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yet We compel her thus 10 amend her
Constitution.
Long after the treaty was signed by
Germany, the Powers az Paris discovered
tho desirability OF an amendment as to
the administration OF the Rhineiand
protocol, which was simply an amend
ment to the treaty, was drawn up. Ger
many was required to accept IL and Il
has been sent here, submitted to this
Senate for ratification and yet despite
all these evidences that the treaty can
yet be amended, despite these proofs
that Germany can be compelled to ac-
cept amendments of it, we are besought
not to write amendments that will pro-
tect the interests of the United States,
lest Germany refused TO assent.
When you are dealing with this
character of treaty, you are constituting
yourself only ono of a number who have
Jurisdiction over your foreign relations.
you are placing yourself and the un-
born generations OF the United States
in the hands of foreigners And you
cannot expectN that they will break the
shackles which You have placed upon
their hands.
Tho Austrian treaty is intertwined
with this treaty and the Polish and
French-English treaties are intertwined,
or as the President says. are linked with
II. ] ask IL the Foreign Relations Com
mittee has had opportunity to investi-
gate any of those treaties? Assuredly,
they have not.
Covenants Interferenee.
'The covenant Of the League OF Ma
tons is intended to and does constitute
an Independent body with power to In
terfere in one way or another with all
the foreign relations of the United
States, with everything touching the
external relations or interests, COM
nerce, invention, transportation, treaties
and acts of Congress even which might
be construed as In ono way or another
affecting treaties--all of these are put
within the Jurisdiction Of this League
of Nations"
Senator Fall went on to say that un-
der Part 10 Of the treaty touching upon
the authority of the international labor
council the whole labor situation In the
United States in future would be af-
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Under Part 10 any domestic question.
whether transportation, railroads, Gov
eminent ownership, Geographic lines,
telephone lines, factbries-every posi-
BILE phase of domestic life is touched.
All of these would come under this ar
;lcle as affecting labor. The man who
is responsible for the labor articles I'M
der Part Is cut the heart out of the
labor constitution which Congress wrote
for the labor of this country. The au-
thority of Congress to enact laws for
labor would, under this article, be trans
ferred TO the League Of Nations.
The immigration questions which
deeply touches labor, would be con-
trolled by the League of Nations, IL ac-
cepted as written. The same argument
applies to tariff and to every other pos
sible matter involving domestic policies
that might come up. Once haNng
adopted this covenant or acquiesced in
the principle of 1t we are bound forever.
II do not care to go into a full dis
cussion of each amendment. It is simply
my purpose to eliminate as far as pos
sible the United States from any moral
obligation to the present difficulties in
Europe, to get our soldiers home, to get
our ships back and to attend to our own
business for a while. / shall discuss
upon another occasion the Reparation
Commission. Now / shall only say that
by this amendment 1t is sought TO pro-
VIDE that the American representative
on the PREPARATION Commission shall not
vote except on the disposition of the
German shipping. unless directly in
structed by his Government to cast his
vote.
''On this commission It Is proposed
the United States shall have q member
for thirty years. We guarantee to back