The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-19


and . Leader In the Senate Fight
Against the League Of Nations.
This Is n grave time in our his
tory when men and women anxious
4 70 prevent war must fulfill the du.
ties OF citizens in democracy and
study the covenant OF the league for
IL faults as well as for It's virtues.
Z Mothers and fathers busy with
: their daily cares do not realize that
there Is absolutely no present pros
pect OF disarmament Armies and
+ navies everywhere are to be great
4 - than they were before the war.
Inc British are appropriating for
their aviation program this year
alone three hundred and fifty mil
4 Nom dollars. sum as great as the
y total annual cost OF the German
/. army before the war.
England has levied by CONSUMPTION
= peace-tine army OF nearly a mil
I Hon men. or three times the force
( she maintained before the war.
/. France and Italy are following suit.
: Attic the American congress refused
!. q great part of Secretary Daniels
1. demands. our nav-y nevertheless l.
4 70 be half again bigger than II was
In 1915.
: Unless the senate limits Americas
2 liability to war by reservations I'M
der the league contract. there Is
great danger that tho league will
become an instrument OF interna-
tional exploitation and high finance.
J. p. Morgan q Co. bought a lot Of
now worthless Russian bonds. That
n impairment. but IL ought not to af-
feet our policies toward Russia or
the rest OF Europe. We went to
Russia TO develop legitimate foreign
trade. but we do not want TO be led
into the international political high
finance which brought Germany to
her ruin and which led France and
Britain with fire and sword to con-
Quer Indo-China. India and Africa.
The revised draft OF the covenant
which win be submitted to the sen
ate contains buried In the middle OF
Its longest article. No. Is. a little
Joker of which no hint appeared in
the first draft
IF the council fails to reach a re-
port which is unanimously agreed
to by the members thereof other
than the representatives Of one or
more OF the parties to the dispute.
the members OF the league reserve
70 themselves the right to take such
action as they shall consider neces-
sary for the maintenance of right
and justice"
That Is the old story. "the right to
maintain right and justice"
The act Of Vienna and the holy
alliance Of the emperors. against
which the Monroe doctrine was pub
Iished. was devised in the interest OF
fright and justice"
OF course II was for the preserva-
ton OF right and justice" that forty
millions of industrious and peace.
loving Chinese have just been hand
ed over TO Japan. 1t was In the in
terest OF right and justice that the
big three. speaking for the people
who thought TO free oppressed ma
tionalities. placed five million Ger
mans In subsection to other powers
and forbade twelve million more to
unite with Germany. Just as the
HohenzoIlerns and the Hapsburgs
forbade the union Of all Poles In one
Poland, OF all Italians with Italy. OF
all southern Slavs in one state, Of
all Bohemians in their one common
country.
America cannot undo that wrong
today since her delegates in Paris
have been party to II. but she can
refuse TO guarantee the perpetual
ton OF the wrong: she can preserve
that old warden Of her liberty. tho
Menroe doctrine; she can keep the
council OF the league from forcing
unwelcorne Asiatic immigration upon
her, and she can keep the right to
withdraw unhindered from the
league II and when her consciepcs
tells her 10 do so.
amendments by the American sen
ate. Your Uncle Sans country
cousin. full of good will. has beer
at Paris with lot of sharp gentry
He has been dined and he has beer
wined. he has been cheered and feted
Now the rest OF the family are go
ing 10 look over the contracts to sec
II the family property will be toe
much nortgaRcd by the proposed
deal. IL Uncle Sam is to try TO worl
under the contract Of the league hs
viii want to reserve a few right,
and keep sharp lookout.