Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-05-27
FEDS ATTACK
| IN COVENANT
| IS pR0TESTED
|ttacks League in Vigorous
Terms.
kFATED DEBATE
| FOLLOWS TALK
|uchcock Interrupts Frequo ntly In
Defense OF the Leag.e
Plans.

Washington, May 26.-The league
nations was debated in the senate
balm today with an increasing show
bitterness.
Senator Reed, democrat, of Mis-
puri. attacked the proposal in such
iporous terms that he aroused re-
Gated objections from senators sup
orting it, and developed running
ebate, colored by dramatic accusa-
ons and heated retorts. The Mis-
burr senator declared the league
ould place the destinies of the white
ace in the hands Of ignorant and
uperstitious nations of black and
ellow population, and charged that
many democrats were supporting it
Or partisan reasons.
In frequent Interruptions of the
Missouri senator's speech, Senator
Hitchcock, of Nebraska, ranking
emocrat of the foreign relations
Committee, insisted that the premises
Or these charges were false and that
he differences drawn were unfair and
dangerous. He drew in turn reply
rom Senator Knox, republican, of
Pennsylvania, who suggested that
Importers of the league covenant
should read it before they discussed
So heated did the exchanges be-
Eome at one part that the chair rap
ped for order and Senator Reed de-
flared that Senator Hitchcock, had
|lost his temper"
Resolution Is Responsible.
The measure which brought the
league issue before the senate was
the resolution of Senator Johnson, re-
publican of California, requesting
prom the state department the full
|text Of the peace treaty. There was
|no attempt to reach a vote on the
resolution, on which debate began last
Friday, and the measure went over
|agaln as unfinished business to come
|up When the senate reconvenes We'd
|nesdav.
Without speaking directly on the
johnson resolution, Senator Reed
made general attack on the league
covenant itself as PROPOSAL to hand
over control of the white race and
1ne civilized world to an assembly of
NATIONS where majority always
could be brought together on any
race question in opposition to white
supremacy. He declared the support
Of the league plan never could be
~ avplalned at home by senator's from
~, !, south, with it's negro problem, OF
rom the west. with it's Chinese and
=. problems. Turning drama
,callv TO his democratic colleagues
ne continued:
II republican president had
1T here-if Roosevelt had
it here-there is not a demo
,rat that wouldn't have been standing
~ my Side fighting to the last ditch
-. ~ rescue the country from so mon
s', Gus and so cruel thing"
southern democrats particularly
~ uere ended for refusing to recognize
I I negro as an equal at the ballot
= nut at the same time accepting
~ Africa and other nations where
W. olack race predominates as mem
, 'ers OF the league assembly on an
..1, with the United States.
80 lou think YOU can control the
vote an OF the black race" he asserted.
=. DuV on any Question of race equal
~ ~ YOU never will be able to do it,"
10 supnort his prediction that the
lack ',a' yellow, brown and red races
,aaa combine to embarrass the white
, ave. Senator Reed cited, the amend.
- aer ~ oftered bv japanese delegates
:, rarls to the league covenant guar.
nv ,''ee'hg race equality. ALTHOUGH
an. amendment failed. he Sid. the
e. .a1 h delegates reserved the RIGHT
T. orln@ it latr before the league fol-
1efermination.
MIL: alSo quoted from a periodical
, '' pushed bv NEGROES in this country
aassage declarino a league of ma
,ow s or some other 'internationa
For IL !" pe absolutely necessary
n me, ne salvation of the negro race
II view .' ct treatment of the neoroe.
a me United States and Soutl
-. Gave Statistics.
sena ms speech of nearly three hours
stat :I"r Reed presented mass O
,ara Seics and other information re
aam u,iig the smaller members of tn
tho AZ me member nations in whicl
sa;d ~ . race was predominant h.
4ss ono 0'ta,'ed in population only 289.
ara !, whl'e those where other race
IF s11 1 me majority had population
lions a.vz'ng racial and moral condi
- sn, ~ honduras, Panama. and 9th
|eaomna wall nations which would hav