The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-09-12

no claim can be made against the United
4 States in regard 10 tho use or sale dur
! ing tho war by our government or by
! persons acting for our government OF
! any rights in industrial. literary or ar
: tistic property. including patents. etc.
! observation-disclosures agreement that
/ the United States shall turn over
! 5000 900 tons of German shipping seized
! in American ports. which moro than
compcnsatcs us for shipping lost during
! the war.
! "Twclfth-Wc would lose our mem
, bcrship on the rcparations commission.
! which will be tho most powerful inter
national body ever created. and which
will have enormous control over the
trade and commerce OF Germany with
! tho rest Of tn" world for years to come
Not All We Would Lose.
These ar" some but by no means all
/ Of tho valuable concessions which The
United States would inevitably sccrIiicc
! by failing In ratfy the treaty. This
/ failure would b" just as complete If We
adopt an amendment 10 II ~ il We re-
icCtrd Tho treaty absolutely. In either
! event We would find ourselves n tho md
| Of the war it is true. but without any
! peace or terms OF peace with Germany.
| cd associates and we would be reduced
! 10 tho necessity nf seeking n negotiated
peace with nm angry Germany on such
! terms ns she would hN willing to accord.
I'VE are aware that tn" claim has
| been Sct up that ono nf tn" proposed
mcndmcntS which relates only 10 the
! lcagu" nr nations docs not rrQuir" the
assent Of Germany This is based on
! the fact that Germany is not yet a
/ member az the league Of nations and
! may not b" for several years. TIL" am
| Swcr is. however, that tho league cove
| nant is a part Of tho treaty and the
! league. whirh is mentioned in many
! places in tn" treaty. has much to dn
/ with German affairs. cv'T though Ger
! many is not m"mbrr Germany, in
agreeing To tho treaty. has asscntcd 10
| tho provisions Of the covenant. and one
! Of tho provisions is that II can only ne
| amended by tho action Of the league,
which has not y"t started. as we'll AS by
a majority Of tn" members OF tn" as
scmbly. II ia obvious, therefore. II il
! is to be amended in any other way,
| Germanys assent would hc just ns ne
ccssary to any other article Of the
/ treaty.
| Tho reservations proposed by TIL,
| majority Of this committee arc of such
n character as Mt once hctray their
! authorship. They arc the work Of Sem
! atorS organized for tho purpose of de-
! St-oyng tho league and If possible de-
| fcating this treaty. Their phrascoloGy
| is such as make this purpose plain.
| They arc in no sense intcrprctativc res
crvntions to he used to make clear lam
| Euagc in tho treaty that might DO con-
sidcrcd doubtful. but they arc so framed
70 hn chr NJ Senators
who desire tho defeat Of III" treaty.
Arc Alterations.
while masQucrading in the guisc OF
reservations they arc in fact alterations
OF the treaty. x Xxxxxx
The league Of nations proposes to
! organize tho nations OF tho world for
! peace whereas they have always hereto
| fore been organized for war. 1t pro-
! poses. to establish the rul" of intcrna-
tional Justice N place of force. IT pro-
poses to make war Of conquest i'm
! possible by uniting all nations against
! tho offender. y XIX Xxx
! 1T IL tn" only plan proposed to re-
! deem tho world from wnr. nrstilcnCn and
; famine. The only ono by which a
stricken world can be redeemed from the
disasters of III" late war and dangers Of
I
: who daily and delay az they sock with
I microscopes to find Some petty flaw in
! its structure. have nothing themselves
to propose.
! They have appealed TO every prejudice
and rcsortcd 10 every desperate method
I Of attack to destroy this great intcrna-
| tional effort TO establish peace but they
suggest nothing in its place.
"Thcy dcnouncc the public demand for
! energetic action as 'Clamor.' They rail
| ut tho president who with tho rcprcscn-
I tativcs of many other nations has de-
! voted months Of hard work tn great
! constructive effort to scttl" ia" terms
! and r"organizc the world for peace.
! Finally. unable to stem the It'd" Of pub
| liz demand for tho league Of nations.
/ they resort to so-called reservations
! in tho hope that they can destroy by in
( direct inn what thny hate found unas-
. Sailahlc by direct attack.
I'VE renew our recommendation that
/ tho work vt tho peace conference be con-
; ilrmed, the will Of the people fulfilled