The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-07-25
SFNATOR REED FLAYED
LEAGUE O. NATIONS HERE
And He Got Cold Reception From Local Demos
' crats Who Still Believe in the Infallibility
of President Wilson

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D.ronant of the League of Ma
w sonc TO tatters in a two hour
uDa asacb at the Alkrama Theatre
sp ~ this city Tuesday night. Those
nlrh1ind partisans who have
,.sondoned religion for the wor-
abin of Woodrow Wilson, the
n,hitp T House God with feet of
.,.v will have a hard time
o1imbing over Senator Reeds
argument. |
sonator Reed began his speech by
N.-ino the fact that America never
ID declare war on Germany. We de-
',orod that Germany was at war with
We went into the world war be-
carmany had in.erfered with our
-snnine destroyed American lives and
.-.,,Irad our flag. Our business in the
was TO help lick Germany. We
.,,gbt no conquests and no indem-
n:ias and when we had finished the
ietng our interest should nave
ceased
p,+ ve became involved to an ex-
.anr that when the fight was finished
!, was our duty to stand by and see
.,.t our Allies secured satisfactory
.oaca terms. There our obligation
snded and we should then and there
have brought every one of our Amer1-
esn soldier boys back home.
Now we are told that the Treaty OF
pasee is not complete until we have
entered into the Covenant OF the
league of Nations and an effort is be-
inc made to ram this instrument down
tba throats of the American people
without giving them an opportunity to
Understand the obligation the Coven-
ant imposes.
The Covenant of the League of Ma
inns is one of the most involved docu-
rsuts ever written and only q, consu-
--r,nal LAWYER can interpret the thing
Br.once it is interpreted to the Amer
sg,veople they will repudiate it. The
ng5a of this country, 100000 II
zznber usually think right when g1Ve1
l. ar5nportl1nity. Thinking collectively
they make few mistakes. But Whei
hey permit one man to do their think
ing for them, the chances are that tina
9ne man is going to make mistake.
The Leagues Members
The League of Nations consists
% members and is governed by an as
sembly composed of one delegate frol
each country and by a council OF Mn
one councillor from each OF the 10
lowing countries: Great Britain, ltal.
France Belgium, Japan, Greece, Spail
Brazil and the United States Of Amer
lea.
Among the eight nations represente
with the United States on this Cou1
Gil the United States hasn't Irlen
upon whom it could count in any e11e
ency involving the self interests OF II
British. Great Britain on the otns
hand can always dominate a maJorl'
of the nations represented on In
council.
But the supreme court of all authol
ity in this League of Nations Is u
Assembly composed of one represel
tative from each of the 80 members
The League. Here we find that Gre
Britain has by a trick of diplomacy el
tered her five colonies, Canada, 1nol
South Africa, New Zealand and Au
traIia, as members of the League ea'
Of them having a representative IN u
Leagues Assembly.
The other members of the League
addition to the United States ana ~
British hexagony are Belgium bo1
via Brazil, China, Cuba, Czecho-Sl
yasiia, Ecuador, France, Greece, Qua
emala, Haiti, Hedjaz, Honduras, lta
Japan, Liberia, Nicarauga, Panan
Peru Poland, Portugal, Roumanla' Se
via, Siam and Uruguay.
Dark Skinned Majority
Right here Senator Reed put in
powerful appeal to the prejudices OF I
southern audience Seventeen OF t
thirty-two members of the League
Nations Assembly are of dark SKIN a
the 'kinky headed Negro from
beria where of 100000 populati
only $4,000 claim to be civilized,
as much voice in the League Of n
ions as the United States with
uO,O0O,O 900 inhabitants. Haiti, the lit
Negro Republic where Voodooisn
practiced and babies sacrificed to We
200, has as much voice in the Leae
Nj Nations as America.
And there is HedjaZ, a full hede
nlenber of the League, as big as
united States in determining it's pc
cles. Where is Hedjaz? Hedjaz
province of Moravia, with a popu
uon about as large as that Of Norfc
Ea-' and half of that population !
o0u1n Arabs who live by plunder
outiaWry And Hedjaz has as MI
rolce IN the League of Nations as
onlted States. Then there is Pana
"4.n 100000 population, half Span
and half Greasers, where of 1s,
"lFths last year, $4,000 were, illeg
'te' Panama is a member of the l
etioly Of the League of Nations.
senator Reed declared that W
pan comes before the League of
luis with a demand for the Leag1
isnltlon 49,, of racial and social eql
w. - OF the 80 members of the Lea
pack up Japan's demand.
That Article x.
EQUATOR Reed road o,d ex>-1oinad