Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-16

even want the Philippines except to. get
 them educated enough to take care of
 themselves when we let them go. We
 might want to keep naval station there l somewhere. We want nothing of Cuba, i right next door to us, except that she ! should have stable government and not 1! make treaties with nations that are apt | to be hostile to US. And in certain | way We have been, I might say, fairy
 godfather to all the weddings on this , continent We want nothing of South | America except her good will So that
 this covenent for league of nations to Inforce peace in the world is not design
 ed, cannot be designed possibly, to with | hold a bloodtbrsty America from making
 any assault upon civilization or the rest
 of the world.
 We'll, now what is it for? It pur- | ports to be in favor of peace and to
 preserve the peace of the world; and
 1 have no doubt but that that was the
 intent of some of it's framers. I don't | know whether any of them had ul- 1 terior motives, but great many
 have thought that because of the phrasing
 in the preamble of the covenant of the
 League of Nations that everything in the
 league after the preamble must necessari-
 ly conduce to promote peace. We'll, the
 Holy Alliance had as beautiful and holy
 preamble to it As you ever heard of,
 and it turned out to be wicked en-
 zine of imperiaiistic and designing for
 eign power. The preamble says that the
 high contracting parties:
 Tn order to promote international CO.,
 operation and to achieve international
 peace and security by the acceptance of
 oblibations mot to resort to war by the
 prescription of open, just and honorable
 relations between nations, by the firm
 establishment of the understandings of in-
 ternational law as the actual rule of
 conduct among governments, and by
 maintenance of justice and ascrupulous
 respect for all treaty obligations in the
 dealings of oranized peoples with one
 another agree to this covenant of the
 League of Nations.
 I have no objection to any one of those
 things; l am in favor of every one ol
 them so is every man and woman in this audience and in the country The
 question is whether the contraption that
 they have formed will produce those , things or the contrary. am going to tell , you why.
 i I have no objection to Europe hav- ing this league if it wants it It is { none of l\ business. They have got it. They formed it over there among them f selves; and they are the people that are I disturbing the peace all the timef We . are not. One reason l don't think it . will promote peace is because of Article - 10, about which you have heard so much { desultory talk, and not always the views n of those who are opposed to it. I am . going to read Article 10.
 - The members of the league under r taken to respect and preserve as against V eYternal aggression the territorial integ, q rity and existing political independence ot : all members of the league. In case ot s any such aggression, or in case of any Q threat or danger of such aggression tht f council shall advise upon the means by s which this obligation shall be fulfilled. l. Article Il provides in part:
 n Any war or threat of war, whether # immediately affecting any of the leagu
 or not, is hereby declared matter o q concern to the whole league and tn,
 league shall take any action that may. b deemed wise and effectual to safeguart :. the peace of nations"
 'e There are two articles which appl d to us if we become a member of thi ,e league; and Mr.I Wilson demands tha ,o this covenant shall be ratified withou
 any reservation that makes any chang - in it at all. You know what his ex pressons made; he says he doesn't ot . ject to reservation or condition if ',, is purely interpretative : that is, if ,t makes palmer something that is alread = there The democratic platform say "a they do not object to reservations whic
 serve more fully to clarify our obligs u tions to the league. Well, our obligs
 tions to the league do not need any clar - v flying they stand out like sore thum 7 The trouble is they are too great fc t- anybody to ask us why We should assun 4. ahem; because let me say this about A ~ ticle 10-"The members of the leagl V, undertake"-that means contract" n gu only to respect but to preserve as again o' external aggression the territorial il I- tegrity and- existing political indepen I ence of all members of the league.
 Speech by Congressman Freeman. oh The first speaker of the evening "; he Congressman Richard P. Freeman who lc- brief covered the issues of the car ve paign explaining the articles of the co all enant as written by and brought back m this country by Mir. Wilson. Each SC i'd arate article was read and the amen at ment suggested by congress explaine
 showing the absolute necessity of SUI re reservations if this country was to go IT, to the league The great waste of t ed present administration as demonstrat of in their purchasing 100000 saddles, al tv nearly 200 900 branding irons for t ,er $50 900 or less horses and mules us I by the United States forces during t ,e war The administraton, he said, pa ,r. the Curtis people $2,000,000 for plan Int and engines and then sold them back ce tthe same firm for $300,000. Other c me amples of reckless waste were cited T we United States he said, would, after Ws ,e ren G. Harding was made president ( dv ter some association of nations, but o ,ss that this country could go into and st ,er maintain It's constitutional rights. Ter Lake Greeted With Applause. we Chairman Otto B. Robinson then int ich duced Everett J. Lake of Hartford uy governor, and the announcement W lon greeted with applause. Governor La Of stated that the big issue of the campai red this year, was whether or not cons ln- tutional government was to be destroy
 a in this country or not He believed 'ry freedom and through constitution 'ur government we get the results of our th- tions- No man who has ever dared spti try to take from the American peo] md this constitutional government has nalsl veryA far, and tPreddent Wilson has tr u,f,f as&hnrdfas .ife-couid during his admin 1ra--ae-