The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-06-09

what was far more important. they be-
gain 10 read and discuss the covenant OF
III. league themselves. in the street. by
The fircsidcs. wherever men and women
meet together. They began To under
stand tho league. They began to know
what il meant They saw il was an
alliance and not 4 league for peace. They
saw that II did not mention ihc liasu"
Conventions which We all desired To have
restored As foundations for further en-
tensions. did nothing for the dcNclot'-
mcrl Of Internal ionEl law, nothlnR Tor Il
world court and juricial decisions ana
nothing looking towards an agreement
as 10 dealing with non-JuStlClable qucS-
lions These roal advances toward pro-
noting peace. these constructive meas
ures were all dsrcgardcd and IN" only
court mentioned was pushed into an Oh
scurc corner. The people began TO per
Caive with an intense clcarncsS. mat
this alliance. silent as |" real peace
agreements. contained clauses whlch
threat ned the very existence Of inc
United States as an independent power
Threatened it's sovereignty, threatened
it's peace. threatened its life. The mass
IS OF the people became ariiculhtc. PUP
lie opinion steadily changed and TO-DAY
tn enumber Of Americans VIII" would pc
willing to accept the covenant or the
League Of Nations just as the President
brought it back from Europe IS ncgllRl-
BILE. The American people Will never ac-
Cept that alliance with foreign nations
drnt meantime has remained infleNiolc.
lie IS determined TO have that treaty as
n" brought II back or nothing ana 10
tina timpcriOus demand the people VIII
reply in tones that C0nnot be msundrr-
stood. No man who thinks OF America
first need fear the answer.
Tho Famous Article 10.
Mr. Wilson said in a recent letter to
Senator Hitchcock For my own part
| am not willing 10 trust 10 the counsel
of diplomats tho working out or amy
salvation Of the world from the things
which it has suffered" And he said
This ~ behalf Of AN alliance whose rep
rescntativcs will all h" diplomats and
politicians They will all act in behalf
Of the interests Of their respective roun-
tries and they will have nothing Judicial
about them Strip the lcagu" Of every
cIausc which involves the action of poll
,ica! representatives in the assembly
and tho council and you leave but one
article in which the diplomats or the
league as such will have no power.
That IS the famous Article 10. Most
Of the league covenant was prepared by
General SHUTS. Of South Africa. but
Article 10 was the work Of the president
OF tho United states. II Is tru" tins
article is free from diplomats. hut IT
rests entirely upon naked force. IN
that way peace is 10 be HreSerNed ana
the nations freed from war by multiply
force Each Individual nation is hound
nv Article Y TO 20 10 war for tho pro-
,cc,ion Of the territorial integrity and
tho political independence or every
other nation in the world at the time OF
signature: that is. for tho protection OF
tCrmincd or established for the protec'
tion Of boundaries which no man can de-
rnc We were TO give such guarantee
and any Of the countries in the league IN
the event Of exterior aggression could
bavc demanded our armed assistance
and our soldiers and sailors must then
have gone forth AT the command OF Tor:
oIvn countries unless VIC shattered al
hone OF world peace by breaking a SOL
emn moral obligation. The Repuollcans
Of the senate. no matter what the!r III,
turc fate might be, were determined
,ha, the covenant containing that article
unmodificd should never be ratified. II
, became every day clearer TO them that
the alliance called a league Of nations,
instead Of being guarantee for the
worlds peace. was breeder OF war and
an enemy Of peace. AZ VIC studied it
have some league II possible which
should be a genuine league OF peace
We found that II dragged us not only
into every dispute and every war in
| Europe and in the rest OF the world hut
that our soldiers and sailors might ho
! forced TO give their lives in quarrels
not their own at the bidding Of foreign
| governments.
I, also appeared that our domestic
questions. like immigration. could he in
icrfrrcd with. that tho Interpretation
Of the Monroe doctrine VAS 10 h" left
! n tho decision Of the league. that We
! we're to hc made participants in the out
| rageous disposition Of Shantung which
| robbed a friendly nation and gave the
proCcrds Of the robbery to her worst
| enemy. and that finally we were 70 have
! in tho assembly of the league only one
| vote N Great ErItain's six These pro-