Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-08-20
MORE FIRMLY AGAINST
 WORLD LEAGUE
Johnson and BOrah Are Unre. lenring in Their Opposition
 To Pact.

i Washington, Aug. 19.-Senators Johnson, California, and Borah, Ida ho, republicans, declared in state ment tonight that upon the facts developed at the White House con- ference today as stated by them, the position they had maintained "in re- spect to this covenant of the league of nations is justified and confirmed"
 "The league ofs nations as con- 'leaves it clear and unmistakable that when we enter it, we are under a compelling moral obligation, to say nothing of the legal obligation which other supporters contend we are under, to take part in the dis turbances, the conflicts, settlemnets, and the wars of Europe and Asia, if any should arise, and it is equally true that under his construction Flu rope would necessarily be under the same impelling force to take part in the settlement of American affairs"
 The senators said that in their opinion, significant facts developed by the interview with the president.
 They declared there yet remained treaties of peace to be made with 1 Austria Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman empire. These treaties deal with subjects as important, territory as extensive and matters as intimate 1 ly affecting the United States as the treaty with Germany. The obliga- /! tions of the United States, therefore what our country assumes in the fu- ture cannot be determined until these treaties are completed and pre- scented to the United States senate"
 Other Facts Brought Out Are.
 ."That the president regards the
 obligations which will be assumed under the League of Nations, parti
 cularly under Articles X., and XI., as moral obligations. These, however, are of compelling force, and would 1 require action upon our part. For instance, the president comedies that in an undoubted case of aggression from the Balkans upon the newly ac- quired territory of Italy, it would be our duty to come to the assistance of Italy and prevent such aggression. The presidents construction of Arti- cle K, is at variance with the con- struction of the democratic attorneys of the senate.
 Shantung Decision.
 "A moral obligation, the president
 insists, rests upon us to carry out the terms of the various treaties of peace. This moral obligation the president states, requires us, under the German treaty for 15 years to maintain American troops in Europe. "The president did not know, nor had he heard of the secret treaties for territorial acquisition and partl-
 tioning various territories until he
 reached Paris" 4 (Here the senators outlined the treaties referred to.)
 "The president opposed the Shan
 tung decision. It was officially con, veyed to him that the Japanese would not sign unless the Shantung rlgnts were given to Japan: The Unlted
 States experts advised the presloent |that Japan's verbal promise to re- , turn the sovereignty of the territory
 in Shantung, while retaining the eco. homie concessions, was return M or the shell of the nut by Japan while she retained the kernel. The Chinese
 insisted the retention of the economic ? IprlV1legeS meaHC pldCCiSo. oO. .SASAo- | ty, but the president says he dlsagrees with this view.
 "England, France and Italy adher- ed at the peace conference to thelr secret treaties disposing of peoples : and territories in the Shantung case; . therefore, the president was the only disinterested judge. The decision, I however, was made unanimously "The United States asked China to
 enter the war. "The American commission at Paris urged that a definite sum ot ; reparations be fixed in the treaty , Why this view did not prevail, the president felt he could not state with out divulging matters respecting oth. ? CT governments he felt he should not :, divulge. "The president felt that he could ? not divuige the details of what tran r spired in the meetings of the commits sioners and could not, therefore, al ford information respecting these matters. For this reason, he coule |not divulge the vote upon racia s equality nor how the United States : commissioners voted"
 a nANIEIS WEARS HONOLULU.