Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1919-12-12
A PLEA FOR ANER|CAN|SM
Senator Borah Pleads with the Senate for Undi-
luted Americanism; Delivering Masterpiece
of Senatorial Effort not Equalled since the
Days ofWebster Pleading for theConstitution

Congress. Pass that question By ant
go to the other question. Our mem.
bers Of the council are there. Our lnera.
bers OF the assembly are there. Arriel,
xL is complete. and it authorizes the
league, member of which Is our rep
resentative. to deal with matters OF
peace and war. and the league through
its council and its assembly deals with
the matter, and our accredited repre-
sentative poins with the others in de-
Gliding upon certain course. which in
wolves question Of sending troops.
What VIII Congress Do.
What will the Congress OF the Unit
ed States do? What Will it have left
except the bare technical right to re-
fuse, which 2 moral proposition II
will not dare to exercise? Have We
not been told day by day for the last
nine months that the Senate OF the
United States. q coordinate part OF the
| treaty-making power should accept
this league as il was written because
the wise men sitting at Versailles ha'
so written II, and has not every pos
sible influence and every source Of
power in public opinion been organized
and directed against the Senate TO
compel il to do that thing? How much
stronger will be the moral compulsioa
upon the Congress Of the United States
when we ourselves have 1ndOrsed the
proposition or sending our accredited
r. epres-ntasive there to vote for us2
All. hat You say that there must be
unanimous consent. and that there is
vast protection N unanimous consent
10 not wish to speak disparaging
Is: bur has not every division and dis
msmberment ~ every nation which
has suffered disuemberm taken
place by unanimous consent for the
last goa years. Did not Prussia and
Austria and Rns-ia by unanimous con-
sent divide Po'ande Did not the Unit
ID Stltes and sirost Britain and japan
and Italy and F-ance Divide China
and give SAant ~ to Japan? Was
rhat not 81 mnraiin0us decision? Close
the doors ill~sn the diplomats Of Eur
ops.. let ch~m sit in secret, give them
the material 10 trade or and there al I.
ways will De unanimous consent
How did Japan get unanimous con /
sent? 7 want to say here, in my part /
ing words upon this proposition, that 4
have no doubt the outrage upon Chit I
na was quite as distasteful to the I
President of the United States as it is /
TO me. But Japan said; 7 viii not sign 4
your treaty unless you turn over 10 4
me Shantung. 10 be turned back at Eay I
discretion" and you know how ia
pans discretion operates with refer
ence to such things. And SO. when We
are in the league and our accredited r
are sitting at Gen
and question Of great moment arises,
Japan or Russia or Germany or Great
Britain will say. Unless this matter
is adjusted in this way I VIII depart
from your league" 1t IS the same
thing. operating in the same way, only
under a different date and under a lit
tie different circumstance
Mr.. President. il you have enough
territory. If you have enough material
il you have enough subject peoples TO
trade upon and divide. there viii be no
difficulty about unanimous consent
Do our Democratic friends ever eA-
,eet sny man to sit as a member Of
the council or as a member Of the as
;embly equal in intellectual power and
N standing before the world with that
n our representative at Versailles Do
-ou. expect a man TO sit in the council
xho will have made more pledges. and
shall assume made them In SINGER
". for self-determination and for the
lights OF small peoples. than had been
made BY our accredited representative:
nd vet what became of IT? The unan-
nous consent was obtained neverthe-
ess.
But take another view of il. We are
ending 10 the council one man. That I
ne man represents I10000.e0e people
Here. sitting in the Senate, we have
vo from every state in the Union. and I
yer in the other House we have Rep q
in accordance with pop
lation. and the responsibility IS
pread out in accordance with our OBJ
-sations to our constituency. But :
ow we are transferring TO one man
he stupendous power OF representing
,s sentiment and convictions Of ii0.-
% 600 people in tremendous questions
,hfch may involve the peace or may
,yolve the war Of the world.
Doe. Not Protect Il.
However YOU View the question OF ;
unanimous consent IL does not protect c
what IS the result OF all thisg We C
re in the midst OF all OF the affairs p
Europe. We have entangled our %
lives with all European concerns. We u
ave Joined IN alliance with all the u
uropean nations which have thus Tar q
ined the league. and all nations y
hich have thus far Joined the league, g =,
"a all nations which may be admitted :.
the league. We are sitting there u
.bblins in their affairs and inter-
sadiing in their concerns. In other =
ords. Mr. President-and this comes IN
the question which is fundamental rs
Ith me--we have forfeited and sur 81
ndered once and for All. the great as
a..- Of mo ertarc-li.-e- nlliarcss IN