The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-03-07
CONGRESS DEBATES LEAGUE OF
NATIONS.

WASHINGTON, March 6.-After
Senator Sherman, of Illinois, Republi-
can, had delivered an address in the
Senate Monday sharply attacking the
League of Nat ons and President Will
son, Senator McCumber, of North
Dakota, Republican member of the
Foreign Relations Committee, took
the floor and urged that the United
States become a party to a league
for preserving world peace.
Senator McCumber urged aamend-
ment of the league of charter so that
| there could be no possibility of any
surrender of American sovereignty or
the Monroe Doctrine The Senator
eplored some recent criticisms by Re-
publican Senators, declaring many
of the arguments were "far fetched"
Senator McCumber said he had not
intended to discuss the league, but
that because of recent addresses by
| Republican Senators he feared the
country Knight be misled into the
idea" that all Republicans are OPP
posed to a league of any character.
Some Republican Senators, he con-
ceeded, are opposed to any world
agreement
Depicting the horrors of war, SEN
ator McCumber added:
81 cannot stand back and say, oh,
let the world be damned; we can
take care of ourselves
"There is some obligation resting
on the American people to help
maintain the peace of the world"
Referring to the recent aattack on
fho loo or1o hU Con Dni,, -
Washington, Republican, Mr.. Nc
proclaimed, "Mind our own business"
as the American doctrine.
Senator McCumber criticized those
opponents of the proposed league
charter who have advanced no SUBJ
stitute plan. Stating that Senators
Lodge and Knox had proposed sub
stitutes, he added:
"Others have simply attacked
without giving the President or our
commissioners in Europe the slight
est idea of what should be done to
maintain the peace of the world"
Granting that the proposed league
constitution was not perfect, Mr.
McCumber said he believed that the
American representatives could and
| WOulU secure amendments.
Denying statements of other Re-
publicans that the Executive Council
of the league would have authority to
say which nations should declare war
and which should not, Senator Nc
Cumber said that the council would
do nothing but advise in that respect,
the questions going back to the ma
tons affected.
Vigorously denying that the consti-
tuition required the submission of in
ternal questions for arbitration, Sem
ator McCumber said, zone must be
prejudiced indeed to draw a conclu-
sion of that character"
| Reading from a printed copy of the
constitution the North Dakota Sena-
tor said opponents of the constitution
had omitted to say that provision was
1ade for submission of such questions
to Arbitration or inquiry" and added
that there could be no doubt that the
right of each nation to settle its own
internal affairs would remain.
Replying to Senator Jones, of
Washington, Senator McCumber said
that under the proposed constitution
the question of excluding Japanese la
borers from Government work would
not De mdCLeT IOr arDlCTaClOn, DuC
might be one of the many things
which could be submitted to inquiry.
Discussing the dinner given by
President Wilson to the Congression-
al Foreign Relation Committee, Sem
ator McCumber said "that nothing
could have been more fair than Pres
ident Wilson's presentation of the
case. He answered every question
fairly and Justly. Any assault that
has been made upon him by Senators
seems to me entirely unfounded."
Denying that the President had said
the United States must help Great
Britain if Ireland rebelled after the
League of Nations was founded, Sem
ator McCumber declared that what
the President did say was that if any
of the British dominions sought indie
pendence the matter would be consid-
cred domestic one not subject to the
jurisdiction Of the league.
Because the committees were
treated with absolute fairness" said
the Senator, 1--WE ought to treat our
host the same way"