Evening star., 1920-01-06
GOV. L0WDEN GIVES
VIEWS ON LEAGUE
Advises Adoption, With Sen
ate's Reservations, in Re-
ply to Borah.

! CHICAGO, January 6 fby the Asso-
! ciated Press) while the league OIL
nations. even as modified by the reser-
! yations adopted, does not take the form
which / believe it should. namely judi
cial rather than political, l thinK II is
the part of wisdom now 10 rati1y IL
with such reservations as aoopted os
the Senate,"' said Gov Frank .. Low
| den in letter today, replying 10 Unit
cd States Senator w Z. Borah OF Idaho,
| who had requested Gov. Lowdens posi-
! ton on the league of nations
Mr. Lowden's Letter.
The text of Gov. Lowden's letter to
Senator Borah follows:
when the armistice was signed l
| felt that the time was opportuhe for
| taking up the subject of better inter-
national relations, where the second The
Hague conference had left off. 1t
seemed to me that the world was ready
! to adopt the high American ideals or
! international friendship there ex-
I pressed. A permanent arbitral court TO
adjust all justiciable differences,
| court of arbitration to which the ma
| tons might, at their option. submit their
vital differences, the machinery for me-
diation and committees Of inquiry in all
other cases, and a start toward codlh-
cation of international law would be
welcome, 1 thought, by all nations 1t
was not so much a political internation-
al structure | had in mind as 1t was a
judicial structure. Later, and on April
%, 1919, in a speech | made before the
sixth. national foreign trade conven-
ton at Chicago, among other things
1 said:
I've want friends everywhere. but
III rryif y,
any other nation on the face Of the
globe
"Nationalism" Urged.
1--WE want our flag going into every
port on terms of amity with every ma
ton on the earth; but nationalism and
not internationalism must still be our
dominant note.
velop the idea of arbitration 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 now we failed
to take advantage of this opportunity to
extend the work of those conferences
toward a more definite and a larger in
ternational law and a better interna-
tional understanding.
= All our people have believed in
that ideal and we hope now that that
ideal is to be realized, but our people
are. not for transferring the sover-
eighty Of America from Washington
to any other place; we are also gong
to cling to our Monroe doctrine; and
we are going to keep our flag fioating
above the dome of the. Capitol.
ITO a great many people in these
days there seems to be a new flag
coming out of the Sky, flag SO re
mote that it hardly can be seen 10
some it seems-the white flag of peace.
| y1,< sod fgrr nf ~ y
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 Discussed.
"The league of nations as submit
ted to the Senate seemed to me to be
subject to grave objections. These
been removed by the reservations
adopted by the Senate. The instru-
ment as so modified, as I 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
do not believe the time has come
when we should abandon the policy of
no entangling alliances 1t may be
that America again will deem it her
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 constitutional
means. where her duty lies, just as
she did before.
While the league of nations. even
as modified by the reservations adopt
ed. does not take the form which be-
lieved it should. namely. judicial
rather than political, think it is the
part of wisdom now to ratifX it with
safeguarded, the Monroe doctrine is
secure, the constitutional powers of
Congress are not impaired, and our
right of withdrawal is made clear and
explicit
Sees Possibility Of Good.
al do not see how permanent harm
can come from it. and I do see the
possibility of great good.
1T at least provides for a common
meeting place, at stated intervals, for
the ne tons of the world which are par
ties to it. This in itself is a decided
gain. The mere fact that great nations
meet from time to time in. friendly
council would in itself cause any nation
outside the league which mas meditat-
/
pause and reflect upon the consequences.
Then. too. wher. nations, or men, sit at
a common table and discuss differences
between themselves, those differences
are likely to disappear. For more than
hnf a century the United States had
been the distinctive champion of the
principle of settling international diff
ferences without resort to arms. She
cannot afford now to neglect any means
which give any promise, however
slight, of preventing future wars
I'm addition, if the treaty be ratified
and America becomes a party to the
league of nations, she will have an op-
tunity to SO influence it's activities and
so help to modify it's form that it may
| in time realize the noble aspirations for
world peace of the great men who par
ticipated in The Hague conferences.
"If it should fail to accomplish these
results or operate to the disadvantages
[ of America, the way is clear by which
we can withdraw. +,
II therefore hope that the treatHmay
be ratified promptly with the reserva-
| tons. in substance. already adonted hy