Daily Kennebec journal., 1919-05-27
Saata Reed, Democrat Of Missouri Vigorously Al
taGs PrpGaI--Aruss Repeated Objections
from Supporting Senator's declares Destiniss
Of White People Would be Oidataby Ignaant
and SupadiIims Nations debate Arises
from Resolution Demanding full Text Of
Treaty--MtchcoG Refutes Statements
ATTACK ON LEAGUE


Washington. MAY @6-Ar attack On
the League Of Nations as Offering
grave dangers 70 The future Of me
white peoples Of the world was made
II the Senate today by Senator Reed.
Democrat Of Missouri. who declared
that under the covenant IT I-S pres
err form. nations governed by other
races would nave the prednrn!natIne
voice
He presented statistics 10 show
ina, of the total popu.atlon Of the
countries com prlsInG the League
S-I 1.oO0 would ne Of black. yellow,
brown and red races, with only
ESQ ass. 800 Of the white race. In the
Assem- Diy winch Is To he the govern
ing BODY. he SAID. white nations would
nave fifteen representatives and 9TH
er nations seventeen representatives
The subject Of the League came pc
fore the Senate on the resolution OF
Senator Johnson, Republican, OF Cal
ifornIa asking the state department
for the Iext Of the Peace Treaty.. As
on F~lGay however. wner the resolu-
ION f-st was considered. the discus
SION TO-DAY branchec out 70 include
mary issues Of the craR1y-
Senator Reed told the Senate that
the revised covenant Of me League
had overcome none Of The grave dan
ears Of tne Original draft, hlt had
astonlshed many students Of inter-
National Affairs by is allotment OF
mem berstip II the Lea que. He quot
ed figures to show mai II many
countries admit al 10 full member
ship Hit era cN Is high.
An examination however. o. ne
mem oe-shlp OF the Dresenr league WI.
first astonish ana then arouse ne IN
dicna.Ion Of eve,-y thoucnt1uI man ne
continued 1T viii come as a distinct
shock first that this Is co.o-ed
league Of Nations That IS 70 say me
ma jorIty Of me nations comnoslns me
ieague 40 not belong 10 the white ACE
OF men on the contrary. they are a
rongione-ate OF the BLACK. yellow
brown and -ed -aces. f-eGuent.~ Sc IN
t-.r-n xec and commincled as r on
sLlTu-e an unclassliaDie nonE-ei breed
Flow VIII senators rom me South.
VINO represent states winch nave con-
tended ma. the white race alone Is Il
10 control the DESTINY OF the states o
America contend that Liberia Haiti
and other negro or senI-neE-o nations
snOuid ne permitted to 81. "a the COIN
CT tanie Of the world and eacn cas-:
votes me equal " tnaf OF ne UnlIed
sta les"
HCW can the rep-eser "a ives ~ the
Hac.rC states. vino have commended and
VINO still contend that nerthe- Japanese
nor Chinese snail land upon their shores
and tnat notn are totally unI1 lDr cit.-
zensh.r, Justify their conduc: Il -hev
shall now vote that IN the council o.
the world Iapan and China shall each
cast a vote equal 10 the vote Of the
United States"
In any contest wh,cn NAV hereafter
arise involving ne equality O1 race is
i not perfectly plain lhat the dark
races Will all urtfe and declare for race
equality IN every part o. IN. world" /
must ne remembered thai thus rs u living
a1d burning question. ma: Japan mas
% pressly reserved tt Tor future con
slde-aton and ina; # II comes nefo
the League Of Peace as now organ
lzec the dark races will have a ma
ln~,-y
VINO can Justify me doctrine hat
nc ] q 400 600 Intelligent free 0eopie
of the [ nl1ed States shall ne repre-
seDteG ny one man. and that n. rep
TeseutatIve of Hediaz with a popula-
non Of soc on0 snail cast a vote equa!
70 -he United States"
Who can Justify giving 70 nc $50
"oo ignorant haf-castcs Of Para ma
{ vote nGual 70 the Tinted S;a-ns'
What sort of lnspIence IS II that
proposes trat 80 ono civilized or ser7i-
civilized negroes Of Liberia shall IN
ne council Of the world have vote
equal - the 10 oao oo0 people Of the
l nlted States.
How can Great Britain ask us n
hermit the ignorant and superstltlous
hordes Of India. incapable Of self
government OF self defense. cast a
vote equal 70 that OF the United
States"
=
called coiored nations IN the League,
AIr Reed declared. averaged about
So per cent while n the Joke nation"
of Liberia II was said to be as high
as IS per cent, Although many OF
these nations, ne said, were the vic
inns Of superstition and STEPPED in
barbarian" the League would make
them the new governors of the
world"
Senator Reed declared that II was
time for INSTRUMENTATION as TO the
purposes OF The League to cease and
referred TO supporters Of the League as
"reformers who want to put the good
nations of the world in control Of the
bad"
Senator Hitchcock Of Nebraska, re-
firing chairman Of the Foreign Re-