El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-15
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League Terms To
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Waco, Texas, Orator Ar.
CUES for League of Ma
tons IN Speech.

rat NJ Nerft orator and lawyer of
Waco. Tex. explained the fundamen.
tails Of tie league Of nations and ar
sued for the adoption Of the league,
in an orstorical. clear and forceful
speech delivered before $50 persons
Sunday afternoon in Liberty hall
More than half Of the crowd were
women.
Some oppose the adoption OF the
league because they say Washington
In his time spoke against such cove
nant. Things have changed since the
time Of the father Of our country.
Washington didn't dream of the
steamship. the Pullman and the
things as we have them today. Things
are different from what they were
then. In one OF his books Washing
ton said the only way for a gentle
man TO travel was on a fox trotting
pony. Now. you who would follow
him literally, do away with your
Fords."
Admits League Is Imperfect.
The orator, continuing. 10 prove
how things have changed, said;
When I was a boy ] used to recite
the speech about the boy who stood
on the burning deck when all but him
had fled. 1 used 10 think that boy
was a hero. Now 7 think he was a
fool. He should have adapted him
self to the changed conditions and not
stayed on the deck after it was on
fire"
The speaker is chairman OF the
state committee Of the League TO En-
force Peace. The the league OF ma
lions is not perfect the speaker
freely admitted He said It was
human, hence not perfect, but he
said it had a splendid amendment
clause. The constitution Of the
fraT1
adopted, and Benjamin Franklin
fought II, fought it hard. yet II was
adopted, and since II has been adopt
ed we have gradually changed Il and
made IL better, he explained. each
time making II more nearly perfect.
Praises President and Z. :
The suns rays poured in through
the glass in the top OF the auditorium.
botherinE persons sitting in one sec
ton Of seats. One by one they filed
out OF the section where II was sunny.
When the shifting aboUl was too an
noying the speaker would say. lis
ten" then pause a second, and all
would he breathless-
In the first part OF his MESSAGE,
Mr. Neff praised the United States for
its part in the war. eulogized the
American soldier and told Of the
wealth. influence and power Of this
country. Frequently he praised the
president He said that the United
states had done more for tho uplift
OF humanity within the last hundred
years than all the other countries
combined
The league proposes TO have an as
sembly, a council. an International
court OF justice and league secre-
tary. The assembly corresponds TO
congress, the council 70 the senate,
the court Of justice TO the supreme
court and the department OF state TO
the secretary OF state he aid
Against Acquiring Territory.
The assembly proposes TO have
three Representatives from each ma
tfon, each nation being entitled 70 one
vote. II would determine Wkat ma
lions would Join the league, deter
mine what treaties are IN keeping
with the league covenant, and Wouid
recommend compromises between ma
The speaker repeated that the
league Of nations could force nothing
upon a nation. II would recoInineha O.
propose and advise. he said
Under the league Of nations a ma
ton would disarm forces on land ana
sea except enough for police pur-
poses" he continued
'sJnder the league OF nations each
nation would agree not to acquire oy
force any new territory, and 10 live
thou shalt not steal
League Provides a Boycott
"Som ething else nation would
agree to do IS in case OF trouble 10
submit its trouble to the assembly
and to accept the verdict Of the as
sembly as being correct and IinaL II
a nation would fail to accept the YER
dict the other nations would boycott
Il.
a fourth thing a. nation would
agree to do IS to make all treaties
open and public. Under the terms OF
the league Of nations, no treaty would
be binding until it was filed with the
secretary OF the league"
Again the shifting crowd, for the
sun had again moved 10 a different
section. annoyed the speaker, but his
usual listen brought stiffness, tx
cept for the moving OF persons 10 get
out Of the sun. perfect attention was
given the orator, and at times he was
loudly applauded-
The Monroe Doctrine.
The speaker made it plain that the
league would in nowise interfere with
home governments, that II would in
nowise attempt TO settle Internal dif-
ferences. THE Monroe doctrine sim
DIV means" he explained, that no
European power shall come to the
western hemisphere and take by force
one square 1901 OF territory LnueE
the league OF nations no nation could
take any territory from any other
The league OF nations Is in no man
ner contradictory to the Monroe doc
trine. and would in nowise interfere
with II. The league Of nations would
only strengthen It."
The orator was introduced by r. c.
Semple. in the absence Of mayor
Charles Davis After the crowd sang
o.. a ,-,e-f-. Pew NTfTo Af1rfusnu naefor
Of the First Christian church, offered
prayer.
nrnra1 but r. wonld hs dlfflcu1t Tor