Arizona republican., 1920-01-06
Presidential c an d d a te Gives Views On League Of Nations - Has Many Good points, He Says
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CHICAGO. Jan. ,. - While the league of nations. even as modified by the reservations adopted, does not take the form which I believe it should namely judicial rather than political I think it is the part of wisdom now to ratify it with such reservations as adopted by the senate" said Governor Frank c. Lowden in d letter today, re- plying to United States Senator w. k. Borah aof Idaho. who had requested Governor Lowden's position on the league of nations,
 Gov ernor LoWden's letter in part fol lows:
 Want Friends, Not Alliance
 "On April 25. 1919, in a speech l made before the Sixth National For eign Trades convention at Chicago. among other things I said: We want friends everywhere, but we are not looking for partnership with any other nation on the face of the globe
 We want our flag going into every port on terms of amity with every na- : ton on the earth: but nationalism and not internationalism must still be our dominant note.
 America. too, has done more to develop the idea of arbitrat ton and of close international relations than any other country.
 ." The Hague conference made great progress and we would be recreant to the cause of humanity if we failed to take advantage of this opportunity to extend the work of those conferences toward q more definite and a larger international law and q better inter- national understanding.
 "'All our people have believed in that ideal and we hope now that this ideal is to be realized, but our people are not for transferring the sov- ereignty of America from Washington to any other place. we are also going to cling to our Monroe doctrine; and we are going to keep our flag float ing above the dome of the capitol.
 To a great many people. in these days. there seems to he a new flag coming out of the sky, a flag so re- mote that it hardly can be seen. To me it seems the white flag of peace. to others it seems the red flag of car mage and anarchy. Whichever it may be. it is not going to take the place in America of that other flag. that flag under which we have made all our progress toward the realization of our national ideals
 Reservations Protect Nation
 The league of nations, as submit ted to the senate. seemed to me to be subject to grave objections. These objections in the main, think. have been removed by the reservations adopted by the senate. The instru ment, as so modified. as l understand it. does not bind the United States to participate in the racial and dynastic battles of the old world Nor does it involve 'entangling alliances or part nerships with foreign powers; nor does it authorize interference by for eign powers in American affairs I do not believe the time has come when should abandon the policy of no entangling alliances. It may be A ant-ffa in, rx~ft 1af4~ duty to participate in some foreign war as she participated in the last. but l think she can be depended upon when that time does come. to decide for herself. through constitu tional means where her duty lies just as she did before.
 While the league of nations. even as modified by the reservations adopted. does not take the form which I believed it should, namely, judicial rather than policial I think it is the part of wisdom now to ratify it with such reservations. Our sovereignty is safeguarded, the Monroe doctrine is secure. the constitutional powers of congress are not impaired, and our right of withdrawal is made clear and explicit. l do not see how permanent harm can come from it and L. do see the possibility of great good.
 Tt at least provides for a common meeting place. ar stated intervals, for the nations of the world which are parties to it. This in itself is de- cided gain The mere fact that great nations meet from time to time in friendly counsel would in itself cause any nation outside the league. which was meditating a crime against civi- liZation. to pause and reflect upon the consequences. Then, too. when ma tions. or men, sit at d common table and discuss differences between them selves, those differences are lihely to disappear. For more than half a cen tury the United States had been the distinctive champion of the principle of settling international differences without resort to arms. She can not afford now to neglect any means which give promise, however slight, of preventing future wars.
 Can Aid World Peace
 Tn addition, if the treaty be rati- fled and America becomes a party to the league of nations, she will have an opportunity to so influence its ac- tivities and so help to modify it's form that it may, in time, realize the noble aspira tions for world peace of the great men who participated in The Hague conferences.
 If it should fail to accomplish these results or operate to the disadvantage of America, the way is clear by which we can withdraw.
 be ratified promptly with the reser- vations, in substance, already adopted by the senate.'