Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-03-02
KNOX SUGGESTS A
 SUBSTITUTE FOR COVENANT

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 If the poole of the United States de- sired what he termed real lagu, of nations to prevent war and mot 1 merely build coalition to further trade or preserve and expand terr;tor- ial possessions" it might be secured through the formation of an interns. tional organization comprising al, tie nations of the world.
 Should Be Specific.
 Senator Knox said the const:tutioo of such an international coalition should primarily declare war ar iu- ternational crime and stipulaye that any nation engaging in it except in self-defense be punished by the world as an international criminal. He also suggested that the constitution pro- vide that international disputes be decided by an international court &C., cording to an international ccG. de- lining war; that no natio could sum- mo another before the court unless the subject under discussion was of common concern to the conteneing nations, and that Jurisdiction. of the court, not extend to matters of @ov- ernmental policy !. .~H Under such code, Senator Knox declared, America would not, as in event the present plan for a league of nations were realized, be called upon to arbitrate 'tthe policy involv- ed ill the Monroe doctrine, our con- servation policy; our immigration pol icy; our right to expel aliens; our right to repel invasion and to main- | tain military and naval establish ments; our right to make necessary l Notifications of the Panama canal or on our frontiers, and. our right to discriminate between natives and foreigners in respect to rights of pror- | ertv and citizenship
 | Other Provisions.
 Among other suggestions for the constitution Senator Knox said it should provide that the countries Of the two hemisphafes be called upon to enforce decrees of the international court in their respective 'hemisphares. "A league framed upon these broad llnes, he continued, would carry with 1t a minimum loss of sovec- eighty, would relieve us from partici- patton ln the brawls of Europe! would preserve the Monroe, doctrine and would save America from the results of European intrigue and aggression"
 In opening his address Senator Knox said he wished it understood he had not secured negative conclusions in regard to the constitution of the proposed league through unfriendli- ness or bias He said he was against war even to the extent of seeing ne United States make the utmost sac rlfices possible, but that he wanted to feel sure that when the offering of the United States had been placed upon the altar and burned this country should have measureahly and pro- portlonately advanced the cause of human life and taoinhetaoinhrdlmf human liberty and happiness.
 LO0SeneSs of Expressions.
 Referring to the proposed constitd- tion of the league of nations Senator Knox first criticised it for "looseness of expression" which he said char acterized it throughout and then be- cause it appeared to set up two op- erating entities for it's enforcement, the high contracting parties" and the league itself. In this connection Senator Knox said the importance of this became apparent when it was ob- served that '"the high contracting parties" did not comprise every mem- Der state in the league and that there fore the burden assumed by the high contracting parties, whoever they may be. possibly the big five is crushing in it's weight"
 The senator warned especially against leaving the central powers out of the league, saying the inevitable result would be ito drive them more closely together for mutual self-pro- lection, thus making the formation of second league of nations bidding for adherence from neutral states almost 1 a certainty.
 Thus at no distant date" he con tlnuad, we should have two great | iealgues Sof nations and two great l camps each preparing for 9 new and | greater life and death strugg,e.'t
 Name Is Mlsnomer..
 Even the term league of nations II Is a deceptive misnomer, Senator Knox declared, for under this pro- | posed plan the nations of the worli {. are divided into thre classes:
 First, signatories of the covenant: these are not named but it is asa,,,- ed they will include and possibly re confined to the five great entente powers, that is to say, the British empire, France, Italy. Japan and the United States; |;
 Second, states not signatory but