Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-09-05
OREGON FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 1919

inc change of constitutional pforinsl,
but all the nations of the world, ex-
lcept one strong one and one negligible
one, agree that they will respect and
preserve against external aggression of
the territorial integrity and existing po-
htical independence Of other nations.
You would think for some of the dis
cussions that the emphasis is in the
work preserve. We are partners with
the rest of the world in respecting the
territorial integrity and political inde-
pendence of others. They are all un-
der solemn bond themselves to respect
and preserve them, what happenss The
council of the league then advises the
several members of the league what it
is necessaryto do. / can testify from
having sat on the board where the Ill
strument was drawn, that advice means
advice. suppose it did before re-
turned home, but found some gentle
men doubted that advice means advice,
and the advice can't be given without
the concurrent vote of the representa-
tives of the United States. 'Ah. but
somebody says, suppose we arc a party
to the quarrel?' can't suppose that
because know that the United States
is not going to disregard the Territorial
integrity or political independence of
any other nation. But, for the sake Of
the argument, suppose we are a party.
Very well, then the scrap is ours aAy-
way. For what these gentlemen are
afraid of is we will get into trouble.
"If we are party we are in trouble
ALREADY and if we are not party we
can trouble the advice Of the council by
our own vote. To my mind that it is a
little like an open and shut game, and
am not afraid of advice which we
give ourselves, and vet, that is the
whole of the bugaboo which the gentle
me- have been parading before you. The
solemn thing about article 19 is in the
first sentence not the second sentence.
The first sentence says that we will re-
spcct and preserve against external ag-
gression the territorial integrity and ex.
listing political independence of other
nations and let me stop moment OH
the words external aggression. Why
We're they put in! Because every man
who sat at that board held that the
right Of revolution was sacred and must
not be interfered with. Any kind of
a row can happen inside and it is no
bodyss right to interfere. Tic only
thing that there is any right to object
to or interfere with its external aggres-
sion BY some outside power undertaking
TO take q piece OF territory OF to inter
fere with the internal political arrange
inents of the county which, is suffering
from the aggression, because territorial
doesn't mean that you can
invade another country, 1t means you
can y invade it and stay there. | have
MT impaired the territorial integrity Of
your backyard If | walk into it, but |
very much impair it if 4 insist OH. sway
ing there and wont get out, and the
impairment Of the integrity contem-
plated IN this article is the kind OF 49,
stegrity which is violated If there is a
seizure of territory, il there an attempt
at administration; II there is an at
tempt OF continuous domination, either
OF theAterritory itself Or of the methods
OF f4thetgovernnlent inside that territory.
When you read article 10 therefore, yos.
see that it is nothing but the inevitable,
logical center OF the whole system of
the covenant OF the league Of nations,
snd ! stand for 1T absolutely. Ii it
should ever in amy important respect be