The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-08
REED IS BITTER IN ATTACK ON PEACE TREATY
Criticizes President for Rid ing in Special Train and Accepting Gifts From
 Other Nations

Akron, Ohio. September 7.-Presi-
 dent Wilson in his defense before
 the country of the league of nn-
 tiOns covenant s'is mistnking the
 visions of ambition for the inspira-
 tiOn of denlism,. Senator Reed, de-
 mocrat. of Missouri, declared at .
 mass meeting here today. The Mis-
 sOuri senator asserted that in MT.
 Wilson, utterances "the calm on-
 locker will recognise only the
 vapors of anger and the intemper-
 ance autocracy manifests at oppo-
 sition."
 If citizen refuses to repudiate tho policies under which this country "has become great" declared Senator Reed, he is denounced as pygmy-minded.'
 'The President marshals his syllog
 ism as general marshals the batta- lions%of his army said the Missouri senator. They move forward in lOS.- cal phalanx, but his soldiers as epi- thets. his battalions aggregations of evil names, and his army an assem- blaze of denunciatory epigrams." While the President talks much of the duty of sacrifice" he rides "at gov ernment expense on a special train" Hives in the palaces of princess and accepts presentations from foreign di- mats worth hundreds of thousands of dollars" said Senator Reed. The "sacrifices' he added, "are to be made 1 by American boys to perish in the snows of Siberia or to die beneath the suns of the equator"
 l 'Declaring that the league will bring universal peace" MT. Reed continued. i 'the President yet demands a stand | ing army of half million men, insist i ing that war will be no more, he pro- | claims the doctrine o1 universal miji- | tary training; asserting that the day has come when swords shall be beat l en into plowshares. be demands mill ! lions for nary ts SECRET CONCLAVES" :, Criticizing the President permitting conduct of the Paris negotiations with 1 in what he termed secret conclaves,' l the speaker declared MT. Wilson '.re- l fuses to answer concerning his vote l on racial equality. when the facts are he voted for Japan on racial equality" Turning to specific arguments in op- | position to the league covenant, he re- liberated his contention woui the league set up "super-state" He dweIt at 1 length on what he eontended was the power of the assembly to pack the council" under the provision requiring the assembly's approval of temper ary | or additional permanent members of the council. The assembly. he declared also could direct the ',entire destiny of the league through it's power of ap- proy;i. of new members This power he said would enable Great Britain te don.ilate the league for, he argued witt. the great number of colonies ane q 'perde ncies which, with slight gov. cr,rncrtal transforma tinn3' s.le cuult make eligible for full membership 1T
 the I, ague and representation in The as
 sembly, Great Britain could flnall,
 command enormous power" in tha
 body.
 Senator Rced construed the provision for withdrawal from the league to p1ac, that right aiso within the control o
 the assembly. declaring that ds thi
 provision falls within Article l of tn covenant where the assembly is givei jurisdiction as to all other provisions l ] it necessarily would have Jurisdiction
 on the question of withdrawal. no othe provisions being made