The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-31
u.mltton Loads Dlseussson OF
w. -. Of Nations At Monthly
Luncheon in tho TIFFANY
Room
OREGON EDUCATOR ALSO
!. s.rono,y Favor League, BUT
s0ue Lawyers on Other SIDE
viii DO Heard at Next
Meeting


49,, veoh,k Bar association held It's
lus si,, luncheon in the Tiffany room
nou .sa uotel Iowa Thursday, with y.
~ cn usr Of canton, Missouri Judge A..
Wccrary of Binghamton. new
y :. and james s. Ewing OF Portland.
ap, = as guests, and q discussion
o " tbs league of nations as the chaet
topic r., da,,v.rad tho
-s..,nIa address on this subject
'i I,,dge hamilton, In his address, said:
.srhsra is not lawyer present but
.ocoeuizes that we are now ID . Crisis
- mr. civilization. Whatever insp1r.
zion may come from the activities OF
s1somers everyone must recognize
W. something is imperative in or
s saa ~ reduce the possibilities OF war.
~ aWe have Just realized that war Is
- ,rigbtful and that frightfulness has
- ~, rreat possibilities that never
gain can our civilization 90 through
mother struggle without annihilation:
: why Germany Failed.
we have read in history Of the pax
pomana and, perhaps inspired by the
80. ta,at Rome secured to the world,
"a ksiser had an imperial dream
that the world should be dominated
rith a German peace. Germany failed
not for lack OF courage, not on &C
colnt OF lack OF viIility and not for
lack Of strength to accomplish ner
IDEA. but because the world would not
tolerate such an idea.
4In this crisis, all thinking men are
compelled to admit that the upper
most thought should be to find some
thing that will reduce the possibilities
Of war In order to save civilization.
n ana ashamed Of the plane OF de-
hate upon which the opponents OF the
league OF nations have placed the dis
c,ssion. Those Who have opposed
the league of nations have never yet
proposed something that was better.
Senator Borah has placed the discus
sion upon the type of thought that
1 am Sir Oracle and when / speak,
let no mouth be opened. II Christ
himself were to come to the earth
and advocate league Of nations, /
should oppose It.
Reeds Peanut Politics.
Neither am any more in sympa-
thy with the discussion as proposed
by Senator Reed Of Missouri, who In
every public address, has deliberately
nisrepresented the contents Of the
league Of nations covenant and then
based this argument on false premis-
g.
"This Is type Of peanut politics
which should not be tolerated in the
discussion OF a question Of such para
pount interest, not only to every
american citizen, but to the people
pf the whole world.
A Disentanetlne Alliance.
tt Is the paramount duty Of Ameri-
can craftsmanship to add, when 1t has
the opportunity, some great contri-
button to the progress of humanity.
The league OF nations does not pre-
sent any superstate that Is to domi-
nate the individual nations composing
that league Of nations.
Neither the original draft nor the
present draft in the slightest degree
lmperdls the Monroe doctrine, but, on
me other hand, every nation becom.
ing party to the league Of nations
especially recognizes such principles
as that contained in our Monroe doc.
uine, and all are joint guarantors with
lne United States in the maintenance
OF the integrity Of not only the small
nauons In the western hemisphere,
nut the small nations created by the
treaty of peace.
- instead of 1t becoming an entang-
ing alliance, 1t is, on the contrary. a
usentangling alliance"
= James s. Ewing, an educator of
dt. siana, oregon, visiting in the city,
: the league of nations from
s.,s Seholers standpoint. Mr.. Ewing
- 4
Good American Doctrine.
fs~Tt
me principles contained In the
,essue Of nations are essentially the
s.ans for which America has
,ioOu during all the years Of Its mn.
N :. The principles contained
o ~ II are the principles that the Amert-
tsras people have applauded when ut
49, by American statesmen. In a
Tho et w, way, l might call attention to
cou,a aree great paramount principles
p p4.ained in the proposed league of
5 5aaohs that are essentially American
nation me first place, the league of
snce % recognizes the right of exist.
This a a. perpetuity of small nations
RIM s Is essentially an American doc
year s ana has been during ali the
4 re- ., our national existence This
,oct ns basic element in the Monroe
,gnizin e ana the league Of nations rec.
3 e1ists the right of small nations
.pplics stsnce is nothing more than the
Rih srSao Of the Monroe doctrine IN
lager scale to the whole world
"a,o., Z PIurIbus unum.
a, a. principle contained ., ~