The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-09-06

the majority of the committee on for.
eign relations. 1t is for that purpose
that the treaty has been locked up in
cold storage for so many weeks. The
enemies of the League of Nations in
the senate are not many compared to
its friends, but they control the com
mittee. They have felt justified in
retaining the treaty in the committee,
holding useless hearings and making
killing amendments with the full
knowledge that amendments would
beat the treaty just as effectively as
a refusal to ratify.
"a few. a very few, senators have
declared that they would vote against
the treaty because of the League of
Nations, but it has remained for the
senator from Pennsylvania, Mr.. Knox,
to declare boldly against our partici-
patton in the treaty settlement.
Knox Amazes Country.
"To say that he has amazed the
country is to put it mildly-he has
shocked the country.
strangely enough after months of
time and a number of speeches in
which his attack on the treaty has
been on account of Article 1, which
contains the League of Nations, he
now takes a new position. He former
ly favored taking the League of Ma
tons out of the treaty and ratifying
the peace settlement with Germany.
Now he suddenly changes front, de-
clares in favor of deserving the nations
associated with us in the war and
advocates an unconditional peace or a
negotiated peace with Germany.
"Was there ever a more insane in
ternational policy proposed? In the
mixture of p~oltroonery and folly it is
difficult to see which predominates.
Senator Knox goes the limit. He not
only proposes that we desert u
friends and abandon our obligations
but he suggests that we release Ger
and reparations.
why not go further and propose
hat we compensate Germany? That
would be a still stronger appeal to
German sentiment"
Senator Hitchcock said hat he had
full faith that the treaty would receive
different treatment in the senate than
it has in the foreign relations commit
tee. I'm the senate he said, there
are few men who favor deserving the
cause of civilization until the victory
in the field has been rendered per-
manent by a peace settlement with
guarantees. In the senate are
many from all responsibility of the
war, few senators willing to sacrifice
the material interests of the United
States which this treaty alone can
protect"
Disadvantages of League Exaggerated.
In concluding, what was without
doubt n of the ablest speeches that
has been made in the senate for ratif-
ication of the treaty amendment, Sen
ator Hitchcock said. 81 cannot close
without u few words ON he League
of Nations feature of the treaty, which
has been SO persistently and
ably attacked in this chamber. To
luOSI VI tHeSe dlldChS L lave lSleHeu.
They have varied somewhat, but they
al have one characteristic in common
"a tremendous eXaggeration of posi-
ole disadvantages to this country.
Those who conjure up these pos
,ible disadvantages seem to ignore al
.ogether the enormous advantages of
the world for peace. They
appear to have lost sight of the hor-
'ors, evils, and dangers of war while
n the contemplation of possible dis
under the League of Ma
ions. They make mountains out of
nole hills in reviewing difficulties in
he League plans. They are suspicious
hat while it may benefit : Try other
lation ON earth it is Sc devised as to |