Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-06-19
ADOPT0NIO Of KNOX RESOLUTION.
WOULD Be EFFORT TO DICTATE
TO CONFERENCE, SAYS THOMAS.
Declares Proposal That SEN
ate Declares Itself Against
Accepting League AS In
tertwined With The Peace
Treaty Is Unwi.e And
Improper.

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Washington. June >1s.-Adoption of
the Knox resolution regarding the
League Of Nations and the peace
treaty would be interpreted as an I'M
%called-for effort by the senate to die
tate to the peace conference, Senator
Thomas. Democrat, Colorado, said to-
day in Opposing the measure. The
Colorado senator declared the pro-
posal that The senate declare itself
interviewed with the peace terms
was improper and unwise. H.
Before Senator Thomas spoke, SEN
ator Spencer, Republican,, of Mis-
souri,, introduced a resolution propos-
ing that the senate declare h "a UNI
der any league plan adopted applica-
tiDn of the Monroe Doctrine must be
reserved entirely for national detern1-
ination. The resolution went over
without action.
The Spencer resolution would de-
clare the Monroe Doctrine IAN essen
tial national policy and that 1.-The
necessity and extent of its application
and enforcement are matters to be
determined alone by the United
States"
The tariff, immigration and like in
ternal questions would be declared
matters to be determined entirely by
the country in which they arise and
under no circumstances questions for
settlement under the League OF Ma
TONS"
The resolution would declare also
''that the United States cannot bind
itself in advance to either make war
in the future or to send it's army and
navy into other lands for purpose Of
control" . r..
Senator Thomas in opening his adj
dress on the Knox resolution declared
the measure raised fundamental ques-
ti6ns regarding the power Of the sem
ate in treaty making and also of ok
pediency. Of an expression by the sem
ate. "f
II believe it. is not only improper
for the senate to adopt or reject it,"
he said, "but it is also unwise, at this
time, to go on record regarding 1t.
AS a part of the treaty making pow
er, we should not attempt at this time
toAadvise the peace congress at Paris.
either of u own views concerning its
work or as to what the treaty should
contain"
Replying to Senator Knox's charges
that the Democrat had, made the
league a partisan issue, Senator
Thomas cited the Round Robin of
the. last session against the league.
Democratic senators Mr.. ThoMas
said We're given no .opportunity q
s's.a rs .ssse9@aasi 4. e-oatisasa..
,s"'have re-organized- this senate. They
have, thoroughly sre-organized the
committee on foreign relations. It is
an open secret that no new senators
except enemies of%the League Of Ma
tons were eligible to membership or
that committee
Senator Pomerene, Ohio, a Demo
crat member of the committee, inter-
rupted to remark that the Republi-
cans also were not satisfied until they
had given themselves a majority of
three on the committee. n Senator
Williams, Democrat, of Mississippi,
challenged any Republican senator to
= deny ''that the committee had been
stacked against the league"
The challenge started a partisan
Marshall repeatedly ~admonished SEN
ators against breaking the rules.
Senator Moses, of New Hampshire. a
new Republican member of the COM
mittee. said his selection to mem
bership had been stacked against
the president only in the sense that
he is a. Democrat and I am a Repub-
liams. you have stacked it against
the hope of world peace as well as
against a democratic, president. You
have left on it only n Republican
%favoring the league, Mr.. McCumber,
of North Dakota, and the reason you
left him was because you did not
dare take him off," ~:
Senator Mccormick. Republican, IL
1inois, declared it might also be said
that "the peace commission to Paris
was stacked with Democrats ready to
bow to the will Of the chief execu-
tive" b
Senator Williams replied that the
Paris conference at least done its
work while the Republican senators
through the Knox resolution were
''asking for time to think when, il
you had n capacity to think at all.