Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-02-28
LEAGUE MEANS
 AN END TO WAR
 SENATOR SAYS
Hitchcock Makes Appeal
 for World Peace.
ALTERNATIVES ARE
 DEPENDENT ON VOTE
Attacks Senators Who Oppose the Plans and Magnify
 Dangers.

] Washington, Feb 27.-Peace with the league of nations or war and pre- paration for war without it; the inter- nationalism of peace and justice or the internationalism of "the socialist the anarchist and the bolshevist," are the alternatives before the world, de- clared Senator Hitchcock of Neb- raska, chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, in an address late today to the Senate.
 The proposed league, Senator Hitch- cock asserted, would render war be- twent members as nearly impossible as human agencies can devise" He spoke of the growth of socialism and the popular demand for relief from war and it's sacrifices, and said peo- ples through the world, if denied measures for peace would violently protest and seize power.
 Would Oppose Any League.
 Senators who have opposed the league draft, the Nebraska senator as- serted, would be opposed to any league He charged that in their attacks these senators had magnified it's dan- gers and that they "quibble and split hairs."
 Replying to a reference to Ameri- canism as opposed to internationalism in recent speech of Senator Borah, of Idaho, who quoted Col Roosevelt, Senator Hitchcockk, said the former president had favored a league of na- tions to enforce peace, not only by moral force but by military strength, and expressed the belief that if he were alive Col. Roosevelt would be found supporting the league as ard- ently as President Wilson.
 Suggestion that Mexico might join in imposing conditions on this coun- try were ridiculed by the senator, who said Mexico was not eligible for mem- bership because she could not give the requisite guarantees of her intention and ability to comply with interna- tional obligations.
 Senator Hitchcock answered in de- tail the recent criticisms of Senators BOrah and Cummins of Iowa, republi- cans, and Reed, of Missouri, democrat Some of their contentious he charac- terized as ridiculous and absurd. He said it was not true that the league plans would destroy or depart from President Wilson, he took the position that the world powers would add to Monroe's guarantee.
 Charter Is Tentative. Pointing out that the league char ter was tentative and still subpject to amendment, Mr. Hitchcock praised the plan for an executive council con ferring permanent powers upon the five principal nations.
 The attacks on the league. he said oponents apparently had considered every suggestion of it's control ex- cept that "it might be controlled by tho great self-governing democracies of the world that established it" 'To my mind" he said, "the eXecu- l tive council is an ingenious, just and effective method of lacing control in the five great nations which have suc- l cessfully fought this war, the perma- nent direction of the league" l etait'" t'"'shrdletaoicmfwyhrdlbgkqjtaoin he disarmament provision, Sena- tor Hitchcock said, did not arbitrarily ! ike the amount of armament, but was merely advisory. The argument that nations in agreeing to arbitration submit their national life" to the lea que, he declared, was absurd. when the league guaranteed political inde- 1 pendence and territorial integrity to every member.
 ] 'sDefends Monroe Doctrine. l In discussing the Monroe doc l triua SnnatO1. Hitchcock said: l l "Instead of being compelled to de- fend the western hemisphere alone. we would have the sympathy and help of the league of nations in carrying cut the spirit of it's organization. We
 have been told that this is one of those entangling alliances against
 which Washington warned us. l deny it."
 He pictured Washington writing
 his farewell address by candlelight,
 and added:
 of Washington were living, he lwould press an electric button, sum- l mon a stenographer, and in the blaze 1 of electric lights. dictate a message
 urging the American people to unite with other great nations to end
 wars and establish perpetual peace { of justice and good will. He would 1 adapt himself to new conditions"
 To the suggestions that Japan mi~s
 impose the immigration question on ! America. the senator sand Jaanese
 efforts for race equality declarations l at Paris already had failed and thai 1 confronted in the league by sever
 great Caucasian races. Japan could 1 not even. get a hearing II she at