The sun., 1919-03-10

Senator asked. "Do you think that In
terferes with Washingtonz policy
yet we are asked to go to Europe
and provide the money and the brains TO
reorganize her affairs while leaving CON
troll TO the same men that have had II ior
dozen years" continued the Senator.
AT least let us have bigger say than
New Zealand or Australia | tell you
that such a covenant will never be rati-
fed by the Senate of the United states.
Discussing Article X, which guaran-
tees the territorial integrity of the mem
Der nations, Senator Borah said: Il am
not surprised that a great Power upon
whose possessions the sun never sets
would be glad to have the United states
guarantee its territorial integrity. MI
Taft iuterprets this article to mean that
the United States would not have TO act
unless there was trouble over here.
Where's his authority for that? 1t is
not to be found in the article Itself.
CownrdIy Interpretation.
1.-THE American people would never ac-
cept such a flabby and cowardly inter-
probation of It, No, If we enter into the
league we will live up to 1t. for We are
not a nation that reduces its treaties to
scraps of paper. Suppose Ireland wants
her freedom, how's she going to get II
under this contract? Suppose India
wanted her freedom, how would she ever
get It under such contract?
IF they will write into the contract
that small nations shall have the right OF
self-determination It will go a long way
toward preserving peace, but II they
don't there will be no peace. People still
love liberty more than peace. The acid
IL. ~ Lao o~rfaa q
how It intends to dispose of the small
nations under the control of the members
Of the league"
Senator Borah maintained that the
covenant would destroy the ideals Of the
American people. He maintained that
we had no risht to enter into com
pact which might force us to help quell a
peoples revolution, one similar perhaps
to the very revolution by which we
gained our own liberty or by which Cuba
got hers.
In opening the meeting Justice Goff
read a carefully prepared statement Gov
ering the difficulties of the committee
appointed by the Philadelphia convention
Of the Irish to get into communication
with the President and the actual state
ments made last Tuesday night at the
Metropolitan Opera House. lie revealed
that when the committee went to the
White House a week ago last Thursday
II was informed by Secretary TumultS
that Justice Cohalan must not be a
member OF it If the President were &c
receive II.
Then. last Tuesday night. the dictun
was repeated and the problem wa:
solved by Cohalan's Withdrawal in the
interests of the cause. In the colloquS
which followed Justice Golf appealed tC
the President on behalf of the 10000, 00'
of Irish descent or blood to champion
| Irish independence at the Peace Confer
ence. His words were:
I'VE request that on your return vol
advocate the right OF Ireland to self
| determination. Mr.. President, will yot
do it?"
The President replied: Judge Gon
you should not have asked me tina
question. l represent but one Govern
ment, and I can speak only for on,
| Government. I cannot undertake t
| deal with matters that do not come VI
| from some one of the Governments rep
resented. These nationalities of which
you speak have dropped into our lap
as 1t were, because OF the results o
| the war. 1t was arranged. was II not
that I should not be asked any ques
| tons"
The chairman remarked: The com
mittee made no such arrangement no
authorized any such TO be made
The President then said: How 4
| that Mr.. Kincaid Eugene r kinlIaiC
! OF New Jereeyl: was not such an ar
| ranz ement made?'
Major Kincaid answered mo. MI
President. such an arrangement was no
made. All we sought to do was to ar
range with Mr.. Tumulty the time whe1
you would receive the committee"
! The chairman then made a furthe
appeal in behalf OF ireland. saying tina
right and Justice could not be attaine,
in the world until the cause OF Irelan,
was rightly disposed Of Frank p. Walls
also asked that Irish delegates be re
ceived at tho Peace Conference and tina
these be pc rmitted to have the supper
and counsel Of a daputation from tn
| fish in America.