Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1919-08-29
CEDAR CITY UTAH FRIDAY AUG g. 1919

the United States cannot bind itself
in advance to make war without the
express authorization of Congress at
the time. The present form of the
Covenant specifically provides other
wise, as stated in cablegram from
President Wilson at Paris, on May 10,
1919, addressed to his secretary, for
publication, as follows:
Happily there is no mystery
or privacy about what | have
promised the Government here
| have promised to propose to the
Senate supplement in which we
shall agree, subject to the appro-
val of the Council of the League
of Nations, to come Immediately
to the assistance of France in
case of unprovoked attack by
Germany, thus merely Fastening
the action TO which we should be
bound by the Covenant of the
League of Nations"
u. s. Should Have Right TO Withdraw.
take it for granted that you will
admit that the United States should
have the right to withdraw from the
League and determine for itself
whether it has fulfilled it's obligations
as porvided in the Covenant, or not.
The present form of the Covenant
gives this right to foreigners to de-
eide.
The Shantung settlement, as pro-
vided in the Peace Treaty, is indie
feasible, and never would have been
included in the treaty If President
Wilson had not decided that it was
necessary to include it in order TO Sc
cure Japan's signature to the Treaty
Of Peace. Shantung was given to
Japan as bride, so admitted upon
the floor of the Senate by no less
authority than Senator Williams, a
member of the Foreign Relations
Committee and spokesman for the
President.
With these reservations made to
the Treaty shall vote for it, but even
then I will do SO with a great deal of
apprehension.
The draft of the Covenant is a
British draft from beginning to end.
1t cleverly makes the League Coven-
ant simply an alliance for the main
flamenco Of Great Britain's dominion
of the seas and the permanence of
her conquests and annexations in
every part of the habitable globe.
What Sacrifice is England Making!
l ask you, what has Great Britain
given up, and what new responsible
ty does she assume? She gets the
German colonists under a mandate
of the League just as effectively as
if they were taken by direct annex
alton. There is no disposition on her
part, nor will she ever consent, to
abandon her supremacy of the seas
She demands the recognition of five
Of her dependencies, whose foreign
affairs she controls, and which she
will control in all decisiona, as men:
bers Of the Assembly on plane OF
eqraifty with the United States
England, by the terms Of the Peace
Treaty, secures over a million square
miles of the earth's surface in add
ton to her present holdings.
Do you know of any reason why the
League should, if it is to exist, b,
on the plan Of the English Empire
and not on the plan of our American
Ideals? And if we are to make sacri
fees, as Lord Robert Cecil has stat
ed it is our duty to do, is there an!
reason why we should not be permit
ted to judge what sacrifices we ar,
prepared to make?
You must know that the Unitet
States cannot be ruled by Washington
and by London at the same time will
any advantage to the United States
No man can serve two masters; n,
man can serve the American peopl,
and the British Government ut tn,
same time; no man can be whole
hearted American and foreign
propaganda at the same time; nj
man can have his true citizenship il
America and his allegiance in anothe,
country.
Responsibility of Vote is His.
You ask me if want to disappoin
the church and the state in my stan'
on this question. Certainly, do not
but have taken an oath of Office Il
defend the Constitution of the Unite,
States. | have prayed as much owe
this question as any member Of TIL
Church, and think | have studied i
with more care than any member o
the Church. The responsibility of m!
vote is upon me. II my vote is cas-
wrongly, am the one that in the flu
, ture will be condemned, not the mem
bers Of the Church at home,
Yes, | do believe that the Trainer
of the Constitution were inspired o
God. | do believe that America, thi