Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-10-18
Insists Clause Gives One
Man Power to Involve
u. S. In War Before
Congress Can Act.
Asserts Harding Anxious
to Help World Peace
by Agreement Among
Powers of the Earth.

New York, Oct 17.-Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge attacked the League of Na-
tions in an addresse here Sunday light.
declaring that it is IAN alliance. and IN
stead of promoting the worlds peace il
makes provision for war, and will be a
breeder of war.
The league. be said, is full Of enforce
ment by armies and has little abont the
nations or world court of Justice As
it stands. it is a menace and not help
t. tho peace of the world.
After discussing the league covenant
particularly the provisions ef article 10
Senator Lodge. speaking before the So
ciety of Arts and Sciences, contrasted it
with Senator Harding's conception of
the best means to promote world peace.
He tSenator Harding) is as anxious
TO promote the worlds peace as any man
who lives, Senator Lodge said. But
TIE fstssaut si1a3ls to sacrifice the Cnlt.i
States by adhering to an alliance that
utterly against the Wilson league as Mr.
Wilson brought it from Paris
Talks of Wilson's Plan
Senator Harding's plan is to bring
about under the leadership of the United
States an agreement among the nations
which will truly promote the peace of
the world
"On January % 1917. the president
presented III an address to the senate.
plan for a world peace At that time
the president had not broken with Ger
many, and he was planning for a peace
without victory and then for the pro-
motion of Il league. He proposed that
we should adhere to league for peace.
and then he said:
1T will be absolutely necessary
that force be created as guarantor of
the permaneney Of the settlement SO
much greater than the force of any ma
tion now engaged or any alliance hither-
to formed or projected that no nation.
or probable combination of nations could
face or withstand it. If the peace pres
emily TO be made is to endure il must be
force of mankind
Attacks Presidents Idea
THAT shows the presidents eoncep-
ton of league for peace, thar it must
be backed by the organized major force
of mankind and that means an interna-
tional force under the control of the
league and with all the members of the
league obliged to furnish quotas for the
force.
THAT this continued in his mind to
for peace is shown by what he said on
February II. 1919. when he presented
the finished draft of the constitution of
the League of Nations, as it was then
called. TO the conference. Mr.. Wilson
described this new international colabin-
alton as the union of wills in a common
purpose, union of wills which cannot
be resisted, and which l dare say no ma
ton will run the risk of attempting to
resist
And then he added: Armed force is
in the background of this program. but
it is in the background and if the moral
force of the world will not suffice. the
physical force Of the world shall There
can be no mistake as to what that Ian
guage Of the president means.
The Moral Obligation
When the president met the senate
on foreign relations at the
White House on August 10, 1919, Sen
that it is perfectly obvious and accepted
that there Is an external aggression
against some power. and suppose it is
obvious and accepted that it |
cannot be repelled except by force of |
arms, would we be under any legal OBJ
igation to participate
"The president replied: No. sir: but |
ye would be under an absolutely com
Delling moral obligation
"A compelling moral obligation. which |!
s the highest obligation possible in
.reaty to do what? To use the force |
If arms in the case of external aggres- |
,ion under Article 10.
"Who is to- apply the veto? Who is
% record the veto of the United States |
n the council against the votes of the /
light other members? Naturally the I
representative of the United States on
he council How is he to be appointed |
md selected? On this the covenant of
he league is silent.
lnterprets Article 10.
Under the covenant of the league as
t stands. the president of the United
states could send a representative to the
ouncil and nobody could question his
That representative so ap-
'ointed by the president as personal
gent could involve us in war under Ar
icle 10. The compelling moral obliga-
ion would then apply and congress
aould have no choice except to give the
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