Arizona republican., 1920-10-20
[RepubIIean A. ?. Leased WIrel

 in his only address on the league or | nations during the presidential cam paign. tonight declared that the treaty | of peace with Germany would nave been ratified, and America would have been a member of the league-if Presi- dent Wilson had been willing.
 MT. Wilson, however. was not will ing. He insisted upon the treaty ab- solutely unchanged" MT. Root said, adding later on in his speech:
 q do not question MT. Wilson's De- lief that the disposition of the treaty for which he was contending on May 31. 1919, was just and fair, but, with out disrespect I do question MT. Will sons infaIlibility; I do question the complete control of abstract justice in the processes by which the four men who dictated those treaties. which un- dertook to make over eastern Europe, reached their conclusions.
 q have an impression that there was the accommodation of conflicting interests, the giving of something here to get something there; the yielding or some things in order to avoid losing others, the shading of justice by ex- pediency which has characterized such conferences since history began. have a strong impression that some or thelr conclusions were mistakes.
 And I think it most objectionable that the American people shall enter into a solemn and positive agreement to guarantee and maintain by force of arms for all time the dispositions | of territory and sovereignty which these four men made in the year lsls.
 That is a part of what Article 10 undertakes to do. It is an alliance to
 enforce perpetually through the op- erations of the league the decisions of | Mir Wilson and his associates in the
 year 1919. It is a throw back to the old discredited alliances of the past. Il speaks a language of power, and not
 the spirit of progress. It is an attempt | to do what the holy alliance sought 100 years ago (with just as noble ex-
 pressions of purpose) to impose by force the judgment of the rulers of the present generation upon all future gen
 erations."
 Wants World Peace
 Mir. Root declared that i've shal
 promote the peace of the world' b!
 electing Senator Harding, Republican
 candidate for president. whose stand
 on the league, he said. was unchanged from the time he voted for ratification
 of the peace treaty and league of ma
 tions with the senate reservations. Th'
 election of Governor Cox. Democrati presidential nominee. he said. mean
 the effort to have the United State
 ioin the league of nations withou - change as it was brought back iron
 Europe by President Wilson.
 After restating the situation of tn
 league, Mir. Root declared that it wa well understood in 1919. and lis wei
 understood now. that the other partie
 to the treaty would have been conten to accept the senate reservations , adding:
 aSeveral European nations alread have given notice of half a dozel changes in the covenant which the I propose to urge at a meeting of tn I assembly of the league next montl F The only reason why the change l necessary to meet American objection 7 have not already been considered
 that MT. Wilson simply would not ne l goiate for them
 At the outset of his address, M ? Root said:
 s American People Favor Plan g 'T think a large majority of tf v American people earnestly wish for a | organization among the civilized ma Q tions, through which the nations sha n cooperate to prevent future wars an = that the United States shall do hs S full share in that organization. I eel f tainly desire this very strongly" . The plan of the league of natior r relied upon the effect of four thinf = taken together to prevent war, M
 Root asserted:
 n First, upon delay to afford time f. e investigation and for passions to COG if and sober judgment to prevail. n Second, upon having the facts al s certained and determined and ma' e public to all the world, so that Il If misunderstanding deceptions und d which the people of a country are l. often led to consent to war may -e obviated
 'r Third, upon having a fairly repr d sentative body not a party to the di le pute express publicly a responsih
 and matured opinion as to how t IS controversy ought to be settled, al Id thus bring to bear upon the action ss the parties the well informed opini'
 of the civilized world.
 ot Fourth, if any party to the agre "a ment were to violate it by making " r. without the stipulated delays nece or sary for arbitration or investigati IS and report, or were to make war nt violation of the unanimous opinion ld the other nations, then upon the pra re tical outlawry of that party from {
 advantages of trade, commerce a pr customary intercourse with the mel Ils bers of the society of nations, with
 the consequences flowing from such
 outlawry"
 Principal League Objections " The principal objections to se league, Mir. Root said, may be roug ay ly classified as follows:
 -ls First, objections to the general ( ay fensive alliance with all members ts' the league, established by Article x he Second. obiections to subn1ittine, ire the counciI of tbe 1eae7ie ouestiors he purely American no1icv sIIcb as nd Monroe doctrine or ouestions of i'm, IS grafton upon which the Europe Ige countries approaching that subj 1rt from an entirely different point ad- view and with opposing or differ zed interests would almost necessarily C TO- fer from the American policy.
 Third, that tke scheme practS