The sun., 1919-10-19

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them and that armies and navies shall
march against them.
A voice: That's Englandr'
Sees Chance of War.
Senator Reed: Now stop a moment.
Half the white men OF the world. and
over fifty million more than half the
white men. are outside the League of
Nations And II nine men representing
nine States propose to summon in these
States that have not Joined and try
them like culprits and criminals, like
subject peoples and determine their fate.
how long will It be until those white
men outside the league will organize
themselves to defend themselves against
the outrages and expressions of the
league? Instead of having a combina-
ton for peace you have created a condi-
ton that makes war as inevitable be-
tween nations as a fight between men
would be inevitable IL three of your
neighbors formed combination to run
the families of three of your other neigh
bors Proud nations and proud peoples
cannot submit, and dare not submit
But let us see. There are rine nations
represented on the council, but who are
they? The five great Powers I have
named but what of Greece? She is the
pawn of Great Britain she is scarcely a
self-governing people. do not say that
out OF disrespect to the Greek citizens.
but It Is a fact that her Government was
set up by outside influences and has been
maintained by them, and England and
France had no difficulty in driving the
King of Greece from his throne with the
help of patriotic Greeks.
what about Spain? Do you think
that Spain is ft to govern this world
Only a few years ago we took from
Spain Cuba and her possessions, because
the Spanish Government governed ac-
cording to media@val notions. and with
fire and sword and torture imposed her
brutal will upon subject peoples. But
she is only pawn in the game. She
too can be moved about by the great
Powers
Belgium a Buffer State.
Belgium, splendid little country. could
not exist for three hours II 1t were not
for the support of France and Great
Britain. Indeed Belgium was originally
set UP as a buffer State, so that the
Germans could not reach the channel
and from there be in position to strike
the coast of England.
Brazil, a South American country,
that is, Spanish in all of It's proclivities
that are not British--why. do you know,
that practically all the business of that
country is cleared through the British
! counting houses?
80 that these four nations which
have spoken of do not count.
TT then comes down to this, that II
Is proposed that five nations shall DOM
mate and control the rest of the worle
| Whenever that is undertaken, oh. Amer
lean mothers, / warn you, when that
compact is signed, II 1t ever is, 1t mort
cages the bones and the blood of your
| boys for the centuries to come. II
means that you will tell the story in
your own tears and that your own signs
shall break even over the battlements
of heaven.
And yet they tell these women their
sons are not to go to war. In the
name of high heaven. IL that is true
| then let me explode that finally and
forever. II my voice can do that and
my slight influence. Let me explode
that. II. sirs. you have made COM
pact in your own community by which
you know there are never going to be
any more burglars, you would not be
found down at the hardware store buy
! ing new locks and new bolts and new
\ bars. If you knew there were never
going to be any more fights or trouble
| you would not be down at the gun
shop buying revolvers and cartridges.
The Real Test.
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there is going to be eternal peace in
this world and at the same time that
| individual is making greater preparation
| for war than in all the past, you ought
to know that he is a miserable fraud
| and that he is trying to deceive you.
Let US put this question to the real
test. They told US there was going to
be disarmament; and yet, before they
wrote the first line of the covenant
, Tor disarmament, Great Britain through
! all her statesmen had declared that
| Great Britain did not propose to sub
stitute for the British war fleet any
League OF Nations. That in the future
as in the past she would place reliance
| upon her floating fortresses and that not
( a vessel would Great Britain yield.
My fellow citizens. that alone ended
| the proposition OF disarmament, and |
will tell you why. II you, sir, lived in
lawless country, when you fight with
a knife and / fight with a revolver and
I We are enemies, and / propose that
We shall declare n truce and make peace
and disarm, and then propose that the
| man who has the knife shall lay il
down, but that l should have the re.
volver and should keep 1t, have made
1t impossible for you to lay down your
knife.
England fights chiefly by the sea
and the tremendous power OF a grea
navy was never SO we'll understood a.
now. for who commands the seas 4
almost able to command the land. An,
when Great Britain says she will no
reduce her feet, on which she relies
how can other nations be asked to re
duce the armies that they have t
defend themselves against that feet?
Britain to Replace Fleet.
But that is only the beginning. Grea
Britain now proposes to junk one-hal
of her fleet. In order TO do away wit
1t? No, in order TO build in place O
1t, ship for ship. mightier dreadnought
than ever ploughed the waters OF IN
seas. Mystery ships they are called
because the secret of their tremendou
power has been carefully kept by tn
British Admiralty. And yet while tina
Is going on the hypocritical documer
is presented to us which proposes tina
nations will expose their secrets to eac
other!
but is that all? My friends, yo
know we had some trouble about tn
ships in Scapa Flow, the ships of Gel
many that she sank there You RI
member that You also recall that ou