franchise, its lawB, and con- stitutions aro but the outward manifes- tations of a deeper and more essential thing a continuing trust in the moral purposes of tho average man and wo- man. When this Is lost or forfeited your outward forms, however demo- cratic In terms, aro a mockery. Force may find expression through Institutions democratic In structure equal with tho simple and more direct processes of a clngla supreme ruler. Are In Eternal War. Thena distinguished virtues of a real republic you cannot commiwrlo with the discordant and destructive forces of the Old World and still preserve them. Tou cannot yoke a government whoso funda- mental maxim 1b that of liberty to a gov- ernment whoso first law Is that of force and hope to preserve the former. These things are In eternal war, and one must ultimately destroy the other. You m.w still keep for a time the outward form ; you may still delude yourself, ns others have done In the past, with appearances and symbols, but when you shall have committed this Republic, to a scheme of world control based upon force, upon the combined military force of the four great nations of the world, you will have soon destroyed the atmosphere of freedom, of confidence in the capacity of the masses, In which alone a democ- racy may thrive. We may become one of the four dictators of the world, but we shall no longer be master of our own spirit. And what shall It profit us as a nation If we shall go forth to the domin- ion of the earth and share with others the glory of world control and lose that fine sense of confidence. In the people, the soul of democracy? Look upon the scene as It Is now pre- sented. Behold the task we are to e. and then contemplate the method by which wo are to deal with this task. Is the method such as to address Itself to a government \conceived In liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal?\ When this league, this combination Is formed foui great Powers representing the dominant people will rule one-ha- lf of the Inhab- itants of the globo as subject peoples-r- ule by force, and we shall be a \party to the rule of force. There Is no other way by which you can keep people In subjection. You much either give them In- dependence, recognize their rUhts as nations to live their own life and to set up their own form of government, or you must deny them those things by force. That Is the scheme, the method pro- posed by the league. It proposes n other. We will In time become Inured to its Inhuman precepts nnd Its soulless methods, strange as the doctrine now seems to a free people. If we stay with our contract wo will come In time to de- clare without associates that force force, tho creed of the Prussian military oligarchy Is after all the true founda- tion upon which must rest all stable governments. Cores, despoiled and bleed- ing at every pore; India, sweltering In Ignorance und burdened with Inhuman taxes after 'more than a hundred yearn - (lJ GLASS , . I for Christmas delivery IGGINS&SEITER 9&U EAST 37TH STREET EXTRAORDINARY SALE BEAUTIFUL ENGRAVED CRYSTAL From the celebrated Libbey, Hawkes, Sinclair &Dorflinger Studios AT SAVINGS OF AT LEAST 25 Most Opportune Offering of the Season Every Piece a Christmas Gift PRICES RANGE FROM $5.00 to $100- - Every conceivable item in glass novelties is represented. 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But I declare to you that we. must go further and conform to those sontlments and passions for Justlco and freedom which are osmmtlal to tho existence of domocracy. You must respect not ter- ritorial boundaries, not territorial tnteg-- rlty, but you must respect and preserve the sentiments and passions for Justice and for freedom which God in His in finite wisdom has planted so deep in the human hoart that no form of tyranny howevor brutal, no persecution however prolongod, can wholly uproot and kill. Respcot nationality, respect Justice, re-- 1 apect freedom and you may have some hope of peace, but not so If you make your standard the standard of tyrants and despots, the protection of real estate regardless of how It Is obtained. Would Not Par Trice. Sir, we aro told that this treaty means peace. Even so, I would not pay the prlco. Would you purchase peace at the cost of any part of our inde- pendence? We could have had peace In 1776 tho price was high, but we could have had It. James Otis, Sam Adams, Hancock and Warren wero surrounded by those who urged peace and British rule. All through that long and trying struggle, particularly when tho clouds of adversity lowered upon tho cause there was a cry of peace let us have peace. Wo could have had peace In 1860. Lincoln was counselled by men of great Influence and accredited wisdom to let our brothers and, thank heaven, they aro brothers depart In peace. But tho tender, loving Lincoln, bending under tho fearful weight of Impending civil war, an apostle of pcaco, refused to pay the price, and a reunited country will pralaa his name forever more bless It because he refused peace at the price of national honor and national Integrity. Peace upon any other basis than na- tional independence, peace purchased at the cost of any part of our national In- tegrity Is fit only for Elavos, and even when purchased at such a price. It is a delusion for it canot last But your treaty does not mean peace far, very far, from It If we are to Judge the future by the paet It means war. Is there any guaranty of peace other than the guaranty which comes fo the control of the war making power by the people? Yet what great rule of