Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-09-18
BY william Howard Taft.

One objection to the League of Ma.
lions sometimes heard is that we
could be called in to help Great Bri-
tain suppress an Irish rebellion.
Why? Under Article Ten it is pro-
vlded that all members shall preserve
against external aggression the terri
tor1al integrity and existing political
Independence of the members of the
League. That mea aggression by
foreign countries. Therefore, the
suppression of a rebellion does not
come within Article Ten, nor within
any other article Of the League. II a
country has a revolution. it can at
tend to it,. itself. II the party which
institutes the revolution succeeds, It
will be recognized, as other nations
who were created thus (who have
succeeded) have been recognized by
other countries, and then It will be
admitted into the League. That OBJ
lection is made not out of careful and
kind consideration for the Irish, but
with q view to %arousing their votes
against the League. (
The second objection is the one that
there are more brown. black, and yell
low people in the world than there
are whites: and that, as this is a con-
vention of all the nations, a league
Of all nations, there will be more va
riegated colored constituents than
there are whites; and hat in some
way or another, which he does not
explain, WE are going to have Negro
domination; that the Negroes of
South Africa will unite with the
Negroes of Panama, and then the
Fellows. the four hundred million of
China. and the three hundred million
Of India. will all unite, and then we
are going to be made brown, black
or yellow. or come under that dom
nation. 1t is not explained how. 1t
Is not suggested how that conspiracy
Is to- be formed, nor, when formed,
how it is to work out under the pro-
visions of the League.
The Assembly a elect new MEM
bers. 1t can recommend a settlement,
and 1t can advise as to the %inconsist-
ency between treaties and the oblisa-
tions of the League. Now how, un-
der that machinery, are those colored
gentlemen going to obtain the tyranny
that the objector has shown? What
Is the object of such a speech? It is
to stir up the Southern constituencies
who are sensitive on the subject Of
Negro domination, and have them
write their Senators who have indi-
Gated a purpose to support the
League. SO they may be induced to
vote against it.
Then the third objection Is the
dreadful disclosure that the league
is a Catholic conspiracy for the pur-
pose Of giving the pope temporal
power over us all. This diligents gem
tleman in hunting objections has
counted the nations and found that
there are more Catholic nations than
Protestant. and they are going to give
the pope world power. Just how It is
to be worked out, he does not explain.
The pope is MOI a member Of the
league. cannot be elected a member
Of the league. And even IL he. could
be. 1t is a little difncult to see how he
thereby.
The recommendations Of settlement
of disputes under the league have
to be made by the. unanimous judg-
ment Of the council. and. IL you appeal
to The assembly. both by the unani-
nous judgment Of the countries
whose representatives constitute the
council, and q majority Of the other
members OF the league. Suppose the
pope were In a dispute seeking tenn.
poral power. Consider the council on
this issue. There 10 the United States.
How much danger Is there that the
United States will insist on the tenn
Then take France. France has been
at odds with the church for twenty
I'VE years. and does not admit the
church in any way into Its govern
ment.
Then take England. England,s king
loses his throne II he becomes Ro-
man Catholic.
Then take Japan. She IL shintoist
and Buddhist. She ID very likely to
vote TOR the temporal power Of the
pope! 5s
And italy. italy has besn Tor half
z century-eyer since It WAS united
nation--keeptng the pope out Of tom
poral power.
There you have the unanimous vote
Of the council against such moon
shine--for that ID alls II amounts to.
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