The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-08-14

Inc lAe'. FieucilCh LsHSii, cuAtol AZ
chief of the Christian at Work, Il
Fifth avenue, New York, recently
wrote Senator Borah taking exception
to his attitude toward the league Of
nations. He referred particularly tC
the threatened massacre of the Ar
menians, and implied that in opposing
the league the Idaho senator woulc
have the United States refuse to joir
other nations in protecting weak ma
tons and the innocent peoples of this
world" The reply of Senator Boraf
is here given in full:
Makes His Position Clear.
Washington, d. C., Aug. /, 1919.
My Dear Reverend Lynch:
thank you for your letter. | shall
erdeavor to answer the question which
you PROFOUND and l shall endeavor tc
do so with clearness and candor.
have no reason to conceal my position
and had not supposed that it was in
doubt. i regret exceedingly if after
three months debate l have been un-
able to make myself clear.
1t Is little difficult to answer your
question without being somewhat
tedious and extending the letter over
too much space. You say in your let
ter, referring to the threatened mas
sacre of the Armenians by the Turk
1T is simply a question whether the
United States shall agree to act with
England and France and the other ma
tons which stand for righteousness
and civilization to protect the weak
nations and the innocent peoples of
the world etc. Really, Reverend
Lynch, in this enlightened day and
age of the world a general statement
like that is not sufficient. Your gen.
eral statement is contrary to the ac-
tual facts. England and France and
the other nations which stand for
righteousness and civilization to pro-
tect the weak nations and the inno-
cent peoples of the world" To begin
with, you are perfectly familiar with
the fact that this scheme which you
advocate includes Japan, the most
nilitaristic and despotic nation now in
existence. You are also perfectly fla :
m'liar with the fact that Japan is
now engaged in literally destroying
the Koreans as a distinct people.
They are being shot down, decimated,
their women outraged. their children
disemboweled, their aged and infirm
for no other reason than
that the Koreans still love their
country and aspire to independence
you are asking close
with that power and
program which would strengthen the
arm of Japan and protect her in her
deliberate scheme to massacre those
helpless people whom she is under
solemn treaty obligation to protect.
Secondly YOU are perfectly aware
that in violation of every rule of NOR
atty and international honor Japan
has succeeded in having written into
this treaty clause which will trans
fer to her the domination and control
" nearly forty million more people.
whom she will deal with in the same
way that she is dealing with the Kor-
cans and whom she has already be-
run to deal with as she deals with
Koreans. You know that that trans
Ter is in violation of honor and NOR
Any and common decency and yet
You would have me vote for the out
age and then vote for a scheme which
would pledge the American boys to
inderwrite and perpetuate that crime.
This is one of the nations, for it is in
our league, which you with remark
bile freedom of language refer to as
for righteousness and civili-
alton and to protect the weak ma
ions and innocent peoples. If you
nd those in your honored calling and
Who stand for the Christian religion
each such doctrines as that and are
Wiling to connive at such criminal
utrages and to compromise with such
practices, what in the name
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