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THE COMMONUIt, LINCOLN, NEII.
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"Time is on our side. It is better to
write one word on tho rock than a thou-
aand on tho water or tho sand."
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Timo will tell whether the Bull Moose was or
was not a "forerunner," hut it was at least -crying
in tho wilderness," and its head was "deliv
ered on a charger." v
Presidont Wilson has left more "deserving re
publicans", in tho diplomatic service than there
were "descrying democrats" in the service, and
yet Mr. Ilughos is not satisfied. Horvice. ana
And, yet, it is possible that during tho cam
paign Colonol Roosevelt might prefer to flX
under President Wilson in Mexico rathlr ff
light for Candidate Hughes to tte UnftS BtSS
Mr. Hughos has not referred yet to tho thirtv
treaties with nations representing three-fourths
of the population of tho world. They Sake va
IfinSl tUA con1tractinS countries a Lmoto pos
uorentf0 "" BOt WOrth a word of
?es ihQ PrKrossive party has expired but
res tine on 152? W peacefully wUh Us head
resting on the bosom of the G. O p it dip ?n
convulsions and calling for vengeance on thoS
responsible for its untimely death
Is g0,Ing t0 bG llot work during this heatnri
spell for Mr Hughes to prepare a speech which
will please both Colonel Roosevelt an the German-American
voters. Reconciling the suffra
gettes and anti-suffragettes will bl easy coml
pared with this task. y com
. 5 "IllBhos has come out against craff ?,no
J Well that depends. No obJeX"' to
little graft for the tariff barons and the shin
Ping trust, and the trust magnates fand the
nnw?fan? ?? exnloits of Latin America, ac
ddiffeeretn0t.U,8 PrBram- But that'
iw Hufhea is trying to get the woman vote
by endorsing a natipnal amendment. The na!
tional amendment will come as soon as a few
more states act. The women will not forget thSJ
President Wilson went to New Jersey to vote
for woman suffrage and then urged the convent
tion to put a suffrage plank in the democratic
Platform. What did Mr. Hughes do for uff rage
before becoming a candidate? Did he go to
New Yprk to vote for It? fft he advi ,
SiUftVJn ,C G 8uffrage Ptok'ta ttJ Publican
Sn oSbS!? 0r was h0 8llont on that SS
A NEW JEREMIAH
By comparison, tho mournful utterances of thn
Prophet of Sorrow seem quite optimistic atw
Hughet tU "ationsfeS
The Thirty Peace
Treaties
The friends of universal peace have abundant
reason to favor the re-election of President Wil
son. His administration is conspicuous for tho
service which it has rendered the world in the
formulation of a peace plan which makes war a
remote possibility between the contracting na
tions. This plan, now embodied in treaties
with thirty nations which, altogether, exercise
authority over three-quarters of the population
of the globe, provides 1st., that ALL DISPUTES
OF EVERY KIND AND CHARACTER, which
can not be settled by diplomacy MUST, if they
are not by another TREATY submitted for ar
bitration, be submitted to an international tri
bunal for investigation and report; 2nd., that
tho investigation must be concluded within one
year; 3rd., that the contracting parties reserve
the right of independent action at the conclu
sion of the investigation; but, 4th, that they
agree not to resort to force during the investi
gation. These four provisions will, it is believed,
make war a remote possibility between the con
tracting parties.
Tho plan of these treaties has been followed
by Brazil, Argentina and Chile, in a treaty
which they have recently signed. If the bel
ligerent nations had been bound together by
similar treaties the present conflict might have
been avoided, but, while they were supplied
with machinery for war, they had no machinery
sufflcient for dealing with disputes which defied
diplomatic settlement. AND, STRANGE TO
SAY, UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF THIS AD
MINISTRATION THIS COUNTRY WAS NEAR
LY AS POORLY SUPPLIED AS EUROPE WITH
MACHINERY FOR PEACE. U"UJ wiim
Below will be found a copy of the treaty with
the Netherlands, the first of tho series signed
with a European nation. The others follow the
same general form, varying from it only in
minor details: y .
"The President of the United States of
America and Her Majesty the Queen of -The
Netherlands, being desirous to strengthen tho
bonds of amity that bind them together and
also to advance the cause of general peace
have resolved to enter into a treaty for that
purpose, and to that end have appointed as
their plenipotentiaries:
"Tho President of tho United States tho
Steand WiHIam Jmning3 Bryan' "W
"Her Majesty the Queen of The Nethprisinria
Chevalier W L. F. C. van Rappard, ?n&
ordinary and minister plenipotentiary of ' The
Nej-lands to the United States;
, ?' ,after havinS communicated to each
other their respective full powers, found to be
in proper form, having agreed upon and con!
