The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-04-02
GARFIELD THE FACTS.
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miami Metropolis)
A man holding a copy of the covenant Of the
League of Nations in his hand while listening to the
speech of Senator Reed Thursday night, and noting
the places where the speaker garbled or misquoted
the text could not join the applause of the thousands
of people who did not have the covenant before
them for comparison.
The senator must have believed that the people
who heard him would take the trosbe to read
the covenant for themselves.
BY referring to the covenant Of the League of
Nations you will see how the speaker garbled Art-
Gle XI by stopping in the middle of sentence. The
first sentence In Article XI reads follows: ANY
war or threat OF war whether Immediately affecting
any Of the members of the league not, is hereby
declared matter of to the whole league. and
the league shall take action that may be deemed
wise and effectual to safeguard the peace of ma
tions."
The Senator read all of the sentence but the last
six words, ITO SAFEGUARD THE PEACE OF MA
TIONS" The words omitted by the senator qualify
what before and limit and plainly state the OBJ
ject and purpose of action that the league is
thorzed to take But the left off these quail
flying words OF explanation and went back and re-
peated with great emphasis that portion OF the
tence 1.-The League shall take ANY action that may
be deemed wise and effectuaL"
On the garbed reading of this sentence and the
based his argument that the league will have the au-
thority to do and everything that wants to
and that it control this nation and dictate the
fairs of his country.
Then again. the Senator garbed and misguided Ar.
ticle XVI The first paragraph of Article XVI is a.
follows:
should any member of the League resort to wal
in disregard Of its covenants under Articles XII XII
or XIV, it shall ipso facto be deemed to have com
mtted act of against all other members O
the league. which hereby undertake Immediately t.
subject to the severance of all trade financial
lations the prohibition of all intercourse between
their nationals and the nationals of the covenant
breaking state and the prevention of all financial
commercial or personal intercourse between the ma
tionals of the communicating state and the ma
tionals of any other state whether member of tn
league or not"
| The senator, claiming to quote from Article XIV
said: should any member of the league resort t
war in disregard of its covenant under Articles XII
XIII. or XIV all other members of the league shall
ipso facto be placed in a state of war" He repeate
and emphasized the statement and said that tn
United States would ipso facto be placed in stat
| Of whether we wanted war or not and wthou
any act of congress.
/ OF course the senator knows that no power saw
congress alone declare for the United States
and he also knows that congress is the only povve
that raise revenue and make appropriations 70
conducting war. But he insisted that the Unite
States. through the act of offending nation
would. pso facto, be placed in state of war, with
out any act of congress. He then draws a pictur
of foreign nations the league conscripting ou
boys and taking them off to war.
| The senator is silent in regard to Articles XII
XIII, and XIV which provide for the settlement
disputes by arbitration, and Artivle XIV which pro
vides for the creation of Court OF International
tice to try cases involving disputes between nations
Evidently believes that most of his hearers will neve
read the covenant for themselves the senator omit
mention of this court and leaves the impression tina
the economic blockade and war are the only re
courses in OF dispute
The senator told that the Covenant of the Leagu
destroyed the Monroe doctrine. In order that tn
reader may judge for himself whether that be tru
L quote in full the exact language of Article XXI
Nothing in this covenant shall be deemed to affet
the validity of international engagements such a
treaties Of arbitration regional understandings k
the Monroe Doctrine, for securing the maintenance
LOT peace" No comments on this article reedet
The language is plain. The meaning is clear
| The senator had much to say about Article )
Briefly stated, Article means that no nation sha
take the territory of another nation by force of
The desire of nation to take territory from an
} other has been the cause of more than an
other thing. 1t is certainly essential to forbi
! and prevent that, if we to stop wars
The covenant creates two bodies the Assembly
which each one of the thirty nations formin
the League has one vote and the Council. which
4 composed from one member from each of nine na
tons (the United States being of the nine). TIL
lsenator denounces the Assembly because it gives
vote to number Of small semi civilized nations
and then with startling Inconsistency condemns til
Council because it does NOT give vote to all OF tt
, troa oborc That
will govern the world.
The senator stated over and over again that und.