Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1920-10-22
ANTIQUITIES IN THE
LEAGUE COVENANT

Il LEAGUE COVENANT
few days ago Senator Harding in
: an address at Chattanooga Tenn. said:
!. "In the United states Constitution the
trainers places just ONE ambiguous
clause which admitted of two inter-
pretations and that ONE clause led TO
our civil war" TN the Wilson Lea
Cue Covenant there are not less than
TWENTY such ambiguous clauses
which admit Of different interpreta-
tons" Here are a few examples Of
those antiquities:
You have heard more or less dis
cussion as TO the effect Of the Wilson /
covenant on the Monroe Doctrine. The |
translation Of the Covenant as fur
nished the United States Senate by
Mr.. Wilson says that Nothing in this
Covenant shall be deemed to affect the
validity Of such regional understand
ings as the Monroe Doctrine The
French and English TRANSACTIONS read
exactly opposite by stating that Moth
ing in such regional understandings IS
Tho Monroe Doctrine shall be deemed to
affect the validity of this covenant.
Here the people Of Europe who have
z lyvavs found the Monroe Doctrine OF
The United States a bar to their ag
n. ssions on the American continents !
arc assured that the Wilson 60 enant |
will accomplish the very thing they {
have strived for for a hundred years, /
that Is kin tho Monroe Doctrine. For y
they are assured that nothing in the {
Monroe Doctrine viii affect the validity b
Of the Covenant That was mama and h
candy, cake and ice cream all com q
fincd to The aspirations Of European b
dIplomants and they swallowed the Dait a
hook. line and snker. At the same X
Time Wilson was beguiling Europe with
l4s sweet bait he was giving rs
Translation with IN exactly opposite
meaning. lie assures us that nothing "
n the covenant viii be deemed to affect n
he VALIDITY Of the Monroe Doctrine. ?
tie knew America guarded the pro-
lection OF the Monroe Doctrine with
Jealous care and would resent any .,
effort on his part to annul it or cripple a
II. Laying aside all the discussions re- m
this article 81 the fact stands "
out clear 10 all that it contains q O
louble meaning which must inevitably II
lead to trouble Europe interprets it
TO be a death blow to the Monroe Doct
rine and we interpret it to be n pro-
.ecting clause to the same document 'e
Article Four says: 1.-THE Council Ia
shall consist of representatives of THE -
ALLIED AND ASSOCLA- -,
TED POWERS, together with four II,
,ther members OF the league" There he
ire SO nations named in the covenant M
tself as members. Who is to decide pl
which OF these 80 are the principle m
NEE and who is to decide how many Of ra
hem are to be 30 considered? be
Article Ten. You have heard mors
discussion about Article Ten than all of
he other articles. Here are its pro-
isions "The members of the league su
Undertake to respect and preserve as Nv
gainst external aggression, the terri -
orial integrity and existing political 81,
Independence Of all members of the a.
.eague.' va
To consider this fairly just dismiss sa
rom your minds all the explanations M
GU have heard from either side to tb hs
and read the article care fis
lilly then apply its provisions to, Po-
and, which is one Of the original mem
ers oftheleague. Russia is making
'ar on Poland. Russia can only be re sh
elled by armed forces. If the league IFS
ere to fulfill its obligations to Poland i'''
would have to meet and determine -
he number Of soldiers and amount of 49,
honey necessary 70 orlNe RUSSIA out OF ISL