The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-08-12

nant provision giving the assembly au-
thority to deal at its meetings with any
matter affecting the peace OF the
world" and continued:
/ "There is no such sweeping or far
reaching provision as that in the treaty
of Paris, and yet able men developed
| from that treaty the Holy alliance, which
! for 35 wears was an unmitgated curse
to the world. England broke from the
| Holy alliance because English statesmen
saw that it was intended to turn the
| alliance and this league is an alliance
into means of REFRESHING internal revo-
| buttons or Instructions.
mo revolutionary movement, no in
ternal conflict of any magnitude can fail
to affect the peace of the world. Amy
matter affecting the peace of the world
rs a very broad statement which could
| be made to Justify almost any interior
ence on the part of the league with the
internal affairs of other countries.
! I'm article 10 the United States is
bound on the appeal of any member OF
the league not only to respect but to
preserve its independence and its bound
aries, and that pledge, If we give it, must
| be fulfilled. There is to me no distine-
ton whatever in a treaty between what
some persons are pleased to call legal
and moral obligations. A treaty rests
and must rest, except where 1t is imposed
under duress and securities and hostages
are taken for its fulfillment, upon moral
obligations The pathway of dishonor is
always open. But whatever the United
States agrees to, by that agreement she
must abide.
IF the United States or any other
great country should refuse, no matter
how specious the reasons, to fulfill both
in letter and spirit every obligation in
| this covenant, the United States would
be d;shonored and the league would
crumble into dust, leaving behind it a
legacy of wars"
Quoting press report that Bedouns
were attacking the Kingdom of Hediaz,
the senator pointed out that Hedjaz was
member of the league whose integrity
the United States would guarantee to
preserve from external aggression under
| the covenant.
"Under article H." he said, "if King
Hussein appeals to us for aid and pro-
| lection against external aggression at
fecting his independence and the bound
aries of his kingdom, we should be bound
to give that aid and protection and to
send American soldiers to Arabia. / am
unwilling to give that right to King
! Hussein and this illustrates the point
which is to me the most Objectionable
in the league as it stands; the right of
other powers to call out American troops
and American ships to 60 to any part Of
| the world an obligation we are bound to
| fulfill under the terms of this treaty. !
| know the answer wcll-that, OF course,
| they could not be sent without action by
| Congress. Congress would have no choice
if acting in good faith.
LET me now briefly point out the in
superable difficulty which find in article
| Is. 1t begins--If there should arise be-
tween members of the league any dis
pute likely to lead to a rupture. Any
dispute covers every possible dispute.
| 1t, therefore, covers a dispute over tariff
duties and over immigration.
Gan immigration dispute or dispute
over tariff duties, met by the procedure
set forth in article Is, comes before the
assembly of delegates for decision by
what is practically a majority vote of
| IDe eHIiTt assembly. IHhL Is Something
to which | do not find myself able TO
give my assent. So far as immigration
is concerned, and also so far as tariff
/ duties, although less important, are con-
cerned, deny the jurisdiction. There
should be no possibility of other nations
deciding who shall come into the United
States, or under what conditions they
shall enter. The right to say who shall
come into a country is one of the very
highest attributes of sovereignty, II a
nation cannot say without appeal who
| shall come within its gates and become a
part of its citizenship it has ceased to be
/ a sovereign nation. 1t has become a
tributary and subject nation, and it
makes no difference whether it is subject
to league or to conqueror."
The Monroe Doctrine.
The senator said the British delegates
to the peace conference, in a statement
regarding the Monroe doctrine had as.
serted that should dispute arise as to
the meaning OF the doctrine, "the league
is there to settle it."
ut has seemed to me-" he continued,
that the British delegation travelled a
little out OF the precincts of the peace
conference when they undertook to ex-
plain the Monroe doctrine and tell the
/ United States what it was and what it
was not proposed to do with it under the
new article.
"The Monroe doctrine was the corol-
larry of Washingtons neutrality policy
and of his injunction against permanent
alliances 1t reiterates and reafiirms the
principle. We do not seek to NEEDLE in
the affairs of Europe and keep Europe
out of the Americas. II is as important
to keep the United States out of Euro
pean affairs as to keep Europe out of the
American continents.
1T was purely an American doctrine,
a purely American policy, designed and
wisely designed for our defense 1t has
never been an international engage
ment' No nation has ever formally
recognized it. 1t has been the subject OF
reservation at international conventions
by American delegates. 1t has never
been a regional understanding, or an
understanding of any kind with anybody
1t was the declaration of the United
States of America, in their own behalf
supported by their own power. They
UIOuSHL IL IuIO bcuiS anu It's illt Nhs
predicated on the force which the United
States could place behind it. Unless the
United States could sustain it, it would
i die. The United States has supported
it, 1t has lived-strong, efficient, re.
spected. 1t is now proposed to kill it by
provision in treaty for a league OF
nations.
why, in the name of peace, should we
extinguish it2 Why, in the name Of
peace, should we be called upon to leave
/ 4. Al n