El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-29

DRESDENT WILSON'S determination to cancel other
engagements and start his tour Of the United States
10 campaign for the peace treaty and the League Of
Nations It possibly be arranged Is proof
Of feeling Of anxiety that the treaty has shaky standing
in the senate and that direct appeal to the people at
large IS advisable How otherwise can his proposed cam
paign Of education be regarded? The ratification Of the
treaty, including the covenant Of the League Of Nations
Is up to the congress- It IS not TO be accomplished by
popular vote Evidently the president believes that
can stir up sufficient enthusiasm throughout the country
pressure VIII be brought to bear on waverng senators ard
that others who have not zoo strongly declared them
selves against accepting the treaty and the League Of
Nations may be induced to vote affirmadvely.
Although president insists that congress must
Only Iafy the treaty and the league
ratfy without reservations, it is known that
the senate viii ratify without reservations Il viii
rafy for there be utter rejection of the peace
treaty. but it viii express any dissent IN the form Of
reservations and VIII Try to get these reservations into
the treaty itself
As debate goes on, more senators are becoming con-
WINGED that observations Americas understanding
Of the treaty viii not suffice Each Of the other sgnatoes
would have its Of definitions also that would
lead to final adjustment by international court
board in which the United States would be represented by
but vote
Doubtful sections of the traty.ought be interpreted
before the treaty signed Otherwise there viii be differ
Of opinion until international organization is
empowered to render nerpretaons-and those ntepreta
tons might not be approved in this country. Yet we
should be bound by them
President Wilson has his own ideas about the treaty
and the league covenant In his discussions with senators
he constantly has supplied interpretations Of antiquities
IN the texts Of those documents He helped frame them
and probably his interpretations would agree with those
Of the other trainers Of the documents But they might
agree ali with the interpretations to be made now
in the future by the governments Of the sgnatory
powers.
The president is understood be entirely wiling for
the senate to make its interpretations of the League of
Nations and embody them in separate resou
ton, but he does not want them made part Of the
covenant itself However the covenant IS 10 be inter
national contract perpetual contract and If It is 10 be
put into effect without lot Of pickering It should be
clarified first and signed afterward, If that is possible
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plain beyond dispute.
clear The Mann act also seemed perfectly clear to
gresham Mann when he drafted it. and yet the federal
courts sorey perplexed long time afterwarc in
putting interpretations t. The result IS that now the
Mann very much than its author and the
committee that worked with him intended it to mean
is avoid all this that these international agree
meuts should be made plain IN the first place In the
meantime it is very doubtful whether the president in
addressing himself to the millions Of his fellow country
his swing around the circle, viii have much effect
the senate Certainly not If senators act ike Reed
Smoot Of Utah One Of Mr. Shoots constituents, Mor
mon ike the senator himself addressed to him strong
condemnation Of the senator's attitude the peace treaty
and the League Of Nations informing him that he
niung the Of humanity, and acting contrary to
the wishes Of his constituents and the church Senator
suoo replied that he believed he had studied the matters
hand carefully than any of his constituents, had
prayed for guidance often than any other member Of
the church and that he would the right
70 vote his Judgment and his conscience dictated