Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-10-22
G. 0. P. HITTING
LOW, DECLARES
SENATOR JONES
Continued from rage One)

SGlhN VII JSINGS
Continued from rage One)
packed by the republican leaders
with .hc view of "prevcnting pass
age of the league of nations cove
nant.' he said. Six of the ten re.
publican members of the foreign
/ relations committee. Senator Jones
charged, were opposed to any
league, and after they had agreed
! to reservations in the committee
/ they voted against the resolution
: with their reservation when the
/ measure was before the senate fol
action.
Senate Favored Passage.
Later when an Informal commit.
! tee from both parties had agreed
on reservations that were known
! to be acceptable to twO-thirds Of
! the members of the senate ant
! mad the approval in writing of
| President wilson. Senator Lodge
again refused TO agree to them
! Senator Jones charged, because
; Senator Borah. irrecOnciablc, haG
declared that if they were agreed
to he would refuse to thereafter
follow the lead of the Massachu,
sets senator.
The applause was not frequent
but the audience, which numbered
in the neighborhood of 1000. com.
| t"rtabiy filling the space down,
stairs with a few in tn galleries
was attentive.
Traces Covenant History.
| Senator Jones spoke without al
attempt at oratorical effect, lakin.
up the history of the efforts tha'
have been made for the last r
years 70 form some sort of "cuncelr
OF uatUrs' TO insure peace.
Senator Lodge was placed OF
record in an article in the forum il
june, 1918, he said, as declarin,
that the purpose Of the war was t
bring about just such an association
Of nations as is now proposed, t
Insure peace.
Referring 10 the canard, owl
sons League Senator Jones sale
that the covenant was LITERAL,
with Former President Taft a
one end OF the cable and Presiden
=, Wilson on the other" Taft's sug
geSted changes were not en- in
corporated jnt0 the covenant a
brought back To American by Pres
ident Wilson bat In many instance
he dictated the actual languag
used, Senator Jones declared,
He also stated that suggeste,
changes by Eihu Root, Charlie
Evans Hughes and other grea
American thinkers, OF the republi
can party, had been incorporated
into the league.
Discusses Harding Stand.
In discussing Senator Harding
Senator Jones said that he was a
q loss to understand just where h
stood"
He announced another position
in his most recent speech, sal
Senator Jones, and said that h
expected Governor Cox would cal
{ it his thirteenth change on III
a covenant. He proposes now to sta
; out of the league entirely and or
| gani2e an association OF nations 0
= his own When asked what KIM
, Of an association he proposed +
have, he admitted that he did no
have 'One constructive idea
Senator Harding had been i
| the senate six years and has bee
+ member of the foreign relation
committee. He sat on the commit
tee during the discussions of tn
r various reservations submitted.
during that time he has been una
BILE to grasp one constructive idc
for an association of nations, hoy
. long may we expect it will take hir
to get enough ideas to form an as
ISOLATION OF nations
"Association" Impossible.
The association of nations idea
, Senator Jones declared is mad
impossible by article 20 of tn
league covenant, which pledges tn
members of the league not to ente
into any other covenant. Thi
would leave senator Harding, if h
4 is elected president, only -four IA
tons for his new plan, Senate
Jones sail. raining them as Rus
, STA, Mexico, Ahyssinia and Afghan
istan
The only definite statement mad
by Senator Harding. according I
Senator Jones, and which he hd
not rotracted. is that If elected h
will "immcdiatcly assemble con
gress and cause TO De nasseu re-
CLINTON ending the state of wa
with Germany" Senator Jones dc
clarcd that such a separate pnac
would be an abandonment OF ON
allies i'm the war and the purpose
for which the war was fought. II
asked if the United states was
| and there WDl