The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1919-08-25
MONDAY, AUGUST "a. H..

..N.GOsr . N.GOsr rs, is,,
,roa,' r. ~" way OF tho rarrIcaro,
,'"'y except doubts WIN On dM
,n' meaning ana lmplicn,,o, 'sna b |
hrticlos of the cOyrn,,, Wv" ol ccth,
,n,, o, Nations , ana must y ,,a",, ta' ,l,e'm
Una, @ ! nm unable to undOr.A' aaA' w
su'h doubts shoud ho "and a,, Wy
you win recall that whom O'I,'T''aAa
po,. p's"sut' OF conference v,@ "d he
commute" ana win tho co,o., "'n You
the house Of rcprrgcnto,E ,Ey''"'l'eo u
,, .n "',"'rs o' the White y I,o o. fr
March last. tho 0rcqtiops na .'oa'e b
frequently asked nhnu, ,h0 wv, ION most
Nations Nations wcr" oll canyossca vague .' d
,,, r"w 10 'h''r 'rnodtato c,,t,,M VIVA
no covenant of the lcapuo "Nal'n ,,.'n
IN lts first draft AMI srh,a.,% was Thea
SION u was pointed ou, Tim, " rev.
pf's recognition was ely"n 10 e.
h'hron Doctrine. tlat Il wa. a" hs
nr nr,sSly ~. provided that the lcnsa, ,S' ,S,'. ~
haN' no authority to ac, or )" '' 'pOOa
l"dSm'ht "n mnttors NJ ,opes apes
policy. that the rlpht 10 nO'nes'n
rom IN" league was net ospro,s,. '''
ogh'zed' and that the co,,,,'n!, 'eN
rights of the congross 10 lo,o,.'Onal
1n"stlona OF peace and war e al'
Sniticien''y sulrrnracd On "aS -. nN
urn to Paris all these mo,tor. ~ N
taken up again by tho conm,'.,V we
'h' League IT Nations and eyo,S y. VI
'''"n OF the United State, va, wy
ccptcd. '' vase
American Views Aee.p,,,
The view o. III" United s,., ,,u
regards to the questions / b,ro w. '"a
TONED hal, In fact already h,os .r
"rnt.1 by the crmm.suon o,,. n
wa .dproSrd TO hr nothing ,nt,,r
'r"t with them in the dr,, y, w
covenant first aIopicl-,b. ANY %
which was u.r suhjrr, Of oo. 1r',a.
'"0 IN March NV no uh,r,,on 1..
ma !" - anytime ryuIIcit'y IN tho,.
hat all hal suppu,cd to be Im,I,,
In H. N'
The Nonroc Doctrine Is c,n,.,..
mentioned rs an unuort,andlrp ,lt,,
u IN no way 10 be- impaired or ir,.,
erred with - anything conlipat !,
'hc cov"'nr' and the cyprcssoD >.
rional nnhcrHtnndmr Ike the Nonr.
Doctrine was used. not because ans.
one OF the conference though, thar.
VIII be any comparable arresms,,
anywhere cts" IN existence or In cor.
temptation. but because II was ,housh,
best to avoid the appearance Of DEAL
'nr in such documcn, with pocy d
n single nation.
Domestic Issues Net Affected
with regard to domestic question.
Article NNI OF the covenant expressly
provides thai. II Ia case OF any Dis.
puic arts.n" between members Of the
,cague the matter involved is claimed
by one OF the parties and is found BY
the council to arise out OF . matter
which by international law is solely
within the domestic Jurisdiction Of
hat party, III. council shall so report
and shall make no recommendation
A. To It's settlement. The United States
was by no means the only government
In the explicit adoption Of
his provision. and there is no doubt
n the mind OF any authoritative stu
lent OF international law that such
matters as immigration, tariffs, and
IN iuralization are incontestably DO
nestle questions with which no Inter
rational body could deal.
"Th, righ, Of any state to withdraw
lhd been taken for granted but no o.
cction was mad. to making II explicit
indeed NJ soon aH the Views e,pIessed a.
he White housr conference we've laid
IG:hr" the cumIuisslun, II was AT once
'unCcdcd that II was best not 10 leave
he anrwcr 10 NJ important u question 70
nfrten'r. No proposal was made 10 st
~ any tribunal to pass judgment upon
he question whether n withdrawing hs'
ion has In fact fulfilled all iis inter.
Ia 'ionai obligations ana all Its obligations
inder tn" covenant
Withdrawal Matter OF Conscience
1T was recognized that that Question
must b. left 10 bc resolved by the con
ci-nce of the nation proposing TO WIN
Iiaw, ana ! must say that II did NV
eeIn to me worth while 10 propose tna'
he article he made more cXpi'lf becauS
know that the United states wou.s
ever itself propose to Withdraw from wy
snguc II It's conscience was not entlisp
lear M to the fulfiilm.nt Of all us in1Ii inIi
ntionnl obligations II has never iANe'
u nulfill them and never VIII ,
article \ is In no respect oi doapuw w
icaning when read In the Iish, o. NV ".
oycnant us "A whole, IN" coun.n .an. " @
y which the obligations Of ina, W,s
rticie are to be given effect unIsss utIs, v" ",
'nited states IL "A party to the pony,
ction In question, her own anu hato,s
ote In the council II necessary ors n.U'
ny advice can he given i0r a uhah''h'''
ote OF the council ~ required
Obligation Moral only -.
III she In II party. the trouble ID "'
nyhow. and the unanimous Hol' Each
puncil IN ohlS auNl'' !" ""i il II
overnmcnt is free 10 feJtc, " mad,
leuses. Nothing could have been ,'"S ,Ss
lore clear to the conference i'on
ght OF our congress under our c9nSSS ,nSs.
iilon to exercise its Independent 'vvs var
,cnt In ali matters of peace ana l "a y,
20 attempt was made to quesnso"v viii
NIT that right Thc United o'S,'S re.
ldecd, undertake under Article h,sunal
pect and preserve NJ against ~ tn'd and
the territorial integrl'S, all ali
sisting political indcpcndence o"sose. m
lcmbcrs Of the league. ana tnn' na sslemn
lent constitutes q very grave Nv" n,,ai not
loral obligation, But, II - u az ,,'c, ooneress