Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1919-02-22
FORMER PRESDENT LIT DEFENDS
LEAGUE OF NATIONS CONSTITUTION
AS OUTLINED by PEACE CONGRESS-

aAhH IAhHAT
dent Dee ta-uf 20 enforce
peace te out .luement here
TODAY which he -citeratcd hi
assert sH thaf "ih ec who op.
posed ct,qir ~ naiiOns cove.
nant su ihe groand that We
shoul iinis,n De so-Called
poIicl .alpst cnrau ding aili-
anccs harf ga fow vision Of
our n.lIonal dul
he a, srci D. confident
that 'sttinut spn provision,
the l.sagh of its, would,
under thc cofe f a. II T.,
mainL m the iasA g Il wisdom
of the lpIe eNAeo doctrine. "
OR h,cnlfki TcNt.
He der al ne pht hat the Care
negic pea ifndN lu 'as financing
the congresses Of ne league 90 nee
force peace. the neU of which v.il
De- held in salt Lake Utah Nh ur
issued Inc followlng steccuu
IA this diaahoe lrom Washing
ton. while traveHng nrht aud da.
OF addressing largp aui,euce four
and five times n das az 'hc c0nsrys-
es II Is difflcult 10 srur. accurate
adyicos OF Statements sud event. or-
curing in Washington aBi elsewhere.
This necessarily delass answer 90
questions put and chaTges made BY
opponents OF the league In the sen
ate and elsewhere. Ever now have
not secured an authentic account in
full OF Senator Borahs so-called open
letter 10 me Ia refercnce 90 the Mon
roe doctrine OF tho charges against
me said 20 have been made by Sena.
tor PoindoAter but ! wish nov %
answer them with such limited ai
vices as have had ar to their na.
ture.
Ha, Been Misqnoted
81 observe ] have been misuu0'el
in dispatchos from ssr Francisco
have been made to say that I woulJ
not trust senators oppoiug this trca
~ over night. what ] said was this
/ yielded 90 no man iu my proiouu,
respect for the constitution NJ th'
United States as the greatest iunda
mental instrument eyC struck iron
The brain Of man. bu u made ma
4 impatinet 20 see q pcrersiou OF it
meaning and nurposc urged boz or
der 20 keep Ibis country out nl
covenant TO so ~~l pos'
that among
were men $50
guaga.,,ccs Of II
80 i~eir
MAINTAIN. g lnt
had not been cons, c u ole Fa
and who dispC a. n u.ud 4"
weaken them IN ,m % -. u
feel that ! woula hesitate 20 tru,
them with the .ousti'ltlu Owe
lpiEht
% have said tHaf thUe ho ol
pose This coyeuaa on m, sroun
l'h7t We should maintain ths so-caI
lied policy against Hutangliuc alliau
U.. and would withdraw us again ini
| tr impossible stalu o. world isola
lu1u without respor ihili'r Tor Oh
| peace OF the world have uaTo'
| vision OF our nation1 duty They iai
90 realize our enormous power q
la,sistancc 20 the world bon securin
peace by concert Thus they m'n0
lmI7e Americas proper par as @ it'
Tor n th, advanc, of civilization
/ rhey thereby bclIf..e America an
ihceomc ftlc Amer ans
Mould Not Limit Power.
"lu reference tu senator RoiHU
| question uhether Z 1uld common
| au amendment 90 le. covenant
lParis specifically r.-Cwirg from
Iye.tricuHu- any limitation of fh
/ mower ot Oh. United SLATE 'o nuior.
he Nluro. doctr.u. hs 10 say
believe tHa whole .frit aud. essen.
of the covenant not only lo pr'
serve tha Monroe doctrine in th
western hemisphor but also to r
tend 70 90 the world and to give
the sanction not 0f 'He United state
alone but also tb. whole league
nations This De- particularly 600
specifically shown 100 Article y
the covenant o. 10 hc said ih
Article * does NOT prevent I iorDil
uaton from buying is nay into in
lritorial owners hp nd political pos
or n thc western r.misphorc wit
out the consent of le United STAT
and other American powers then
doubt not that before the cosDna
is signed and embo cd in thc trca
J of peace ttc concert 90 nation.
- Paris ViI consent fu have such O pr
+ vision inserted and . course you
& .av0r fhie Bu per 'nally . am cO
udent thaf without his specific pr
vision fIs league Hould under t
covenant 1. DO is. maintain ths IJ
lfile aud dom of 'hc whole No
roo dHeifIH. NoN does scuat
, uorlH agree to supr "a fhc league
In. urIlI ameud enf hr asks
UDHfuufd on iFc EiFhtl