Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-03-01
Former Secretary Of State
Points Out Weaknesses
Of Present Plan.
AMERICA FACING
RULE BY EUROPE
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end All Nstlsas q The World.


Washington. March a-AetAeu on
the league Of nations wsrs delivered n
the senate today by Senator Knox OF
Penn.ylvania, republican member OF
the foreign relations committee ana
former secretary Of stats. and Senator
Hardwick, Of Georgia. democrat the
latter making probably his last formal
a address before retiring March :.
IN lieu >of the proposed league Som
ator Knox suggOSted different fofm
Of world oraanisat1on, an international
court TO administer an fnternauonal
code Of law and conveutions between
the nations. He charged that the league
a. now framed would sanction war.
Senator Hardwick. asserted that IN
would require the cooperation OF our
sons to police tho world"
Both 1peakers visoroualy asserted
tI.at the proposed league would breed
war and not peace. Both Also oeoles9o
that the tentative constitution was IN
constitutional and would 1mpsif Amef-
lean sovese!gnty and @ouid submit wal
domestic questions to foreign t1iou-
nal in which the United States would
be outvotsd. :.
Senator Knox assailed the league OF
nations a. striking down American
constitutional pfinciples. and he prv-
posed A new world organization which,
he said, would preserve the Monroe
doctrine and save America from the
result OF European intsigue and az,
gression" k-e -s''=
A Dessdsr ~ Wsrs.
Senator Knox, who attended tho
whita House dinner conference last
wednesday With other melnben of tho
senate foreign relations COMMITTEES.
said the constitutions OF the league -
presented to the peace conference
sanctions, breeds and commands war
and after criticiz1ng various clauses OF
the document, asked:
.-Why this feverish anxiety for the
adoption OF this plan? Why this rae
ing up and lown tho land by propa-
gandists urging its adoption? What
benefit is to come from such sale OF
the country a. II urged upon usI VINO
ara the beneficiaries Of this betrayal
Of our peopleT
The Pennsylvania senator said that
IL the people of the United States de-
sired what he termed q real league Of
nations to prevent war and mot merely
build 4 coalition to further trade or
preserve and expand territorial posses
sions," It might be secured thru the
formation of an international organiza-
ton comprising all the nations Of the
world.
Suggests New Plan.
Senator Knox said the constitution
Of such an international coalition
should primarily declare war on inter-
national crime and stipulate that any
nation engaging in It except In self de-
fnnse be punished by the world as an
international criminal. He also sug-
gested that the constitution provide
that international disputes be decided
by an International court according to
an international code defining war; that
no nation could summon another before
the court unless the subject under dis
cussion was Of common concern to the
contending nations, and that jurisdic-
ton of the court not extend to matters
of governmental policy.
Under such code, Senator Knox
declared, America would not, as In
event the present plan Of the league of
nations were realized, be called upon to
arDitTate the policy involved IN the
Monroe doctrine, our conservation pol
icy."our immigration policy. our right to
expel aliens, our right to repel inva-
sion and to maintain military and
naval establishment: our right to make
necessary fortification OF the Panama
canal or on our frontiers and our
right to discriminate between natives
and foreigners in respect TO rights of
property and citizenship.
Monroe Doctrine For All.
! Among other suggestions for the
constitution Senator Knox said II
should provide that the countries OF
the two hemispheres be called upon to
enforce DEGREES Of the international
court only in their Irrespective hernis-
pheres.
"A league framed on these broad
lines" he continued, would carry with
il minimum loss Of our sovereignty,
would relieve us from participation in
the broils OF Europe, Would pre-
serve the Monroe doctrine and would
save America from the results OF Eu.
ropean intrigue and aggression"
In opening his address, Senator Knox
saidIhe wished It understood he had not
secured negative conclusions in regard
to the constitution Of the proposed
league through unfricndliness or bias.
He said he was against war even to the
extent Of seeing the United States
make the utmost sacrifices possible,
but that he wanted to feel sure that
when the offering OF the United States
had been placed on the altar and
burned, this country should have meas
urably and proportionately advanced
the cause Of human liberty and happi.
ness.
Weakness Pointed Out
Referring to the proposed constitu-