The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-03-13
DIR. Arnold B. Hall Con-
tends That Senate in Re-
iecting League Votes
for MiIitarism.
A NON PARTISAN ISSUE
Speaker Holds That Action on the Presi-
dents Proposal Will Mean Peace
full Cooperation or Military
Competition.

Before small but appreciative au-
dience, gathered in the Council Cham
Der on Monday evening, DR.. Arnold
Bennett Hall, Professor Of Economics
at the University Of Wisconsin and
an eminent authority on questions OF
world-politics, plead the cause of the
League of Nations so eloquently as to
convince his hearers that the United
States Senate must either ratify the
treaty proposed by the President and
the Supreme Council or accept the only
alternative, an ultimate war with SUI
per-Zeppelins and super-gases, 50 de-
structive as to mean at least partial ex-
termination for the victors and COM
plete humiliation for the vanquished.
fThis is not question of Demo
Gratis or Republicans DR.. Vail de-
clared with great vehemence; cit is
question of peace or war, of democracy
or imperialism, of government or Boil
shevism, a non-partisan, universal is
sue, too big to be identified with any
one man, any one political following,
on any one nation
Tn describing the organization of the
League of Nations DR.. Hall explained
that it would be composed of Body
of Delegates with a representation OF
from one to three members from each
affiliated state, an Executive Council
made up of emissaries from the United
States, England, France, Italy, Japan,
and four other states to be named by
these powers, and Secretary Cen
eral, who with his staff of assistants
would represent the executive and adj
ministrative head Of the League.
Such an organization is not with
out precedent DR.. Hall asserted. I'VE
already have our international postal
union and our international agricultur-
al bureau, both of them institutions
functioning perfectly and without
friction in almost every country OF the
world.''
In discussing the practicability of
the League as an international Court
Of Arbitration DR.. Hall explained the
famous Dogger Bank incident which
almost caused war between England and
Russia in the early years of the TWEEN
tieth century. He presented the details
in the case Russian warships fred
on English fishing smacks in the belief
that they were Japanese submarines
showed how both Britain and Russia
were ready for war when the affair was
referred to the Commission of Inquiry
at the Hague, was amicably settled and
became the basis Of the Triple Entente
which made possible the recent victory
on the Western Front.
DR.. Hall also reviewed the work Of
the Algeciras Conference, at which Am
erican representatives, acting under
instructions from Elihu Root and Theo-
doro Roosevelt, dictated a world-policy
and prevented world-war.
The speaker characterized the state
ment of Senators Reed, Borah, and
Sherman, who affirm that an acceptance
of the League is equivalent to an abro-
cation of the Monroe Doctrine, as
"sublime assininity'' rarely if ever
surpassed in the halls Of Congress. He
contended that the League of Nations
was not an abandonment but an ex-
tension of the Monroe Doctrine mas
much as the South American states
would all be members of an interna-
tional brotherhood every member of
which would be pledged to respect the
integrity of their borders and the
validity of their policies
And as for disarmament, which
seems to brighten the Senators SO 4, the
professor continued "the League does
not propose disarmament but rather
a limitation of ornaments to be reg
ulated by the Executive Council from
the standpoint of defensive warfare
only. Such an arrangement would not
only give the United States sufficient
armament to guarantee the sanctity
of the Monroe Doctrine but also make
her relatively stronger than she has
ever been before.
Having explained that the policy of
isolation had not saved America from
war in 1917 and would not save her
from war in 1887 or 1877, DR.. Hall
moved on to peroration presenting an
eloquent summation of his argu-
ments
''The League of Nations is not o Dem
ocratic or Wilsonian issue, he de-
clared in concluding his address. cit
is as general as the nation itself. It
is an opportunity to consummate the
glorious victory on the western front