The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-17
SENATOR
j0HNS0N'S
ASSAULT
Continues His Attack on
League Of Nations Which
President Wilson is
Upholding.
NEW FORM GOVERNMENT
Declares II Is Bad and Lost Cause
Which Resorts TO vItuperation
In It's Extrem-
lty.
NEW FORM GOVERNMENT

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Sept. II. =
President Wilson intends to place the
United States under substantially
new form of government by the league
Of nations, Senator Hiram Johnson de-
clared here last night
An audience of 5000 although not
very demonstrative at the start OF
Johnson's address, shouted and
cheered his denunciation OF the cove
nant of what he termed Great Britain's
territorial grabs" and Of the Shan
tung "infamy."
Johnson was forced to hurry his
speech In order to catch ten O'clock
train for Lincoln, where he speaks
tonight. After the lincoln speech, ne
will again take up President Wilson's
trail at the Twin Cities.
when Mr.. Wilson started hif
speaking tour, he told the people that
he was going to make a report 1o
them," said Johnson, but instead OF
facts, they have had nothing but Siit
tering generaljties."
The senator declared Mr.. Wilson mas
"outgrown this old and honorable
American government Of ours
He admits that the league offers q
new system of government. But why
give up the government Of Washing
ton, of Lincoln and Of Roosevelt? ne
cause he says so?
mo" was the roar of the audience.
Referring to the charges of pro
Germanism made against those who
oppose the treaty by Wilson, johnson
said.
"It Is a bad and lost cause which II
Its extremity resorts to epithets and
vituperation, and the choice is not be
tween the league Of nations and Ger
manism. The choice is between the
league of nations and Americanism
The choice is between Mr.. Wilson'S
internationalism which subordinates
and subjects Americanism to Euro
pean and Asiatic power, and the Amer
icanism that has been ours for 14C
years"
Middle West Aflame.
[By L. C. Martin, United Press staff
Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.-THE
middle west is afiame with opposi-
ton to the league Of nations cove
nants in it's present form, Senator
Borah, Idaho, declared today, on his
return to Washington from a speak
ing trip.
""The demonstration of American
ism which the middle west is Civ.
ing" said Borah, sis filing the advo
Gates of unqualified ratification of the
treaty with fear and foreboding. That
is why they are attempting to rush
the treaty through the senate. They
are afraid of the tide that is sweep
ing the country"
Borah returned at the urgent cal
of Senator Lodge because treaty ad
vocates are seeking to force the op
position to act on treaty amendments
without further debate. Borah said
Senator Johnson, who Is also on q
stumping tour, will be allowed tc
continue for the remainder of the
present week at least.
Borah Is relied on by Lodge ant
other republican leaders to take the
offensive at once on fight agains
amendments.
Borah, who wants to xii
the whole league amendment, sait
western audiences bad grven voctfs r
GUS approval of his attitude.
'Tn Omaha" he said, "the CROWD
stood and cheered for full minute
the declaration that the whole treach
erous schem should be abandoned
In Iowa the sentiment was as strong
ly anti-league as 1t was in Ne
braska."
The treaty will not De considered
today or tomorrow because the sen
ate will be engaged in helping homo
General Pershing. On Friday, Sens
tor Reed, Missouri, will discuss 1t.
Thrace as Topic Of Debate.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.-THE qIes
tion of the disposition of Thrace Is e1
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