South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-21


Rave heard it consistently and persistently
damned; may have INDUCED such damnation your
self Get it through your head now 1t is the
heart and soul of the League Of Nations,-what
America fought for in the abstract reduced to
the concrete.
And don't get peeved You are not the only
one, If you at all, who has condemned the
League of Nations covenant without ever reading
it-or seeming to comprehend it.
Even various leaders of the United States senate
are as bad off as you sre-or worse. In all prob
ability they know better than what they are claim
ing for it. but then, they are statesmen" you
know.
Yes, it II the notorious" the "infamous'-or
"as you Ike it,"-the ''traitorous" Article x.
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Q TUDY it now for a moment at first hand; study
- the text. Observe the emphasized words: "as
against external aggression" and "n of any
such aggression and "of such aggression"
These words are important because they are not
left out; important that the enemies of the
League, until nailed to the cross for their per6dy
used to leave them out
Get the way the article reads with these empha-
sized words deleted and then go back and read it
as it appears in the covenant. The difference is
significant Of the unfarness, dishonorableness
and mtruthfulness of the butchers, who by emas-
culation would have you believe that the League
of Nations stands for what it does not This is
the way it looks and reads, when emasculated:
The members OF the League undertake TO respect
and preserve the territorial integrity and exist
,ins political independence of all members OF the
League In any threat OF danger
the shall advise upon the by which
obligation shall be fulfilled"
And the purpose of the "deletion''-such mis-
representation and frauds to make appear:
l. That IT obgates us to Interfere in all the turnois
OF all the countries members or the League; turmOs
Internal" well external"
H. That II Obligates least permits, all the
we'll as "eXtcTnal,"-
while in reality the covenant itself expressly for
bids interference in the internal" affairs of any
power.
IF you can find anything straight, honorable, or
fair, IN such skullduggery; well, your answer must
depend upon your own sense of honor-if you
have anyl
4 H! But they say Art. creates super-sov-
n ereignty out of the League of Nations. Read
again the article itself as it heads this page
1t might look suspiciously so if it read as the
butchers have time and again presented it to the
public with the emphasized words eliminated to
make it create a super-sovereignty-bu guaran-
tee of territorial integrity and existing political
independence as against external aggression
and external aggression only, is guarantee of
sovereignty, not an assumption of it.
Only political petthogger, the like of the le-
gal ones which appear every morning IN the two
thousand police courts of the country would pre-
tend otherNViSe,-a fine specimen of which Is
found IN the reservation submitted by Sen. Lodge
to the senate with reference to this phase of the
covenant
Forced to concede the application of the
article to external aggression it still presmes
to reserve for the sake of its CUFF and to delude
the people, a saving against Intervention in
internal conflict" -never contemplated Read
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United States declines to the
provisions Of Article other article ObliCa
preserve the territorial integrity political
dependence OF other country interfere in
trovcrses between other nations whether members OF
the League employ the military and naval
of the United States such controversies to
adopt economic measures the protection OF 9TH
country. whether member OF the league not
against external aggression for the purpose OF
any other country the purpose OF ntcrven-
the international conflicts other controversies
which arise in other country and no mandate
shall Tee accepted by the United states under Article
NIL 1. of the treaty Of peace with Germany
ccpt joint resolution OF the Congress OF
the United states"
You get the twsddle Children themselves, in
matters of international craftsmanship, the oppon-
ents of the League have to have it submitted to
them primer fashion. Of course the United States
cannot be bound to do any of these things without
Joint resolution of congress" directing the
American representatives IN the council and
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