Speech of Hon. Philander Chase Knox of Pennsylvania
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Excerpt from Speech of Hon. Philander Chase Knox of Pennsylvania: Delivered in the Senate of the United States Friday, August 29, 1919 It is no fault of mine if the facts themselves shall speak an impeachment of the wisdom, the purpose, or the result of the negotiations. Fortunately it is no longer necessary to insist upon the high importance of this treaty nor the fact that it marks the point in our history where we turn from our old course of proved happiness, prosperity, and safety to a new one, for us yet untried, of alliances, balance of power, and coalition with Countries and peoples whose interests, aspirations, and ideals are foreign to our own, because the people are waking to this as the true issue. Little by little they are bringing a divulgence of the facts connected with the treaty and they may now hope finally to see the whole of the great gaunt tragedy into Which those whom they had charged with protecting them were about to betray them. But as this treaty itself, as finally placed before us, is so intricate and all-embracing in its conception, is so ponderous and voluminous in its execution, is so microscopic in detail, and, because of these things, so inaccessible to the people upon whose backs it is proposed to place its mighty burdens, it has seemed due and proper that, to the extent of my power, I should add my bit to the information which other Senators are so ably placing before them. For assuredly it is one of the calamities of this situation that of the hundred million of us who are to sign this great promissory note, but a paltry few thousand will be able to read it before signature. And that, Mr. President, is at once my reason and my excuse for again intruding my voice in this discussion, for it is the duty of each of us who are charged with the responsibility of speaking and acting for the people in this matter to give to them in as concrete and understandable a form as we may the actual provisions of this document. The people will judge this matter rightly if they but know and understand its facts. But unfortunately this treaty, intricate, ponderous, and voluminous as it is, yet is by no means the whole story. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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