The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-05

INTO lne innings tlds VIC "Shc "NNiS
7T therefore want 70 call your atten-
ton, II you will turn II up when you
20 home, to article II following article
10 OF the covenant OF the league OF ma
tons.
favorite article in tho treaty, so far as
I am concerned. II says that every a
ter which Is likely TO affect the peace
Of the world is everybody's business and
that II shall be the friendly right OF
any nation to call attention, IN the
League TO ANYTHING that is likely ! 20
good understanding between nations
upon which the peace OF the world de-
ponds, whether that matter immediate
~ concerns the nation drawing atten-
ton TO II or not. In other words, at
present we have 10 mind our W Dusi-
ness. Under the covenant Of the league
OF nations, we can mind other peoples
business and anything that. affects the
peace OF the world, whether we are
parties to IL or not can by our dele
gates be brought to the attention Of
mankind.
All Can Be Heard.
There Is not an oppressed people in
the world who cannot, henceforth, get
a hearing at that forum. And you
know, my fellow citizens, what q hear
ing will mean, IL the cause of those
people is just. The only thing which
those who have reason to dread have
most reason to dread 10 publicity and
to give a reason why you are doing a
wrong thing, 1t has to be an exceeding
ly good reason, and II you give a bad
reason you confess judgment n the
opinion Of mankind goes against you.
There Is another thing In this cove
M NJ vuhlnh xvaa ana df a ntftnhAr Of
difficulties that we encountered at
Paris. | need not tell you that at every
turn In these discussions we came across
some secret treaty, some understand
Ing that had never been made public
before: sone understanding that en-
barrassed the whole settlement.
II think Il will not be improper for
me to refer TO one OF those matters.
when wa came to the settlement OF the
Shantung, with regard to China we
found that Great Britain and France
were under specific treaty obligations
to Japan that she should get exactly
what she got In the treaty with Ger
| many and the most that we could do
IL mean the most that the United
States could do-was to urge upon the
representatives Of the japanese /
very fatal policy that was involved. In
such a settlement and obtain from her
| the promise which she gave, that she
would not take advantage OF those por-
lions OF the treaty. but would return
without qualification the sovereignty
| which Germany had enjoyed In shan
tunE province, to tire Republic of Chi
ma, We have had repeated assurances
since then, that Japan intends to full.
III those promises In absolute good
faith. But my present point is that
there stood at the very gate. OF that
! settlement a secret treaty between
Japan and two OF the great powers en-
gagged in this war on our side, We
could not ask them to disregard those
promises. This wal had been fought,
IN part. because OF the failure to OBJ
serve the fidelity which Is involved In
a promise-in a failure to regard the
~sacredness Of treaties. And this cove
nant OF the league Of nations provides
that no secret treaty shall have any
validity.
when you look at the covenant OF
the eague Of nations thus, In the large,
YOU wonder why II is a bogy to my
| body; you wonder what influences AVE
made gentlemen afraid OF Il; you Won
der why It IL not obvious to everybody
as Il is 70 those who study with disin-
terested thought, that this Is the CEN
trial and essential covenant OF the whole
/ rRafe