democracy does tho treaty leavo unas-salle- d? Tho people In whoso keeping alono you can safely lodge tho power of pcaco or war nowhore at no tlmo and ir. no place have any volco In this scheme for world peace. Autocracy which has bathed tho world In blood for centuries reigns supreme. Democracy Is every- where excluded. This, you say, means \ peace. Can you hope for poaco when love of country Is disregarded In your scheme, when the Bplrlt of nationality la rejected, even scoffed at? Yet what law of that moving and mysterious force does your treaty not deny? With a ruthlessness unparalleled your treaty in a dozen In- stances runs counter to the divine law of nationality. Peoples who speak tho same language, kneel nt the same ances- tral tombs, moved by the samo tradi- tions, animated by a common hope, nre torn nsunder, broken In pieces, divided and parcelled out to antagonistic na- tions. And this you call Justice. This, you cry, means peace.\ Peoples who have dreamed of Independence, struggled and been patient, sacrificed and been hope- ful, peoples who were told that through this peace conference they should real- ize the aspirations of centuries, havo again had their hopes dashed to earth. One of the most striking and com manding figures In this war, soldier and statesman, turned away from tho peace table at Versailles declaring to the world: \The promise of the now life, the victory of the great humano ideals for which the peoples have shed their blood and their treasure without stint tho fulfilment of their aspirations to- ward a new International order and a fairer and better world are not written . v. ..A,.... t, XT- -,, ..mi - tr-n- tv means uitu mo iiuui;i w , jww. - . injustice. It means nlavery. It means war. Ana to au mis you unit - tuMi n iniMi Vnu nnlr It to abandon the creed under which it has grown to power ana accept mo crcuu u. autocracy, tho creed of repression and. force. Scheme Based on Force. Mr. President. I turn from this scheme based upon force to another schemo, i planned 143 years ago In old Indepen- dence Hall, In tho city of Philadelphia, basel upon liberty. 1 line it Deuer. a havo become so accustomed to believe In It tliat It Is dinicult for me to reject it out of hand. I havo difficulty In sub scribing to tho new creed of oppression, the creed of dominant and subject peo-- 1 pies. I feel a reluctance to give up me belief that all men ore created equal the eternal principle In government that all governments derive their Just powers from tho consent of the governed. I can- - nnf ftyt vnv fnnnAnt in evrhanee the dOC- - trlne of George Washington for tho doc-- 1 trlno of Frederick the Groat translated Into mendacious phrases of peaco. I go ( back to that serene and masterful soul who pointed tho way to power and glory for tho new and then weaK republic, anu Whoso teachings and admonitions even In our majesty and dominance we daro not disregard. I know well tho answer to my con- tention. It has been piped about of late from a thousand sources venal sources, disloyal sources, sinister sources that Washington's wisdom waa of his day only and that his teachings are out of fashion things long Blnce sent to tho scrap heap of history that while ho was great In character and noble In soul he was J untrained In tho arts of statecraft ana unlearned In tho Bdence of government. The puny demagogue, the barren editor, the sterile professor now vie with each other In apologizing for the temporary and commonplace expedients which tho Father of our Country felt constrained to adopt In building a republic! What Is the test of statesmanship? Is It tho formation of theories, tho ut- terance of abstract and Incontrovert- ible truths, or It It the capacity and tho power to glvo to a people that concrete thing In human happiness called freo Institutions and to establish over all and above all the blessed and eternal reign Kot order and law? If this be the test, where shall we find another whoso namo Is entitled to be written beside the name of Washington? 'His Judgment nnd poUe In the hour of turmoil and peril, his courage and vision In times of adversity, his firm grasp of fundamental principles, his almost Inspired power to penetrate the future and read there tho result, the effect of policies, have never been excelled, If equalled, by any of the world's commonwealth builders. Peter tho Great. William the Silent, and Cromwell tho Protector, these and these alono perhaps are to bo associated with his name as tho builders of States and tho founders of governments. But In exnltatlon of moral purpose, in the unselfish character of his work. In the durability of his policies. In the perma- nency of the Institutions which he more than anyone else called Into effect, his service to mankind stands out separate and npart In a class by Itself, The work of theso other great builders, where ore thoy now? 