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'l~hose 'so-called i:J?atriots ~rho \1' !I 'ttrged Congress back in 191B:,'at the end of ·the s'oi.~called ~wdrld War :not 'to .rai:ify tlhe treaty pro-yq,uli;he pos1ld~ by Pr!lsident, Wodd:i:ow Wilson particularly with - . to the !Jeague of Nailion!:i and the World Court, and li those Con- greBsmen who so readily :accepted this ki:!ld of public opinioh and others of the same ;calibJir .can 11ow ·stand di.rectly c1larg:eql with il 1.' the preseni; 'murderous robbe'l:'les and rapery ~n EUI·ope. 'today. -~ I ., . Aside f;:olit1 tb,ose1 that,.: at that time mov.ed •hea;iten and!· eat:th to urg·e non.-futerf~:reiice in,. :l:oretgn r--·-\\\\-'-'\\\- policies ·about -~[hieh they know ~~ .. -.~~--~~ .. --~~~--~~~~.~~ .. --~~~~~~~--~~~~-~~~~~~~.~~lw~.-j~~~~~~~~ .. ~~~.~~~M---~~~--\~~~tl~~~~~~--~~~~ nothing about; ;;were those who followed. Father\: Coughlin :in h~s campaign to ,. smear l'resldent :R6osevel't; a:::rd tlite presen't it,dmln- istration wh~n the lnatter·(\f the I' Wo:rld Court was before Congress fo!r consider;~.tilm, .. I[ . Then agai:n we have the j·grou'p of first c.olu!nnists 'as they,.,Prtght be called, . b:ut last columnists as they shoulCI. be called, who eX•' pre~sed their selitfments in re- gai'd 't;o American 'foreign. policies during the . Mi11ssolini Ethiopian campaign, :which . wa.s launched ·at the :lnstig;ation of .li.dolph Hit- ler, for the :sol<e purpose of gaug,- ing: America,n public se:qtiment. ' Once learJCling tba~ t}1te Ameri- can peoplE! were so ,disturbed 4bout interitering in foreign a:(~ fairs, and ~J111.vi.ng learned that 'the · contn~c'tual party to the ,Ahni~tic·e cof 1918 and' its sub~ seq,uent ·and resultant Versailles Treaty no longer sho>ved an in-, tex:est in a:ffairs conctn:ning it, · Rl;tler saw :a :f;J.'ee :p.and. in an· his military aspirations, At once he militizize~d the Rhine ~ith fSr- tiJCications and an, army; ot occu- pa:tion d.irectly hazaxdo1;,s 'to any peace,, which he followed with on·e crtmpaign. of captivity after artother .without regarcr to the :ri~-rht!s and conslderatlOl,lS others. Had these patriotic had any respect for the !lJ)le peace t•erms \laid ollr sincere arid Pe•ac,e-loving l''Jt•esiden't, they would have ran- fied his eve·ry s:tep that led <<P to the\ meeting a:t· Versailes in the first instance and opposed the >:Jo(:cupation. ,of the Rh~ne by the H·ermari arm~r only a few months ag-o, in the second place . .. .A.ji the ve1ry beginning· lro:'s venturei;J whit l1.ave we b!len lteiaring as jus'tificS.t.io.n fo1· his ltc!:sP Was :tt not the unjustifi- ab:le and ha:tsh -:on.diltion~, of .th'e b:~aty signed at . .the end of the; so!called World W<tr ·in 191'8. JD•Jiring the preliminary s~eps 'thj~t · the 1 ;madmP.n \was taking [I did we n,ot ~~ea:t• 1 at eYery -.,ide, · elfeiJ i't .A.m.ertca, thai; Germany was not treated fairly at the treaty of Versailes . .But compare ·.these ·,~o:p.cUtions as laidl yd<Jwn bac~ in 1918 with wJlat has,been handed! dow11 to 'the vanq1~~~lted and dklwn tro'dden lJeuple o:fj(the numerous :ua'titJns in. Eurpe, ~o.day, _ T~ie treaty Of, [eTsniles-_ was :Ltot fai.r ;erhaps,. 1.mt not to the Gerr.1an nation, !• •:v'lie;h at that · time was defeate(l in wa:r. It was unfair to the vic1:cr -countries .. be- cause it failed 'tn prc;perly sub- due the :possibility of the CI'_I'lll- tion. of powm:-c:raze<l milita~(Y . Je,<dero; who upot~ oi>e pretext ilr ;mother paun.chei~ llpo:a a p,olicy d revenge and conquest. But the !fberal heart and inherent toler- Etnce of ·'the Ait'i:l.ericnn people tJ#rougb. theil: l~~_esident reflected q/at .t•iierance a'nd justicF ev:_en t~i t!.le C'1l1quered.. Germans., '·i The victorious 1 a1'lilii~s cif , ~ G 18 d;ld not ravish a.nd destroy· Ge:r~· ~lnan neople anlll territory beyond · the p~ir>t ;f nee<rs.~ity. When tb.e armi!'ltice was xe(;i_uesi:ed, figb.'ting p:ract~ca;lly stopped, excep.!> for a few scattered ski~:mishes, ,\n.d in due timE! the ceajse fiTin.g order was g·iven. and 'h_::titru; we .. re __ 'seH:!jf.-. 1• uPon without 'the ,wh.ole~ale J.n- : v~sion of Herman tecrrito~iY· T~a ~ German go;:--e:rJ:UilL~nt wa••.Ju~we<l ' . to· functl{o:ril as. before Wl!!JJ. very rllild resnil~tions, _,and eve~ 1 ~ tb.c·se bein\' liffe1d wit!J5.Jl a c Jmpa:ri- ., ,, - !\ ' ., 1' Jj li II o\. \if . • • . k . \wor. s ;, ! Fire ' . il . - works il • !I. ENTERTAINMENT' GALORE •• 0 ~ . i[ . • • ·~. • . '· \ \'-.. . [I ,, 1· T'Wo Day I?r:ogl\am li . JULY3R)) ' u I , \ · S:OO - 10:00 P.M.- Band Concert. \ ~ ~ \ \ !1 ... JULY 4'kH / 'I • . • ~;r,f 12:00- Trap Shoot at the~Airpqrf \ \ ,: ~ p;f'.. \, ' \ . J 2:30- ~1rchery Exhibition ·· /' · 3:0,0 ·-, ~[orse Shoe Hitc~ng ~~:uitest . ('Open to all-- No ~ntry Fee) 6~00 -· Basket Picnic /J: · · 8:00 - B:~nd Concert\// \ . . ; ],0:·00 -. MaPlinoth I:ireworks,Display· ]! 1 ':00 ~- Pai~ Plan:<Dancing· .:· :AN Otfi.FASHiONED PIGNIC- \ ··~· ·~·-···~· .(),