Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1920-02-14
GRAVE ERRORS IN TENT.

GRAVE ERRORS IN TEXT.
The voice of MIR. Taft WAS only ono
Of tn" Voices of that type. speaking
for the great financial interests that
were backing the propaganda support
ing the league. Their organizations
and paid agents were working every
where. Every State Wa$ organized.
almost every county. And Vet before
the discussion had proceeded twenty
days grave errors were discovered
which the authors Of the documcnt
Wcr" compelled to confess. We show
cd that ~ originally brought to us the
treaty would have wiped out the
Monroe doctrine. In reply we were told
that the Monroc doctrine had not been
injured all the world. Then the authors
OF the treaty returned to Versailles
and while still protesting that the
Monroe doctr.nc had not been inhlr-
cd they wrote into the treaty a.ncw
Article mi, declaring that tho Mon
roe doctrine shall not be affected.
thus confrs>ing that we were entire
~ correct in our charge.
Yet the provision that WAS in
serted for the protection of the Mon
roe doctrine did not really protect it.
II defined il aS II reg onal understand
ING which MAS exactly what Lord Sal
l%bury held ii to be in the Ncnczuc.a
case.
FENlNED FOR MONROE DOCTRINE
Later we learned from the Eng
'lsh cNpo$itorS Of the covenant that
If ever disagreement should arise a.
10 Interpretation of the Monroe dee
trnc the league would settle the din
crrncc$. That * II IT. 'hunnl Of seven
aliens would make the decision as to
Il doctrine that has been exclusively
an American affair throughout its OK
iStencc.
Thus we would have no power
whatever tn enforce our doctrine and
q doctrine that You cannot enforce
amounts TO no more than did the
tears OF the Chinese delegates at Yer
SMILES, begging for the protection of
Their country from the outside of the
council chamber, while Japan rte
cd her sword on the inside; II
amounts to no more than did the
prayers of the Egyptians for their
country's salvation when they were
thrown into Jail for daring to utter
those prayers
The grand circus went on its tour
and every performer. from clown to
ringmaStcr. announced thot any ma
ton was at liberty to withdraw at is
pleasure. We wdrr denounced for
claiming anything clsR: yet l";cr
they admitted that we had been
right by putting in the two-ycar with
drawal clause
CHANGE JUSTIFIED OPPONENTS
Even that pretending to o"cn the
way to get out. really made mG'icrs
worse. for ii provided that Il na'ion
could withdraw if its intorr"tinna'
ohligt1 ion were entirely DISCHARGED
ana the vote Of any one nation would
he snfhricnt to keep us from with
drawing.
Critics Of the covenant orrcr"c..
mat the United States might he ho,~ d
ny mere majority vote in many
meters and that Britain could prob
ably control that MAJORITY We we've !
denounced for that and acsurc1 tn, =,
Il n"an'mouS vote would kc rr"rircI |
N all cases; but, behold. later tho re !
v'scd instrument came to u, "dm't !
ting that We had been rirht FIR in |
II was included in Article V ln"alnrc
recurring that dccis ons GhouI 10 |
reached only by the agreement OF al !
states represented nj the mcc'i~r OK
f"pt IN cases OthorWiG" soc god |
mus it was conceded th"t W hid |
boz" correct. although h"vc nni
doubt we are still being cnllC1 T..
1f% IN some Quarters for dirc"'ia.. ~ |
"ntion to tbs state Of Fact"
JAPAN GAINS ADVANTAGES.
Senator Reed discussed at scmoi