The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-06-18
OEADL|ER WAR
seen SHOULD
-. LEAGUE FAIL
Senator McCumber Opposes
Knox Resolution in Speech,
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WASHINGTON, June iS.-If the
United States refuses to join with the
rest OF the world in some scheme to
prevent war. every great nation will
proceed to devise meaps for wholesale
destruction declared Senator Nc.
Cumber, republican, OF North Dakota,
IN IN address in the senate this after.
noon in support Of the league OF ma.
tions plan.
Deadly Devices Coming.
The nation most learned mos,
thorough and assidiuous will take the
lead in = nefarious design TO manu-.
facture gas bombs that will wipe ou,
OF existence in 4 single night raid
New York, or London. or Paris, or
Berlin" MoCumber continued. The
science Of both aircraft and chemistry
for war purposes Is at present only IN
It's experimental stage. The old glory
OF noble and honorable battle will give
way to the evil necromancy OF chemis.
try, 20 ins,dious germ producing
poisons. Even since the date OF ,hc
signing Of the armistice last Novem.
Der we have perfected flying machines
ten times more powerful than those
used during the greater part OF the
war, | am credibly informed that we
now have in fair prospect OF compile.
tion bombs which. il dropped by a
single Reet over a greA: city like New
York or London, would not by mere
explosions or fire but by poisonous
and insidious gases. destroy all life in
such city. The nations first and fore.
most in the invention OF such satanic
methods will be triumphant over the
nations whose hearts rebel against
such hideous purposes.
Though the civilized world was
against Germany in this war, that
country. through her preparedness and
!, her study OF death dealing devices,
Ndestroyed two lives to offset every
German killed in battle. Her develop
Snent OF the U-boat enabled her to
sink fifty tons of enemy shipping Tor
every ton sunk by all OF her enemle,
II enabled her to send to the bottom
OF the ocean 40@ warships with loss
Of only 2l6 OF her own warships. ],
enabled her 10 destroy the property OF
civilians to the value Of $1S,0N, ,m, ,00.
without the loss Of 4 dollars worth
Of her own property.
Nsxt Wsr Tsyfihle
$50 desperate will he the next war
that oil the hate and all the venom
created by this struggle will be infini-
tesimal compared with the next Ma
tions now wounded and bleeding,
Struggling with desperate effort to
693ld up their industries must so live
AQd 90 slave % to be able to devote
e& greater part OF their energies to
eseating implements OF war for their
own ssfsiy."
Rap Knox Resolution.
Reverting to the Knox resolution
NcCumber said;
The senator from Pennsylvania. in
hts resolution for the separation OF
the league OF nations provision from
the peace provisions Of the treaty as
serss in the preamble that soune pro
visions Of this league in effect violate
the constitution. from which ] infer
he means that such provision was
never contemplated in the constitu-
tion or that II IL contrary 10 the
! epjfit and purpose Of that instrument
feel quite certain that the senate
will never 90 on record as declaring
that an agreement made by this coun.
Try with another country, or with other
countries. whereby, upon the happen.
lng OF the contingency agreed upon by
on, the nations shall act together 10
efieetuate the purposes Of the agree.
ment, would be viola,ive Of any pro.
vision OF the constitution.
"When this matter came before u
m hs original form II did not mention
specificsily the Monroe doctrine ~ Il
b generally understood by the world
aomeiy. that 10 south or central Amer.
lean reoublic should be subject TO
conquest or domination BY any Euro
pesn powsr, was merged into the
broader world doctrine that no inde.
Deadent nation, whether in South
|. Amssica Of elsewhere, should be sub.
l jeet 10 . war Of conquest or DONNA
tien BY any other nations. What a
German may say 10 his constituency
o. 10 his understanding Of the Monroe
|pdGtfine, or that which some British
Oubject may say to his constituency
o 10 his idea Of what the Monroe
doerine means, can have little weigh,
vhh ~. especially ss we evidently do
~ always agree ourselves - 10 what
h means. But whatever II does mean,
~ are protected In IT,
sAnd ~ We alone promulSate the
leeASine ne shall undo,,hfedls aixe Il