Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-09-08
MONDOE DOCTRINE
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the great fighting nations of the world
They could have done anything with
this treaty that they chose TO, they
mad the power to do what they wished,
and they chose to do what had never
been chosen before-to renounce every
right of sovereignty in that settle
ment to which the people concerned
did not assent.
That is the great settlement, which
is represented in this volume and it
teontains among other things, great
charter of liberty for the working men
Of the world.
For the first time in the history of
the councils of mankind they are to be
drawn together and concerted for the
/ purpose of defending the rights and
improving the conditions of the working
people and the women and children
all over the world. Such a thing as
that was never dreamed of before
And what you are asked to discuss
IN discussing the league of nations is
the method of seeing that this thing is
not interfered with. And there is no
other way except by universal league
of nations, and what is proposed here
is an universal league of nations. Only
two nations are for he time being. left
out. One. of them is Germany, because
we didn't think that Germany was
ready to come N, because we felt that
she ought to 60 through a period Of
apreparation. Because she says that she
! has made a mistake and we want her
to prove it by not trying it again.
She says that she has abolished all
the old forms of government by which
little secret councils of men sitting no
body knew exactly where, could deter
mine the various fortunes of that great
nation and incidentally try to deter,
mine the fortunes of mankind, and we
want her to prove that her situation Isl
changed and then how can we say no
to a great people sixty million strong,
II they want to come in on equal terms
with the rest of us, and take part in
international affairs
| want to say that ] didn t find any
OF my colleagues in Paris disinclined
to do justice to Germany. When an in
dlvidual has committed criminal act,
the punishment is hard, but the punish
ment is not unjust, and this nation per-
mitted itself, through the acts of un-
scrupufous governors, to commit Grim
maj act against mankind and 1t has to
undergo the punishment not more
man u can endure, but up to the point.
whefe II can 90 IT. for the wrong "
mas uohe' eH
LII you are a party, then the question
not whether you are going to war or
not, but whether, merely you are go
ing to war against the rest of the
world, or with the rest OF the world.
anu the OBJECT OF war In that case will
DC TO defend the central thing that
anl now speaklng ABOUT. mat IS, the
guaranty OF the land titles OF the
world Wnlch nave peen established by
I thls treaty.
roiand, Ozecho-olovakla, Rumania,
Jugo-Siayla and all those nations which
never before had vision Of independ-
ehce OF llperty, now nave their liberty
ana independence guaranteed, and If
we doh guarantee them that, we have
thls next cholce. m
BUT came mere to talk about those
things we call reservations. Rcserva-
tiom is an assent with 'but,D to 1t.
'"e agree, but! NOW, ! want to call
your attention to some OF these butts
In the iirst article OF the covenant
y IS PROVIDED that nation can With
uraW from tne league ON two years
notice-ploVldcd that, at the time OF
tnls withdraWal--tha is TO say, at the
expiration OF the Two years It has full
rnied an It's international Obligations
ana all It's ophgations under the cove
nant.
but some OF our frlends are uneasy
ABOUT that. Ihey want to SIT close to
.he aoof ana with their nands on the
KNOB and they want to say we are
IN TINS thlng, put we are IN u with IN.
iinite tlmidty aud we are only
because you persuaded us and wanted
US 10 come IN, but we are gong to SIT
mere and try tins door every once IN
whiie ana see 1t lsn . locked, and just
as soon as we see anything we don 7
lke we are gong to scuttle.
Now, what is the trouble want you
to put this to every man You know
VINO makes TINS objection. what is ne
AFRAID orr is he AFRAID that when the
United States wishes to withSaw 1t
VIII not have fulfilled its information
al obligations! Is he willing to bring
that Indictment against this beloved
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