Republican farmer., 1919-07-18
Senator Colt Cannot Agree That League Would Create
 a Super State.
LEAGUE INSEPARABLE FROM PEACE TREATY
He is Convinced That the Great Majority Desire to
 Adopt League.

Washington, July 17-Announcing g his support of the principles e.nbod- jed in the League of Nations cove nant, but withholding Judgment re- garding certain reservations, Senator Colt, Republican, Rhode Island, told the Senate today that the nation must at least see the great under taking upon which we have embark ed in entering the war through to the end, which can be done only by our becoming a member of the league"
 The Rhode Island Senator declared himself unable to agree with the oo- jections that the league would cre- ate a super-state or subvert the American constitution. He said, however, that the Monroe Dictrine must be clearly safeguarded and do- mestic questions left for national action.
 "The league in its essence Is sim ply an association of free nations, he said. The principal of interna- tional cooperation as the means by which international peace can be made secure has never been tried be- fore. All other means of preventing war have failed. Not to try this ex- pertinent would leave the world in the same condition of international anarchy as it was before the war.
 ''If we believe that 1t would be dis honorable to withdraw from Europe at this time, to desert France, Eng land and Italy in this critical hour when the whole world is in a, turmoil, then the United States should cer- tainly remain in the league during this world settlement and until peace and order are restored.
 II believe the great mass of the American people are convinced that something must be done to prevent future wars. I am in favor of the principles embodied in the League ot Nations This does not mean that have reached decision that the league should be ratified in the pre- cise form in which it is now pre-
 There has been much controversy over the question whether the League should not be separated from the Peace Treaty I have always be- Iieved the League to be inseparable from the Peace Treaty because the Treaty cannot be enforced except through the League.
 ''The provisions of the League with respect to arbitration or investi- gation and report have been critfciz- ed as not strong enough, but they clearly will tend to prevent war As to the general abojection that the League creates a superstate and hence is destructive of our indepen- dence and sovereignty I am unable tc see the force of the arguments ir support of this proposition.
 Nor am I impressed with the con- stitutional objections. The Treaty making power under the constitution is of the broadest character and ii includes everything that is properly covered by the term Treaty and is moi in conflict with some express provis- ion of the constitution.
 'I believe the popular sentiment is universal, and I certainly share 1t that the Monroe Doctrine should be clearly safeguarded. I also believe that domestic questions, like immi- grafton, which in some of their as- poets may be international, should be properly safeguarded. The storm center of these reservations seems tc be Article 10. As to the retention o1 this article much may be said on both sides
 Upon the question of reservations I reserve my judgment for a full dis cussion and consideration