Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-03-14

and throw the doors Wide open to tho
public when the treaty containing the
league OF nations reaches the capitol
There already has been too much Sc
crccy in the preparation OF the treaty
he declaerd. and predicted the Ameri-
can people would not tolerate secret
diplomacy in the senate,
The Idaho senator returned TO wash
ington yesterday after a speechmaking
tour against the league OF nations thru
the east. He was elated with the re-
ceptions he received In New York and
Boston. and reiterated his belief thai
the trend OF public sentiment now was
runniny strongly against the league,
He predicted the sentiment would be
as strongly against the league within
a few weeks as IL APPARENTLY was for II
ten days ago.
He wll resume his speechmaking
Friday night when he will address a
meeting at Troy. He will speak sun
day night at Rochester, and then swing
westward to speak in Chicago. prob
ably March is. He has engagements
enough to keep him talking daily Tor
the next two or three months as Far
west rs tne racine coast.
Senator Borah declared his belief
that any league of nations Is destined
to failure.
The people are unable to distinguish
between "a league of nations and the
league of nations" he said. and when
II is made clear TO them that this
means untold sacrifice on their part
without the least assurance that II will
prevent war. but on the contrary, pro-
mote it, they are going to be against
all leagues.
The greatest thing that confronts
the republican party right now is that
it may seek to compromise on this
question. II 1t does, the party will de-
'stroy itself What the people demand
is an immediate peace, Withdrawal
from Europe and European affairs"
The opposition has won ! new con-
vert in the senate in the person OF
Senator Norris, republican, Of Neb-
raska. Norris declined to sign the
pledge to support the Lodge resolution
and heretofore has been egarded as a
probable proponent of TIE league
Altho he voted against war and has
been characterized as a pacifist, Sen
ator Norris. in an open letter to a con-
stituent. today declared that the pro-
posed constitution has provisions in it
that are dangerous"
Il think" he wrote. we ought to
take the world as it is, and not as we
would like to have it. 1t seems. there
fore, inadvisable to me to enter into
any agreement that would make it
necessary for us or any other nation to
maintain standing armies for the sup
port Of new and independent govern
ments that it Is intended to establish
among semicivilized people. Such a
course is not only dangerous and will
in my Judgment. bring failure to that
part Of the enterprise. but it is in no
sense necessary to maintain the peace
of the world. ~
Senator Norris assailed the president
for going abroad.
I'm the name of democracy and for
the avowed purpose of making the
world safe for democracy, he went tC
Europe in a splendor and gorgeousness
never eeualed in the history of the
worlds'' ha wrote. While his fellow
citizens were sacrificing in every pos
sible way he used the money that
came from millions OF honest toilers
in display Of wealth never equaled
by any king. monarch or potentate
from the beginning of history"
Senator Norris accused the presi-
dent OF condemning the opponents OF
the league in "unpatriotic terms" and
charged that "the worst kind of graft
is to be found in executive departments
of the government.