New-York tribune., 1919-10-19
Reed Charges League Is
Gigantic Financial Plot

Kept on increasing until the picture of
Aoraham Lincoln was shown, and then
every one felt all right once more.
Senator John Sharp Williams came in
'or round of good-natured booing
when his name was mentioned by Sem
ator Reed in the early part Of his ad-
tress, but mixed with the boos was a
.ot of laughter.
Senator Reeds Address
Senator Reeds address, in part, fol-
| lows:
Almost year ago, on November II,
1913, the Pres sident, in announcing the
armistice, declared:
1.-The war thus comes TO an end.
We know, too, that the object
of the war is attained, the object upon
which all free men had set their hearts,
and attained with a sweeping com
pleteness which even now we do not
realize
"The message and the tidings it
proclaimed thrilled the hearts Of mill
ions and inspired the world with con-
fidence that the great things thereto
fore promised had been brought to
fruition.
What we're these promises? The
answer is found in the fourteen points.
"A general association Of nations was
to be formed under specific covenants
for the mutual guaranteeing of politi
cal independence and territorial in
tegrity to great and small states alike
"The settlement of every question
was to be accomplished upon the basis
of the free acceptance of that settle
ment b. the people Immediately con-
cerned, and not upon the basis of the
material interest or advantage Of any
uyh hcb Io-
sire different settlement for the sake
of their own mastery.
THE consent Of nations to be gov
erned in their conduct toward each
other by the principles of honor No
private plots or conspiracies hatched.
No selfish injuries wrought with i'm
punity, and mutual trust established
upon the handsome foundation Of
mutual respect for right.
ut was to be a reign Of law, based
upon the consent of the governed and
sustained by the organized opinion of
mankind.
"There was to be, In short. parlia-
ment of mana confederation of the
world.
War was to be made impossible.
There were to be no more secret trea-
ties Plottings in the dark were to give
place to open covenants openly arrived
at. There were to be no conspirac es of
power. Armies were to be disbanded
and war navles were to give place to
the fleets of commerce. The reign of
universal peace and equity was to be
lnaugurated.
Charges Financial Plot
THE people did not know-they
could not know-that back of this
propaganda skillfully arranged were
powerful financial institutions selhshl,
consprlng to render their European
and Asiatic investments safe BY pledr-
ing the blood and treasure of the United
States to sustain the existing political
independence and to defend the from
tiers Of the nations whose bonds they
held
THE people did not know-they
could not know-that there existed a
great conspiracy of fnanciers, linked
with those who claimed to be close to
the government-tnat these conspira-
tors proposed to create a vast monop-
oily TO furnish money and supplies to
European countries and peoples and
TO make their inves tments and profits
secure by the guarantee Of the United
States. The government whose bonds
they were yet to accept wou d be sus-
tanned by the blood of American men.
The people did not know--they
could not know~~that it was boldly
planned and calculated that these gen
tlemen should exploit the world and
that the armies and navies of the
United States were to become their
agents to collect the moneys and profits
from the bankrupt nations of Europe
and Asia.
"Those who had ventured to criticise
were denounced as 'pygmy minded'-as
men of marrow vision Every sugges-
ton of amendment or change was in
dlsnantly spurned. Yet upon return
ing to Europe, amendments of radical
and sweeping character were adopted
1hls amounted to a confession that the
critics had been right and that even
marrow minded people may possess
ideas Of value
"Neverthele less, before leaving Ameri
ca the President declared if he had his
way he would like to see hung upon
glbbets as high as heaven but pointed
IN the opposite direction the Senators
who opposed the league.
THAT expression and others of
similar import which have fallen from
the lips of the proponents Of this art;-
Gle have been calculated, and. in nv
opinion, intended to silence criticism
and terrorize opposition into acouies-
cencc.
"The spirit of the millennium does
rot seem to have inspired the John
the Baptists who are proclaimlng il
and criticism has proceeded
animation is being made pradu-
ally. The American people are goinr
into the truth, and as rapidly as the
American people learn the facts they