Evening journal., 1919-09-06
SPEAKERS Will
WAR ON LEAGUE
Senators to Tour Country
to Plead That Americas
Rights be Preserved
CRITICISMS OF WILSON
sARE POURING IN

WASHINGTON sept. 6.-rhe Presi-
dents defiant put up er shut up
attitude. adopted al the very outset
ol his tour in defense of his League
or Nations scheme received an im-
meiialc and decisive answer in the
senate yesterday Senatorial Oppo-
nenis of ihe standardization league
made % clear that they viii put up"
and thai silence is the last thought in
their minds
The result of this dchnacc by Mr.
Wilson is that Senatorial speeches in
the senate and outside VIII be started
Immediately. senator Reed Mo- viii
ilrc ihe first yolley at Akron, Ohio on
sunday Two days later senator
Wadsworth a. Yl MIL address q
gathering OF veterans of The Frst Di-
vision at salem. y. y, with The league
and its shortcomings AS his topic
Tho same day or lhe next senator
Harding Ohio viii talk in The Senate
ne will answer The Presidents sug-
seSuon that the business OF the other
countries Will become Americas busi-
ness through The operation OF The pro-
posed league
The greatest anli-lcaguc demon
stration. however. has been reserved
for "Wednesday. when Senator'S John
son Cali Borah ldahol and McCor-
mick mo will speak from the same
platform in Chicago. These three
viii disscci the league and plead
Americas righls as lhO great vital
consideration demanding defeat of The
Presidents demand FOR ratification of
The treaty and the league without
the doitlng of ihe i' or the crossing
Of a o."
Afeer the joint appearance Of The
three Senators they VIII separate for
further speechmaking in other see
tions of the middle West senator
Johnsons engagements include In
dianapolis on September a.; ST. Louis
on September f. and Kansas City on
september l3 Senator Borah viii
hunt the mild reservatiOnsisls' in
their lair plHnglng right into Mime
sofa. speaking at ST. Paul. Minneapolis
and perhaps Duluth The duration OF
his stay In The territory of Senators
Nelson and ekllogg viii depend upon
how urgent the call for his retura
-hither
senator Polndexter wash an
nounced his anti-loague speaking
dates Tie will appear In Dunkirk,
\. y. September n. Pittsburgh sep
tomber ~ and Long Island City Sep
iember 81
This is an the result OF The tlrsl
days effort by President Wilson TO
convince The country that 10 does not
appreciate the benefits and blessings
Of the League Of Nations n reflects
the nrst precipitation of sentiment
sngendered by ihe nailon-glrdlng cN-
cursion in defense OF his acts ana
those OF his eubordinales on the
American peace delegation.
The senate has been plainly aroused
by The initial utierances OF the Chief
Magistrate. and there were murmur-
lngs in other quarters OF the Senate
to the effect that it ihe President con
tnued his statements that The treaty
was not understood by the ratifying
body others would follow in the cam
paign 10 make the falsity of This sug-
geeiion clear
senator sherman iIll.1 commenting
on the statements made by The presi-
dent in his Columbus speech, said that
The report of the speech in The Co
mmbus Citizen stated that when The
President declared that The labor as
semhly would meet In Washington
whether lhe treaty IS saliilcd by That
time or not he "lhrusi out his jaw
as he made The grim statement.