The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-28
COVENANT WON'T HELP
IRELAND TO FREEDOM
Declared Senator Walsh of Montana in
Address To-day--Also Asserted 1t
Would Not Fix the Bounda-
ries of Nations.

Washington, D. G., July 2s. - Denial
that article 10 of the league of nations
covenant would help the cause of Irish
freedom or fix externally the boundaries
of nations was made in the Senate to-
day by Senator Walsh, Democrat, of
Montana, who said no league could be
clearer than the articles stipulation that
members are to protect one another from
external aggression.
Beyond cavil and beyond controversy,
this limits our obligation in the case of
war by one nation against another. 1t
is perfectly gratuitous assumption that
the political map of the world could
never undergo any change, unless nations
are permitted to wage aggressive war
fare against one another.
"All South and Central America re.
volted and the independent governments
thereof established themselves within the
domain belonging to Spain and Portugal.
Article 10 would have offered no obstacle
to the transformation. Florida passed,
by peaceful purchase, from Spain to the
United States. Louisiana, out of which
have been carved 10 great states of the
union, was not acquired by conquest, but
by purchase.
"After centuries of vain effort by Eng
land to subjugate Scotland, the two
countries coalesced. Sweden and Norway,
becoming united through the Napoleonic
wars, peaeeably separated in 1905
Changes will continue to be wrought
by peaceful negotiation and internal
eommotion and revolution. Siberia may
separate itself from Russia. Ireland or
Egypt may revolt"
Reviewing Ireland's struggle for free
dom, including her successive aid from
Spain, France and Germany, the Mon
tana senator said:
"No single nation save the United
States is to-day in the same class as a
military power with the British empire.
There must be a union of powers against
her to afford the opportunity which it is
said article 10 denies to Ireland Are
senators prepared TO leave Open for TO.
mentation another world war on the
chance of change of government for
Ireland ] prefer to hope that the end
may be attained some other way"
Senator Walsh said the sentiment in
the United States foy Irish freedom was
almost unanimous, but that the same
senator's who said article 10 closed the
way to American aid in an Irish revolu-
tion always added in the same breath
that we must keep out Of the quarrels
of Europe"
Taking up the shantung provision, he
continues
president Wilson eventually yielded
that Japan might be induced to come
into the league But ii the treaty is re-
iected, Shantung remains with Japan
and will remain with Japan until she re-
stores it TO China Of her own free will,
or until she is compelled TO do so by
force of arms. Are senators prepared to
make war on Japan to compel the evac-
nation of Shantungl China loses no ter
ritory by the treaty; she simply does not
get back what she lost to Germany 2l
years ago,
But what does China gain by article
ten? Germany has not been the only ag-
gressor against China. England and
France have despoiled her. Russia and
Japan fought over Manchuria, Chinese
province.
Replying to an assertion by Senator
Reed, Democrat, Missouri, that should
Bulgaria invade Rumanis under the ar
ticle, American soldiers would have to
help repel the invader, Mr.. Walsh said.
ut apparently never occurred to him
that the boys of Great Britain equally
would have to go-indeed the boys Of
nvary art nf tho far -Httnp Rrf4iah am
pire-as we'll as the boys of France and
Italy and Spain and Brazil and those of
half hundred other nations; and that
Bulgaria, in that situation, would prob
ably take counsel with herself and de-
eide that after all it would be more
profitable to submit whatever differ.
enees she may have with Rumania, to
the arbitrament of the executive council
or the league