Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1920-05-08

"'So 'hi aCtlNc patTOn OIL TINS same
organization. When the United Stat
cS entered the war and was entitled
TO place at the peace table, Prcsi-
don't Wilson had worked out plan
with his army of peace experts and
shrewd economists for the organize.
ton of this league OF nations, which
would bring to Il war weary world
eternal peace. At least, 1t was contend
Cd that under its exercise OF power,
The possibility Of war would be- cxcecu
inglv remote. 1t was difficult task to
Get this plan for the League of Ma
tons approved by Great Britain and
france. One Of the most uisappoint-
ing stumbling blocks was that relat-
ilg to the freedom cf the seas.
Great Britain would not surrender
her rights to a dominant place upon
the waters Of the Great Deep and
finally this section of President VIII
sons plan was eliminated. The keep
Ing Of the navies Of the world with
i'll specified limit was also an issue
and this was finally abandoned. When
the Versailles Treaty was signed.
win IL was as" signed, the plans for
the League Of Nations. President
Woodrow Wilson was said to have
oillerged from tho conference MS vic.
Tor Tor tho foundation principles that
he had cspouscd. The treaty and the
icaSn' plan were then regarded as u
Panacea for tho worlds woes. He
sent tho treaty with the League of
Fatlons Plan to the United States
Senate after having repeatedly de-
c'ihed to give that tribunal any In
formation concerning it until after
l. had been drafted ana signed ot
Versailles.
The Senator'S were angry. They
Proceeded to anaiyze CT ticaily I'm,
provisions OF that celebrated dozen.
mcnt and il did not take them l,n,,
~ ulSco'or that some Of its main pro.
VIZ IONS ran counter to the Cous,i,u-
tion OF the United Sta;es The mos,
dangerous provision was the one
"Eich virtually placed hc army and
navy of the United States updcr IN,
virtual control Of the Lcaprc of Nh.
IONS which Lc"E-n WIS composer
OF Foreigners. 1t also enabled ,bcs,
foreigners to pass upon questions
purely American. II ombroilcd this
government in EUROPEAN hroils ond
y enabled these Europeans to inter.
Tor" IN questions relating to rovor,.
monts on this side of The Atlanta
Certain It was, if thc Unitcl
States had Tie right to interfere
md pass upon matters purely Asiat-
is aud European. then these
European and Asiatlc nations
had right to Interfere and
pass upon questions purely
American. This led to long.urawn
= light in the United states Senate.
Three factions 0cvclopcd with parry
INES somewhat diSarra.gtd. The ad.
mlnlstration forces led by Senator
Gilbert M. iiitchco,h OF Nebraska
STOOD for unqualified ratification OF
the treaty just as it was signed a,
versailles, France without the cross
ing Of ~ or the dotting of an a."
Tho other faction led by Senator
Eenry Gao. Lodge of Massachusetts
stood for the ratification OF The
treaty after certain reservations
Nod :becn written III il, multiplying
some OF its main PROVISIONS.
This was IL shrewd method OF NEE,
ing the demands OF tn..t Organization
that clamored for some kind Of rene.
dy or panacca for war. 1t had "A large
following i'll the country and sccmc,.
to be well financed. EN- prcsidcnt Wal
liam Howard Iaft was its chief cX.
porcnt. There was a Lobby at Wash
lngton and II lobby outside of Wash.
ington for regular propaganda had
been conducted throughout the couu-
~ and the Senators were showcrcd
with kilograms and letters urging
them to ratify this treaty, in which
had been in;ertwincd this League
of Nations.
nut Il Slnali Dauu o. l..vuouclluu,u..
Dis they were called, uAuci tue lcuuc.-
hnlp OF Senator " ALLAN, H. boran, o.
idaho and Senator hiram, Johnson Q,
, California opposed outright both. tn.
treaty and tho League Of Nations.
They conducted fihbuster, subject
Ing the compact to merciless analy-
s1s and rigid scrutiny. They were
Joined by four or five Democrats,
among whom Senator Roed OF Mis-.
souri, was chief. They blocked ratiri-
hn