Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1920-08-19

he contended for several things that
| the league of nations does not contain.
He advocated the freedom of the seas
as the cornerstone upon which the
peace of the world must be built. Be
fore the president had been two days
on the ocean, Premier Lloyd George
of England announced that the free
dom of the seas would not even be
considered and Clemeneeau agreed.
The principle was settled before
President Wilson set foot on Euro
pean soil.
"All had agreed that all great mill
tary machines must be destroyed as
the second great step toward dis
armament and peace. Lloyd George
had declared against all conscript
armies in all lands. We we're told
that the peace treaty would be a sham
unless. the principle was included
What became of it 1t was not even
submitted for consideration, because
they wanted armed ships by sea and
armies by land to enforce the DEGREES
of the league. What standards pre-
vailed-the standards of Europe or of
America?
"All of the wars of the past 300
years have been started under cover
of secret diplomacy. President Viii
son maintained that the prerequisite
of world peace was open diplomacy,
but the president was kept within
closed doors until they let him out to
come home. If President Wilson,
with his great intellectual power, and
with 100000 people and the psy-
chologv of war behind him, could not
pry open the doors of European Sc
crecy, what could one man like Col
onel House accomplish?
TREATY IN WALL STREET
"Another popularity of this prin-
ciple of secrecy is that the fellows that
should not know often knows first.
Wall street had four copies of the
treaty before the U. S. SEN
ate or the people Of the United States
knew what is was. This is the disad
vantage of secrecy.
"The president claimed that impe-
rialism must cease; yet no such i'm
perialism and land grabbing has ever
been know as has been seen since
the signing of the armistiee, when all
imperialism was to have an end. The
newspapers say that the man from
Idaho does not like England and
overdraws the picture, but they are
mistaken. / know that the English
people are a proud, self governed
people of indomitable spirit, and
only ask that the same spirit control
the American people.
''Today, Persia is as much part OF
tho British empire as is Canada, and
makes in all 100000 square miles
added to British territory that they
could not help taking it being forced
upon them, it is claimed. They now
ask us to sign league OF nations
treaty that pledges us to send our
BOYS to defend it with their lives.
Here Article 10 was read in part). rms
would be primary obligation. 1t we
become a member of the league OF
nations, every foot of this territory
comes under our consideration. we
promise to police every foot of this
territory. ! would not give the blood
of a single American boy to see that
thew hold one foot of it. (Here Artl-
Gle II as read.) The league must
take active part in case of any war
in any place at any time We must
send men when called to do so or
break our contract. Under Article 10
or Article II, we are bound by our
contract.
"'Egypt's appeal for hearing was
denied. and our president turned a.
deaf ear, because he could not go
counter to the other members of the
council England seeks a league OF
nations that it may ask us to supply
men to fight struggling subject PEG
pies back to subsection. The pathetic
appeal of the Korean people for q
hearing was denied, and they re
fohting tonight for their independ-
ence. and are being crushed by a mill
tary power, but if we join the league
of nations we must send our boys TO
fight the Koreans back to subsection.
~Had there been a league Of nations
when we fought for independence, al
other nations in the league would
have been called to fight us back. In
the war with Spain all would have
Joined with Spain against Cuba
cone feature of the league is the
assembly, where Great Braitain has one
cote. and the United States one vote,
the same as Siam, but Canada also
has one vote and Great Britain and her
colonies have in all six or eight votes
In the the same way we should have
forty-eighb votes, one for each state.
"'About eighteen months have