New-York tribune., 1919-10-19

(, Plate to the mob at Jerusalem: Take
him and cruelty him.
"Sca es are now beginning to fall
from the eyes of the people. They see
that the league of nations 10 a mere
conspiracy of power by which the Brit
| ish Empire, France, Italy and Japan
are to undertake to dominate the world
and impose. their will upon other ma
tions and gather to themselves the
profits of military expedition and
force, and in which the United States
Is to furnish the men and the money
to guarantee the success of their en-
terprse.
"The people were told that if this
pact we're made our army would be dis
banded and our boys returned to their
loving homes. That it was not true
that Article X contains the infamous
provision which compels US to send our
boys to fight In every land, to defend
the f1ags Of countries and peoples with
whom we have no concern.
THE people were first told that the
British Empire did not have six votes
in the league This falsehood has been
repeated from one end of the country
of debate or controversy on thousands
Of platforms and pulpits and in the
Senate Of the United States itself.
But the fact is now laid bare that the
British Empire has vote for itself
and for each of the self governing do
minions or colonies. to wit, Australia,
Canada. New Zealand, India and South
Africa. Each have votes and each have
votes in controversies in which the
British Empire herself Is concerned.
Moreover, as was proved by the
letter of the President, which was with
held from the Senate and the world
| nd Aynly ho lnh I-fo
the Canadian Parliament, President
Wilson, Clemenceau and Lloyd George
jointly certified that these British COL
onies are eligible to seats upon the
council. to which ace they may be
elevated at any time by vote of the
assembly.
"The injustice Of this is so apparent
that English publicists admit It.
"The attempts to befog the issue, the
direct dealing which have characterized
the attempts to force this treaty upon
the American people are absolutely in
excusable.
"The meaning of every clause of the
instrument at this time ought to be
known to the American people.
zone of the most artful subterfuges
put upon the peope Is the term eco
nomic boycott We are told that in
weapon Of the league will be the eco
nomic boycott
They speak of economic boycott as
they would sort of beneicent thing.
A sort of soothing syrup to be admin
istered for national discomfort. AS
matter Of fact the lie ague covenant has
full! provision for actual war and has
within it the plain purpose of creating
international armies and navies.
Nl,,c ! \
The capturing and sinking of ships 1t
means war. 1t is in fact war. 1t is in
all cases war itself. 1t means that
nations shall be surrounded with
armies, their commerce swept from the
seas, their people reduced to starva-
ton.
Calls 1t ynhumane
"Starvation has always been re-
~arded as the last brutality of war
When men stand on the bqttle line
with guns in their hands that is war
N its civilized aspect if war can ever
be tormed civilized. But when women
and babies are starved to death that is
Nar in its most dlabolical aspect.
Economic pressure as provided in
this league instead of being humane.
is war by starvation. Instead Of men
dying upon the fields of battle, babies
and women are to be starved to death
at home.
Let the plair truth be known, and
let us face it,
"Shall we preserve the United States
as a sovereign, free, independent ma
tion, controlling its own affairs, &C.
,jdirg its own course Of policy for
itself, Or shall it become a subordi-
nate state of o great super-govern-
ment, set up to control and dominate
the world?
Shall the American people con-
troll the iestn1 of America, or shall
its destiny be surrendered into the
hands Of those alien to US in lam
guage, in alleg ance, in blood and in
aeDiration 2"