Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-23

ominouS professions Of disEraced and
America desire To know what the COW
cnant contains OF substance and will
so there TO obtain their understanding.
Most Productive of Controversy.
or the objections | take i, that
Article y. is the most obnoxious and
npductire OF the most controversy.
Inc me statement most generally made is
CONSTITUTION and runs across the path
OF our sacred traditions Repeatedly
me arGument has been advanced that
Article y. casts upon this government
an absolute obligation TO go to war
under any conditions. however beref,
o. JnStiGe' This indictment, in my
opinion. is untenahle.
Sharing the belief that our Suprcme
court mas correctly stated the rule of
International law applied to A
n nsrio internal affairs. can find no
SeliouS complaint with u policy that
shaI annex a resolution TO the treaty
reoennlnS an established doctrine Of
me Ia" OF nations: This action OF the
Sen"te IN my opinion. would not he an
amendment nor a change OF treaty in
substance requiring ratification.
is Not Unnlterabie.
me constitution OF the league is
rot the final and unalterabie Judge
OF the worlds opinion Time opens
me way and presents opportunity for
AZ needed amendments Within this
ternational Law and justice that viii
Eulde the nations OF the world by tho
Pc 'nat leads TO peaceful settlements
81 az international disputes that Will
aFoid controversies that result in wa
80 ms country be committed to
= s1ep In the direction OF everlasting
ped'e. ana u is my sincere belief thar
the league of nations is the creates,
sep me world has ever taken toward
peace: therefore. i shall support the
league. as ii is the hope OF the world"
Declaring I, is no, the league of
nations. bu, the big five to which thr
peace treaty gives responsibility for
sstec,inE the terms of peace. Senator
Moses, New Hampshire. a Republican
member of the Foreign Relations Com
mittee. told the Senate today tina, BY
accepting the role of A principal power
States would embroil itself for many
Europe.
The Senator said tina, while the
league covenant was bad enough other
provisions Of the treaty we're worse.
Says Fact Roams the Plains.
In this treaty said Senator Moses
are considerations Of many things-of
shoes ana ships and sealing wax. of
cabhases and kings /, roams the
earth and scars into the sky; Huns
horses and huntsmcn alike come with
IN is purview: books. boundaries and
bullets. guns goats, guarantees and
governments: warships. waterways. wo-
man suffrage and Wilhelm lin short.
the alphabet and ALTERATION alike are
dSOnlZcu IN an attempt 20 dedl dde-
qua,ely with merely topical index TO
this instrument. which We arc asked
TO ratfy in haste, lest we break the
heart OF the world
These constitute victor's peace.
and with them | have no Quarrel. But
we look in vain through its 2s1 pages
for the elusive fourteen points OF peace.
open covenants long since took TO
hiding; the freedom Of the seas was
treated with scant courtesy at Paris:
The establishment of equality OF trade
conditions among nations conserving
20 the peace is nowhere 10 be found
in this instrument. the earlier doctrine
OF no annexations and no indemnities
long since BEGAN tragic joke. and
there remains alone. SO far present
negotiations have been reduced 20 writ
nations es;a oi!shed by specifc coven-
ant.
Would Dixscct Document.
The principal allied and associated
powers figure seventy-siX times: the
torty-Hv= times. total Of l2l. whereas
ne league OF nations hguers alto
geche- only htty-scven times and of
ch4se twcn.y-one refer TO its neDul-
Gus connection With the adminstra
ZION 81 the Saar Valley. /, Will he
neither delicate nor a difficult task
ot dissection TO remove from the treaty
..e fifteen general provisions which II
contains in regard 10 the league Of
nations
I hope that an examination OF the
treaty Will convince others. il has
convinced ne that the instrument Is
infinitely worse for us than even the
league Of ant!ons. bad IL is: the
provisions of this treaty, Immediately