The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1919-07-22
SENATE WON'T LET
PRESIDENT NAME
PREPARATIONS HEAD
CONTINUED From First pose)

the League OF Nations covenant be
accepted without any such amend
mcnts or reservations as would
alter the splendid purposes OF the
covenant or weaken II so far as u
affects our duties"
The Senate. said the speaker. could
without harm adopt certain "reser-
vations in the form OF interpreta-
TONS" but should not endanger the
covenant by making reservations
that would vitality affect important
features. ArtNle X, he said, must
be unimpaired because II Vas the
pillar section" OF the League.
"ot the objection" said Mr..
MoNary, 81 take II that Articie x
Ia the most obnoxious and productive
OF the most controversy. The state
ment most generally made Is that
this article collides with our Con-
stltution and runs across the path OF
our sacred traditions. Repeatedly the
argument has been advanced that
Article X casts upon this oovrr1-
ment an absolute obligation 20 10 20
war under any conditions. however
boreft OF justice. This indictment.
In my opinion, u untenable
by the force OF another article
in the covenant the council. In ar
riving at a decision, will be governed
by unanimous vote. the power OF
veto standing between this country
and an unwise remedy.
'Tn no sense can the executive
branch of the Government aided by
the Senate, cast any legal obligation
upon this or any future Congress TO
pass a declaration OF war upon any
49,
The moral force in the obligation
imposed upon the nations of the
world. in my opinion, will do much
70 chill the ambitious designs OF ma
tions that heretofore have been the
cause OF cruel wars"
senator McNary was followed by
Senator johnson. Democrat. North
Dakota, who declared that the United
States by refusing TO Join the League
OF Nations not only would cndanger
It's own safety. but would break faith
with its associates in the war
Have you ever considered the
position of danger we would be In II
the great commercial nations enter
this league and we remain aloof7"
the Senator asked. why should we
not be regarded with cnmity and
suspicion? Our great commercial In
terests. rich lands, favored geo2raphi-
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| a position OF standing alone. The
time might come when there would
bo n vast combination against us 20
refill their treasures and discharge
their debts"
Senator Moses, New HAmpshire, a
Republican OF the Foreign Relations
CommittCS. told the Senate that by
accepting the role of a principal
power as defined in the Treaty, tho
United States would embroil itself
| for many years TO come in the rou-
bles OF Europe.
The Senator said that while the
League covenant was bad enough.
other provisions OF the Treaty were
/ worse.
'Tn thA Treaty" said Senator
Moses, "are considerations OF many
things-of shoes and ships and seal
| ing wax, of cabbages and kings II
| roams the plains, sails the seas.
delves into the earth. and scars into
the sky.
These constitute a victors peace (:
and with them l have no quarrel But
we look in vain through its 267 pages
| for the elusive fourteen points OF
peace.
"In short the sun OF commercial ey-
pansion in which Germany sought a
place passes into total eclipse behind
this treaty, and the shalxles with whieh
she Is TO be manacled in her obscurity
have been forged with meticulous car =
by the forward looking men with whom
the President was privileged to co-op-
| crate at Paris. but whose cooperation
was strictly limited to looking out for
themselves"