The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-01-02


MR.. BORAH. The LIST day of Aug
ust, 1918, in the house of commons.
This is the speech that is quoted
throughout the United States to show
that he was in favor of a league OF
nations.
MR. LEWIS. Mr.. President. may
be pardoned TO state to the senator, IL
he will tolerate me for moment, that
the remarks just made by him might
lead to the conclusion that that speech
of Mr.. Balfour was quoted by me as
Ifavoring a league l did not quote Mr.,
Balfour.
MR.. BORAH, oh, no.
MR. LEWIS. / especially eschewed
it as an expression that means all
things to all men.
MR. BORAH. / did not mean to be
understood as indicating that the sem
ator from Illinois had quoted it, but
at the time the speech was delivered
the press carried throughout the coun-
try from across the water, properly
censored, suppose, the statement that
Mr.. Balfour had come out in favor OF
the league. i am showing the ineffable
beauty of the league which he favors.
Mr.. President, it has been universal
ly understood in this country that Mr..
Bryce, formerly the popular ambassa-
dor from Great Britain to this coun-
try, was in favor of the league. Well,
Mr.. Bryce seems to be In favor OF
league, but he does not seem to be en-
thusiastic concerning such league as
would have any power to execute its
DEGREES or to enforce its judgments.
He says:
81 do not for moment underrate
the difficulties which must be faced
and | think that we may dismiss all
those grandiose notions of what has
been called a federation of the world,
an attempt to induce the great states
to forego their sovereignty and to
submit themselves to some superior
authority, and to constitute an inter-
national army. All these schemes, II
they ever are realizable, must belong
to a very distant future; and ! do not
think we ought to contemplate any
further limitation of sovereignty than
is necessarily involved in the obliga-
tons undertaken by a treaty. But
however limited and cautious our
plans may be it is not to be denied
that the difficulties in the way are
:. very great, and that the questions to
be solved are of the utmost complex
q ity. | do not think anyone can APP
, preciate how great those difficulties
are unless he addresses himself to a
, close and long continued study of the
y subject and to the various plans that
F., have been advanced"
{ 1t may be that all this discussion
d under the fascinating and pleasing
t phrase of league of peace means
). nothing more than extending and am
: plifying the field of arbitration. II so
: there will be no opposition, / presume
= should be glad to see all questions
n which could be arbitrated submitted
= to arbitration If that is all that is in
d voved, we shall likely all agree in thu
[t end.
II Earl Curzon, discussing the subjec
IS at the same time, said:
con the other hand, my noble frien'
Lord LansdoWne pointed out the enor
It nous difficulties that lie in the path
y He thought that it would be impossi
BILE to ration the members Of the lea
If que in respect to ornaments. l ven
e ture respectfully to agree with hin
e entirely. i ask this, how could yo'
If limit the number of soldiers, guns
If ships, aeroplanes in the possession o
IL the different states who would Joll
ST your league? Are you to prohiblt
: are you merely to limit the use or tn
y various dreadful instruments of wa
n which have been developed to such
Is high degree in the present War--sup
N marines, poison gases, armed aircraf
al attacking from the sky? Or are yo
" to limit the money that is spent D
D the various members of your leagu
Of upon these ornaments? And II 81
l. how are you to see that all these lin
l. itations are honestly observed and ar
e not evaded?"
at Again, he says;
es How are you to provide--you mus
&c rrovide--for legitimate territorial eX
nc pansion and Encouragement In the III
ID ture? You can not stereotype the eS
~ listing condition Of affairs. You ca
"a not, to repeat famous phrase, 81
III hounds to the march of nation"
ca And here, Mr.. President, digres
Tic to comment. Suppose we had been
member of a league Of nations imm'
diately after the establishment of
e form of government in this countr
ie such a league Of nations as had
" constituted tribunal with power
IL PASS upon the questions which a.
IL supposed to be submitted to 1t.
he what position would we have been
70 1S45 and 1916, when we had our tro'
les BILE with Mexico, and which result'
u in our securing from Mexico son
IN very valuable territory lying upon Il
''' south of the United States?