New-York tribune., 1919-09-23
Feed Quotes Wilson TO S}sow League
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WASHINGTON, Sept %. Senator
Reed, Democrat, Of Missouri, replying
III the Senate to-day to President VII
sons speeches on the league Of ma
tons covenant, said that, instead Of
being the debating society" which the
President called il in California, the
assembly Of the league would be a
court empowered to override the ac-
ton of the executive council Of the
league; that The United States would
not have the power of veto in the
league, since it would not have vote
on questions affecting this country.
and that the British colonies are not
excluded from becoming members Of
the leagues executive council Of nine.
Fears Sovereignty Transfer
Senator Reed declared that while
Washington fought to establish This
nations right to sovereignty Wood
row Wilson oounsels with the repre-
aentatlves Of Kings TO transfer the
sovereignty Washington gained 10 a
league which they will dominated"
Dropping its common phrascolorv. ."
Senator Reed added, when America
acquired the right to stick her nose
into the business of thirty-one alon
states, she gives the right to thirty
one alien states to stick their thirty
one allen noses into the business Of
/ America.
"Ihe man who is willing to give to
any nation or assemhlage OF nations
the right to mind the business of the
American people ought to disclai1n
| American citizenship and cmigrate to
the country he is willing to nave mind
Americas business for her"
The Missouri Senator took the Prcsi-
dent sharply to task for assailng SEN
ators who failed to subscribe to his
views on tho league, saying the man
who refused "to surrender with the
pen what Washington gained with the
sword ~ politely described as a con
tcmpAble gutter.
Answers Wilson Attacks
Because members Of the Senate had
not Immediately approved the treaty.
the President, Senator Reed said, had
in substance charged them with
troasonable practices by intin1ating
that they are now conspiring with Ger
many, a country with which we are
technically at war;" and added, "the
statement is as false as 1t is infamous'
Senator Reed discussed various pro
Visions of the league convcnant, said
the membership would be composed OF
approximately 'three dark skinned men
for each white man. and that from the
first "a majority OF the league Will al
ways vote for race cquality.'
Pointing out that it had long been
the business of each state to have re-
gard for its own interests, Senator
Reed SAID the man who imagined that
membership in the league would
change this century-old disposition "is
visionary indeed"
Even as we form the league ant
while the respective nations are pro
claiming amity, good viii, generosity
and disinterestcdncss with their lips,
said the Senator, each is grabbing
with both hands territories, peoples ane
ndemnities."
Calls Power Unequal
In contending that the United States
should have equal voting power with
Great Britain in the assembly. which
the President had characterized as (
mere debating society," Senator Reet
declared tho assembly could do any
thlne the league could Go and that IT.
Jurisdiction was as broad as that OF
the league. If the assembly IS merely
debating society" then the power OF