New-York tribune., 1919-09-08
Reed Calls
Wilson's Plea
Anger Vapor
President Mistakes s'Vis-
ions of Ambition for In
spiration of Idealism.''
Is Assertion of Senator
Inconsistency Is Charged
Assurances That League
Will Bring Peace Denied
by 100000 Army Call

AKRON, Ohio, Sept. 7.-President
Wilson, in his defence before the coun-
try of the league of nations covenant,
us mistaking the visions of ambition
for the inspiration of idealism," SEN
ator Reed, Democrat, of Missouri, de-
clared at mass meeting here to-day.
The Missouri Senator asserted that in
Mr.. Wilson's utterances "the calm on
locker will recognize only the vapors
of anger and the intemperancc au-
tocracy manifests at opposition"
If citizen refuses to repudiate the
policies under which this country "has
become great" declared Senator Reed,
he is denounced as pygmy- minded"
The President marshals his syl-
logisms as general marshals the bat
talions of his army" said the Missouri
Senator. They move forward in
logical phalanX, but his soldiers are
epithets, his battalions aggregations
OF evil names and his army an assem-
blage of denunciatory epigrams."
Call for Sacrifice" Ridiculed
While the President "talks much of
the duty of sacrifice" he rides "at
government expense on special trains"
lives "in the palaces of princes" and
accepts presents worth hundreds of
thousands of dollars from foreign dip
lomats," said Senator Reed The "sac-
ritices." he added. are to be made by
"American boys to perish in the SHOWS
of Siberia or to die beneath the suns
of the equator"
"Declaring the league will bring uni
versal peace" Mr.. Reed continued, "the
President yet demands a standing army
OF half million men, insisting that
war Will be no more. He proclaims S
the doctrine Of universal military
training. Asserting that the day has
come when swords snail be beaten
into ploughshares, he demands millions
for a navy"
Criticsing the President for permit
ting conduct of the Paris negotiations
within what he termed as "secret con-
claveS." the speaker declared Mr.. Will
son refuses to answr concerning his
vote on racial equality. when the facts
are he voted for Japan on racial
equality"
Super Denounced
Turning to specific arguments in op-
position to the league covenant, Mr..
Reed reiterated his contention that the
league would set up a "super-sta j"
ne UWelt at lelSIn on What ne con-
tended was the power of the assembly,
to pack the council" Under the provi-
sion requiring the assembly's approval
of temporary or additional permanent
members of the council, the assembly,
he declared, also could direct the EN-
tire destiny" of the league through it's
power Of approval of new members.
This power, he said, would enable
Great Britain to dominate the league,
for, he argued, with the great mum ber
of colonies and dependencies which,
with "slight governmental transforma-
tions," she could make eligible for full
membership in the league and repre-
sentation in the assembly, Great Brit
ain finally could command "enormous
power" in that body.
Senator Reed construed the provision
for withdrawal from the league to
place that right also within the control
of the assembly, declaring that as this
provision falls within Article | of the
covenant, where the assembly is given
jurisdiction as to all other provisions
it necessarily would have jurisdiction
on the question for withdrawal, no
other provision being made