The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1919-12-25

mlnd tnat article IL Is untouched by
any reservation which has been offered
here; and with article IL untouched
and its Integrity complete, article 10 Is
perfectly superfouS. If any war or
threat OF war shall be matter Of con-
sideration for the league, and the
league shall take such action us it
deems wise TO deal with it, what Is the
necessity Of article 10? Will not akgres.
sion be regarded as a war or threat of
war? If the political independence of
some nation in Europe is assailel
will it be regarded as a war or threat
of war? Is there anything in article 10
that Is mob completely covered by ar
ticle IL?
1t remains complete. and with our
representatives sitting in th4council
and the assembly, and with article IL
complete, and with the assembly and
the council having jurisdiction Of all
matters touching the peace Of the
world, what more do you reed til bind
the United States if you assume that
the United States is Nation Of honor?
We have said. Mr.. President. that
we would not send our troops abroad
without the consent Of Congress. Pass
by now for a moment the legal prop
osition. If we create exc ,ative furc
lions. the Executive will perform those
functions without the authority OF Con
gress. Pass that question by and 20
TO the other question. Our members
of the council are there. Article IL is
complete, and it authorizes the league
a member of which is our representa-
tive, to deal with matters of peace and
matter and our accredited REPRESENT
ell ard its assembly deals with the
matter, and our accredited recreEcnta-
1t. ~. i.
upon n certain course, which involves
a question of sending troops. What
will the Congress OF the United States
do? What right will it have left, ex
cept the bare technical right to refuse
which as a moral proposition ii will
not dare to exercise? Have we rot been
told day by day for the last nine
months that the Senate of the United
States, coordinate part of the treaty
making power should accept this
league as it was written because the
wise men sitting ut Versailles had so
written it, and has rot every possible
influence ard every source of power in
public opinion been organized and di-
rected against the Senate to compel ii
to do that thing? How much stronger
will be the moral compulsion upon
the Congress of the United States
when we ourselves have irdorsed the
proposition of sending our accredited
representatives there to vote for us?
All but you say there must be
unanimous consent. and that there is
vast protection in unanimous consent.
do rot wish to speak disparhging-
ly; but has not every division and dis
memberment of every nation which
has suffered ACKNOWLEDGMENT taken
place by unanimous consent for the
last 300 years? Did not Prussia and
Austria and Russia by unanimous con-
sent divide Poland? Did not the
United States and Great Britain and
Japan and Italy and France divide
China, and give Shanturg to Japan?
Was that not a unanimous decision?
Close the doors upon the diplomats of
Europe, let them sit in secret, give
them the material to trade on. and
there always will be unanimous con-
sent.
How did Japan get unanimous con-
sent? l want to say here, i'm my part
ing words upon this proposition, that
| have no doubt the outrage upon
China was quite as distasteful TO the
President of the United States as it
to me. But Japan said: 81 win not
sign your treaty unless you turn. over
to me Shantung, to be turned back at
my discretion" and you know how
Japan's discretion operates with refer
ence to such things. And so. when we
are in the league, and our accredited
representatives are sitting at Geneva
and question of great moment arises
Japan or Russia. or Germany, or
Great Britain will say, Unless this
matter is adjusted in this way will
depart from your league" 1t is the
same thing. operating in the same
way. only under a different date and
under little different circumstances
Mr.. President. If you have enough
territory, if you have enough material
If YOU have enough subject peoples to
trade upon and divide, there will he
no difficulty about unanimous consent
DO our Democratic friends ever ex-
pect any man to sit as n member OF the
council or as a member of the assem-
bly, equal In intellectual power and in
standing before the world with that of
our representative at Versailles? Do
you exnect n man to sit i'm the council
who will have made more pledges. and
| shall assume made them in sincerity
for self-determination and for the
rights of small peoples. than had been
made by our accredited represent
ative? And yet what became OF it?
The unanimous consent was obtained
nevertheless.
But take another view of IA We