The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1920-10-22
SENATOR MCKELLAR ON
CHRISTIAN CITIZENSHIP
Speaks Sunday Night to a Large
Audience at C. P. Church.

Senator X. D. Mcclellan addressed
large audience at the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church Sunday night
on christian Citizenship" more
/ particularly a discussion of the
League of Nations. The auditors lis
tened with the most profound atten-
ton to the address which continued
for an hour, every minute of the time
revealing in the speakers lucid man
ner the history and the meaning OF
this epochal instrument.
Senator McKellar is one of the first
and foremost men of the Senate sup
porting the covenant, and he stood
thru all the trying periods of that ill
fated measure firm and steaGfast in
his support.
He cited to begin with that 1t was
courageous craftsmanship that ac-
complished our national strength.
Referring to the patriots of the
American Revolution, the timid To
ries and the triumph or American
independence, the progressive states
manship of Thos. Jefferson in the
purchase of the Middle West, the an
nexation of Texas anc extreme West
ern territory and the countries OF
Hawaii, Porto Rico, etc.; Mr.. NC
Kellar spcke CT the more recent prog
ress of America in the worldwide
movement for Christian citizenship
and a universal league for peace.
Going into details MI. Mckeliar
recited the progress of the covenant
the first draft of the league and its
reception everywhere 1t was then
that the army of objectors began to
protest. There were seven great OBJ
iections to the covenant, made prin-
cipally by Mr.. Lodge, Mr.. Root Mr..
Hughes, Mr.. Taft and other Repub-
licans, along with few Democrats.
At this particular tire the President
was called from Versailles to sign
some bills. These seven objections
were presented to him and he took
them with him back to Europe and
every one of the seven objections was
accepted and incorporated in the
covenant without a single change.
This happened before the mild res
ervationists and the opposition to the
league made their last fight in the
Senate. The objectors were not sat
isfied. They began to rail on Article
Ten and other features of the cove
nant. Thereupon Senator McKellar
proposed to Senator Kenyon that
Trey would select two other Senators
and meet to compromise the differ
ences. Article Ten was modified by
this conference to a moral instead of
legal obligation and other minor
changes all taken to the objectors.
About that time some one OF the
Presidents emi3saries to Europe be-
came offended and piece of political
intrigue took place. This represent
ative to the European court brought
message back purporting to come
from Lloyd George to Senator Lodge
that England would accept anything
Mr.. Lodge had to offer. And so the
League of Nations covenant failed in
the United States Senate.
This much for the history OF
league legislation. The remainder OF
the address had to do with the text
of the league and was indeed one OF
| the mcst interesting exponents OF
that instrument, really surprise
and indeed treat to practically the
entire audience.
Senator McKellar spoke under the
auspices of the Christian EndeavoI
and through the individual efforts OF
DR.. Ira Park to bring him to Union
City.