The sun., 1919-10-19

hold Photographic copies in my hand of
the recruitingllterature they are asking
SO, 900 troops for the A, r. F., 10000
troops for the American Expeditionary
Force, with the war over, when every
American trooper ought to be returned
to his home and his country. lap
plause.
Now let me tell you what happened
over there Mr.. Wilson went over there,
and he-oh, don't hiss the President: he
is your President respect his position
Let us settle this by reason III any
body wants to call hard names let II be
the other people.
The President went over there, and
before he went he said: I am going 10
have this League Of Nations Every
body knew over there that that was the
one thing he wanted; League OF Ma
tions of some kind he was bound to
have. So while he was seeing visions
the English and the French were writ
ing in provisions. And when they got
through they had made a document that
chained the United States to the chariot
wheels of empire. and they propose to
drive that chariot.
Let us see what came out of this
war. why, sirs, when the war began
LLOYD George held up his hand and
called God to witness that Great Britain
did not want a foot of territory. But
when the war closed we find that Great
Britain and France together have alb
sorbed practically all of the great con-
tinent of Africa, that England has real
ICED her dream of a Cape-to-Cairo rail-
road, upon British territory and under
the British flag. We find that she has
seized Egypt, we find that she has seized
the islands of the sea and that, as one
of her statesmen declared, she is now
comparatively stronger than she ever
was in all her history.
France SEXES Sanr.
France took back her stolen provinces
with them. the Saar Valley, which l do
not think she ever will relinqulsh If she
can help it. On top OF that. a slice of
Africa and great indemnities. AS for
France, as far as getting back her own
territory is concerned, everybody wanted
that And as far as exacting proper
tribute from Germany everybody wanted
that. But France took a great deal be-
side that.
Japan, by agreement, took over Shan
tung with 36,000,000 people, sacred
ground of China. the home of the tomb
of Confucius, who gave the Golden Rule
to the world in inverse order 500 years
before Christ, where that great teacher
exclaimed 500 years before the Saviour,
DO you unto others that which you would
| not have others do unto you And so
this land was taken away and the islands
of the sea are taken away; and even
| while 1 speak, Japan Is reaching out the
| scaly claws of her dragons to embrace in
them the territory of the Russians. So
| these nations helped themselves and we
got the League of Nations.
They undertake now to bind the
United States to guarantee them in the
| posse ssion of these properties. They
| bring in a League OF Nations in Article
X. in which we solemnly agree to defend
| against attack every member of the
| league regardless of the right or the
| wrong Of the case. Bear that in mind
| We do not pass upon the question of
| whether the case is right or wrong we
| pass upon one question only: Have they
| been externally attacked? Under what
! iniquitous provision. IL China were TO
| undertake to recover Shantung. the mo-
ment Chinese soldier stepped foot upon
| this soil, which is in fact Chinese, but
after this treaty Is signed will in law
be Japanese, you will have to summon
| your armies and your navy and send
your boys down there to die in the bat
| tie Of these yellow men. whether you
| think Japan is right or whether you
| think Japan is wrong.
IF there was to be a rebellion started
| IN ireland, and you sent q boat loaded
with arms, 1t would be an external at
| tack upon the British Empire, and the
| people of the United States would be
under a solemn obligation to help fight
| the Irish in that case. Now, / am not
| here to make a pro-Irish or an anti
| British speech. l am discussing Great
| Britain and Ireland in this matter be-
cause they occupy the stage, and they
are to-day national illustrations of the
| facts l am discussing. Again We are
| told-and / want to say 1 have no bitter
word TO say of the English-England
has taken care of herself at the peace
| table, and she has gained with her
| diplomacy what she could not always
| gain and hold by her sword She has
had the smartest diplomats there were
| in all the world. Never since Rome dis
solved her Senate and her Councils. has
any nation been so ably represented at
| diplomatic tables as Great Britain. /
don't know but that told you the story
before, but I say that when you sit
down at table with a lot of English
| statesmen to do business, you don't
want to be represented by a lot of
amateurs.
Brftain's Six Votes.
81 want now to call your attention to
monstrous proposition. When we 20
| into this league, Great Britain appears