Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-03-06
SHERMAN ASSAILS
NATIONS /. ! !! | I LEAGUE; E ! { | ]
FLAYS PRESIDENT
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Illinois Senator Criticize. il e:
Wilson Leagues Consti.
tuition 'Pandoras' 2; M !. ,'''l Box Of
Evil He Declares.
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(By the Associated Press)

lBy the Associated Press)
Washington, March 3.The con-
stitutionality Of the League of Ma
tions as presented at the. peace con-
ference was pictured to the senate to-
day by Senator Sherman Of Illinois,
: republican, as a "Pandoras box of
evil which will empty upon the
American people the greatest calam-
ity of the world, Senator Sherman
sharply criticized President Wilson,
asking who authorized him to "rear
\ above the republic an autocratic
power?" He added that the authori-
ty was not to be found in the consti-
I, tuition of the United States, nor was it
implied from underlined war powers
/. and be it as it is, the president has
4 been acting either as an "usurper or
dictator" IL
'Shall we not ask with the dra-
matist, ''the senator said, :" now in the
name of all the gods at once upon
what does this Caesar feed that he
has grown SO great?'" !" He adroitly
maneuvers himself into the spotlight
as the fountain of peace perpetual
and guardian Of mankind" Senator
Sherman continued. AS he kept us
out Of war In 1915, 90 he will keep
us out Of impending war conjured up
to serve the issues of 1920 and keep
US at peace forever If we but accept
him again. With him. as the drum
major Of civilization, eternal peace
betting the earth and brooding like
q gentle spirit over still and cred
ulous world, proclaim that the mil
>lennium Is here. h; Il
Like the neutral daIicea was -
prelude to unprepared war, hia psace
league is engaged, not in one war but
in eli wars that scorch the earth.
It is deadly. Apparently an open
covenant OF peace, 1t sis "a massed
charter OF unceasing war; the voice
! OF Mars. but the hand OF Woodrow .
or the general proposed constitu-
tion, the senator said 1t would set up
an oligarchy Of the worst possible
sort, adding: --::4 s.t, ! 4.
''If we cut the. cable of! the con-
stitutional government here. we are
caught in the irresistible tide that
will sweep us into the maelstrom of
the old worlds blood currents.
''The feuds and spoilations Of
thousands OF. years will become our
daily chart Of action, All we know
is that a few men in some hidden
chamber known as the executive
council WELD the power Of life and
death .}55 ss5 5 s,iIs
.,4 ".The creation of a nameless thing
to sit in star chamber judgment and
/ decree cannot be borne by free men.
dates cannot be borne by free men.
BY an ukase it will embargo our
commerce. close our exchanges, des-
troy our credits. leave our merchan-
disc rotting on the piers. shut the
Panama Canal, order congress to de-
clare war, levy taxes. appropriate
money, raise and support armies and
snayies and dispatch our men to any
quarter Of the globe to fight and die
because an alien executive council
has willed 1T.
Sincere men may have deceived
themselves in their great hope for
perfect world, but no de1usion
however sincere will excuse this sen-
ate from Its duty to interp Its
power against this united. universal
Utopia promised BY the president.
It is the fable apple Of great hope
which win turn to ashes on the. trust
Ing peoples lips: The senate never.
faced greater task nor 9 nobler5
duty II Will not ratifyy a. emotion,
nor translate teS an imp possible IDEAL
inn into weap pom of national sui;
cide.
senator s,hierms "a I. asserted that,
against the wisdom m expertsn IL
the American fore fath hsresa a s,irnmedI
ups III III Washing gton.s u farewell addfessl
sthers 70 now rising 3 ii UP s tlis drssnsr5
sand the book man, the ssocial list, the s.
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