Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-18
Will SON CLEARS
JAP QUESTION
: IN CALIFORNIA

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choose. But Mr.. Wilson points out
that the only question ever to be
voted on in the assembly is the ad-
mission of new members and the
real purpose of giving six votes to
Great Britain is to enable Canada,
South Africa, Australia and other
self-governing peoples of the Brit
ish empire to have voice in the
debates for the assembly will be
largely a deliberative society in
tended chiefly to MARSHALL the pub
lie opinion of the world in such
fashion that the council of the
league may be the more easily able
to discern its several duties and
obligations.
Gives Irish New Rights.
The president was asked if he
thought the league forwarded or
hindered the cause of Irish free
dom and in answer pointed to the
privilege of any nation to bring up
any subject in the assembly. Thus
what the Americans like Frank
Walsh and former Governor Dunno
fried to do at Paris but were pre-
vented from doing because of the
delicacies of international law, now
existing between friendly nations,
it would not be indelicate or i'm
proper for the United States gov
eminent itself to sanction. Amer
ica's representative at the League
of Nations would in Mr.. Wilson's
opinion not be required to ask any
body's permission to bring in the
II i
would in fact be able to present
the cause of Ireland as an official
matter on behalf of the United
States government. Such step,
the president points out. would 'I1-
der present usage be AN unfriend-
ly act" and if passions were arOus-
ed in Great Britain could easily
lead to friction in the peaceful re-
1ations OF America and England,
but under the leagues covenant, it
is especially provided that it is
%the friendly right of any nation
to bring up any subject that might
possibly affect the peace of the
world
Republicans Welcome Him.
Mr. Wilson was welcomed by
California Progressives and on all
the committees were prominent
Republicans, notably staunch sup
porters of Hiram Johnson who fol-
low him on domestic issues, but
who disagree with him on the
League of Nations. Chester H.
RowelI who was Johnson's cam
paign manager. is Outspokenly for
the covenant of the league. but he
says he has by no means deserted
Johnson politically. Women vOt-
ers especially are lining up on the
League of Nations issue irrespec-
tive of their previous support of
Senator Johnson. though when the
latter gets to California he may
he able TO swing them into line by
the power of his Oratorical person
ality. On the whole. it is easy to
see that the Wilson strength, with
the exception OF many Irish SYM
pathizers. is still a solid and sub
stantial mart of the community and
added to that is a large section of
California's population who might
be counted as Johnson Republi-
cans.
M?ny Friendly to Pact.
Judging by observations in San
Francisco. the covenant has null
titude of friends in California and
%great many more by far than one
would be led to expect from the
fact that principal opponent of the
league and treaty represents Cali
fornia in the United States senate
1t is argued that Hiram Johnson
has presidential ambitions and
chose his present line of policy as
a means of attracting nation wide
attention. But It is argued on the
other hand that Chester H. Rowell,