Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-02
Especial to The Bulletin.

League of Nations, urging that reser
 vations or amendments be made tt | protect the interests of the Amerlcai people. He alluded to the fact tha' 1 the partisan prejudice was alleged 1 but dlsclaimed that such criticism was l just The president either ignored or resented the existence of the sen ate. said Mir. Mclean in referring tt 1 the tardiness with which the treaty
 reached the senate and the fact thai even now many important papers called for have not reached it. MT Mclean made an effective agrument amendments framed by the foreign re- 1ations committee and closed by say ing: T feel it is my duty to vote for
 reservations that will give this league chance to live and America
 a chance to fulfil it's mission. If these
 reservations are rejected by the sen
 ate I shall vote to return the whole
 of this medieval volume to its au-
 will look for peace where peace may
 be found. The Connecticut senator S
 speech was received with warm ap-
 proval by his colleagues
 Said Senator Mclean:
 The momentous issues involved in
 the covenant of the League of Ma
 tions have been frankly and fully, and
 very ably discussed by my colleagues
 I have no desire to repeat the many
 grave objections that have been urg-
 
 tained in the league. My only pur-
 pose at this time is to put into the record few general observations in support of my position, before final action is taken by the senate.
 In the first place I want to note the persistent attemps which have been made to ascribe opposition to the league to partisan prejudice. In this matter, as well as others of conse- quence, democrats will and should
 L. zf ,1-f s1-, v@,fe fral- -nc- and republicans will and should make the most of democratic mistakes. be- cause both pa rites have and will make mistakes. The choice between dem ocratic and republican statesmanship must always be a choice of imper fections. and it is the duty of the mil hority to discover and restrain as far as possible the unwise purposes of the ma ajority. At the present time it so happens that the agency entrusted with the sole power to propose treaties for the United States is democratic, whereas the dominant party in that branch of the government. vested with the power to dispose of treaties, is repu blican. Under these conditions of bipartisan responsibility, it would seem to be the duty Of each branch of the treaty making power to invite and heed the criticisms and advice of the other.
 The course taken by the president is familiar to all. While there was op portunty to impress upon the other nations American ideas as well as American ideals. the president eith- ] ar ignored or resented the existence /, of the senate, notwithstanding he had ! ample notice that his course was en- i Eirely unsatisfactory to a number of ! sufficient to reject his treaty. i AS result we have before us a doc i lment of some eighty thousand words i prepared by victorious generals and 1 ora ctical politicians; document inn i posing revolutionary obligations up 1n the American people: a document l mount and imposes the penalties of 1 1eviticus- And yet. under the lead | ,rship of the executive democratic | senator's and the democratic press ! nave insisted and still insist that any ] nan who dares to question the in i 'Dlred origin Of an| one of the ill-con- 'idered and offensive obligations con- | aiDed in this new gospel of super 1 sovereignty. does so because he is a i epublican and for no other reason. !
 What would have been the view of ! he democratic press and the demo- Hughes escaped the California acci- lent and defeated MT. Wilson in 1916 s clearly indicated by the Congress ional Record. For instance, in 1912, Fhen the treaty with Great Britain Tas before the senate, democratic sen. tors voted to a man against the to delegate to d joint high commission, sovereign powers far in- erior to those they are now eager to onfer upon an executive council
 Senate Root. then member of the ommittee on foreign relations pro- osed certain reservations, but they ere not sufficient to meet the views ; the other side of this chamber. l Ia ny modifying proposals were sug- ested by democratic senators but the nal test came upon the reservations Tered by Senator Bacon of Georgia hich I understand were prepared by eorgia. Mr Smith. It was urged al 5 le time that we could safely agree z } submit any dispute that might V -lse between this country and Great ritaIn to arbitra ton. Only a few T ears before, Lord AIverstone one of V le ahritra tors chosen by Great Bri- | in 10 settle the disputed boundary T les netWeen Alaska and Canada had t -st the deciding vote in our favor al
 ouGh. the question was close one s Id by so doing he deprived Canda of a
 sorely needed access to the sea. T Ith this example of high judicial in q gritty set by Great Britains repre- O ntatlve, 1t was insisted that the & eatY could be ratified without dang T
 Republicans voted with the dem o rats for the Bacon reservation. and il ey were adopted. And now I pro 'se to show by the Congressional Q months e democratic leaders of the present F nate severely criticized certain re- f. lolcan senators for daring to predict at the president would attempt to Q mmt the United States to covenants V men involved the use of force under n " circum stances
 The chairman of the committee son h reign relations. MT. Hitchcock. said ii the fourth day of February last .T . lote from the Congressional Record 1 IT lges 27s4 and 2765: '
 Mfr. Hitchcock: MT. Preside,+ o ) not know to what speech of the o -esldent the senator refers but I am r cry clear in my own mind that the f ,pteme force which will stand back r
 the League of Nations which is now f sins born, will not be an army. tt q III not be navy, it will not be mili f ry power, but it will be the great t oral power Of the world. I want to o " to the senator from Idaho ( MT. ii orah). that when great nations like V e United States. Great Rri+at1 -anCe afbar 1