The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-08

Europe agrees TO an economic blockade.
we are in honor bound and by the terms
of the treaty bound TO join in blockade.
''It may be ruinous to our business II
may be contrary TO wisdom, but we have
delegated the power to this man. IL
the council decides that the interest OF
peace requires us to send 100. 600 men
TO foreign lands to police situation or
guard a piece of territory we are bound
by our sole delegates vote TO do so.
And II the council in its infinite wisdom
decides that nothing less than war will
serve the cause of civilization and JUS
tice and peace we are bound by the
terms OF our treaty ana by our moral
obligation higher than treaties to go to
war. Our boys viii be tramping Europe
and guarding territories here and there
upon the strength of one mans vote.
IF that is not a subtle Undermining
OF the whole system OF free government
and defiance of the democratic principles
upon which this Government was reared
then 1 ask you what would beE III one
man can by his vote bind l1O,O0O'OoO OF
people in honor and enter treaty to
act upon matters involving life and
death, what more could autocracy ask
for. and what more could democracy
surrender?
Longs for European visitors.
IT really wish we could arrange some
way by which we could induce the
European delegates when we are dealing
with this matter to come this way, TO
come to see us. They have never been
to see us since they came over TO see
about the loans. We always go 10
Europe and there breathe their at
mosphere and their environment
IF visit to our great country would
have as great an effect upon the dele
gates from Europe in the opposite d.
rection 1 think it would be we'll to have
them come here. We take on European
theories so easily and so unconsciously
and adopt European principles so aptly
IL would be veil in the interest of
democracy and the principles Of the true
republic to ask our neighmors to come
to see us here in our own home and In
our own environment"
In other phases of his speech Senator
Borah traversed largely the same ground
covered by him in his address in Dan
bury and New Haven. Again he quoted
effectively extracts from Washington's
farewell address. and argued that there
never was in the worlds history a time
when it was more important for the
United States to hold aloof from en-
They say we are all members of a
great family" he said. land so we are.
But it was not against that kind of a
family relation that Washington in
Weighed. 1t was against those artificial
ties binding us to do something ten or
twenty years from now that he pro-
tested, and II Is that which we oppose.
II you contract away tonight the right
of the coming generation to determine
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ditons, you have to Just that extent de-
prived them of their right of self-govern-
ment. And that is just what the League
of Nations would undertake to do.
but there were some Senators who
did not believe they were elected for
the purpose of surrendering any part
of the United States sovereignty. And
one of them who with superb courage
and without regard to it's possible eff
feet upon his political future took his
standAunalterably against any such sur
render was your own Frank Brandegee
of Connecticut"
The reference to Senator Brandegee
excited one Of the most hearty demon
strations of the night. But there was
alternate applause and uproarious
laughter when the Senator scored the
land grabbing propensities of Great
Britain.
Let me quote" said he. from our
great leader. Lloyd George. AS the
Lord liveth.' Lloyd George said. England
does not want another yard of territory
Now let's see how much was forced upon
him, for 1t is fact that never has there
been such promiscuous land grabbing in
Europe as there has been since President
Wilson said there should not be any
more
Leaving out Persia for the present.
England has received since the armistice
1.307.053 square miles of territory. That
is too much land to be comprehended ex-
cept by comparison. so / will say that
this EQUALS the area of Washington. Ore
gon. California. Arizona. New Mexico,