Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-18
KNOX EXPLAINS
LEAGUE ACTION
Pennsylvania Senator Tells
His Views on the World
Peace Problems

washington. Dec. is. - Senator
Knox in discussing the Treaty sit-
uation said: when I introduced on
Saturday my resolution to ratty tne
Treaty so far as concerns the es'ap-
ishment of a status of peace between
tho United States and Germany 1
did II because there has been :"
r,,oh of This protesting and pleading
demand for peace, l wanted u
how strong it would prove wheh INC
chance was presented to ger peaoe'
"Of course. the one great thlh5
tho Senate could do now to stapii'Ae
conditions and accomplish all 'He
benefits we are told flow froH' 'he
restoration of a technical conditloh
of neace. would be to pass that reso-
luton. AS long ago as Octooer 90
1918. in anticipation of the carry
termination of hostilities' spoke III
the Senate, urging the dlfncus.less
that would surely follow any I elioa
to handle the business OIL peace
,,,jng ond of constructing a League
Of Nations, as parts of the same TASK
Among other things l sald then'
LAS to the League of Natlohs
question. 1 will add few WORDS: Ihe
nhrase is much heard or late. o~oi.t@ SUI
i.apard 1T as a Utopian world state'
others. less visionary, think or IL as
a league to enforce peace III
most extreme form any League u
Nations will, 1 believe, nave 10
relegated to a future qulte t,is
the nuryiew of the ending OF inns
war or of the reconstruction OIL
neace Immediately following lhls
war There will be no room LOT
task of such problematical posslpln-
ties in either of the phases that ho"
Later. in December. 191S-atter
the armistice Il spoke again anu
outlined once more my 1dea OF @ the
difficulties that would cohirohI oo
effort TO deal with making the peace
"a creatinp the future world estao-
Iishment. as one negouatlon' IN
March 1919, 1 discussed the drall,
of tbe league, and insisted there must
he changes: and when these We're
made and it was before us IN tie
nnIv form. [ showed that the modl-
fications, in fact, didn't HoulIs'
Finally, on Saturday last, L present
ed the resolution, which hau pre-,
viously offered, to make peace ahu EL
leave tnG LtdS uS VI
separate and later consloefatloh'
consideration was immediately op-
iected to by Senator Hitchcock' anu
now. in the statement from lne
White House, it is made apparent
that the President backs hlm'
"I presented, in my speecn Iast
June. my own plan for estapllshlns
The relations of the United states 10
Europe: to declare our concern 1or
the preservation of the peace, our
readiness to participate in necessary
measures to accomplish that END:
That is what Europe wants ana
needs. 1t would make us a consult
ing member of the association OF the
nations. which is our most usetul ca
nacity. My reading of European
oninion in recent weeks conVlnces me
that that is exactly what they want
of us: they want our advice ana
counsel, the assurance that we may
he relied upon to help MAINTAIN the
neace. We would be able and would
he expected, to serve substantially
&c the arbiter of differences among
the nations there. Dlsagreeihe@nls @
among them would develop less
asperity. would not be pressed SO Tar
If they knew that the United states
entertained definite opinions on one
side or the other. They would kno"
that we were interested and concern
ed to incur the maintenance OF
neace of honor and fairness ana
that knowledge would go far TO IN
sure against breaches OF such
peace