Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-08-12

Likcninq-,hc league to the ill.famed
holy alliance. Mr.. Lodge quoted the
covenant provision giving the Assem-
bly, authority to deal at Its meetings
with any matter affecting the peace OF
the world" and continues:
There is no such sweeping or far
reaching provision as that in the treaty
of Paris, and yet able men developed
from the treaty the holy alliance.
which for IS years. was an unmitiga-
ted curse TO the world. England broke
from the holy alliance because Eng
lish statesmen saw that II was in
tended to turn the nlliance-and this
leas is an alliance-into means OF
repressing internal revolutions or in
surrections.
NO revolutionary movement. on in
ternal conflict OF any magnitude can
fail to affect the peace of the world
Any matter Affecting the peace OF the
world is a very broad statement which
could be made to justify almost an!
interference on the part OF the league
with the internal affairs of othef
countries.
Takes Up Article.
"In Article X the United States Is
bound on the appeal of any member OF
the league not only to respect but TO
preserve it's independence and its boun-
daries. and that pledge, if We give IT,
must be fulfilled. There is to me no
distinction whatever in treaty De-
tween what some persons are pleased
to call legal and moral obligations. n
treaty rests and must rest. except
where it is imposed under d1ress ana
securities and hostages are taken TOT
it's fulfillment, upon moral obligations
The pathway OF dishonor is always
open. But whatever the United States
agrees to, by that agreement she must
abide.
'Tf the United States or any otner
country should refuse, no matter how
specious the reasons, to fulfill both IN
letter and spirit every obligation in
this covenant, the United States would
be dishonored and the league wouiu
crumble into dust, leaving behind 1t
legacy of wars"
Quoting a press report that Be
douins were attacking the Kingdom o..
Hedjaz, the senator jointed out that
Hedjaz was a member of the league
whose integrity the United States
would guarantee to preserve from ex-
ternal aggression under the covenant.
Under Article H. he said. III King
Hussein appeal to us for aid and pro-
lection against externa. aggression al
fecting his independence and the poun-
daries of his kingdom, we should De
bound to give that aid and protection
and to send American soldiers to Ar
abba. I am unwilling to give that r1gnt
to King Hussein and this illustrates
the point which is to me the most oo-
jectionable in the league as it stands: ::
the right Of other powers to call out
American troops and American ships
to 60 to any part of the world. an OBJ
legation we are bound to fulfill under
the terms OF this treaty. know the
lanswers. well-that, M course. they
could not be sent without action bv
congress. Congress would have NJ
choice II acting in good faith.
Article XIV Impossible.
Let me now briefly point out the
insuperable difficulty which 1 find in
Article XIV. It begins-.If there should
arise between members 1.-THE league
any dispute likely to lead to rupture
Amy dispute covers every possible dis
pute. 1t therefore covers dispute
over tariff duties and over immisra-
ton.
'An immigration dispute or dis-
pute over tariff duties, met by the pro-
cedure set forth in Article XIV. comes
before the assembly Of delegates for a
decision by what Is practically ma
jority vote of the entiro assembly. That
is something to which I do not find
myself able to give my assent. So far
as Immigration is concerned, and also
SO far as tariff duties, altho less impor-
tant, are concerned. deny the juris-
diction. There should be no possibil-
ity Of other nations deciding who shall
come into the United States, or under
what conditions they shall enter. The
right to say who shall come into a
country is one of the very highest at
tributes Of sovereignty. II a nation
can not say without appeal who shall
come within Its gates and become
part Of its citizenship 1t has ceased to
be sovereign nation. It has become a
tributary and a subject nation, and 1t
makes no difference whether it is SUBJ
ject to league or to a conqueror."
Takes Rap At British.
The senator said ~the British dele
gates to the peace conference. in a
statement regarding the Monroe doc
ttrine, had asserted that should a dis
pute arise as to the meaning Of the
doctrine, "the league Is here to settle
It,"
ut has seemed to me-" he continued.
ethat the British delegation Travelled
IA little out Of the precincts of the
peace conference when they undertook
to explain the Monroe doctrine and tell
the United States what Is was and
what it was not proposed to do with
it under the new article,
1.-THE Monroe doctrine was the coral
larry Of Washington's neutrality policy
and of his injunction against perma-
nent alliances. It reiterates and re-
affirms the principle We do not seek
to meddle in the affairs Of Europe and
keep Europe out Of the Americas.
It is as important to keep the United
States out OF European affairs as to
keep Europe out Of the American con-
Ptinents.
1T was prely an American doctrine
a purely. American policy designed and
wisely designed for our defense. It
has never been an International en-
gagement.' No nation has ever formally
recognized It, It has been the subject
Of reservation at International COZ
ventions by American delegates. It
has never been a regional understand
ing, or an understanding Of any kind
with anybody. 1t was the declaration
Of the United States Of America, IN
their own behalf, supported by their
own mower. They brought It into be-