The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-27
MAKES LONG
ATTACK ON WORLD
LEAGUE PROPOSAL
Missouri Democrat Declares
White Race Will Be in Mi
nority and Other Races Will
Unite to Gain Points.

WASHINGTON. May 27,-The league
Of nations was debated In the senate
again yesterday with an increasing
show Of bitterness. Senator Reed, DEM
ocrat, Of Missouri, attacked the pro-
posal in such vigorous terms that he
aroused repeated objections from SEN
ators supporting ii and developed a
running battle, colored by dramatic aC-
cusations and heated retorts.
The Missouri senator declared the
league would place the destlnieS OF the
white race in the hands Of ignorant
and superstitious nations OF black II
yellow populations and charged that
many Democrats were supporting 1t
for partisan reasons.
In frequent Interruptions Of the Mis-
souri, senator's speech, senator Hitch
cock, of Nebraska, ranking Democrat
OF the foreign relations committee, in
sisted that the premises for these
charges were false and that the Infer
ences drawn were unfair and danger
Senator Knox, Of Pennsylvania, who
suggested that supporters OF the league
covenant should read II before they dis
cussed II. So heated did the exchanges
become at one point that the chair
raped for order and Senator Reed de
clared that Senator Hitchcock had lost
ms temper A.
Inc measure Wnlch nrought the
leakue issue before the senate was INC
r~osolutlon OF senator Johnson ltepun-
lican, OF California, requesting from tho
| state department the fun text OF the
peace treaty, There was no attempt
to reach n vote on the resolution on
wnlch uebate began last FRIDAY, anu
the measure went over again as uh'
Ilnlsneu business 10 come up Wheh inc
seha'e reCohVenes Wednesday,
POINTS Out Dangers.
, ~
Watnout speaklhg ulreCIlS on W
Sonnson ,~'solul,on, senator wee nlauo
. se.leL"l ATTACK upon l1e leasue GOV
ehaht l'seIt us u proposal 10 manu- oNt'
uonIroI vi Vne ~nite race anu tne CIV.
leu "orlu 10 an asSemulS Oh hSt'o,s
Mneag " malorL'S aIwaSS cou,u uo
ntousne u9se'ner on any race quoS',2i
~ ppposltlon 10 "n'te supremacy ile
declared support Of the, league plan
nset vo1Io oe eAplalleu a. mo'tv ps
sona,oIs lIonl lne SUu'h WIN laS hestu
proplem' or rom the west, win ls
CUr.iese anu Japanese proolSnls'
turning orama'lcally &c ms Demo
oraatic ne c~onllhuSu. -,
a hepuphcan president ha9
pIousnt II here-t roosevelt mao
Wouiu hot ave neen stahdtn ny my
cue the hs" co"Etr 70 from 9nT 's so industrious "r1sn SH r nnt
SO cruel u thing
southern democrats particularly were
cnloed Tor refusing TO recognize tht
negro as an equal at the hallot boN
U at the same time accepting Soutt
africa ana other hatlons Whero th'
oiack race ~predonlinates as member
OF the league assembly on an equalltS
with the united states.
lou thlhk you can control the VOC
OF the piack race, ne asserted. bu
on any question OF race equality yol
never will be able to do IT,
TO support MS prediction mat TN
black, yellow brown ana RED race
would combine 70 embarrass the "hlt'
race, senator Reed cited the amend
ment oilered by Japanese delegates II
Paris TO the league covenant guaran
teeing race equality. Although tn
amendment failed, he said, the Jap
anese delegates reserved the right u
prlng II later pefore the league 10
determination
he also quoted from a periodica
published by negroes In TINS countr
q passage declaring a feague OF ma
tons or some other Tlnterhatlon
power to be absolutely necessary, 10
the OF the negro race !
view OF treatment OF the negroes !
the United states and south Africa
Cites Statistics,
IN ms speech OF nearly three hour
senator heeu presented u mass OF sta
tistlcs ana other lniormatlon regardIn
the smaller MEMBERS OF the league II
member na.l9ns III "nich tne Wnit