Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-09-11

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than compensate us for shipping lost
Twelfth. We would lose our mem
bership on the Preparations commits
sion which will be the most powerful
international body ever created and
which will have enormous control
over the trade and commerce of Ger
many with the rest Of the world for
years to come. It not only sunervises
the use Of German economic resources
it can restrict or expand Germany's
imports and distributes much of her
desirable exports. including dyes. In
no way can the United States assure
itself against discrimination in Ger
mar imports and financial policies
unless we. have a member upon this
great PREPARATIONS commission.
:. Not All of Them.
These are some but by no means
all of the valuable concessions which
the United States would inevitably
This failure would be just as com.
plete II we adopt an amendment to
it as If we rejected the treaty abso-
lutely. In either event we would Ahnd
ourselves at the end OF the q it is
true, but without any peace or terms
of peace with Germany. We would
have abandoned or disguised associ-
ates and we would be reduced to the
necessity OF seeking negotiated
peace with IN angry Germany on
such terms Is h would be willing
to accord.
I'VE are therefore. without any
qualification against amendments.
w are aware that the claim has
been set up that one Of the proposed
amendments which relates only to the
League" of Nations does not require
on the fact that Germany is not yet
a member Of the League Of Nations
and may not be for several years. The
answer is, however, that the league
covenant is a part OF the treaty and
the league which is mentioned in
many places in the treaty has much
to do with German. affairs though
in agreeing to the treaty, has assented
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 organized,
as we'll az by a majority Of the MEM
bers Of the assembly. It is obvioas,
therefore, If 1t is to be amended in
any other way. Germany's assent will
be just as necessary as to any other
article of the treaty.
Would Destroy League.
1.-The reservations proposed by the
majority Of this committee are Of
such q character as at once to betray
their authorship. They are the work
Of senator's organized for the purpose
of destroying the league and II pos
| sible defeating this treaty. Their
p~hraseolosy is such al to make this
purpose plain. They are in no sense
i~nterpretative reservations to be used
to make clear language in the treaty
that might be considered doubtful.
but they are so framed as to receive
the support Of senator's Who desire to
defeat the treaty.
While masquerading in the guise
Of reservations they are In fact alter
atoms CT the treaty. They have all
the vices Of, amendments Inc the ad-
ditional VIC Of pretending to be what
they are not. Presented as parts Of
the resolution to raify the treaty,
in its defeat All Of them apply to
the League of Nations sections Of the
treaty. Those who oppose the League
of nations realize that it is ~invincible
on a square fight and. they hope to
destroy it by this ~~indirection. The
League of Nations has stood the test
of worldwide criticism and unlimited
attack: 1t stands today q the only
hope for worFdspeace.: After all the
assaults Of many months its purposes
and provisions stand out clearly de-
fined, unaffected by criticism and un-
yielding to attack.
THE League Of Nations proposes
to. organize the nations Of. the world
for peace whereas they have always
heretofore been organized for var. It
proposes to establish the rule Of in
ternational justice in place of force,
1t proposes to make a war Of conquest
impossible, by uniting all nations
against the offender.
TT is the first international ar
rangement ever made by which small
and weak nations are given the o r
ganized strength Of the world for pro-
Election. a
TT is a covenant between many
nations by which each agrees not to
do certain things which in the past
have produced wars and to do many
things which have been found t.
preserve the peace.
ut is a working. plan for the
gradual reduction Of armament by al
members simultaneously in proper
proportion and by agreement.
ut sets up arbitration as q
1 AOAAuly AnOe%i0N VI oAJNSSAAo uAOpNIO
and inquiry when arbitration is not
agreed to. In both Eases 1t provides
a cooling of period Of nine months
during which the differences will bt
adjusted.
TT preserves the territorial in.
tegrity and political Independence o.
each member and leaves to each the
exercise Of Its sovereign rights as
nation. s
"It will save the world from war.
and preparations for wars. It viii
reduce armies and nayies and taxes
'It will help to. remove the dis
content with government In all coun.
tries by making government bench.
cant and devoting its revenues tt
constructive rather than to destruc'
tive purposes.
ut is the only plan proposed Il
redeem the world from WAr, pesti'
lence and. famine. The only one b,
which q stricken world can be re
deemed from the disasters Of the lat
war and the dangers of. impending
International chaos. Those who dali,
and delay ~ they seek with micro
-scopes to md nome petty. nav In IT
structure have nothing Themselves Il
proposa. They have appealed to e1srs