Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-09-18

forcing war upon us =? The war is ours
anyhow.\ We are in circumstances
where it is necessary for congress, if
it wants To steal somebody's territory
or prevent somebody from stealing
our territory to go to war, So it is not
the council Of the league that brings
us into war ~ that time. In such
circumstances, IT IS the unfortunate
circumstances Wni1h have arisen in
some mater Of ag gression. And | want
to say that article * is the very heart
of the coyeuan, OF tie league, because
all the great wrongs of the world have
had their root in the seizure Of terri
tory or the control of the political in
dependence Of other people. And |
believe that | speak the feeling of the
people of the United states when |
say that having seen one great wrong
like that attempted and having pre-
vented il, we are ready to prevent IT
again.
Those are the two principal criti-
cisms, that we do not do the impos-
sible in regard to Shantung, and that
we may be obliged to so into war.
And that is all thore is in either of
them,
They say that Great Britain, the
British empire, has six votes and we
have only one. Well, ii happens that
our one is as big as the six. And that
suits me entirely. Let me explain
what 1 mean.
Voting Power Is Explained.
There is only one thing, and that is
in the assembly. wherein the British
empire mas SIX votes. That is not
true in the council. And there is only
one thing that the assembly votes on,
in which 1t can decide a matter with
The concurrence of all the states rep
resente upoH the council, and that
is the admission of new members 70
the league Of nations With regard
to every other matter. for example
an amendment to the covenant. with
regard To cases referred out of the
council and assembly, Il is provided
that if a majority of the assembly and
the representatives of all the states
represented on the council concur,
that the vote shall be valid and con-
tlusiVe, which means that the affirm
alive vote If the United States is in
every instance Just as powerful as the
six votes of the British empire. l took
the pains Yesterday. l believe it was,
or the train to go through the cove
nant again, almost sentence by SEN
tence, to find if there was any case
other than the one which have men
toned, in which that is not true. And
there is no other case in which that
is not true.
Enemy Resides in Council.
'Of course you will understand that
whenever the United States is a party
TO quarrel. and that quarrel is car
ried to the assembly, we can not vote.
But similarly, If the British empire is
party. her six representatives can
not vote. So it Is an even break any
way you take it, And | would rather
count six as one person than six as
six persons. SO far as | can see IL
makes me bigger man.
But the point to remember is that
the enemy of the league of nations re
sides in the council, not in the assem-
bly,, and that in the council there is
perfect equality of votes. That settles
that matter.
1T is because of the nature of thosa
objections, their flimsiness, the impos-
sibility of supporting them with con
elusive argument, that / am profound
ly puzzled to know what has become
of the opposition to the league of ma
tons. | know one of the results and
that is to raise the hope in the minds
of the German people that, after all,
they can separate us from those who
were our associates in the war.
know that pro-German propaganda,
which had heretofore never dared to
raise its head, has now again boldly
raised its head and is active all over
the United States. These are disturb
ing and Illuminating circumstances.
pray understand me, | am not
accusing some Of the honorable men