Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-11

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United States in respect to the use
or sale during the war of our govern
Went, or by persons acting for our gov
eminent, of any rights in industrial.
literary or artistic property. including
patents.
Might loss Seized Ships
eleventh. G~ermany's agreement that
the United States shall retain more
than 800, 900 tons of German shipping
seized in American ports. which more
than ConpenSatcs us for shipping lost
during the war.
"Twclfth. We would lose our mem
hcrship on the separations commission,
which will be the most powerful in
trrnatiOnal body ever created and which
will hav" enormous control over the
trade and of Germany with
the rest of the world for years to rome
1t not only supcrvis"S the use of Ger
man economic resources and the pay
mrnt of rcpnratious. but it can re
strict or expand Gcrmnny's imports and
distribute much Of her desirable cx
ports. including dyes.
I'm no way can the United States
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German imports and financial policies
unless we have a member upon this
great r"parati0mS commission
''Thcsc are some. but by no means
all, Of the valuable concessions which
tn" uitcd States would inevitably sac
Iitrc by failing to ratify the treaty.
This failure would be Just ns complete
il We adopt an amendment to il as If
We rejected the treaty absolutely. In
either event we would find ourselves
al the end Of the war. il is true. but
without any pCur" or terms of pcar"
with Germany.
I'VE would hay" abandoned our dis
gistrd associates and We would b" re
| dGrcd to the necessity of seeking n ne
g~otintcd peace with an angry Germany
oil such terms rs she would be willing
to- accord.
We are therefore without any quail
i~ticatiUu against amendments.
League Part of Treaty
1--WE are aware that the claim has
been set mp thnf one Of til" prop"Srd
amendments which relates only to the
league Of nations docs not r"Uuir" I'll"
assent of Germany. This is based ON
the fact that Germany is not yet "
member of the league of nations and
may not b" for several years. The an
Swcr is. however, that the lragU" cove
nant is Il part of tn" trruty. and til"
league, which is mentioned in many
places in tn" treaty. has much to do
with German affairs. even though Ger
many i not Il member.
"Gcrmnny in agreeing to the treaty
has aSscntrd to the provisions Of the
covenant, and one of the provisions is
that it can only be amended by the
action of the league, which has not yet
started. ratified by all the members
of the council. which has not yet or
gained. as we'll as by n majority of the
members Of the assembly. 1t is alb
viouS, therefore. if it is to b" amended
in any other way, Grrmany's assent
will be just rs necessary as to any other
article Of the treaty.
"Thr reservations proposed by tho
majority of this committee are of such
II character as at once bctray their
authorship. They are the work OF
senators organized for the purpose of
destroying the IragU" and if possible
defeating this treaty. Their phrasc"l
ogy is such as max" this purpose plain.
Framed to Defeat Treaty"
'"Th"y are in no sense iutorprctativc
reservations to be- used to make clear
lanEuag" in tn" treaty hat might be
considered doubtful. but they are SO
framed a. to receive the support OF
senator's who desire the defeat of the
treaty.
"WhilC mHsqucrading in the Guisc of
reservations they ar" in fact alterations
of the treaty. They have all the vices
of amendments and the additional vice
of pretending to be what they are not.
Presented as parts of the resolution to
ratify the treaty they would in fact,
If adopted, result in rs defeat.
"All of them apply to the league of
n"tinnS sr"ti"rS Of tn" treaty. Those
who oppose the league of nations real
IL" tnat it is invin"ibIr on Il square
tight and they hope to destroy it by
this indirrction. The league of ma
tionS has stood the test of world wide
criticism and unlimited attack. 1t
stands today as the only hope for
world peace. After all the assaults of
many months its purposes and provi-
SiunS stand out clearly defined. unaf-
frctrd by criticism. and unyielding to
attack.
The league of nations proposes to
organize the nations of the world for
peace. whereas they have always here
tofor" been organized for war. 1t pro
poses to establish the rule of %intcrna-
tional justice in place of force. 1t
proposes to make a war of conquest
impossible by uniting all nations against
the offender.
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