Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-03-20

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| practical nature, is whether the
| league that has been drafted by the
commission of the peace conference
and laid before it will tend to secure
the peace of the world as 1t stands,
and whether 1t is Just and fair to the
United States of America
Would Rcdreft Covenant.
In answer to the charge that there
had been no constructive criticism of
the league of nations, Senator Lodge
exclaimed:
MY first constructive criticism
that this covenant ought to be re-
drafted" This is essential he added
because the sanctity of treaties is vi
tai above all else.
AS another constructive criticism
he demanded a definite statement in
the covenant of the vote required IN
the executive council for it to re
commend" or advise or propose"
as the case might he.
He also declared for "a larger re-
servation of the Monroe doctrine"
the policy which stands on two facts.
geography and human nature, that
are neither transient or ephemereal
1T must not be within the iurisdic-
ton of the league of nations to say
L
States" he said.
"To have other nations meddie
with our tariff wou) eun up against
our constitution,
II offer an Amendment to exclude
questions affecting IN migration and
the tariff from the purview of the
league as 4 fourth constructive criti-
cism"
As another constructive criticism he
called for a provision permitting with
drawal fro mthe leaELe to make un-
necessary denunciation or abbrogation
of the treaty.
In concluding his opening argument
Senator Lodge referred to the provis-
ion for mandatories with it's failure to
state who will select them" for the
nations
Cries of mo, No that nearly
drowned scattering shouts of Yes"
arose when Senator Lodge in en-
phasizing the Importance of article 10
in the covenant, asked if the Ameri-
can people would be willing to send
forth "our sons to fight the battles of
all the nations of the world"
'Yet that is what is demanded" he
added, "and the American people
should ponder this soberly before ae-
cepting a covenant containing any
such stipulation,
''1f they are ready TO accept It, all
right. If The American people are not
ready to. that article will have to go
out of the treaty, If that league with
that article had existed in the
eighteenth century, France could not
have assisted this country to win the
revolution. If that provision existed
in 1898 we could not have interfered
and rescued Cuba from the clutches of
Spain: we should have brought war
on with all the other nations of the
world.
Perhaps the time has come to do
It. ! only wish tonight to call your
attention to the gravity of that prom
ise, to what it means; that 1t is moral
y binding; that there is no escape
when a guarantee of that sort is in
voke1. Think over it well; that Is all
| ask. Consider It and remember that
we must make no promise. enter into
no agreement that we are not going TO
carry out in letter and in spirit with
out restriction ard without deduc-
ton"
Senator Lodge spoke not quite an
hour As he concluded there was q
demonstration which was renewed a
moment later when DR.. Lowell was
introduced. The latters remarks
drew frequent applause from the au-
dience.
lowell Urges Strong Body.
DIR, Lowell laid the premises of his
argument by asserting that to be eff
fective league of nations to prevent
war must provide for compulsory ar
bitration with penalties for the Of
fender that no nation would venture
to incur. Punishment should be
meted out not by q cot Acil of the
league but automatically by the
agreed and immediate attitude of the
members of the league who had bound
themselves to resist the aggressor.
Then he anaIyzed the proposed cove
nant to establish that, though there
we're faults in the drafting, 1t offered
the minimum essentials of an effect
i've anti-war league.
THE covenant of Paris, he said. sis
very defective in its drafting. II Is
easily misunderstood and has in fact
been widely misunderstood, Let us
remember that in its present shape 1t
is intended only as draft subject TO
correction.
He sulamari9ed the provisions of
the covenant and concluded that the
OBLIGATIONS assumed hy the members
of the league ,wern "to do. or abstain
from definite acts, either continuous
ly. or on the hlppef'ag OF events de-
scribed: never undel The orders. or
by direction of any organ of the
league. The members agree to pre-
serve one anothers ia5egrity and In
dependeNe absolutely. not because
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