Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-02-28
SENATOR ATTACKS
LEAGUE. OF NATIONS IA /: | !
:cUMMINs OF IOWA ASSERTS PRO-
POSED PLAN STRIKES At !
AMERICAN sovEREtGNTY.. !:
SYMPATHIZES WITH PURPOSE
sem. Provisions. of ch.rter=Ar. D.
cIarsd to Be in Direct Conflict
With the Constitution Of the
= United States. -, |:

Washington: Feb. 27.--Whlle declar-
ing his full sympathy with the pur-
pose. to form an international peace
tribunal, Senator A: B. Cummins Of
Iowa (rep.), declared, in an address in
the senate, that he was opposed to the
proposed constitution Of the League Of
Nations because he believed some of
it's provisions would strike at Ameri-
can Sovereignty,
Objects to World Nation. i -
Presenting the outline of agreements
he would favor, Senator Cummins said
the league daft as, presented at Paria
would form world. nation, with
"polyglot and incoherent powers, :
which would :submerge the American
republic. LIN the course Of his address
he urged speedy conclusion of a peace
treaty with Germany and immediate
inauguration Of reconstruction work
to avert unrest.
The Iowa senator expressed approx
al of many of the provisions of the ten
tative chapter of the world league.
Those he attacked deal with submits
sion of national questions, disarma.
-ment and provisions for manufactures
and for reciprocal: territorial guaran:
Some Good, More Bad.
:. There is some good in it, (the pro-
posed constitution said Senator Cum
Minis. There is more that is bad In it.
AS now proposed, l would unhesitat-
ingly vote against: it."
The Iowa senator said the proposed
constitution would "neutralize all the
benefits of peaceful settlement Of
disputes between nations, Affirmative
ly destroy the national structure and
commit the United States to a course
which must end in humiliation and
disaster" Some of the provisions, he
asserted, were in direct conflict with
the United States constitution, and I'M
der the charter this nation would
cease Ito be distinct"
Called Reactionary.
Analysing the principal provisions
Of the leagues constitution, Senator
Cumming said Article 10, providing
guarantees against aggression and for
territorial and political independence
Of states, is ''the most destructive, un-
just and reactionary proposal ever sub
mitted."
1T will be rejected with a storm of
obloquy,' he declared. 'We are SOL
EMMY asked to guarantee that the
boundaries of nations, as they now
exist or when the peace conference
has redrawn the map of Europe, Asia,
Africa and Oceanica, shall remain
without change forever"
Taft, Wilson Condemned.
Referring to recent statements on
the league by former President w. H.
Taft, the senator said Mr.. Taft had
been "conspicuously unfair and uncan-
did" Quoting President Wilson's plea
in Paris address for justice to PEG
pies, who go to bed tired and wake
up without the stimulation Of lively
hope" Senator Cummins said, in con-
clusion:
"They understand their wrongs and
they are moving to correct them.
They need no such League of Nations
to assert their rights. We ought now
to be bending all our energies upon
the vital subject of reconstruction, and
this should be our immediate contri-
button to the welfare Of humanity