Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-07-24

for instance-as a danger to the other:
and therefore threat or danger Of
exte-na, aggression and justification fol
intervention. -
But to fnd an analogy and preceden
In the Holy Alliance for Intervention
In Ireland or Korea IL to misunderstood
history. 1t would take US too far afeli
to enter into a discussion OF the Holy
Alliance. But even admitting. for tn,
sake Of the argument, that, astute law
yers and cunning diplomats can appl,
external aggression to internal revolu'
ton. do not forget that it would TAX.
a unanimous vote OF, the council to &C.
cept such an Interpretation and action
AS shall point out later. the United
States has a veto power. and SO has
England and France. Surely we, car
trust ourselves, and IL we cannot trust
ourselves. history has shown that we
can trust England: for it was England
that refused to Join the Holy Alliance
and proposed to the administration 81
Monroe that. we should adopt and an
nounce the policy known as the Mon
roe Doctrine that blocked the threat.
ened aggression OF the Holy Alliance ID
this hemisphere.
II. then. we are going to cite history
as a precedent, this fear Of perversion
Of external aggression becomes a bugs-
boo.
More serious is the possibility that
IL the $4,000. 900, or more, Chinese In
the province Of Shantung. ruthlessiy
betrayed. as ! believe. and handed
over to Japan. should rise in re-
bellion and China should go to the as
sistance Of their compatriots. the
league would be compelled by arti-
Gle 10 70 preserve the territorial in
tegrity" Of Japan's possession
Shantung-and restrain China. It
would not necessarily mean war, but
it would mean pressure Of some
kind. Public opinion in the United
States would never sanction such ac-
ton against China and we should be
in the dilemma of either not keeping
our obligation under the covenant or
depressing China, In this respect
we shah have entered into an en-
gu-ement which, II the event should
arise. we will not fulfiL As am now
only considering article 10 do not
enter into the question whether we
should have assented to Shantuns
being given to Japan under articles
15e-15s Of the treaty. The sole point
Is what risks may our oblisation
under the covenant Of the league in
volve. Whatever they are they may
be reduced to the period Of the next
two years. within which Japan may
return Shantung to China. as she ia
understood to have promised to do,
and thus end the matter: or. as will
suggest below. We can quit the league
at the end of that time.
3. Article 10. 1t is contended, was
not intended to prevent war. Whether
this article, or other particular arti-
cles. i, 2 and 3 for example. were or
were not intended to prevent war is
beside the point. It is the whole
covenant that was intended to pre-.
vent war. AS matter Of, fact, how.
ever. article 10 was intended to pre-
vent external aggression" for the
purpose Of acquiring the territory of
one nation by another. This has
been the most prolific cause Of war
in the past. II article 10 was intend
ed to prevent such aggression. as its
words plainly indicate. 1t certainly
was intenS>d to pre-. spt war.
:, We eoGle now to thu most .popu-