Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-05

citizens. that we arc robbed OF some
degree or our sovereign. independent
choice. by articles of that sort. Every
man who makes II choice to respect the
rights of his neighbors. deprivcs him.
self Of absolute Sovereignty. but he
does il by promising never to do wrong.
and cannot, for one. see anything
that robs me of any inherent right that
l ought to retain, when ! promise that
1 will do right.
We engage. in the first sentence OF
Article y. to respect and preserve from
external aggression. the territorial in
tcGrity and the existing political Indc-
Der states. but of all states, and If any
member OF the league Of nations dis
regards rsar nth, that promise then wha, hap
Niscs what should be done to enforce
the respect for that covenant. ON the
part of the nation attempting to violate
it. And there is no compulsion upon
us to take that advico--cNccpt the com
pulsion of our good conscience and
people OF the United states. the coun-
Gil adiudScd wrong. and that this was
not an occasion for the use Of force.
there would be no necessity on the p;: 1T
OF tho Congress of the United States
TO vote the use OF force. But there
any such subject. without a unanimous
vote. and the unanimous vote would
in nc na,., our own. Anh IL we accepted
own advice. For I need not tell you
that the representatives of the govern
mcnt OF the United states would not
vote without instructions from their
government ut home. and that what we
united in adv snE we could bc certain
that our people would desire to do.
No Note OF Surrender.
There is in that covenant not one
note OF surrender Of the independent
judgment OF the government Of the
United states. but AN expression of IT,.
because that independent Judgment
q lr-p mt
of the rest
But when is that Judgment going
70 be EXPRESSED. my fellow citizens?
only after it is evident that every
other resource has failed And want
TO call your attention to The contra!
machinery Of the league OF nations.
nation NOT member, refuse 10 submit
the question ut issue either To arbi-
tra,ion or TO discussion by the council,
engagements of this covenant an abso-
lutte economic boycott. There will be
no trade with that nation by any mem
interchange OF communication by post
or telegraph: there will be no travel
70 or from that nation: its borders will
be closed: no citizen OF any other state
Will be allowed to enter 1t and no ono
of its citizens will bc allowed to leave
II. II viii be dramatically scaled by
nations In the world. and If this
economic boycott bears with UNEQUAL
weight the members OF the league
agree To support one another and "a
relieve ono another in any exceptional
disadvantages that may arise out of IL
And ] want YOU to rcaliZc that this
war vas won not only by the armies
OF tho world. but II was won by eco
nomic means as well. without the
economic means the war would have
been much longer continued What
hapnencd was that Germany was shut
off from the economic resources of the
rest o. tho globe and she could not
stand il: and Il ma ton that is hoycottrd
IS nation that is in sight Of sur
render. Apnly this economic. peaceful
silent deadly remedy and there Will
be no need for force"
III is a terrible remedy. II does not
cost life outside the milton bov-
cottcd. but ii brings Z pressure upon
that nation. which, in my Judgment
no modern nation could resist.
Il dare say that some Of those idea
are new to YOU. because while il is
true. as said this forenoon in CO.
lumbus. that apparently nobody has
taken the pains TO say what is in the
covenant OF the league Of nations
! Ihey have discussed ihrce-chicfly
thrcc-out OF twcn,y-siN articles and
the other articles contain this heart
Of the matter, that instead OF war
| there shall be arbitration: instead OF
war there shall be discussion; instead
| OF war there shall he tho closure OF
! intercourse: that instead OF war there
shall he the irrcsistibic pressure OF the
! opiaion OF all mankind
II need not tell YOU that | sneak
win knowledge in this 'natter--knowl-