The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-05-27
CLASHES CONTINUE BITTER
Missourian and Hitchcock so
Heated the Chair Raps for
Order.
RETRACT FROM FIRST STAND
Advocates Change Often, Says
Assailant in Address; Par
tisan Support Claimed.

WASHlNGToN, MAY 26 An a.
tack on the league Of nations a. Of
ferinE grave darEors 20 tho future
Of the white peoples " The world
was made In the senate today by
Senator Reed. democrat. OF Missouri
who declared that under the cove
nant IN rs present form nations gov
erned by other races would have the
predomlnating voice The senator
presented statistics 10 show that ~
the total population Of the countries
composing the league, Sll. l.i25. 500
would be of black. yellow. brown and
red races, with only 2S9,4Ss,SO0 OF
The white race. In the assem- bly,,
which is to he the governing body,
he said. white nations would have
IS representatives. and other nations
II representatives.
Senator Reed and Mr. Hitchcock
again Clashcd Sharply when the lat
ter suggested that the Missouri sem
ator was Inconsistent having op-
posed the original league ot nations
because the United states would be
out-votcd, and now opposing the re.
vision because a unanimous vote IS
required
You have to shift your position"
Senator Reed replied, when YOU get
an antagonist that won't stand still
three minutes"
Senator Hitchcock said he had
argued that the United States could
not be out-votcd IN the original
league plan,
Your friends In Paris showed YOU
were utterly mistaken, Mr. Reed re.
piled. and that we were right ana
you were wrong. by their amend
ments. They repud!ate you at their
first meeting"
Debate IL Bitter.
Senator Reed attacked the pro-
posal In such vigorous terms mat
ho aroused repeated objections from
senator's supporting It aud developed
"A running debate. Colored by dra-
matte accusations and heated retorts.
Senator Reed charged that many
democrats supported the covenant
for partisan reasons.
In frequent interruptions Of the
Missouri senator's speech, senator
Hitchcock Of Nebraska, ranking
democrat of the foreign relations
committee, insisted that the premises
for these charges were false and that
the differences drawn were unfair
and dangerous. He drew In turn "A
reply from Senator Knox, republican,
OF Pennsylvania, who suggested that
supporters OF the league covenant
should read II before they dis
Cussed II.
SO heated did the exchanges be
come at ono point that the chair
raped for order and senator Reed
declared that Senator Hitchcock had
lost his temper
The measure which brought the
league issue before the senate was
the resolution OF Senator Johnson,
republican, Of California, requesting
from the state department the fun
text OF the peace treaty There was
no attempt TO reach a vote on the
resolution, on which debate began
last Friday and the measure went
over again AS unfinished business TO
come up when The senate rcconNenes
Wednesday
without speaking dutectlV on the
Johnson resolution. Senator Reed
made a general attack on The league
covenant itself as "A proposal TO hand
over control Of the white race ana
tho civilized world to an assembly
OF nations where a majority always
could be brought together on any
race question lu opposition To Whl't /
lie declared the support
OF the league plan ncvor could be
explained at home by senator's from
the south with IT'S negro problem,
or from lhc west with ITS 'hlnra'
and japanese problems.
Turning dramhuC1liN 'n ms demo /
cratic colleagues. he continued
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