Bisbee daily review., 1919-10-02
Johnson Greeted by
Crowds in Frisco
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upon the granting to the British EN-.
pire OF six votes to one vote of the
United States, although it was per
fectly obvious to Lloyd George that
the six votes for which he fought SC
fervently were of no advantage to
him whatsoever. He made it plain
that an empty honor had been accord
ed Canada, New Zealand, South AT
RIGA, Australia and the self-governing
colony, India, and this boon coveted
by Great Britain and eagerly sought
by her colonies they and he knew be-
cause he tells US, it was of neither
consequence nor value nor import.
ance.
'The difficulty with the explana.
| ton of the president is that it was at
variance with the facts and, as usual
the facts, the memorable facts, make
the issue with Mr.. Wilson.
"The entire contention of Mr.. Will
son depends upon two propositions /;
first, that the assembly has no power
an dis a mere debating society, and,
secondly, that the power of the league
resides in the council, where Great
Britain, as he inferentially insists,
will ever have but one vote.
at is not the fact, as the president
says, that in case of a quarrel be-
tween Great Britain and the United
States, the British empire would be
deprived of her six votes. The colon
les of Great Britain, even including
India, were taken into the league as
separate and distinct entities, with
membership as full and powers as
great as those Of any sovereign ma
ton. Not only this, they actually
signed in their separate and individ,
ual capacities the treaty of peace and
the league of nations, and by it's very
terms in this first article became
original mepbers Of the league
Equally in error is the president
in his designation of the assembly
1t is not mere debating society II
is not bod yof impotency and fulfil
ity. If 1t were, the league would be
an egregrious fraud. 1t would be un-
der Mr. Wilson's construction a mere
world governing oligarchy of the five
great nations. The academic and
idealistic conception Of a grtat forum
to redress the wrongs of the weak
would be a mere sham and pretext
and shabby diplomatic trick.
'If Mr.. Wilson's conception of the
assembly be sound the weak nations
Of the earth would forever be in sub
lection, forever on their knees to the
organized power of the five great ma
tons. If Mr.. Wilson's description OF
the assembly of the leagu be correct,
instead OF securing self-determination
of peoples, and justice to the weak,
we would have all the minor nations
and all the smaller peoples of the
whole world bound in perpetual
shackles to the five great master ma
lions. Mr.. Wilson, as usual, is wrong
in his constructions of the powers OF
the assembly. The assembly, so far
from being debating society," is the
reservoir of all the power of the
league.
The most important function of the
league of nations is to prevent war
by arbitration OF international dis
putes. but every dispute between ma
tions according to article Is, upon
the demand Of either party to the dis
pute, shall be referred to the assem-
bly,. Consequently, the assembly be-
comes not only the court of the first
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decide such as we'll.
Let US see then what would hap
pen II a dispute should arise between
Great Britain and the United States
and be referred to the assembly as
it must be referred If Great Britain
demands it. The United States being
a party to the dispute, would have no
vote in the assembly; Great Britain,
being a party to the dispute, would
have no vote in the assembly. The
five British dependencies, however,
would have their five votes in the as
sembly. There is no conceivable pro-
cess of reasoning by which this places
the two disputants, Great Britain and
the United States, upon an equality.
Great Britain starts with five votes
in the assembly; the United States
with none. The argument is made
that so long as the United States has
one friend in the council it would
prevent any adverse action by the
council, and that if 1t did not have
at least one friend in the council
there would be enough votes to cast
the decision against the United States
without the five votes of the British
dependencies"