The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-09-19
WILSON TELLS WHY
BRIT AIN CANNOT
OUTVOTE AMERICA
PRESIDENT ALSO SHOWS THAT
LEAGUE WON'T REQUIRE L. s.
TO HELP CURB IRELAND

San Francisco, Cal. Sept. 1S.-A pro.
gram almost as strenuous as that of
yesterday awaited President Wilson this.
the last day Of his stay in the San
Francisco Bay region on his present
trip.
IL included a luncheon, a drive
through Alameda county, across the bay
trom here, reviews of school children in
Oakland and Berkeley, and an address
at the Oakland CiVl Auditorium to.
night
Reservations were made for | 500 per-
sons at the luncheon, and ARRANGEMENTS
were made for the president to speak
briefly.
Replying in a statement today to a
list of questions put 10 him BY San
Francisco league Of nations organlza-
ton, President Wilson declared Great
Britain could not outvote the United
states in the league; that foreign gov
ernments could not under the covenant
order American troops abroad: that the
| league would have "A powerful Influence
! toward restoration of Shantung to Chi.
ma; that the United States would NOT
he obligated by Article 10 to aid Great
| britain in suppressng a revolt in Ire
Iand and that under Article II there
would be created a now forum for aues.
tons of sclt-determination. Mr.. WI.
sons statement containing the ques.
tons and answers follows:
l-Will you state the underlying con.
| sideration which dictated an awarding
Of six votes to the British empire in
the assembly, and is it true that Great
Britain will outvote us in the League
of Nations and thereby control the
leagues action?
Britain Can't Outvote L. =.
Answer-The consideration which led
to assigning six votes to self.governinr
portions of the British empire was that
they have i'm effect, in all but foreign
policies, become autonomous self.gov.
ernlng states, their policy in all but for.
elgn affairs being independent of the
control of the British government and
IN may respects dissmilar from it. But
1t Is not true that the British emnire
can outvote us in the League of Ma.
'ohs ana therefore control the action
oi the league. because in every matter
except the admission of new members
IN tn" league, no action can be taken
without the concurrence Of Unanimous
vote of the representatives of the statea
which are members of the council. al
| that IN all matters of action. the affirm.
| atlNc vote OF the United States is nec-
essary and equivalent to the united vote
OF the representatives of the several
! parts of the British empire. The united
votes of the several parts of the Brit
lsh empire cannot offset or overcome
the vote of the United States.
lis it true that under the Leaeue
/ Of Nations foreign countries can order
the sending of American troops to for.
| egn countries?
Answer-lt is not. The right Of con.
gress to determine such matters is in
no wise impaired.
3-What effect will the Leaeue or Na.
tons have in either forwarding or hin.
uerlhg the iinal restoration of Shan.
Jung or CHINA? What effect will the
League of Nations have in preventing
further spoilation Of China and the alb.
rogation of all such special privileges
now enjoyed in China by foreign com.
tries?
Answer-The League of Nations will
have a very powerful effect in forward
ing the final restoration of Shantuns n
emma, and no other instrumentalitv or
action can he substituted which could
bring that result about. The authoritv
OF the league will, under Article 10, be
constantly directed toward safeguarding
the territorial integrity and political in.
dependence of China. 1t will. therefore
absolutely prevent the further spoilation
OF China, commence the restoration to
emma OF several privileges now long en-
Joyed Tor foreign countries and assure
emma of the completion of the process
by which Shantung will presently be
returned to her in full sovereignty. In
the past there has been no tribunal
which could be resorted to for any of
these purposes.
Cannot Affect ireland
lis there anything in the League of
Nations covenant or the peace treaty
which directly or indirectly or in anv
manner imposes on the United States
any obligations, moral or otherwise. of
the slightest character. to support Eng.
land in any way in case of revolt In
Ireland?
Answer-There is not. The only guar
antee contained in the covenant IL
against external aggression and those
who framed the covenant were scrupu.
lously careful in no way to Interfere
with what they regarded as the sacred
rights of self-determination.
5-What effect, if any, will the league
of nations covenant have in either hin.
dering or furthering the cause of Irish
freedom?
Answer-It was not possible for the
peace conference to act with regard to
the self-determination of any territories
except those which had belonged to the
defeated empires, but in the covenant
of the league of nations it has set up
for the first time, in Article II. forum
to which all claims of self.determina-
tion which are likely to disturb the
peace of the world or the good under.
standing between nations upon which
the peace of the world depends, can be
brought.
MASKED BANDITS ROB MAIL