The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-24
AGAINST THE LEAGUE.
Republican Sentiment MAas PLATA 10
Herbert Parsons and Others.

To TINE EDITOR or THE suN--,str: A
letter has been sent to Senators wads-
worth and Calder urging the ratification
by the Senate Of the treaty containing
the peace covenant
is signed by thirty Republicans. The
New York Times this morning says:
These are representative men of the
Republican organization" and further
says: 1--WE are Of the opinion that the
sisners OF the letter to the New York
Senators are much nearer to the sources
Of public sentiment than Mr.. Root"
or the thirty eminent Republicans
whose names appear as signers to this
resolution seventeen. namely. q. w.
Wickersham, Herbert Parsons. C. H.
Strong. e. w. Harris, c. 8. Whitman,
p. d. Cravath, w. @. Breed. Lauren Car
roll. Sam A. I,ewisohn. William Chilvers,
Adolph Lewiston, A. c. James. T. e.
Burton, II. q. ward. w. H. wadhams.
W. J. Bchieffelln and d. p. Kingsley, are
residents Of the Fifteenth Assembly dis
trict In New York county az is also
Senator Root.
On June . . letter was sent to each
member OF the Republican Club Of the
Fifteenth Assembly district as follows:
A meeting Of the Republican Club Of
the Fifteenth Assembly district will DO
held on Friday eveAing. June 10, at siao
o'clock. for further discussion OF the
proposed League Of Nations.
Hon. Henry W. Taft will give . full
explanation Of the subject and will an
svsr any questions which may be sub
mitted regarding It.
Hon. Herbert Parsons will present for
confederation by the meeting the follow.
ing rssolutioni
Received, That the Government Of
the United States bhould ratify the
covenant for . League Of Nations which
was adopted on April 10, 1919. by the
Peace Conference at Paris"
A large attendance 10 especially de-
sired In order that all points Of view may
be fully presented. Very truly yours.
LAuRaE CAAAoLI. President.
Arthur MAsDnLsAuN, Secretary.
The meeting was held and Mr.. TAFT
was present and addressed the same, M
also did Mr.. Parsons. A motion was
made to lay the resolution upon the table.
and after some further discussion the
consideration Of the resolution OF In
uOt bculeut Whs pOotpouou uutu Ertuhy
evening, June 20. At this meeting there
was a very large attendance and Mr..
Parsons appeared and made an address
In favor of the resolution and q general
discussion of the resolution was had and
the motion to table the same was re-
newed.
Mr.. Lauren Carroll. the president OF
the club. and who Is one of the signers
Of the letter, to Senator's Wadsworth and
Calder. then put the motion upon the
question Of laying Mr.. Parsons's resclu-
ton on the table. and after the ayes were
taken stated that IL was 20 evident that
the sentiment OF the club was SO nearly
unanimous in favor of tabling the reso-
luton that he did not think 1t was neces-
sary to put the negative side. and 1t was
not put.
Possibly Mr.. Parsons ana his sixteen
other fellow signers from the Fifteenth
Assembly district and Mr.. Henry W..
Taft. another signer who participated In
the meeting, are much nearer to the
sources Of public sentiment" now than
when they signed the letter of May as.
but II would not seem a. II the Judgment
Of Mr.. Root was any less well founded
than usual. J.W.
NEW YoRK, June 20.