Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1919-07-31
TRYING TO KILL
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
ssassers Are Resersins % shs osa
Parliamentary Device % kililaa
- BY Amsa1menz

Tia Immediate aim of the ssnaace-
IN piottsrs against tAe League Covs.
nAnt 10 plain 90 the visw. Thsy are
trying 20 KIN the League of Nations.
The law assumes that men inssnA
the necessary consequences Of them
own aezs. IL the action these sana-
tors urss upon the Senate 10 taken.
q win necessarily destroy the League
Thsy Do not even seek 70 conceal
kAalr purposa. They are resortins
% the cid parliamentary device a
ktlling ~ amendment Mr.. Knox's
hostile resolution. which has gone %
In death. has been abandoned for Q
Qualifying resolution" 10 IN intendeA
that the Senate shall declare In thin
resolution that its ratification of tho
Treaty Of Peace. 20 far a. &C appites
20 the League Of Nations, shall bs
without eject 90 far a. the United
States IN concerned until the other
aations signing the Treaty shall agree
TO certain reservations. which are 90
be substantially those recommended
By Senator Root. TIE washingeoa
correspondent OF The Times asked
Senator Knox what would happea O
the allied nations decline 90 accsps
thsse reservations. -The UnitsA
States In that event would be outsiHa
the League of Nations.- Mr.. Knos
replied. with smile. without tAs
United States the League would Do
lame and impotent organiEation: I'm
All probability u would fali 10 pisceA
Therefore. We may start from tAs
postniate that sen&fos Knox. Senator
Lodge. Senator Borah. Senator John-
son and their associates fully intend
The death of the League Of Nations
and are takisg measures 10 that end.
But what is their ultsrtor aimf
Merely % prevent the erection e
safeguards against the greatest eAnss
sf human suffering eaanot be tho
whole end and aim of their plotting.
We know that they have o political
purpose-to express their hatred os
PRESIDENT WILSON. 70 discred1t
aim and thereby advance the foFtanes
" the Republican party. Their tsc-
les end their ufterances discioea thai
motive. 10 IN charged against them hy
responsible leaders q their 0wn
party. But BY what strangs perverted
process Of argument have they per-
yuaded themselves that tho success Of
;heix daapsrats ples against the
league Covenant would improve the
shanees Of the Republicans In the
Presidential election pext yeer7
TIE country is against them- Ths
great sober-minded. reasonable, and
satriotic mass of their own party 10
sgAinst them. Il 10 practically csrtsss
hat they cannot command the sap-
port Of the majority of the Republican
Senators I'm their desperate adventure.
That the Republican party st large
condemns their procedure n made
svident BY authoritative utteranees in
many States Of the Union. An sx-
President and IN sx-AttoEnsy- -1ensFsi
u their own party have condemnea
hem. More than q acnre Of repre-
sentative Republicans IN this city
snited the other day In Q ramoa-
trance against the eoarss they are
pursuing. In the West newspapers q
high standing and of unqnesxzoned
oyaity TO the party are outspoksn In
ienunciation OF the thing they ara
xying TO do. The 81 Louis 0aoes-
Democrat. . great and influential
sewspaDer of unswexvins n6eltty 90
aspublican principiee. declares tias
u large proportion of the Rspnhlie@n
sreas favors the League. and there
are but few important Repuhlican
sewspspers that are uneompromisiagfy
against t." In support Of this Assss-
ion it repToduces upon its editorial
sags In its issue of June a. ave eoi.
smns Of editorial expressions frcsn
Rep0baiean nswspaDers OF prnsuf-
aenee. al depiorfng the unwiss and
dangerous course % the Senatorial
| ,pponents Of the League. Among
these newspapers are The Ine
Angeles Times. The Portland Oregon
an. one OF the great papers Of the
Pacific coast; The Des Moines Reg
star. 3 representative Republican
paper; The Salt Lake Tribune, an
other sound Republican newspaper.
rhe Topeka Capital and the Globe
Democrat
The Globe-Democrst calls attsntios
b the adoption Of resolutions en-
dorsing the League Covenant By the
representative vote Of 3s.7so 60 41o
~ the American Fedssation OF Labor:
% the resolution Of the Federation Of
Women's Clubs. representing 2,oO0. .oOS
women. declaring its approval Of the
revised Covenant Of the League: it
points out that in q canvass of agri-
cultural papers published In forty
three States. only one Of sixty-eighi
opposed ratification of the Treaty
With the League and sixty-fDur un-
Quaiinedly favored o. Ths attitads
of the Church in favor Of the Cove
nant has been made known from han
dreds os puiDita Says the 0aobs-
Democrat: Here We have Labor,
agriculture. the Chureh. the woman,
and probably business supDcsttng tbs
League. Prom what source would ths
Republican Party draw Q conaneszng
power In opposition 30 itf It a 0
pertinent auastaon for leaders oe tAs
party
(Copy Of editorial from The New Yark
Timea oe Juns %. ls1s.)