The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-03-26
Il AM FOR IT,
SAYS HITCHCOCK
League of Nations First Real
Effort to Put End to
Wars.
IN EET ISSUE SQUARELY
Appeals Nebraska Senator.
Objection to Be Brushed
Aside.

Chicago, March 26.-Declaring there
| is only one league of nations consti-
tuition before the world and that peo-
Iple must accept this or nothing.
Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska,
/ chairman of the senate foreign rela-
tions committee. paused a moment in
his speech to the association of Com
| merce today and added:
IT am for it."
1--WE need not deceive ourselves
| with foolish hopes that wars will nat
urally cease" Senator Hitchcock said.
"Experience has shown they come
whether nations are barbarous or civ
| ilized. christian or pagan, educated
! or illiterate.
| "They will continue in the future
as they have in the past unless ma
| tions unite in a plan to avoid them.
| For the first time in history nations
are making an effort to do this. If
| the league is not formed the peace
| signed at Paris will be only a truce,
and every nation will resume war
| preparations on bigger scale than
| ever.
| perhaps the establishment of the
league of nations never was possible
before. A great change, however, has
come over the world. In the past the
1 world has been cursed by autocratic
governments bent on conquest
| World Made Democratic.
las Tow, however, the nations OF the
wofsd nave beconie, or by our aid may
became, largely democratic. 1t should
be comparatively simple for them to
| make an agreement to establish in
4 ternational peace based on justice.
Wilson the Leader.
| THAT is the effort now being made
at Paris. In this historic effort the
| leader is the American president,
| Woodrow Wilson.
Shall we support this effort or re-
| pudiate it? Already opposition is
| strongly developed. Considering those
| objections it was first said the league
! would be sort Of super nation with
a great standing army and navy cap
able of destroying any particular ma
tion. This objection disappeared as
soon as the league constitution was
! published.
| Second, objection was made that
the United States surrendered a part
of it's sovereignty by entering the
| league. 1t has now become evident
neither the United States nor any
other nation surrenders anything as
the league is not government and
has no sovereign powers.
Third, objection has been made
that the United States abandons the
Monroe doctrine. How can this doc
trine be abandoned by joining a
league which proposes to put a stor
to aggressions by force against every
nation including these in America.
Among Objections.
Fourth, objection has been made
that British governing colonies
like Canada and Australia, may be
admitted to the league which 1t Is
claimed would give Great Britain five
votes to our one. If 1t were true Il
would not matter because all impor-
tant questions must be decided by
unanimous vote. Also, these Colonie.
are now almost completely indepen'
dent of Great Britain and Canada
especially, has many interests in COM
mon with the United States.
Fifth, it has been objected tina
Japan might insist on having The
league settle the immigration ques'
ton and through the league force ~
to admit Japanese, as she could alsC
force us to change ouI laws of mar
riage and divorce. taxation or any
other domestic question. The league
however deals only with internationa
questions and has no relation to do
mestic affairs.
Objection.
II feel these objections viii b'
brushed aside and men will meet thu
big issue squarely. Cur answer mus
be yes or no. AMI l am sure there
is but one correct answer and that L
yes
II believe the people of The work
will accept the league as it has bee
prepared in Paris because they mus
realize thu promises the nations max
to each other will act as an eftectua
preventative of war"