Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1920-10-12
C. D. ?. CAMPAIGN
= BASED on LIES
PersistentIy UntruthfuI in Repre-
sentation Of League Of
Nations.
CHARGES EASILY DlSPROvED
faIsity Of Allegations, Which Senator
Harding Stands For and Repeats,
convincingly Made Plain,
Point by Point

The campaign Of the Republican
leaders against the League of Nations
is a campaign founded upon lies.
Lie No. THAT the league makes
for war instead of peace.
The slTruth-Every one of the 26
articles in the league covenant is a
specific detail of plan for peace or
to provide means to operate the league
Of peace.
Lie No. 2-That the council of the
league can order the United States
into war and send our troops wher-
ever It wishes.
The Truth-The council is COM
posed of nine members one of which
is the United States, and all acts OF
the council must be by unanimous
vote. Each of the nine nations acts
under its own constitution and laws,
and under the Constitution of the
United States the only power to de-
clare war is the congress.
Lie No. 3-That Great Britain has
six votes to our one in the league.
The Truth-Canada, Australia, New
Zealand and South Africa, self-gov-
erning dominions of the British en-
pire. and India, colony of the Brit
ish empire, are members of the as
sembly Of the league, in which each
nation, dominion, or colony represent
ed has one vote. But the assembly
is not the governing body of the
league, which is governed by the
council of nine members, composed of
the United States (when 1t joins),
Great Britain, France, Italy and ia
pan, each with one vote, and four
members elected by the assembly,
each with one vote. All action taken
by the league requires a unanimous
vote of the council. Assuming that
In the deliberations of the assembly
the dominions and the colony of the
British empire should vote with Great
Britain on matters of British inter-
ests, it is an equal assumption that
the American republics which are
members of the assembly would vote
with the United States on all matters
affecting American interest. This
would make the vote in the assembly
in such event: Great Britain, g.;
America. IL.
Lie No. THAT by joining the
league the United States would sur
render its sovereignty.
The Truth-The sovereignty of the
United States is declared and deter
mined by its Constitution, and each
member Of the league acts as such
in harmony with it's own constitution.
The sovereignty of the United States
is no more impaired by membership
in the league than it is by any treaty
of arbitration, of which the United
States has many. The central idea Of
the League of Nations is arbitration
and Cancellation.
Lie No. 5-That Article X is an
impairment of the Monroe doctrine.
The Truth-The principle of Article
x is the principle of the Monroe doc
tine applied to the whole world. That
II would make for peace and not for
war was recently made clear and
convincing by Governor Cox when he
called attention to the fact that un-
der the Monroe doctrine, which many
persons predicted would involve us in
all kinds of wars, not shot had been
fired In nearly one hundred years of
its existence.
There are other lies circulated
against the League Of Nations cove
nant. but these are principal ones,
and to the shame Of his party, Sena-
tor Harding stands for them and re-
peats them.