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It is not only the benefits of an established price, but the matchless quality which remains fresh in your memory 16ng after you have forgotten the money cost Sterling Pianos and Playerpianos hold honored places in thousands of Greater New York homes. You can buy at moderate prices and on terms to meet the convenience of your income. As customary, our warerooms will be closed on Thanksgiving Day. BROOKLYN'S BEST KNOIFN PIANO HOUSE ONE PRICE NO COMMISSIONS SM-a- tl NMi 0(y lame no. Brasklm H. T, tl?bo Kit JUfi IHMU a pirtmUk wmemmmmmiimmmmmmmsssss. great wisdom the convention which framed the Constitution. Ho guided the Government through Its first perilous years, He gave dignity and stability and honor to that which was looked upon by the world as a passing exper- iment and finally, my friends, as his own peculiar and particular contribution to the happiness of his countrymen and to the cause of the. Republic, he gavo us his great foreign policy under which wo havo lived and prospered and strength- ened for nearly a century and a half. This policy Is tho most subllmo con- firmation of his genius as a statesman. It was then, and It now la, an indispen- sable part of our wholo scheme of gov- ernment It Is to-d- n vital, Indispen- sable element in our entlro plan, purpose nnd mission as a nation. To abandon it in nothlmr less than a betrayal of the American ipeople. I say betrayal delib- erately. In vlow of the Buffering nnd tho eacrlflco which wll follow In tho wake of such a course. But under the stress and strain of theso extraordinary days, whon Btrong men aro being swept down by the forces of disorder and change, when tho most sacred things of life, tho most chorlshed hopes of a Christian world soem to yield to the mad forces of discontent Just such days aB Washing- ton passed through when tho mobs of Paris, wild with new liberty and drunk with power, challenged the established In- stitutions of all the world, but his stead- fast soul was unshaken under theso conditions come again we are about to abandon this policy so essential to our happiness and tranquillity as a people and our stability as a Government. No leader with his commanding Influ- ence and his unquatllng courage stands forth to stem the current. But what no leader can or will do experience, 'bitter experience and the people of this country In whose keeping, after all, thank God, Is the Republic, will ultimately do. If we abandon his leadership and teach- ings, we will go back. Wo will return to this policy. Amejlcanlsm Bhall not can- not die. We may go back In sackcloth and ashes, but we will return to the faith of tho fathers. America will Ilvo her own life. The Independence of this Republic will have Us defenders. Thou- sands have suffered and died for It, and their sons and daughters are not of tho breed who will bo betrayed Into the hands of foreigners. Tho noblo face of tho Father of his Seal Skin from 685.00 to Seal in ways from a small cravat at to with at dark in Scarfs at 55.00 to the long, at 875.00. Country, so familiar to every boy in girl, looking, out from tho wall if : Capitol In stern reproach, will call thS! who come here for public service to ! reckoning. The people of our bi0M country will finally speak, and w Jm return to the policy which we now ibJf don. America disenthralled and fr i,\ splto of all these things will contlnu, hor mission in the cause of ptict It freedom and of civilisation. ' James McCreery & Co. 6th Avenue 34th Street BEGINNING MONDAY 1 'ifiii t displays beautiful Mink Squirrel beautiful PEZET BACK. PERU'S FtRST AMBASSADOR Diplomat Was Conatif.Gen. era in This City in 1900. Frederico A. Pezet, first Peruvian Am. to arrived yejter. day on the Grace Lino steamship Swti Lulsa, convalescent from an attack c pneumonia with which he wsb (trlck on tho voyage. Aftor a few days rest he expects to go to Washington to aseua his official duties He has been In the diplomatic ar.J consular service of his country for mori than thirty years, starting as a Consul. General In Colombia. Ho come to th United States In 1900 as Consul-Cenr- jl In New York and waB appointed Peru, vlan Minister to this country in 1912, Early in 1916, Mr. Pezet was recalled, together with Peruvian Ministers la other countries, because his country1! weakened financial position did not pe- rmit tho maintenance of legations In n capitals. After spendin; nearly three years in retirement, Mr. Pezet re- ceived the appointment of Ambassador to this country from the newly elected Legula Government The Ambassador was accompanlcl by his wife, his niece, Miss Henrietta Blume, and a nephew, Oscar Pezet, who will le attached to the staff. Other passengers Included Robert Marian o! the Chilean dlplomatlo service, on hU way to Pekln with his wife, who wa formerly Miss Mabolla Swallow of it Schermerhom street Brooklyn. i Mink is in Scarfs from one-ski- n af- fairs at 25.00 to Coats at Skunk of Superior appears in at 35.00 to elaborate Cnpea at 425.00. Fox Scarfs in all the shades are here at 29.50 to the Silver Fox at 500.00. Moleskin of choice Scotch Pelts, priced from the Scarf at 45.00 to the full length Coat at 745.00. mfflmw. Brilliance, Gayely and a Whirl of Events Herald a Social Season of Splendor At McCreery's are Sumptuous Wraps of Fur To Grace the Holiday Occasions sumptuous, more luxurious than ever MORE are the Wraps in our Finest of Furs have been fashioned into wraps, scarfs and muffs of indescribable and grace. The following items are representative of the entire splendid assortment: Real Alaska Coats, priced 1450.00. Hudson it- self many 32.50 sumptuous Coats 1265.00. Siberian skins developed Wraps baBsador Washington, Embassy Eastern featured 1650.00. quality Scarfs beau- tiful Salon. ccats, beauty adorned selected Reduction Sale Women's Afternoon and Evening Dresses 42.50 regularly 55.00 and 75.00 Many beautiful gowns of exclusive designs have been selected for this Sale. Gowns of Charmeuse, Crepe Meteor, Georgette Crepe, Net, Velveteen, Velour and Tricotine. Some tailored models are included as well as dressy styles adorned with beads and embroidery. NO C.O. D.'s. NO APPROVALS. 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