Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-10
AMER|CAN|zE PACT,
SAYS Mr.. KENYON
Asserts Senate Will Not Be
"BuIIdozed" in Demand
ing Strong Reservations.

If the league of nations had not
been interwined with the peace treaty
the Shantung proposition and the
overpreponderance of the voting pow
err of Great Britain" would have been
practically the only things to have
seriously delayed ratification, Senator
Kenyon, republican,. Iowa, declared
today in an address in which he de-
manded strong reservations to the
league covenant.
Declaring the American people had
had no opportunity to vote on the
treaty question, Senator Kenyon in
sisted they wanted no politics in the
adjustment of it; that they want
peace, but demand that the league
covenant be "Americanized."
Senator Kenyon said he was not
Influenced by the cry that the treaty
should be ratified at once in order
to resume trade relations with Ger
many. adding: "The Germans can
take their goods to a much warmer
place"
Has No Sympathy.
Il have no sympathy along this
line," he said. either with portions
of the speech of the senator from
Pennsylvania (knox) delivered few
days ago. 1t is hard to awaken in
our hearts any sympathy for Ger
many. No treaty could be too severe
for Germany"
Taking up President Wilson's wes-
tern speeches, and denying the Sem
ate was responsible for delay in rati-
flying the treaty, Senator Kenyon
said:
when the President, the sole rep
resentative pulling strings that
moved the four automatonss at Paris,
who were labeled peace commission
ers, but were nothing but stool-pig
cons. interwined the league with the
treaty SO it could not be disconnected.
so that it would all be ratified or re-
jected, he issued a threat which he
almost put into execution, but which
reflects no credit upon him."
The President, the Iowa senator
declared. was travelling over the
country with private trains at pub
lie expense" to start-a backfire upon
senators. But the Senate, he said,
was not going to be bulldozed.
United on Proposition.
Gratis were united on the proposition that
there must be reservations, Senator
Kenyon said. A large proportion of the
republicans were not willing, he said.
to have the treaty slaughtered by every
kind Of amendment. but wanted strong
mean something" mild reservations
are cowardly reservations" he added.
Senator Kenyon discussed at some
length President Wilson's statements
concerning article ten, saying if the
time ever came that there was external
aggression against a member of the
league sit would be our duty to assist
in meeting that aggression even to the
point of arms"
IF we enter into that solemn, binding
obligation he continued, I'VE must
carry it out at whatever cost or else
sacrifice national honor. If we do not
propose to carry cut this obligation let us
say SO now, and the foreign relations
committee has said SO in the reserva-
tons that they have proposed.
1.-The President may ride through
the country in his palatial de luxe
train at the expense of the public and
tell the people that section 10 does
not mean attempting to send the boys
of this country to fight for some
boundary line in the Balkans or to
Hejaz. but the people are perfectly
able to read section 10 and understand
what territorial integrity and exist
ing political independence and ex-
ternal aggression mean.
"They cannot be permanently de-
ceived.''
In announcing that he would vote
for an amendment to equalize the
voting power of the United States
and Great Britain, Senator Kenyon
said he did not share in the attempts
in this country to create a feeling
against Great Britain.
1.-The English speaking nations must
stand together for peace of the world
and for the preservation of civiliza-
tion," said he.
Contending that the reservations
Americanized the league, Senator
Kenyon said:
1.-The President in one of his
speeches said that opponents should
present something. Either put up or
shut up / believe was the presiden-
tial language. Well the Senate nov
has put up to it the kind of league
of nations that men believe will not
be harmful and that may result in
some good"