The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-19
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''acvise" ard as its action must be unanimous the affirmative vote of the United States would be necessary to any question affecting it.
 Article 16, the President said, pro- vided that where there IS q dispute found to be solely within the turisdic- ton of ono of the parties under in tcrnational law, the League Council shall so report and mako no recom- rlendatiou for it's settlement. Immi- Eration, tar.ns and tho like, the President said, clearly came under that provision.
 The President said in part:
 'I venture again to urge my advice that the action of the Senate with re- gard to tho treaty be taken the earli- est practicable moment because the problems with which we are face to face in the rcadjustmcnt of our na- tional life of the most pressing and critical character will receive for the proper solution the most intimate and diainterestod co-opcration of all par t.es and an interests and cannot be postponed without manifest yeril 10 our people.
 "The copper mines of Montana, and Alaska for example, are being kept open and in operation only at d great 
 money. the zinc mines of Missouri, Tennessee and Wisconsin are being operated at about one-half their ca paci:y: the lcad of Idaho. Illinois and Missouri reaches only portion of s former markets, there ls an immedi- utc need for CuJtpn bCItiug. and also for lubrlcJung oil which cannot be met all because the channels of trade arc barred by war. when there is no war. Tho same is true of raw cotton, of which the Central Empires alone Normcrly purchased nearly 4,00O,0OO bales
 "Our military plans of course wait upon it. Vas. surplus properties of the army Include, not food and cloth ing merely, whose sale will affect normal production, but great mauu- facturirg establishments also which should be restored to their former uses great stores of machine tools, and all sorts of merchandise, which must He Idle until peace and military policy arc definitely determined. By the same token there can be no prop erly studied national budget until then.
 "The nations that ratify the treaty, such as Great Britain. Belgium and France, will be in a position tO lay their plans for controlling the markets of Central Europe without compcti- tiou from us if we do not presently act. We have no consular agents no trade representatives there to look after our interests
 "Without detCrmiuatc markets our production cannot proceed with intel IigeuCe or confidence. There can be no stabiHzation of wages; there can be no settled conditions of employ mcnt There can be no easy or normal industrial credits, because there can be no confident or perman- eut revival of business.
 "I will only venture to repeat that every element of normal life among us depends upon and awaits the rat incation of the treaty of peace; and also that we cannot afford to lose a single summers day by not doing all that we can to mitigate the winter. suffering, which unless we find means 10 prevent it. may prove dislstrous to a large portion of the world, ant iuay. at its worst, bring upon i1urop, conditions oven moro terrible tiiHT those wrought by tue war itself
 "Nothing, am led to believe |tands in the way of the ratification O treaty except certain doubts witl
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 The right cf any sovereign stat to withdraw had been taken fc granted but no objection was mad Co making it explicit Indeed. sc soon as the views expressed at th White House conference were laid he fore the commission it was at ono conceded that it was best not to lcav the answer to SO important a ques ton 10 inference
 "I'he Monroe Doctrine is express ly mentioned Gs an undcrsta ndin which is in no way to be impairc or interfered with by anything con ;alned in the covenant and the ex prcssion regional understanding like the Monroe Doctrine was uset not because any one of the conferec thought there was any comparabl agreement anywhere else in existenc or in contemplation. but only be cause it was thought best to avoi the appearance Of dealing In such document with tho policy of slngl nation. Absolutely nothing is con ccaled in the phrase.
 Article Ten Is in no respect O doubtful meaning when read in tn light Of the covenant as n whole. Tn council of the league can only lad