Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-05-09
EVERYBODY UP-TO
VOTE FOR LEAGUE
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covenant as part of the peace terms
was apparent, he declared, when it
was remembered that any kind of a
treaty with Germany was only "a
scrap of paper" and that no such treaty
was worth while unless it were butress-
ed by League of Nations capable of
enforcing the terms of peace,
If there were no advantages of the
League plan other than the element
of delay" it would on this score alone
be worthy of universal approval. Nine
tenths of all the wars arose through
hasty consideration and it had been
proven in the case of the Algeciras
and London conferences that wars
could be averted if the nations at dis
pute would take time to set up the
machinery of justice and adjudication,
The story of the Irishman who said he
could always keep out of a fight if
he stopped to count ten before he
struck the first blow, was cited as APP
plicable to nations as it is to Irishmen,
He gave the house a good laugh by
comparing the situation with occasion
al domestic storms where the element
OF delay" in the hasty word had often
saved the situation. The League plan
made every provision for this element
of delay before nations resorted to war
Surely America, feeling the justice of
any claim she might make, would
never hesitate to submit her case to
the court of public opinion before re-
sorting to arms. 1t was usually only
the aggressor, the nation with evil
designs, that would rush to war purely
for the advantage of haste over its
adversary.
War was no crime. For centuries
it had been the only manner in which
nations could settle their international
disputes. The great crime was that an
intelligent civilization had allowed so
many centuries to slip by without pro-
viding some form of legal machinery
to administer justice between nations
and strive to keep peace in the world.
The speaker took up many sections
of the covenant, and explained them
with particular clearness making it
plain above all else that there was
nothing in the covenant as it now
stood which infringed in any respect
upon the sovereignty of the United
States, nothing which conhicted with
the Monroe Doctrine, and nothing
that any right-thinking American could
not heartily support.
Captain Chamberlain who had at
tended the crucial sessions of the Sen
ate at the time of the Lodge resolution,
rave Senator Borah a vigorous flaying.
He cited the infamous remarks which
that senator made in Washington when
he declared that even if the Savior
himself proposed League of Nations
he (Borah would not vote for it. Il
ask YOU said the Captain whether
Mr. Borah or the men who fought and
died for us in France best represent the
American people and American ideals?'
The Captain declared that while the
soldiers in France were too occupied
with their big job to make a detailed
study of the League proposition, there
was everywhere among the men in
khaki a feeling that something big and
something better must come out of
this war as reCompense for the ire
mendous sacrifices it had entailed.
II tell you that America was not
misrepresented by the millions of men
who went to France, and she is too
great to be misrepresented by Mr.
Borah in the United States Senate" he
declared.
At the conclusion Captain Chamber
lain urged the voters to write personal
" to their representatives in the Senate
and to let them know that the chorus
of American sentiment was a chorus of
approval for the League Of Nations.
Then came his request for a rising
vote, and everyone stood up!