The sun., 1919-10-19

and I am sorry it was said by tho
President, as we'll as others-that these
six votes didn't matter, because he said
they only voted in the Assembly and
at Denver he said that nobody in the
Assembly voted, and he said the AS
sembly had no jurisdiction or power,
that II was only debating society, and
outside of the election of new members
It could do nothing. He said another
thing, and that was that these six votes
could not harm us, because we our
selves had one vote, and that our one
vote would destroy unanimous action,
and that nothing could be done except
by unanimous vote.
"Now let US spend a few minutes or
both of those propositions, for the Amer
lean people have been befogged by them
I and they have no right to oe befogged.
They have the right to the truth In
the first place the assembly is not a de.
batting society. If the assembly was
only a debating society then we would
have the situation that all the power
would be in the Council of Nine, and
that all the other nations belonging to
the league could do nothing but talk
And If that was the case you would
have an oligarchy set up to rule the
world boldly and upon the face OF
things proclaimed as an oligarchy for
that purpose. But, It is not true. The
assembly of the League of Nations
elects all anew members and can reject
the new applicants; II can. by a one
third vote, keep out more than one-half
of the white population of the world, or
it can admit them by a two-thirds vote
1t can elect four members OF the council.
and by the election of four members OF
the council, II can in fact very easily
control the council itself.
but that Is not all. 1t Is the court
of last resort, to which every inter
national controversy can be referred by
either party TO the controversy. II the
United States has a controversy with
Great Britain and either party does
not arbitrate Il then II goes to the
council, and either party can imme-
diately remove It to the assembly for
decision, by simply filing a notice to
that effect.
80 that It becomes court of last
resort And what are these contro-
versies that are to be thus submitted?
1 have not time to call your attention
to the text of this remarkable document,
but I say to you that there is not an
international controversy that can be
| imagined which is not justiciable by the
| League of Nations. Matters that in
volve the life of this country. that IN.
volve our national honor, every question
/ Is
THE President told us that the
League of Nations is the greatest thing
| there was in the world, that it was
greater than the Senate. and greater
than the Government of the United
States. Misses My countrymen. de-
cline to accept that doctrine. Applause
1 decline to bow my head to that yoke,
1 decline to subscribe to that philosophy.
tApplause.l In my opinion, there is
nothing greater in all this, world than
that Government, wrought out by the
fathers and baptized in the blood of all
the patriots from Valley Forge to tho
Argonne, sanctified by all the tears Of all
mothers who gave their sons 20 defend
! our flag: the Government of the United
States, and may it live forever free and
Independent"
/ lnterspersed in the programme Were
selections by the Sixty-nnth Regiment
Band. Miss Vida Milholand led the au-
dience in singing a new patriotic song
Our America" leaflets of which had
been distributed. Jerome Uhl sang The
Battle Hymn of the Republic"