The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-07-23
SENATOR MOSES HOLDS
LEA CUE UN|MPORTANT
IN PEACE PROVISIONS.
DECLARES HE WON'T VOTE FOR
RATIFICATION WITHOUT ES.
SENTIAL CHANGES.

Washington, July 22,-DeclarIng II Is
not the League of Nations but tAA big
five" to which the peace treaty gives
responsibility for effecting the terms OF
peace, Senator Moses of New Hamp'
shire, q republican member of the for
eign relations committee. told the SEN
ate today that by accepting the role of
u principal power as defined in the
treaty the United States would embroil
itself for many years to come In the
troubles of Europe. The senator said
that while the league covenant was bad
enough, other provisions OF the treaty
wero worse.
"In this treaty" said Senator Moses,
"are considerations of many things-of
shoes and ships and sealing wax, Of
cabbages and kings. II roams the plains.
sails the seas, delves into the earth and
scars into the sky; Huns, horses and
huntsmcn alike come within it's pur
view; books, boundaries and bullets;
guns, goats, guarantees and govern.
ment warships, waterways. woman suf.
frage, and Wilhelm Hin short, the al.
phabet and ALTERATION alike are agon'
lied in an attempt to deal adequately
with merely a topical index to this in
strument. which we are asked to ratify
in haste lest we break the heart of the
world.
These constitute n victors peace
and with them | have no quarrel But
we look in vain through its 2G7 pages
for the elusive fourteen points of peace.
Opening covenants long since took TO
hiding. The freedom OF the seas was
treated with scant courtesy at Paris;
the establishment of equality of trade
conditions among nations consentlng TO
the peace Is nowhere to be found in
this instrument; the earlier doctrine of
no anneXations and no indemnties long
since became a tragic joke; and there
remains alone so far as present nego.
tiations have been reduced to written
form, the general association OF nations
by specific covenant.
Distinct Groups of Signatories
"I wish to call attention to the manner
in which the signatories to the instru-
ment have separated themselves into
two distinct groups-the first compris-
ing the United States, the British EN-.
pire. France, Italy and Japan, and |
everywhere throughout the treaty de- |
scribed as the principal allied and as.
sociated powers; and the second. all the |
with the exception of Costa
Rica-whose absence from the peace
able has not been explained-to the
number Of twenty-five.
'In the delineation of the new frontier
inc between Belgium and Germany it
$ not the League OF Nations, but a
commission of seven persons, five OF
whom will be appointed by the prin-
ipal allied and associated powers who
will assume this task. In matters of
in regard to return of AL.
ace Lorraine to French possession, it
5 not the League Of Nations which
unctlons, but the central Rhine com
nission-an organization set up seven
ears ago under the old order and now
made use OF in the light of a new day.
n the establishment of the new C2echo-
lovak state it is not the League of
yations which will determine its from
iers but it is the principal allied and
ssociated powers. Similarly with Po-
md, and so, too, with East Prussia.
Germany renounces its rights and
tiles over DanZig, not to the League
f Natio.s but in favor of the princi-
al ali. and associated powers, who
re to .ppoint committee to delimit
ne frontier.
"The provisions for rendering Ger
lany harmless, in a military sense, oc-
upy many pages of the treaty. But
ere again it is n conference of mill
lry experts of the allied and associated
overs, and not the League of Nations. [