Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-29

peace of the world, they are not en-
| titled to one moments consideration
| in the forum of the conscience OF
| mankind.
y Not only does the covenant guar
antee justice for the future but it
/ holds the one remedy for the evils
of the past AS it stands today, war
express it's sympathy for the OPP
| pressed world. The League of Ma
| lions removes the conventional
shack1es Of diplomacy. Under the
| covenant, it is our friendly right to
| protest against tyranny and to act
as counsel for the weak nations now
without an effective champion.
The Existing League
"The Republican platform contains
a vague promise to establish another
or different form of association
| shadowy character. Our proposed CO.
partners in such a project are I'M
named and unnamable. 1t is not
stated whether it is proposed to in
vite the nations that have establish
ed the present league to dissolve it
and to begin anew, or whether the
| purpose is to establish new asso-
citation of a competitive character,
| composed Of the nations that repudi-
| ated the existing league. The de-
vitalizing character of such an ex-
pedient requires no comment. Fatu-
! Gus futility could be carried no far
ther. There is no mental dishonesty
more transparent than that which ex-
presses fealty to League of Ma
tons while opposing the only League
of Nations that exist or is ever apt
to exist Why close our eyes to
actual world conditions? A League
of Nations already exists. 1t is not
project, it is a fact. We must eth
er enter it or remain out of it.
What nations have actually signed
and ratified the treaty?
Brazil, Bolivia, Great Britain
Canada, Australia, South Africa, New
Zealand, India, Czecho- Slovakia, Qua
temala, Liberia, Panama, Peru, Uru-
quay, Siam, Greece, Poland, Japan,
Italy, France and Belgium.
What neutral states, invited to
join the league, have actually done
Norway, Venezuela, the Neither
lands, Denmark, Colombia, Chile, Ar
gentina, Para quarry, Persia, Salvador,
spain Sweden and Switzerland.
Even China will become a member
when she ratifies the Austrian
| treaty
Germany has signed and is pre-
pairing to take the place which awaits
her in the League of Nations.
What nations stand outside? Rev
d.
Unspeakable Turkey and-the Unit
| ed States of America
1T is not yet too late. Let us
stand with the forces of civilization.
The choice is plain. 1t is between
me Democratic party's support of
3ram Of peace, disarmament and
world fraternity, and the Republican
partys platform of reputation. nro-
vlnclal1sm, militarism and world
Equality of Voting
There is great pretense of alarm
because the United States has hut
one vote. in the international assem-
Dly, against the six votes of Great
Britain, Canada, Australia. Now Zea-
land, South Africa and India. This
popular argument against the Leag
ol Natlons is as inSincere as it is
SUPERFICIAL. 1t ignores the fact that
the executive council, and NOT tn q
assembly, is the governing BODY Of
the league, and that our country is
one OF the five countries having ners
m man membership in the council.
| assembly. Ia Tic
! Nor should we forget that France
mas but one vote; Italy has but one
vote; and Japan has but one vote, IF
Lnere were any injustice in the ar
rangIement,. surely these nations
IT. No affirmative action can be-
taken IN any essential matter with
out a unanimous vote of all members
OF the council of the league. No
decision of the league, if America
joined 1t, could be made effective or
even promulgated without our con-
sent. dixie every other nation, we
| nave veto power upon every resolu-
ton or act of the league. We can
| De involved in no enterprise except
OF our own choosing; and if we are
not satisfied with the league, we can
| two years notice. The risk exists
| only in the imagination, the service
| is incalculable.
Moreover, the United States in
sisted sna th Mica Cuba. Haiti, Liberia, Pan
Guatemala should each be given a
| vote, as we'll as the nations Of South
! America, great and small. Including
| the nations which are bound by vital
| interests to the United States, or in
deed, directly under our tutelage,
| We have more votes in the League of
| Nations than any other nation. How
| could we, in good faith, urge that
| these nations be given a voice ana
deny voice to such self-governing
| nations as Canada, New Zealand and
the rest. which relatively. speaking.
made far more sacrifices in the war
than our own country? 1t is deslr-
able that all countries should have
! an opportunity to be heard in the
league; and the safety of each ma
| ton resides in the fact that no ac-
| ton can be taken without the con-
sent of all.
Defeat of the Treaty
| 1T was the design of Senator
! Lodge, from the outset, to mutilate
! the treaty and to Illustrate the pur-
| poses Of the administration. And vet
SanaTnY n6On with "a hn1o Of "a
irreconcilables, having torn the
| treaty to tatters and thrown it's
| fragments in the face Of the world,
has the effrontery to suggest. in his
address at Chicago, that the presi-
dent blocked ratification and post
"The trouble with the treaty of
peace is that it was negotiated by a
| Democratic president. 1t is difficult
| to assess the responsibility for it's
defeat. The responsibility rests, not
upon it's friends, but upon it's enc
mics.
"The foreign relations committee,
| Immediately following the last elec-
| ton, was recognized with personnel
consisting of the open foes of the
Senator Borah, who declared that he
would not be for a League of Ma
| tions were the Savior of mankind
to advocate it. Senator Johnson, Sem
! ator Knox and senator Moses, whose
hatred of the president amounts to
an obsession, were also members;
and Senator Lodge was chairman.
"The treaty was referred to the
committee thus studiously prepared
for it's hostile reception. The MEM
| bers of this committee adopted every
subterfuge to misrepresent the docu-
ment which they were supposed to be
considering as statesmen. Deputa=
! lions of foreign-born citizens were
brought to Washington in an effort
to color and eXaggerate the impress
sion of popular opposition.
"The senate had even begun the