New-York tribune., 1919-05-04
Marshall Believes
League Opponents
Playing Politics
Calls Agitation Over Monroe
Doctrine SsTempest in a
Teapot; Says Covenant
Doesn't Infringe ON Con-
gress

PHILADELPHIA, May 9. Vice
President Marshall in an address be-
fore the American Academy of Polit-
ical Social Science here tonight, in
support of the league of nations, de-
clared the covenant did not infringe
upon the rights of the United States
Congress and expressed the opinion
that much of the opposition to the
plan results more from political than
patriotic reasons.
Agitation over the Monroe Doctrine
was characterized by Mr.. Marshall as
tempest in a teapot"
"There were two conclusions drawn
from the Monroe Doctrine" he said,
zone of which was good and the other
bad. The conclusion that it was the
doctrine of self defence against Eu-
doctrine comforting upon us guardian
ship of bur sister republics was dis
tinctly bad"
An appeal to tha American people
and the Allied nations to take more
| liberal view of Russia in order that
the nation might live was made by
Colonel Raymond Robins, who was a
member of the American Red Cross
commission in Russia.
Other speakers at to-day's sessions
included Thomas D. Thacher, member
of the American Red Cross commission
TO Russia; r. r. Stevens, representa-
tive in Russia of the National City
Bank of New York; Santeri Nuorteva,
representative in the United States of
the Peoples Republic of Finland !;
Samuel j. Graham, Assistant United
States Attorney General; Frank Nor
rison, secretary Of the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor; DR.. John Hays Ham
mond, of Washington; Thomas Raeburn
White, of Philadelphia; VicePresident
Thomas r. Marshall, Senator Gilbert
NJ. Hitchcock, George Wharton Pepper,
Ex-Governor Samuel w. Mccall of Mas
sachusetts and DR.. Felix Adler, of Co.
lumbia University.
Colonel Robins urged the following
recommendations: Lift the embargo on
all Russian fronts; enter into direct
negotiations for an armistice on all
fronts where Allied or Czech forces
are engaged; insist in the armistice
negotiations upon general political am
nesty to be declared and guaranteed by
both sides, Allied forces to be retained
in Russia solely for the purpose of
forcing such guarantees and to be used
after signing of armistice in reorgan-
izing and operating Russian railways
primarily for transport Of food sup
plies through Russia; send relief
through the American Red Cross to
Petrograd and Moscow Immediately
upon signing of armisticc and send
commission of inquiry with industrial
and trade experts to Moscow to ascer-
tain and report on present situation in
Soviet Russia and best means of bring
ing social peace, economic reorganiza-
tion and relief
Mr.. Robins declared that conditions
in Europe may be repeated in the
United States unless there is "free
speech and free press" He said that
this country must come to realize that
ideas may not be successfully OPP
posed by bayonets"
His remarks were echoed by Thomas
D. Thacher. He said that Bolshevlsm
cannot prevail in America unless the
government by opposing free speech
creates situation where the radicals
appear in the role Of martyrs. He dcr
ciared that the only real power in the
Russian government is the Soviet. This
is not Bolshevism