The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-01-09

vision that did not get, The Senator
now proposes that this league of ma
tons shall supervise all the different
nations of the earth, and say how
many soldiers they shall have, and
what the size of their navy shall be
VIII the Senator permit Nicaragua
and Costa Rica and Bulgaria to de-
termine how large an army or how
large navy we shall have? Are we
10 have our security determined by the
% varieties of nations in Europe?
Does the Senator think their judy
ment Is better and wiser than the
Judgment of a homogeneous people
imbued with a love of peace and u
love of country?
MIR. WALSH. Mr.. President, the
Senator is now simply adverting to
some of the difficulties of representa-
! ton. Why, as a matter of course, We
could not submit to giving these little
nations the same voice that the gov
eminent of the United States would
have. Great Britain would not sub
NIT to giving them the same voice
The subject of representation Is one
of the very, very great difficulties. 1t
was when the United tSates was or
ganiZed. But let me add, Mr. Presi-
dent, that Germany disregarded her
obligations because she felt that she
was strong enough from a military
point of view to do so. As matter
OF course, disarmament or a limitation
of ornaments is a necessary condi-
ton precedent to a, league of nations
Everybody understands that. 1t is for
the purpose of getting rid of arma-
ments and military establishments
that league of nations is proposed
MIR. BORAH. The Senator says
that he would not be in favor of the
small nations determining these ques-
tons. That reminds me of what one
of the most eminent writer's on inter-
national law has said with reference to
league of nations. He says that
they have always been of great Bind
tons, but never of any binding force
or effect whatever upon large nations.
MIR. WALSH We never have had
an agreement under which there was
a limitation of ornaments; and Mr.
President, the idea of disarmament
and limitation of ornaments may go
1nn olt, nf no al
MR.. BORAH. The Senator says we
have never had league that provided
for disarmament. The Holy Alliance
provided for the disarmament of
France and kept it disarmed until
such time as it permitted it to arm.
MIR. WALSH. Yes but they did
not provide for their own disarma-
ment
Mr.. BORAH. No; precisely: and
the Senator has just said that he |
would not consent for the small ma
tons to have any voice in reducing
the armament of the large nations, and |
the large nations in all probability |
will not reduce it themselves.
MR.. LEWIS. Mr.. President
Mr. WALSH. Mr.. President that is
another difficulty that confronts the
thing at the outset. My understand
ing is that no one has ever proposed
that ornaments shall be prescribed by
the league of nations. That is an ar
that will be entered into
originally and form part of the origi-
nal agreement. 1t will be a matter of
treaty between the various nations en-
tering into the league.
MIR. REED and MR.. LEWIS adj
dress edthe Chair.
THE PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr |
Kendrick in the chair. Does the !
Senator from Idaho yield; and if So
to wohm?
MR. BORAH. I yield to the Sena- I
tor from Missouri, and then I will !,
yield to the Senator from Illinois.
MR. REED. Since the question was ,
raised as to what were the objects of ,