The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-11
P0|NDEXTER
ASSA|LS LEAGUE
Has Already Caused Racial
Quarrels and Animosity
to United States
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
CONDEMN IT'S WORK
Simply Hope for Better Results in the
Future-Our First Duty is to Send
Army to Turkey-Cost of Expedition
Would Fall on Taxpayer.

would FaIl on taxpayer.
DUNKIRK, N. Y, Sept. 1.-THE
league of nations was attacked here to-
day by Senator Poindextey, Republican,
Washington, as a harbinger of world
strife. Even in its ''inchoate form and
in the act of its creation" the league
the senator said, has stirred up racial
quarres and animosities between the
United States and many foreign nations.
The future operation of the league
he added, lis bound to intensity these
quarrels and antagonisms and bring war
instead of the promised peace to the
world
MANY people who have been strongly
in favor of the league" continued Sena-
tor Poindexter, "disapprove of nearly ev-
erything that the league has done The
nations acting together in the peace con-
| ference at Paris constitute the same ma
tions, represented in the same way, as
the league of nations Many people re-
gard as dishonorable and wicked the ac,
ton of these nations in league in the
peace conference giving Japan control OF
to give Greek settlements to our enemy
Bulgaria, as advocated by our representa-
tives in the conference, and yet they adj
vocate the league of nations, presumably
because they think that while it does
wicked things in its inception and forma-
ton at some time in the future by some
process of regeneration it will do good
things. The good things that it will do
in the future are purely imaginary, while
the bad things that it has done and is
doing in the present are actual
"a former attorney general of the Uni
ted States infected with the league of ma
tons disease says we must sign the league
without amendment, and then appeal to
the league for the protection of American
institutions The man who advises the
surrender of American institutions to for
eign control and the dependence upon the
fgood graces of that foreign control for the
protection of American institutions is a
traitor TO his country.
The cry of partisanship is raised as
though the defense of the constitution and
of the independence of this nation were
partlsanship; while the proposal to trans
fer to Europe and Asia the control of
our foreign relations by some process of
political party reasoning is said to be en-
tlrely non-partisan, although nine-tenths
Of those who advocate it would be oppos-
ing it were it not for the fact that the
head of their party administration is its
chief proponent
The first duty devolving upon us in
concrete form under the league of nations
rs to send an army to police Turkey for
the protection of Armenia The press
agents of the administration say it will
take 100000 men. The war department
experts figure it will require 10000 men
To assemble, train, clothe, food, house,
and transport an army of either 10000 or
of 100000 men and maintain them 1000
miles from home, will cost more than
sl,000000,000. Who is to pay the 81 ,OO0,-
100000? Is it to be the farmers of Ameri-
ca, the poor people of the country, upon
whom the burdens of taxation ultimate
| Iy inevitably rest?''