The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-09-18
PACT INFAMOUS
JOHNSON TELLS
LINCOLN FOLKS
u, S. Would Shed Blood to
Protect Territorial Rights of
Foreigners, He Says.

LINCOLN, Neb, Sept 1S.-In ad-
dressing large and enthusiastic
gathering here Wednesday night, Sen
ator Hiram w. Johnson of California,
denounced the league of nations COW
enant as an infamous document and
declared that it's adoption would re-
suit in throwing the county into an
international confederation and de-
prive the republic of its future inde-
pendence of action. 1t would, he said,
substitute misty internationalism for
Americanism. He said:
THE president has made, and asked
the senate to approve, league cove
nant that is to be higher than our con-
stitution. Except the sovereign peo
pie, no power on earth can legally
change our constitution or make an
other to override it. None but the
people should be permitted to throw
this republic into international con
federation where it must necessarily
lose it's independence Of action.
'The people can do that, but no
public servant or servants Of those
people should be permitted to do 1t. 1t
is admitted by the president that we
lose our independence in the league.
Misty internationalism has been sub
Enumerates Burdens.
'The great fundamental question
which every American father and mo-
ther should answer Is: Shall American
boys police the world? Shall Ameri-
can blood uphold, maintain and pre-
serve old world governments and the
territorial integrity for the nations
which have greatly increased their
bounds.
president Wilson says in effect to
the people, You must accept the for
eign document which present to you
without investigation or reservations
He thus limits the action of what IS
supposed TO be the great democracy Of
the world.
when did the president Of the
United States posses the power to say
to its people and its congress You
must? When this league of nations
was discussed at Paris, Great Britain
would not be a party unless Great
Britain was given six votes, and in
this fashion Great Britain amended it.
France declined to subscribe to the
league unless France was given an
, offensive and defensive alliance by the
i United States and although the presi-
dent had denounced, up to the very
| moment that he signed it, any special
| alliance, or any separate agreement
with any nation, he yielded to Glenn
| enceau and brought back to US the
special alliance against which he had
| so often declaimed. Thus France
amended the league Japan declined
| to sign the league unless given Sian.
| tung with its 38,000,000 Chinese The
president whispered he would never
consent and forthwith he yielded and
! consummated the Stantung infamy
Thus Japan amended the league.
"WiIson Denies u S."
! Gust one country is denied the priv.
ilege by Mr.. Wilson Of protecting its
| life, its treasure, its sovereignty, its
blood and it's future, and that country
is the United States.
"The senate insists that the United
States shall be protected and that
such reservations as are necessary fol
the preservation of our institutions
and our rights shall be written .ntC
the instrument. The president denies
this right to the American people anc
to the senate, while according Il tc
every other nation. The senate may
have all the faults which the presi
dent attributes to it. but today i
stands the bulwark Of American lib
erty, stands between the American
, people and the unholy attempt to :ois
upon them foreign domination.
The league Of nations comes to u!
after its principal members have beer
gorged with territories with thei
boundaries and their limits increased
beyond the widest dreams, and will
immense tracts Of the worlds surfac
yet to be distributed among them
After these extraordinary accession
OF territory, when each Of the fou
nations possesses lands far create
than ever before, the one going solv
ent national concern on earth under
takes by Art 10 to guarantee foreve
these extraordinary territorial limits.
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