The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-15
SEN. REED SWANS LARGE AUDIENCE BY
 LENGTHY SPEECH ON
 LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Adoption of League of Ma tiOns Covenant Not POliti- cal Question He States. Reiterates That He Sup
 ported War Measures

Order and quiet prevailed
 while United States Senator James A. Reed of Missouri waxed eloquent for two hours
 and forty-five minutes before a
 capacity audience at the lief ferson theatre last night Hay
 ing the adoption of the league
 of nations, being interrupted Eonly by shouts and cheers from the crowd, of which he was the master from the very beginning | to the conclusion of his speech. Following the introduction of sena- | tor Reed by Judge A. Latady he arose. and was greeted by almost "a two l minute ovation by his audience He said: 'You who have been reading the press, no doubt, assembled here ex- pecting to see monster with horns | and breathing smoke and lava out the nose, and I feel n great sense of relief after seeing such pictures produced I in print and looking at you; I could hardly distinguish you from good representative crowd of Missouri peo- pie. didn't feel that I was coming to a strange land, for the state of Mis- souri has always counted herself n daughter of the south. that we are kinspeOpIe and another thing, where hR ari iRun fnp iss En He reiterated the stand he has taken in I supporting war measures and questions demanding his support in Congress and l said: ''I voted for war when the flag was insulted upon the high seas at time when I knew mothers must kiss their sons farewell, fathers would stand long 1 ingly watching them disappear. departing ! perhaps to pay their life to their coun- | try, knew blood would be spIfed empty chairs would result and many would never | return, and it was that the majesty Of | this republic must be maintained that liberty on earth would never die.
 DEBATE QUESTION
 "Th> only way to settle the question of | the league of nations is by debate. He | who will not reason is bigot, fool or | q coward, and only a man who goes out I side and not inside fears investigation, said Senator Reed, which was fololwed | by loud applause. He invited his hearers l to listen to the other side of the question | at a time when meeting was not being 1 held at the same time he was speaking. 1 Senator Reed said his opponents are say | ing that unless the league of nations Is signed nations will fling each other at
 their throats, there will be marches and l counter marches and cities will be dew
 astated and then he says, you tell me you can take party of scoundrels and |
 a short while, and with every jnation with selfshness you can't reserve a place for self determination ac- semble enough wickedness to make right eousness. Let's have senses and get out l of this dream"
 BROTHERLY LOVE
 1 When the men who wrote the league of, nations realized and recognized that | brotherly love alone could not control all nations and they inserted into the cov- enant a preparation of armament which makes it a league of power, of adnirals 1 and generals, and urged that whatever
 decision the people come to for them to reserev a place for self determination ac- cortling to his statements.
 1 The speaker went into the composition and Jurisdiction of, the covenant and dis cussed it by saying that it demanded or ] the nation to send her soldiers into any 1 part of the world when disputes arose over international questions, and while he left the Monroe doctrine to lawyers ana other statesmen to discuss. he said that he subject of internal questions was vital | to America.
 ] The league is composed of 32 nations with others to follow, each having one vote on all questions, except England who has six, according to the speaker, and in ringing tones he said, Would you ! Ina questions before this great assembiage of foreigners? Are you willing to put your one representative against these foreign votes?" No, no was shouted by
 the audience. That is the League or Nations," he said
 q don't like the policy of putting Amer l ican policies before a representative na- tional group of 31 foreigners for decision and I'll never vote to give it to any for 1 eign power on this earth" I'm voting for the people to attain more power, not to take it away from them."
 Es CALL THE ROLL
 ES.sHearken untot me ve people and listen while I call the roll of those who will De given voice equal to that of the United l States. Liberia, nobody outside lunitic asylum who would give them vote equal to that Of America H,,le coun- li, fry represented by 5000 so-called civil lized 12 Afro-A American negroes and l. To5n ooO almost barbarians and gentle n,an from this state will sit there and
 say he does," he said.
 1 He proceeded by naming many smaller countries in all comprising IT black or lron-white nations with vote equal 10 that of America in the league and said
 # these small countries no larger Tn
 lnopulation than Alabama should have a voice then the state of Alabama shouid
 he represented And, while we've been
 getting one vote England has attaineu s,x and vet she denies Ireland Voice,
 she still maintains her mastersnip oi the seas and the shrewdest statesmen since Roman days have maintained .heir place and because her statesmen nave Iexcelled others you don't want to sena lany amateurs up against them,
 1 COUNCIL OF NINE
 In the council of nine. represented oy
 six monarchies and three republics our fates are decided upon and it is here that the foreigners come in to settle our
 louestions without our representative be-
 ire allowed a vote, even though your
 Irrational representatives deem it neces-
 sarv to pass some war measures. if un-
 satisfactory to one of these nine they
 can take steps preventing and put the
 question before the council whic'. will
 take away the power to protect our
 selves, according to the speaker and
 Great Britain, Belgium, Italy. Spain
 Greece, France, Brazil and the United
 ,-.,Ira m tba co,pcil and see yvhT