The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-11
REED APPEALS TO SOUTH TO STAND
 AGAINST LEAGUE
Missouri Senator Declares at Atlanta Mass Meeting That League Will Place Destiny of United States
 in Hands of Foreign Kings
By Associated Press

Atlanta, July 10.-In an ap- peal to the people of the south not to support the league of na- tions covenant, Senator Reed, democrat, of Missouri, declared here tonight that 1t would prove provoker of war in stead of the means for prevent ing war as claimed by Presi- dent Wilson in his address to the Senate today.
 Speaking in short sentences with lenghthy pauses between each, Mir Reed continued:
 ~President Wilson told you to-
 day that God is running this thing.
 A good many men have under
 taken to represent God. I don't
 believe it. They tell you that
 these nations are going to sit down
 and be good. but what has not
 been brought about in 2o00 years
 by Chrfsts sermon on the mount
 will not be accomplished at .
 Paris peace conference"
 The Missourian begged his hearers not to be swept away by the 'idealism" of the President, but to stand for the practical things of the republic since the days of Washington. He denied the right of a temporary officer to sacrifice the lives and the fortunes of his people while he sat safe at home indicting essays"
 LABOR IS MENACE
 MT. Reed discussed the various
 questions that came up mt the peace conference. including the Irish and the Shantung issues, and turning to the labor agreement, he added: tSThe proposition is that labor has right superior to the
 rest of the folk, particularly if
 organized.s
 MT. Reed was introduced by former United States Senator Thomas Hard wick. who described himself and the Misscurian as comrades in mourning the displeasure of the President"
 The former Georgia senator also re- ferred to the Missouri senator as "a democrat in principle and in fact" and Senator Reed called himself g Simon pure democrat.
 Mir Hardwick asserted that the free people of Georgia are entitled to hear both sides of the league of nations
 
 Reed made a brief address against the league, denying that it would prevent war.
 Mir. Wilson. the speaker declared, was elected to his second term on the strength of having kept the country out of war. but in five months we were in war;
 When he comes to us now" con- tinued MT. Hardwick, "and asks us to unite with many foreign nations to keep us out of war, I decline to ac- cept his leadership.
 Does a burnt child dread fire; does man buy a gold brick twice from the same man?' he continued. The ad- dress by Senator Reed drew a large crowd and both he and MT Hardwick were frequently applauded
 SAFER WITH PEOPLE
 T come to you." said Senator Reed. ''as an old fashioned, simon-pure demo- crat- 1 have never scratched a demo- cratic ticket believe in the doctrine of local self-government. I believe the in terests of the American republic are safer in the hands of the representatives of all the people assembled in Washing ton than they will be in the hands of the representatives of the governments, kings and autocrats of Europe and Asia.
 T deny the right of any temporary office holder to so employ the powers os his office as to compel persons to sac rifice their lives in the interests of other nations while he sits secure and safe at home
 T utterly repudiate the idea that any man holding temporary office has the right to permanently sacrifice the Amer jean republic"
 The speaker declared a majority of the league membership would belong to dark skinned races and that a majority Of the assembly would be the representa- tives of kings. To such 'super-govern- ment," he asserted, the nation would surrender vital powers, including the right to raise armies and to decide many domestic questions. A labor policy also is proposed in the peace treaty. he said. under which tribunal composed in part at least of international socialists, if not anarchists. will lay down a programme for the control of the hours of work and conditions of life of American labor.'
 BLAMES MIR. TAFT
 Charging that a vast propaganda for the league had been organized by former
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