The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-22
ON THAT BRITISH VOTE

and the league Of nations is coming
this week over the British vote in the
league assembly. Senator Johnson Of
California has an amendment which
Lodge and the foreign relations com
mittee, reported favorably and which
will be the first fight on the floor Of
the senate.
| This is much like putting Grimm.
al UP for trial against whom there
are many indictments. The prosecut-
ing attorney selects the charge
which appears easiest to establish
and proceeds to make out his case
In all their long delays the foreign
relational committee found ntohing
better than the national inequality Of
voting in the league assembly as be-
tween the United States and Great
Britain. One can easily see why
Lodge settled on this issue to initiate
his fight on the treaty on the floor
of the senate,-and one can easily
see, too, how the enemies of the adj
ministration have depended upon
their power to blind the American
public with an appeal to prejudices
against the British
Great Britain has six votes and the
United States has one in the league
assembly. Tibet fight 1t amend this
50. as to put them both on an equal
voting basis. Look for moment at
theWorking9 OF the leagueiassembly
and you will better be abe to know
for yourself that every brain storm
Senator Lodge is to have over the
equal vote can avail him and the
enemies Of the treaty nothing. All of
it misses the mark.
On this point the Savannah Morn
ing News is very Gear in these words:
f And then there is the question
e of the six votes of the British
empire. The one vote of the
United States can veto all the votes
of the nations of the eague in
matters that might lead to war
and any one of the six votes of
the British empire can veto the
five other votes Of that empire.
Canada can veto the. vote of
Great Britain. So can Australia.
The British empire must vote as
unit. which it might not do, be-
fore its six votes are equal to
to Americas one vote, and then
Americas one vote can veto
. them all. 1t is rather disper-
non of power for the British en-
pire than a concentration of it.
And this dispersion of power is
an outgrowth of the part the
British colonial empire took in
the great war. The sons of Cana
da died at Ypres in too great
numbers not to win for Canada
larger voice in the affairs of
empire. Too many Anzacs died on
the bloody shores of the Gallipoli
peninsula not to give the islands
to the south of Asia a larger
voice in British affairs. India
paid too heavily in blood and
treasure and South Africans
IOu6uC IOO edIutSIIy W uIINe inc
Germans from Africa to permit of
continuation of the old rule. in
which the colonies did as they
wSre told in foreign affairs.
Canda's vote is as good as that
of the British Isles. 1t England
and Canada do not agree, Canada
do not agree, Canada can act as a
check upon England. How any
American can find fault with this
arrangement is difficult of UNI
derstand
In the league of nations pratt
cally the whole world must agree
to espouse the cause of one OF
two quarreling nations before the
league can take part in the quar-
Ireland just there is world opin-
on. If America says the league
must not take part in the quarrel
then each nation is free to do
as it chooses, but the league can