Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-12

with the internal affairs Of other coun %
| tries.
"In Article 10 the United states Is
bound on tho appeal Of any member ot
tho league not only to respect but 70
preserve its independence and its bound
aries. aud that pledge. " We give IT,
must be fulfilled. There is to me No
distinction whntcvcr in treaty be
tween what some persons arc plcnsco
to call legal and moral obligations,
"Ir the Tnitcd states or any other
great country should refuse, no matter
how precious the reasons, to tulhlI'
both in lrttcr nnl spirit, every obllgn p
tion in this covenant, the United states
would hc dishouored and the league
would crumhlc into dust, leaving behind
it legacy Of wars.
How League Would Act
p,otinv nrcss report that Bodouins
were attacking the Kingdom vt hcpJa"
the scnntor pointed out that ilcdJaH was
a ucn,hcr of the league whose integrity
! tLc I.nitcd states would guarantee t'
nrrscryp from external aggression IN e
dor the covenant.
"Ict me now briefly point out th'
insuncrahlc difficulty which .ttnd IT
Article n. ho said. II begins IF there
sbnuId arise between members of INC
league any dispute likely TO lead 10
runturr Any dispute covers every
possible dispute It therefore covers
disrutc over tariff duties and over i'm
migrnti"n. .,
IAN immigration dispute or dis
n over tariff duties, met by the pro
sedurc sct forth in Article u, comes b"
roro tho assembly of delegates for dc
rision by what IS practically majorhl
vote Of the entire assembly. That Il
something tn which | do not find my
self able tu give my assent, so Tar a
immigra,iun is concerned, aud also 50
far a, tariff dutica. although less i'm
nortant. arc courrrncd, I deny the iuris
diCtiun
"Thcrc should be no possibility o
other nations deciding who shall com
into the United States. or under wha
conditions they shall enter, The righ
to sav who shall come into country il
one Of the very highest attributes o
sovereignty. II a nation can not sa,
WltiOu1 HllIl'dl W Nv NIiul' ''ih' " '''''
it's gates and become part of its riti
2enship il has ceased to hc sovereign
nation. II has become tributary ant
subject nation. and il makes no dlf
forcnrr whether II IS subject to |cagu
Or tu rOuUucrOr.
The Senator said the British dClegatC
TO tho Peace Conference. in statemcn
regarding th" Monroe Doctrine, had as
serted that should a dispute arise as T.
the meaning Of the DoCtriuc, "thc lcagu
is there to settle it.
''It was purely nn American doctrine
n purely American policy. designed ant
wisely designed for our drfcn>c, 1t
said at has never ben an 'intcrna
tional engagement. NO nation has eve
formally recognized it. II has been th'
subject uf reservation at intcrnatioDa
conventions by American delegates
has ucvcr been regional understand
ing. nr an understanding Of any kline
with anybody.
'It was the declaration Of tho United
States of America. in their own behalf
, supported by their owr power. They
. brought il into being and its life wa
predic6 ed on the force which the nitet
States could place behind it. Unless tn
United States could sustain il. it woul'
die. Tho United States has supported
it. II has livcd-strong. efficient, re
spectcd II is now proposed to kill i
by provision in u treaty for lcagu'
Of nations.
"AnOthcr point IN this cOvenan
where change must be made III orde
TO protect the safety Of the United
States in the future is in Article |
where Withdrawal is provided for. A
it now stands it reads that
'Any member of the league may
after two years notice Of its intention
10 do 50. withdraw from the league
provided that all its international obi
cations and all its obligations unde>
this covenant shall nnvc been fulfilled
at the time Of its withdrawal.
"WhatPvcr virtue there may be il
the right thus conferred is completed
nulIitiod by the provSo. Tn" l"agu,
alone can decide whether all interna
| tional obligations and all obligations
, under this covenant have been fulfilled
, and this would require. under the pro
visions of the league. a unanimous
vote. SO that any nation desiring t,
withdraw could not do so, even oi
the two years notice. if one natiol
voted that the obligations had not bcel
r fulfilled.
Remember that this gives the leagu