The sun., 1919-07-07
BORAH SAYS WILSON
HAD TOSELL OUFU.S.
Charges President Was Forced
to Accept Alliance to Save
League.
Special Despatch TO THE srS.

Special Despatch TO THE suN.
| WASHINGTON, July 6.-Senator Borah
| (1daho), in statement tonight de-
| clared that the League OF Nations was
| secured by the President only after
process Of barter and trade and that II
had been accepted by Premier Clemen-
| ceau only on condition that the special
| alliance" for defensive purposes between
| Great Britain, France and the United
States was approved. The Idaho Sena-
| tor said:
ITO those who sincerely believed that
\ a League of Nations meant peace and
| the doing away of the old balance OF
power and alliances for war the pro-
posed special alliance between the
| United States. Great Britain and
France must come as rude awakening.
! For six months we have been assured
| from the rostrum and by organized
propaganda that the league meant peace.
| And now there comes stalking in upon
| US the old war monster-special Euro
pean alliances.
| THE only difference between the old
| and the new alliance is that the United
| States has been drawn into the European
| system. The French British United
States alliance is based upon the theory
| OF war, It is made in expectation Of war.
| il Is like all such alliances, a war alli-
| ance. The question naturally arises, II
| the league means peace. why this indie
| cent haste to form An alliance for war?
| Gould there be a more open confess
| sion by the authors OF the league that
the league means neither peace nor dis
| armament? No one has more severely
| condemned the special alliance policy
| than the President He not only de-
F, nounced 1t as a breeder Of wars. but he
solemnly warned the American people
| against any such alliance. Furthermore
he pledged the American people that he
| would not commit them to sucn an alli-
| ance.
Recalls wilson's Promise.
| "A short time before the President
| left for Europe he said special alliances
| have been the prolific cause in the mod
| ern world OF the plans and passions that
| produced war Yet notwithstanding this
statement so very frankly made we are
| now asked to draw line through Wash
| ington's farewell address, put behind us
the policy OF our Government during its
| entire life and enter into a special alli-
| ance, an alliance will include Great
| Britain and France and possibly Italy
and Belgium. for both indicated a desire
| to get in.
Upon the same occasion he declared
| there can be no alliance within the
general League OF Nations In the face
Of this statement there is to be formed
within this league a special alliance and
this special alliance is to be formed upon
the initiative OF the authors OF the
League of Nations This special al
| nance will lead inevitably, in fact. will
| compel. other nations to form special
| alliances
The old European system will be in
augurated and inaugurated at the in
stance of those who were to do away
with it.\ We are TO have a league for
peace and within the league for peace
an alliance for war. That Is like ad-
vising a friend to try patent medicine
cureall, but to be sure to have his physi-
clan'and a stomach pump at hand.
Upon another occasion after the
President had most earnestly denounced
such alliances as being the authors OF
the wars and the intolerable conditions
OF Europe he used this language:
} The United States will enter into nc
special arrangements or understandings
with particular nations
Clemencenu Gets His Way.
THE fact is the European system has
won completely. Clemenceau declared
for special alliances. Wilson met the
challenge in his speech at MancheSte f
England. but Clemenceau has his way
and the people OF the United States are
asked to pledge themselves now in ad.
vance that they will enter the next wal
between Germany and France regardless
, of what the people who must fight the
war at that particular time think about
it,
| While the people of the United
States are being urged to adopt the
League OF Nations In order TO insure
peace they are being tied up to ar
alliance which throws them into wal
without the people having any say abou
II whatever. This alliance is the prema
ture obituary of the League OF Nations
as league of peace. and strange e
say the obituary seems TO delight tn,
authors OF the league as much as thu
league itself. They are just as earnes
and just as enthusiastic for one as they
are for the other.
THE real explanation OF this situa
ton Is that Clemenceau demanded tn,
special alliance as a consideration fol
his support of the League OF Nations
And we traded with him.
'In the same way the japanese de
manded Shantung in consideration Of
their support OF the League OF Nations
so we traded Washinston's policy anC
the traditional policy OF our Government
OF isolation for Frances support, ant
10 Japan for her support we tradet
~, 900. 900 human beings who were oul
friends and who followed us into tn,
war upon our solemn assurance thai
they would be protected.
Thus the league conceived in barter
and decker and made possible only by
trading our traditional policies and be
traying a friendly people stands befor,
the people OF the United states FOL
| their acceptance or rejection"