New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-12-04
WORLD ARBITRATION
Plan RECOMMENDED
By Senator Kellogg in Discussing
League Of Nations Before Senate
THINKS WILSON IS WRONG

In Not Taking American People,
Especially the Senate, Into His
Confidence ON Peace Matters-May
Have to Keep Germany Down.
Washington, Dec. 4.-Creation Of
league of nations to maintain peace
not super-government to dominate
affairs-but a world tribunal for ar
bitration of International disputes
with enlightened public opinion
large factor in enforcing it's DEGREES,
was advocated by Senator Kellogg, Of
minnesota, republican, in an address
today in the senate.
Senator kellogg expressed regret at
what he characterized as a lack OF
disposition of President Wilson to deal
more frankly with the people and the
senate regarding his views on the
problems coming before the peace
conference
Pointing out that a league of ma
tions to stop all wars had been a "fa-
vorite theme for discussion by benevo-
lent pu'blicists and statesmen for two
thousand years." he said it's failure to
date need not be discouraging and
that public sentim ent has advanced
until an international alliance FOR
maintenance Of peace may be consid-
cred feasible.
Would Prevent All Wars.
"I believe the time has come" he
said, ''to try to esta biish a league to
prevent war and to enforce peace.
which may not be entirely prevent
i've, but, backed by a world public
sentiment, will have tremendous in
huence toward maintaining just and
equitable relations between nations
and preventing the horrors of war.
But / am not in favor of an i'm
practicable, I might say, an impossi-
pie scheme that I believe rests in the
brain of the dreamer and the WON b
or the far-distant future. No league
or nations can succeed unless it is or
Islnated in and sustained by an hon
est public sentiment of the peoples in
VOWED and unless the governments
joining in such league are responsive
as the people. These conditions exist
today to a greater extent than ever
before"
Thinks Wilson Is Wrong.
Regarding President Wilson'S &C.
uon on peace questions, Senator KeJ
logg said:
Il deplore what seems to be the
olSpos1tion OF the president not to
TAKE the American people into his
commence, especially that body of
the supreme legislative power of the
nation, the coordinate treatv-ma1,
ing body-the United States senate.
So far as possible, we should know
his views upon the difficult problems
which must be settled in Paris
would have the world informed as to
the progress Of the negotiations and
the principal issues involved from
time to time between nations s,,r-
rounding the council table It is onlv
IN this way that a healthy public
sentiment can be expressed and a
peace arrived at which shall meet the
Judgment Of the civilized world
Must Keep Germany Down.
Turning to concrete plans for a
league of nations, Senator kellogg
said unless Germany evolves a gov
eminent responsive to popular will
and with people having ideals and
aspirations different from those of the
past regime. there must be q, Ieague
of nations to 'see that GERMANY is
rendered powerless to renew the con-
test
Another important step Senator.
Kellogg said. is abolition of the sys-
tenn of secret treaties and alliances
The new treaties, he said, should be
made in the OPEN
The senator said he was opposed
to a league of established nations as
"a world super government with leg
islatures and judicial tribunals" No
league, he asserted, should have DOW
er to interfere with foreign trade,
tariff duties, commerce regulations,
development Or disposition of nation
al resources or other internal affairs
He said he believed general senti-
ment favors a league by treaty, pro-
viding not only for mediation but
binding signatory' powers to offer
mediation to contending nations and
establishing commissions for investi-
cation.