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WOULD Limit
LEAGUE POWER
SCcrcGr Resolution Would Safe.
guard Monroe Doctrine.
CARDS STkCKED--D DEMOCRATS
Renublicans Resent Indictment and
Senators Clash in a Sharp De-

Republicans Resent Indictment and
Senators Clash in a Sharp De-
bate.
Washington, June 20-Adoption of
the league of nations covenant anu
The peace treaty was opposed in the
senate hy Senator Thomas, Democrat,
Colorado.
He said such action would be in
terpreted as an uncalled-for effort by
the senate to dictate to the peace con-
ference.
Before Senator Thomas spoke, Sen
ator Spencer, Republican, of Missouri,
who had not previously Indicated his
views regarding the league of nations,
introduced a resolution proposing that
the senate declare that under any
league plan adopted application OF the
Monroe Doctrine must be reserved en-
tireIy for national determination. The
resolution went over without action.
The Spencer resolution you'd de-
clare the Monroe Doctrine 'an essen
tial national policy" and that the ne
cessfty and extent of its application
and enforcement are matters TO be de-
termined alone by the United States"
The tariff, immigration and like in
ternal questions would he declared
matters to be determined entirely by
the country III which they arise and
under no circumstances questions for
settlement under the league of ma
tions.''
The resolution would declare also
chat the United States can Tot bind
itself in advance to either make war
in the future or to send its army and
navy into other lands for purposes of
control"
Replying to Senator KnoX's charges
that the Democrats had made the
league partisan issue, Senator
Thomas cited the round robin of the
last session against the league, ION
which the name of the Republican
leader led all the rest"
Democratic senator's. Mr.. Thomas
said, 'were given no opportunity to
sign the document.
1.-The Republicans" he continued,
''have reorganiZed this senate They
have thoroughly reorganized the COM
mittee on foreign relations 1t is an
open secret that no new senators ex-
cept enemies of the league of nations
were eligible to membership on that
committee"
Senator POmerene. Ohio. Demo-
cratic member of the committee inter-
rupted the remark that the Republi-
cans "were not satisfied until they had
given themselves a majority of three
on the committee
Senator Williams, Democrat. Missis-
sippi, challenged any Republican sena-
tor TO deny the committee had been
stacked against the league
The challenge started a partisan
clash so heated that Vice President
Marshall repeatedly admonished SEN
ators against breaking the rules.
Senator Moses, of New Hampshire, a
new Republican member of the COM
mittee, said in his selection to men,
bership "had been stacked against the
president only in the sense that he is
IL.
NO" shouted Senator Williams,
"you have stacked it against the hope
of world peace as we'll as against a
Democratic president. You have left
on it only one Republican favoring the
league, Mr.. McCumber. of North Da-
kota, and the reason you left him was
because you didn't dare take him
off,"
Senator Mccormick, Republican, Illi-
nois, declared it might also be said
that "the peace commission to Paris
was stacked with Democrats ready to
bow to the will of the chief execu-
tive"
Senator Williams replied the Paris
conference had at least done its work |
while the Republican senators through
the Knox resolution "were asking for
time to think when, if you had any
capacity to think at all, you'd have
thought long ago"
Senator Thomas said he was bound |
to accept Mr.. KnoX's disclaimer of |
partisanship.
"But l insist" he added, that ac-
tions of his colleagues speak louder !
than protests made here and indicate
partisanshfp l regret to see." |
Asserting he desired tn be entirely |
fair, Senator Thomas said he deplor- |
ed the statement of Homer S. Cum
mings. chairman of the Democratic
national committee, declaring the |
league a partisan issue. Mr. Thomas |
asserted the Knox resolution might |
serve to stimulate German resistance |
to the treaty"
'The round robin should have been |
sufficient and needed no supplement |
by this resolution" he added This |
resolution is intended to be embarras-
sing to the executive"