The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1919-08-12
LEAGUE ONLY
CONTINUED from Pace One)

'If the United States or any other
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
would crumble into dust, leaving it
legacy of wars
Quoting press report that Be-
douins were attacking the Kingdom
of Hedjas, the senator pointed out that
Hedjas 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, eff King
Hussein appeal to US for aid and pro-
lection against external aggression af-
fecting his independence and the
boundaries of his kingdom, we should
be bound to give that aid and protec-
ton and to send American soldiers
to Arabia. am unwilling to give
that right to King Hussein and this
illustrates the point which is to me
the most Objectionable in the league
as it stands: the right of other powers
to call our American troops and
American ships to 90 to any part of
the world, an obligation we are bound
to fulfill under terms of this treaty.
II know the answer well-that of
course they could not be sent with
out action by congress. Congress
would have no choice if acting in good
faith.
Attacks Article IS
LET me now briefly point out the
insuperable difficulty which l find in
Article Is. 1t begins-if there should
arise between members of the league
any dispute likely to lead to rup-
ture'-. Amy dispute covers every
possible dispute. 1t therefore covers
dispute over tariff duties and over
immigration.
IAN immigration dispute or a dis
pute over tariff duties, met by the pro-
ccdure set forth in article l5, comes
before the assembly of delegates for
a decision by what is practically a ma
jority vote of the entire assembly
That is something to which l do not
| find myself able to give my assent. So
| far as immigration is concerned, and
also SO far as tariff duties, although
| less important, are concerned, / deny
the Jurisdiction. There should be no
possibility 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 attributes of sovereignty.
| If a nation can not say without appeal
who shall come within it's gates and
become a part of its citizenship it has
ceased to be a sovereign nation. 1t
has become tributary and subject
nation, and it makes no difference
whether it is subject to league or to
conqueror."
The senator said the British dele
gates to the eace Conference, in a
statement regarding the Monroe Doc.
trne had asserted that should dis
pute arise as to the meaning of the
Doctrine. the league is there to
settle it."
ut has seemed to me" he continued,
that the British delegation travelled q
little out of the precincts of the Peace
Conference when they undertook to
explain the Monroe Doctrine and tell
the United States what it was and
what it was not proposed to do with
1t under the new article.
Another point in this covenant
where change must be made in order
to protect the safety Of the United
States in the future is in Article /,
where withdrawal is provided for. AS
it now stands it reads that:
Any member of the league may
after two years notice of its intention
to do so, withdraw from the league
provided that all its international OBJ