Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-06-07

INC '""i'Si VI TIC "Oflu Japan ant
China shall each cast Il vote cdual e
! tho vote Of the United States?
| Il present a third question:
! In any contest which may hercaftc,
: arise involving the equality of race.
! is it not perfectly plain that the darl
| races all will unite and declare fol
grace equality in every part of tht
! world? 1t must be remembered thai
! this is Il living and burning question
I that Japan has expressly reserved il
for future consideration and that II
! it comes before the League of Peace
; as now organized the dark races will
have majority,
, "UNFAIR AND OUTRAGEOUS"
= by what kind Of logic is it pro
posed to bind the United States to
abide by the decision of the rcDrcsen
tativcs Of nations where the dispari-
ty i'll numbers alone makes the ar.
rangemcnt so unfair as to be outrage
ous."
Who can justify the giving of $50
! 900 ignorant half castles of Panama a
vote equal to the United States? What
sort OF lnSolcncc is II that proposes
that $4,000 civilized Of semi-civiliZcd
Negroes of Liberia shall in the coun
! Gil of the world have vote equal to
the 10000 600 people of the United
! States? How can l. bc claimed that
tho South African colonies which Brit
ain conquered upon 4 protext that
they were unfit for Sclfgovcrnment
. should now with population of only
100000 white people be allowed to
al To hof Of 1n;t Il
: States? How can Great Britain ask
us to permit the ignorant and super
sttious hordcS Of India, incapable Of
$eltgovcrnmcnt or sclfdcfcncc cast
Il vote equal to that of the United
States?
Going from these black and color
od races TO the white what logic will
justify giving to the British Empire
six woes as against Il single vote of
the United States for the league as
now written gives to the British En-
pirc one vote and TO her Dependent
cics. India; South Africa; New Zeal
and: Canada and Australia one vote
each?
against such an agreement com
mon sense, justice and deccncy pro-
test"
Senator Reed then read copiously
from an encyclopaedia and standard
reference works to show the low NOR
al one, the superstition and illitcracy
OF the dark nations which will have
equal votes with America in the
league.
"Win the Senator explain what
they can vote on?' asked Senator
Hitchcock (NeD.) the main Scnatori-
al defender of the League Of Nations.
Il think it would lie interesting"
"On anything that America can
vote on in the League Of Nations" Mr..
Reed responded. Ill.,. a.#
THE Senator is entirely mistaken"
Mr.. Hitchcock asserted.
"Ah, does the Senator claim the
League Of Nations has nothing to do?
Mr.. Reed demanded. Let us nave it
out does it have nothing to do or
does it nave something to do?"
THE League has very little TO do"
Mr. Hitchcock answered.
"Then the league is fake is it
not?" MIR. Reed asked.
Mr.. Hitchcock said that practically
all the powers OF the proposed league
are in The hands OF the executive coun
ell, and the only five permanent mem
bcrs OF that body are the United
State, Great Britain; France; Italy
and Japan.
Then you have not League Of
Nations replied Mr.. Reed. "You
have quintuple alliance and instead
of having a league of the world as
the President said he was going to
have you have got five great nations
that have united themselves to govern
and dominate the world. You plead
too much, my friend. You plead that
we are standing here as you have
stood declaring in this hall and on
the public platforms Of the United
States in effect that this League Of
Nations, this assembly OF the nations
of the world is TO become great
force that is to control the evil pas
sions of men and races, to ring to the
world peace, harmony and good will
and now you stand here declaring as
your only excuse for its existence that
1t is a powerlcss thing; you stand
here and proclaim to the world that
the whole thing is fake fake that
1t is rotten fraud; that it is mis-
cradle pretence and therefore it does
not make any difference what you
put into it, as nothing is to come out
Of it,"
The executive council was not the
governing body Of tho proposed leag-
ue. Senator Knox (Pa.) interrupted
to call attention to the fifteenth sec
ton of the covenant which provides
that either party to dispute may
carry it from the executive council
to the membership CT the league.