The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-18
cCumber Says League
 Only Preventive of War
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Xuoun8 pne uecio<auon or Senaor SUhnson. Repubfican, of California. that America by virtue of her isola- ton does not need the European pow egU as 'Npartners.' Mir. McCumber saaa isolation had long since broken down. . European quarrel having cost this country in the last five years 5000 lives and s4o.ooo ooo. 900.
 There is no moral duty incumbent upon any man in his relation to his fallow man." he continued. that Is not equally, incumbent upon a nation an itS relation to every other nation. What would you say of the strong. 0Dsrous man who would stand on the 1Aore and sec a woman struggling in <he waves while he. folding his mus collar arms announces, oh, that is no concern of mine. she Is not my wife 0P dAughter.'
 "Oh." say opponents of tho league of nations we can make up our Dfnds what to do when the occasion arises." What I want us to do Is to be right there on the spot when the occasion arises. Had the United staces been right on the spot with an agreement signed by us and signed by Germany that Germany would not mako war on France or any other country without submitting to q league of notions the question of the
 
 would have been spared this awful conha grafton.
 You talk about our entering this war for a great world principle. The man who makes that assertion knows that he falsifies the record. He knows that we never once said to Germany you have no right to make war on France we based our right of action solely on the ground that by the acts -I~- l.- us. I want to put ourselves in sucil n position that we shall never feet it necessary to reiterate such a false hood
 we knew all along just what Ger many had in mind. We knew her purpose of world domination. But we had not the right under interna- tional law or under any agreement to demand that she refrain from that hellish purpose. We do not want this country or any other country to be again placed in such a position of impotency.
 "Of course, not one of us would have written this covenant just as it has come to us. But this covenant vrepresents the deliberations of na- tions. It deals with complex situa- tions. It comes to us as a compro- mise compact And to secure the support of this country special con- sessions have been made to ua Our Monroe Doctrine is by this instrument given a world sanction.
 The members of the league under take to preserve the territorial in- tegrity only against external aggres- sion- A community of land owners where there is no other law to ap- peal to, may most properly unite to protect the land of each and every ft,a rt~ tN ,oyx, It had been asserted and reasserted in all the false attacks on this in. strument that the United State. would be compelled to help Grea Britain preserve her domain agains her own internal revolutions or rebel lions. Nothing could be more false Ii is only against external aggression that the league assures its protec. ton.
 "The members of the league agre, to the reduction of national arma ments We wave aloft the banners o sovercignty and Independence as scarecrow to frigf1ten those who d, not stop to consider that every com pact or treaty between nations tha has ever been adopted Is just a. much n surrender of our sovereignt, and our national independence a, though the same treaty were made el bloc with all the nations. We hay, preached the reduction of armament for yearsl Now, present to me. 1 you can a better or a plan that pro vided in this treaty. or else act frank Jy that we never intended to conform our ncts to our declarations"
 Referring to charges that tn United States would be at a disad vantage in the league because 1t Ina only one vote the speaker said tn important decisions would be mad in the council where the only vote would be one each for the five grea powers with unanimous action requir cd to effect a decision or to transfe consideration of a question to the as eembly. Answering objections tha Great Britain would have too man