The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-06-11
LEAGUE MUST
Be APPROVED
IN SPITE OF
MR.. WILSON
While President Has Acted
Abominably,'' Richmond
Publicist Believes Covenant
is Best Remedy for Chaos.
WILSON IS. LOSING OUT
DUDLEY FoULkE

The proposed League of Nations,
though defective, is the necessary
opening step to a great federation of
the world which will keep peace
among the nations as securely as the
federal government now keeps peace
among the states of the union, and
should not be rejected by the senate
as punishment for Wilson, in the
opinion of William Dudley Foulke,
OF this city, member of the executive
committee of the League to Enforce
Peace.
In an interview Wednesday Mr..
Foulke said that public opinion con-
corning the proposed peace treaty and
the League of Nations should not be
influenced by resentment against the
president. A separate treaty. not in
cluding the League of Nations, would
mean the abandonment of the League,
which. Mr.. Foulke believes, is neces-
sary for the protection of the small
states just springing into independ-
ence.
Knows How Senators Feel.
When questioned as to his feeling
concerning the activities of the senate
on the question, Mr.. Foulke said:
Il know exactly how the senators
feel about the League OF Peace. and SO
far as my personal sympathy goes. my
feelings are altogether with them.
think the president has acted abomi-
nably in failing to take them into his
confidence from the beginning. The
constitution says that he shall make
treaties by and with the advice and
"a hof
something more than mere consent.
He is to seek and receive their advice.
1t is true that most treaties are made
first by the executive department and
then submitted, but during the pro-
gress of the negotiations 1t is common
for the president to confer informally
with the committee on foreign rela-
tions and sometimes with other lead.
ers Of the senate and find out how
the land lies. This is really the only
safe course unless he wishes to invite
rejection of the treaty. Above all
is this important with treaties made
at the close of a war, when vital mat
tiers have to be decided. and there
never was a time when it was half so
important as today.
Mckinley Recognized Senate
How differently Mckinley acted at
the close of the war with Spain. He
sent, as / recollect it, three senators
to be among the representatives OF
our country, two of his own party and
one Democrat, giving both sides rep
resentation. Yet cooperation was not
half so necessary then as now IN the
midst of this terrible world tangle. Yet
Mr. Wilson has been playing a lone
hand, consulting with no one, anC
while he says this is not party mat
ter, yet Republican senators have hat
no chance to participate in anything
he does. We have never had a presi
dent SO mulish and at the same time
so vacillating. Ever since he was toe
proud to fight and kept us out o
war he has been constantly shifting
his position. yet he seems to take no
body into his counsel unless it b,
Colonel House. This Is calculated t.
exasperate the senators beyond meas
ure and very Justly"
Speaking on the proposed covenan
itself, Mr.. Foulke said: The proposed
covenant itself is, in some respects
a clumsy document. The assembly o
the nations is an awkwardly construct
ed body; the reference to the Monroe
doctrine is very vague. There are n,
specific provisions for the development
of International law and there ar,
other defects"
Result Is Compromise
The reason for the apparent clum
siness of the proposed peace treaty
Mr.. Foulke believes, is that many ma
tions have to pass upon the documen
and it would be impossible to expec
to get the best possible treaty.
The result" said Mr.. Foulke, mus
be a compromise and many imperfec
tions are sure to creep in and tn
question Is Ought we to reject tn
whole league and the treaty of peac
itself and compel the work to be don
again with all the misfortunes tha
will attend continued state of wa
for months ahead and without any cel
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