The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-28
Text of Covenant Reveals
That Changes Are Chief
ly Verbal.
SENATOR'S STUDYING r
Guarantee of Existing Ter.
ritorial Integrity Still
Remains.
IN EUROPE'S TURMQILS
Borah Says Sovereignty il
JeOpardized and That It Vfo-
lates the Constitution.
EUROPE's TURMQns
Special Despotch to tn, Sex.

Spsodf Despdfch TO THI Sex.
WASHINGTON, April 27.-The League
Of Nations covenant. presumably
amended to meet the many objections
voiced in the United States Senate
when the first draft was made public
was given out by the State Depart.
ment tonight.
That the Plan might no, reach PARA
or London in advance OF the Peace
| Conference receiving it. the State De-
artment particularly demanded that
no part or the covenant be commu-
ncated directly or indirectly to Eu-
rope prior 10 its publication in tho
United States. and this publication
was expressly demanded to be not
prior to the regular Monday morning
editions OF newspapers.
Careful analysis of the revised doo-
ument discloses that in its revision
only one of the many vital criticisms
aimed al the first draft has been met.
That is In relation 10 the Monroe
Doctrine the new text expressly pro-
viding that nothing in the league GOV.
enant shall be construed TO affect tho
validity Of the doctrine or similar in
ternationaI understandings and en-
Ga gements. IN so
| Almost without exception Senators
who are in Washington desired to
| withhold official comment on the new
text tonight that they might make r.
more careful study OF the document.
7 Their first examinatio OF the revised
league constitution, however, led them
to declare privately that in their opin-
ion the demands of critics of The first
constitution had been met in only one
particular, and that otherwise the re-
vision was little more than a new
wording OF the first document sub.
| mitted. against which such a storm
or Senatorial protest arose that it
finally culminnted in thirty-nine Re-
publican Senators publicly pledging
themselves to vote against is ratifica.
| tlon.
| Senator Borah Idahol. Republican.
one OF the leaders in the fight against
the League of Nations as originally
drawn, outlined his views OF the re-
vised covenant tonight in a statement
to THE Sun as follows
Il have not had time 10 study this
changes carefully. Some OF the most
Objectionable features OF the covenant
are left unchanged. Article 10 remainS
as il was. 1t was IA foregone con-
clusion that it would remain intact.
| Under II we still oblgate ourselves to
guarantee the territorial integrity OF
all nations joining the league, and OF
course the understandings is that all
rations ultimately viii Join. II thew
90 not all Join th.n there will be tvo
/ leagues which would ba tho surest
guarantee os war on stupendous
scale. We must agree therefore that
We are guaranteeing the territorial in
tegrity of all nations on the face of
the earth.
Party 10 Every Controversy.
This article would require us to
keep an army in Europe for years and
indefinitely. The pitiable story OF our
soldiers in Russia would be repeated
over and over. II would mean that wa
would be mixed up in all European
boundary questions just as We are now
with Italy. In every controversy OF
the Old World We would have 10 fur
nish men ana money whether we were
concerned or not.
This article is brccder or war. II
turns the league of pence into a leasus
for war. And even ii il cuuld he car
ricd out il would be contrur, To Justice.
To progress and 10 liberi, IL would
Put the world in a stluitiacket and
rivet il down with military force. Tho
provision of itself makes the propost.
tions wholly objectionable to me.
MY opinion is that the language
reservinS the Monroe Doctrine Is IN
adequate and inappropriate The Mon
roe Doctrine is not a regional UNDER
standing. Mr.. Bonar Law has said
that this clause with reference to thu
Monroe Doctrine does not effect any
material change. 1t seems to me that
he is correct.