Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-07-18
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Washington, July 15-The Republi
can Publicity Association, through its
President, Hon. Jonathan Bourne, Jr.
today gave out the following statement
from its Washington Headquarters:
Before the peace treaty with it's an
nexed league Of nations covenant is
finally disposed of by the Senate the
Committee on Foreign Relations owes
it to the country to conduct hearings
and demonstrate the truth or falsity OF
the various stories Of the peace confer.
ence that have come to us from time tG
time. In spite of the fact that the
treaty, and particularly the league GOV.
enant contained in it, is fraught with
more tremendous consequences to the
American people than any document
that has come before them since the
adoption of the Constitution, practical
ly the only source of information CON
corning the negotiations has been the
partially censored press. The country
knows absolutely nothing of the bar
gains that were made among the dele
gates to the peace conference in order
that the signatures of all the nations
might be obtained, and no intimation
has been allowed to escape as to the
authorship of many of the most impor-
tant provisions.
But, although they have been denied
authoritative information as the CON
fapnncn proUroccad tba ,,oonIo have
drawn their own conclusions ON GER
tain phases of the treaty ami covenant
that should either be substantiated or
proved incorrect. That the committee
can easily do by calling before it the
members of the personnel of the Amer
lean delegation, and taking their testi-
mony under oath. BY combining their
statements a connected and accurate
story of the proceedings can be OBJ
tanned, and the people will know at
been trafficked and bartered Among
other things it should be demonstrated /:
4. Is Mr.. Wilson the principal au-
thor of Article X of the league coven-
ant by which we would be bound for
all time to preserve the territorial in
tegrity and existing political independ-
ence' of all members of the league?
Such an inference is a natural one in
asmuch as the President used those pre-
else phrases in a speech in January,
1916. in which he advocated similar
guarantees for the American repub-
lies.
- Why does Mr. Wilson insist
that the absurd language of Article
XXI protects the Monroe Doctrine,
particularly in view of the fact that
English authorities positively assert
that it does nothing of the kind?
80 Under what theory was it that
the British Empire has six votes in the
league while the United States and
other nations are allowed but one
each?
Il. Why was the British Empire
given control, in the form of mandator-
les, of about fOur-fifths of the captured
German colonial territory this in
spite of the fact that the British EN-
pire already controlled One-quarter OF
the total land area of the whole world?
-. What was the so-called Ameri-
can scheme for a league of nations in
what respect did it differ from, and
why was it discarded in favor of the
British plan?
IS. just what were the considera-
tons that induced Mr. Wilson to agree
to urge upon the Senate an alliance
guaranteeing protection to France in
the event of another war with Ger
many?
Il. Is it not fact that upon the