The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1919-04-07
Universal Peace Through World Empire?

Universal Peace Through World Empire?
In his speech here Senator Watson, besides
mentioning many other reasons why he was
AGAINST the present constitution for the league OF
nations. said, 81 am against this constitution
because it confers upon an executive
council the literal domination of the world and
gives England control of that council
Medill Mccormick, senator elect from Illinois,
writes in signed article in the Washington, y.
c.. Post 1.-THE proposed constitution OF the league
of nations unless it be materially amended, VIII
establish the British empire in the hegemony OF
the world, as it will destroy the Monroe doctrine.
The apologists for the draft constitution, al
though they have denied the truth of both state
ments, are driven elaboratey to explain away the
meaning which critics of the constitution find
clearly in it and most notably, in Articles VII,
VIII and XIX, together with the group XII to
XVI, inclusive. ..... :....
Senator Cummins speaking in the senate gave
the following quotation from President Wilson's
Boston speech:
eve set up great ideal of liberty and then
we said, Liberty is a thing that you must win for
Yourself do not call upon u.s. And think OF the
world that we would leave. Do you realize how
many new nations are going to be set up IN the
presence of old and powerful nations in Europe
and left there, if left by us, without disnter-
ested friend?"
The senator among other things then said, 1T
is constitution for the guardianship on the part
of the United States of the weaker nations OF
Europe. The president of the United
States believes that this compact should be made
because he is sincerely of the opinion that the
United States can and will control the league OF
nations and may use it for the government OF the
earth in the welfare of the people of the earth
'Iloyd- George is in favor of this form of com
pact because he believes that Great Britain car
control the league which it is proposed now tt
create"
Two leading figures of the opposition to th'
present constitution thus unite in charging tina
the present form of the compact will result II
constituting England ruler of the earth. thlr'
attributes Lloyd-Georges support to belief o.
his part that this would be the outcome for Eng
land.
Careful reading of the constitution indicate
clearly that it is idle to dream that this countr
will dominate the league. The governing exc
cutive council will be composed of one America
and eight representatives of the foreign coun
tries, and we all know what that means.
Whether England would or would not contre
majority of these foreign representatives is no
clear from the wording of the constitution. L
article 8 it says "The executive council shall cor
sist of representatives of the United States
America the British Empire, France, Italy an
Japan together with representatives OF fou
other states, members of the league. The sele'
ton of thse four states shall be made by the bod
of delegates on such principles and in such maj
ner as they think fit. Pending the appointmer
OF these representatives Of the other states, rel
resentatives of shall be members
the executive council"
In the beginning this article clearly state
that the British Empire shall only have one re-
resentative Ambiguity, however, creeps in
the end where it says, Representatives OF -
shall be members of the executive council Th
ambiguity is heightened by consideration
article 7. Here is said, Admission to the leag'
of States not sgnatories to the covenant and n
named in the protocol hereto as States to be i
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