Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-03-23

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reservation that declined to low
any tribunal to decide for us what
| was and what was not a domestic
question, and declined to allow any
tribunal to pass upon any American
domestic question.
| Unfortunately, he was not in
| touch with the senate. Unfortu-
nately, he did not have the benefit
of the advice that the constitution
offered him, if it did not require
him to take. If he had used it, he
would have promptly been told that
this language could not be ratified
| by a senate of the United States.
That the American people would not
stand for it, and that the senate
was committed upon the PROPOSE
ton against what he put into article
| 10 with reference to domestic ques-
tions.
| Il say that that reservation does
| change that provision, 1t nullifies
the authority-if you use that word
of the council to determine
whether a question we claim to be
domestic is or is not domestic, and
anything less ought not to be con-
| tanned in a reservation when we
| ratify this treaty.
Manufactures
II come to the reservation with
reference to manufactures. We eX-
pressly declare in the reservation
that no mandatory shall be placed
upon the United States without the
approval of congress. Why, even
Lord Grey understands the neces-
sity for such a reserva ton. This
instrument was practically drawn,
the original frame work, by Gener.
al SHUTS, largely drawn by him.
He naturally had in view the Eng
l1sh system, where the noinistry acts
free fl any interference by par
liame-lt in all foreign matters, but
the the ministry must conduct it's
foreign relations as the house of
commons approves, or a vote of
censure retires the ministry.
LAS drawn, and as the presidents
Interpretation indicates, the repre-
sentative of the United States on the
council, one man, 5000 miles away,
acting with the approval of the pres
ldent, could accept a mandatory.
And we would be setting up one
mans government instead Of popu-
lar government in the United States.
We would be substituting practical
~ q u1CIdIOF III the shape OF the
president for popular government.
Our system of popular government
is through the senate and the house
Of representatives, which must so
back to the people every two years
and return to Washington voicing
the wishes of the people, not the
wishes Of the house, but with the
power of the people to change every
two years
What will manda tory be? Per-
haps billion a year expended, and
100000 boys policing some foreign
country. And yet as drawn, while
finally the appropriations must come
from congress, acceptance could
nave been made through one man n
Switzerland, speaking the wishes of
the president
I am not referring to the pres
ent president at all. There have
been past presidents and there will
be future presidents. 1 am refer
ring to the principle of our system
or government. I am unwilling for
instrument to be left in the
shape so that one man in Switzer-
land, following the direction of one
man in the United States, can COM
NIT this country in grave and most
important problems. 1 believe in
Keeping our representative who goes
into this country and our members
who go into the assembly close to
the people and subject to the will
of the American people, not onlv in
connection with the mandatory but
in connection with the whole scheme
of service
Tho Labor Con prauS
81 come to another reserva ton.
Part XIII of the treaty, g part of
the League of Nations, creates an
internal labor organization with the
most complicated and legislative au-
thority. Just the limit of it's au-
thority I am not prepared to declare
1t goes to the extent of the right
to cite government before it for
an explanation of its conducts Who
would be the members of that inter
national labor congress? We have
been trying to get out Of the United
states some international labor agi-
tators in~recent months. What will
be their scheme? What will they
do? What confusion will they add
TO our domestic situation?
Zone of the powers of this labor
organization is to print paper at
the expense of the government, and
distribute it throughout the respec-
tive countries. 1 believe in Amer
lean labor in a body. The worsF
troubles we have had, L conclude! |
from the testimony presented before
the committee on education and la
Dor in the steel investigation, were
produced by foreign agitators. Yet
We are to transfer our labor prob
lens largely to an international la
Dor organization. l am utterly Cd
posed to going into that international
labor organization, and a reserva-
ton declares that the United States
will not participate unless hereafter
congress determines that it is wise
to do So
do you not all know that the
representatives of most of the for |
e;gn countries in that labor congress
will be Socialists or worse? In the |
interests of the labor of the United |
States 1 would keep out; in the in
terests of the industries of the |
United States I would keep out, and
q reservation does this for us. This
treaty could not travel by the votes
of one-third of the senate with |
clause 10 in it. 1t is unfortunate
that the president did not keep in
touch with the senators and take |
their advice before he consented to
put that provision in this treaty II
have not heard a senator open his
lips to defend it. If it has had a |
friend on the floor cannot recall it. |
Consider the reservation with ref |
erence to Great Britain's six votes |
to our one. None of US object to |
Canada's coming in, but really l |
think New York and Texas might |
just as well have an additional rep
resentative. / would rather be a |
citizen Of New York or Texas, and |
feel greater liberty than I would in |
canada. Six votes to the British |
empire with her renreSenta tiues and