Word: intact
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...relations of the Assembly to the Council. Those who designed the League adopted the theory that the five Powers must be given special privileges and authority if they were to become members; at the same time it was thought that the smaller nations would feel so grateful for remaining intact after the War that they would willingly concede this power. No sooner had the session begun, however, than it was evident that these lesser nations were bent on making the Assembly, instead of the Council, the leading body in the League. Their attack was supported vigorously by such...
...bill now awaiting the President's signature is a step in the right direction; but it comes too late. Congress should have acted in this matter at least a year ago, if our forces were to be kept intact. But for what we have we should be grateful. We have been talking much of late about bonuses and rewards for our veterans; and Congress is today bickering about grants for these ends. But without questioning the expediency of such grants, we must not forget that those still in the service deserve at least as much at our hands. A square...
...telegram declaring it imperative that the Democratic party stand as the uncompromising supporter of the Versailles Treaty without reservations, shows that he fails to understand the present attitude of the American people. Nine months ago a referendum would undoubtedly have showed a majority in favor of passing the Treaty intact. But the Republicans chose to use their majority in the Senate to play partisan politics with the document of Versailles until it has become an issue between a treaty with some reservations or no treaty. And the majority of Americans support the former choice...
...fact, not a theory, confronts the President. Of course he desires that the treaty be adopted intact, but that seems impossible. At the Peace Conference he wisely compromised on several points, following the doctrine, as he styled it, of "intelligent expediency." It was a calamity that the Senate should have played politics and refused unqualified ratification of the document that promised to mean so much to the world. But it will be worse than a calamity if the treaty is refused entirely. Unless a League of Nations to minimize the possibility of future conflicts is created, the war will have...
Some wanted the treaty passed without change; some wanted it passed with mild, clarifying reservations; some wanted the Lodge reservations; but practically everybody has wanted it ratified and does want it ratified. At first, the administration Senators attempted to put the document through intact, but in vain. The nation clamored for ratification. Again the Democrats tried, with mild reservations, but the Republican group, holding the whip hand, insisted that their conditions be fulfilled without the change of a comma. It was a game of the whole hog or none. Still more concessions have been made by the Democrats, until their...