eluded the following articles:
"ARTICLE I
"The High Contracting Parties agree that all
disputes between them, of every nature ShS
soever, to the settlement of which Srevfn,"
bitration treaties or agreements do nTappVin
their terms or are not applied in fact shall
when diplomatic methods of ad w. ? '
failed; be referred for tatoUonriort
to a permanent international commission il
constituted in the manner prescribed I S FiL0 b?
succeeding article; and theTSS? not to df
clare war or begin hostilities during such ?"
vestigation and before the report is ubmUteS'
"ARTICLE II
lows: One member shall be chosen TJ8 fot
governments, it beinc undiWnnS T ? Jhe two
not be a citizen of Sther countr ! he Sba11
of the commission shall be "Said bvT texpenses
ernments in equal proporUom by the tW0 eov"
in International commission aimii .
pointed within six months aXr L lall be an
the ratifications o ! thi T trea?v- nf hange of
shall bo filled according il & and vacacies
original appointment . thG manner of the
"ARTICLE HI
havfaTd JgSt lT?
methods, they shall atnceefer ft t?W
ternational commission for investicatfnn ,
, jport. The international commission may "? '
:ever, spontaneously offer its services tn ?;
.effect, and in such case it- shall notifv C
governments and request their co-oneraHnn h
tho investigation. operation in
"Tho High Contracting Parties agree to f,
nish the permanent international comirL.
with all the means and facilities reSi fn
its investigation and report. re(iuired for
"The report of the international commissi
shall be completed within one year Tftor ?n
date on which it shall declare its investteat ff
to have begun, unless the High Contr5S
Parties shall limit or extend the time t Tm7
tual agreement. The report shall be prepared
in triplicate; one copy shall be presented 5
each government, and the third retained bv ti,
commission for its files. e
"The High Contracting Parties reserve thP
r,s!!i t0,act indPendently on the subject-matter
of the dispute after the report of the commis
sion shall have been submitted.
"ARTICLE IV
"The present treaty shall be ratified by thP
President of the United States of America, by
and with the advice and consent of the senate
thereof; and by Her Majesty the Queen of Tho
Netherlands; and the ratifications shall bo ex
changed as soon as possible. It shall take ef
fect immediately after the exchange of ratifica
tions, and shall continue in force for a period
of five years; and it shall thereafter remain in
force until twelve months after one of the
High. Contracting Parties have given notice to
the other of an intention to terminate it.
"In witness whereof, the respective plenipo
tentiaries have signed the present treaty and
have affixed thereunto their seals.
"Done in Washington on the eighteenth day
of December, in the year of our Lord nineteen
hundred and thirteen."
The following nations have, In the order
given, entered into treaties with the United
States:
1. Salvador August 7, 1913
2. Guatemala ., September 20, 1913
3. Panama . .-. .j September 20,1913
i' JJnduras '..... .November 3,1913
5- Nicaragua December 17,1913
6. Netherlands December 18, 1913
7. Bolivia January 22, 1914
8. Portugal February 4, 1914
J. Persia February 4, 1914
JJ- Denmark February 5,1914
il' Switzerland February 13,1914
To Hosa Ra February 13, 1914
id. Domincian Republic . .February 17, 1914
14. Venezuela March 21, 1914
JS Jtaly : . ,May 5 1914
16. Norway June 24,1914
" eru July 14,1914
To Hrug,uay July 20, 1914
19. Brazil july 24, 1914
?! rentina ...July 24,1914
H' nile July 24,1914
22. Paraguay . ,i .August 29, 1914
23. France ...... September 15, 1914
24. Great Britain . .. September 16, 1914
5. Spam September 15,1914
SS S na ....September 15, 1914
IV SUSsl October 1, 1914
28. Equador October 13,1914
29. Greece , October 13, 1914
6Q' Sweden October 13, 1914
In addition to the thirty nations signing
these treaties, three other nations, Germany,
Austria and Belgium hase formally accepted the
principles embodied in the plan.
W. J. BRYAN.
AN TJNPIiEASANT CONTRAST
aJ?Wa.and,Nebraska ar separated by the Mis
nnViTmS111' unfortunately, that is not the'
oniy WATER that separates the democracy of
rS?i Btates. If the democrats of Nebraska
win read the platform adopted by the democracy
or Iowa they will understand why the party is
nopeful of carrying the state this fall. The Iowa
aemocracy has been cut loose from the brewery,
the distillery and the saloon and become the
champion of virtue, intelligence and patriotism
or the state. Iowa's democracy is looking ahead.
THE ANGUISH OF A JUSTICE
nJfnj. one reads th acceptance speech of
S n , tQ Hu&kes he wonders how the dis
tinguished jurist could keep silent while the
S.ei8L ,nt was aoinK &u tn wicked things of
which he now complains. What anguish he must
uave suffered during the past three years!