The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-15
HAYS CHALLENGED TO GO ON RECORD
 REGARDING LEAGUE
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prospect of control has already thrown them into confusion.
 Ever since the war began in Europe in 1914 our ears have been vexed by the wild cries of the opposition proclaim ing a superior brand of patriotism ana now at the very first sign of return 10 partial authority the leaders of the re- publican party in the Senate have placed themselves in opposition to league or nations and the leaders in the House or Representatives have selected for floor leader Congressman Mondell of Wyoming, who voted against the tabling Of the McLemore resolution and opposed the
 selective draft law. Senator Penrose is to be chairman of the Senate com mittee on finance and the reactionafles are dictating the policies of the party
 MT Cummings then recounted the war records of republicans who have been selected for various chairmanshlps III Inc uouse of Representatives in the next Congress.
 ..It is a pitiful conclusion" he asserted. ito a campaign based upon such aroent promises. Ii is an extraordinary thihs that those who are loudest for war seem to be most determined that America shall relinuuish the duties which have fallen to her lot as result of the war. ."The idea of league of nations IS rot difficult to understand. Ih> pidih people understand it. Only learned sen ators were confused about 1t. Let us no. be disturbed by the action of the dissent ing senator's They are engaged in the most ungenerous task in history anu their objections are written in saho.
 WOULD CONVINCE REPUBLICANS | Secretary Daniels declared in his ao- 1 dress that he was curious to Know Just what evidence would convince the | rti republican party" that the "sobed sentl- | ment of the great majority of our peo- l ple" desires the league of nations. | "It would seems fair to assume sald | MT. Daniels, "that mandate Of con- gress, passed by a practically unahi- nous vote of both Houses, directing the President to do all in his power to l create such league, might answer I even their fastidfous requirements. Let us see. for moment, how such leglsld- | tion could be drawn up and make | guess at their attitude toward it. flrst
 naturally would come preamble on | the policy of the country. Let us start it out something ike thls; l "Tt is hereby declared that it is the | nolicv of the United States to adjust l and settle it's international disputes l through mediation or arbitration, to the end that war may be honoraoly l avoided
 | s"rhis should be followed by dlrec- l tion to the President to take practlcai steps to carry out the policy. We might | put 1t this way:
 "In view of the premises the Presi- dent is authorized and requested to in l vite. at an appropriate time. not later | than the close of the war in Europe, all 1 the great governments of the world to | send representatives to a conference i which shall be charged with the duty of formulating a plan for court or ar bitration or other tribunal, to Wnlch disputed questions between nations shall be referred for adJudicatioh ana lpeaceful settlement.
 Stating that this would seem to cover the situation pretty thoroughy' Mir Daniels added:
 l "Gentlemen, what I have read IS not | A fanciful sketch of proposed piece
 of legislation. It is law of the Unit ed States of America, now on our statute books. passed by these same
 gentlemen in 1916. which you may verl, fy for yourselves by reading the naval appropriation act, approved by the l President of the United States on Au- gust 29, 1916."
 The test of the act as quoted by hlm
 follows: "Jt is hereby declared the policy or the United States to adjust and settie it's international disputes through meal
 ation or arbitration to the end that war may be honorably avoided. It LOOKS
 with apprehension and disfavor upon
 general increase of armament through out tho world, but 1t realizes that no single nation can disarm, and without
 a common agreement upon the supJect 1 every considerable power must nam tain a relative standing in military strength"