The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-30
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]. J. Boucher Of Omaha Speaks on
League Of Nations and Advocates
Election OF Cox Last
Night,
MISS I.AWTHER SPEAKS
Democratic Women are Being Organ
lied in keokuk by Her and Ward
Chairn,anships Have Been
Distributed.
MISS I.AWTHER SPEAKS

1--WE been republican all Of my
life. but I'm going to make Governor
Cox the next president of the United
States" J. J. Boucher of Omaha,
Nebr-, told an audience at the Lee
lcounty court rooms last night when
The addressed them. He talked ON the
league of nations and said he was
going to vote for the man who en-
idorsed them. Henry S. Walker pre-
isided at the meeting last night, in
PRODUCING the speakers.
An examination of the league of
nations as made by Mr.. Boucher last
might, made clear a number of points
Of which many persons protested
ignorance before. During his lecture
he read extracts from the league
covenant and from statements which
have been made by various men in
the United States who approve
the league including ex-President
Taft, Senator Lodge and Theodore
Roosevelt.
"The league of nations is in full
effect now" Mr.. Boucher said in
iclosing, land the league is authorized
! to deal with outside nations and will
do SO with the United States if she
doesn't behave herself. We are out
of It, Had we not better get in the
league in order to have a hand in it
/ at the present time? We haven't a
word to say now in its policies and
actions.
1.-The United States is a nation on
the outside of the league now IN COM
pany with bolsheviki governments of
Russia and impossible Turkey and
Others" the speaker said. He re-
la@ hot Of o1o 81 he,
world war there were thirty-two
allied countries at the conference to
make the peace treaty and thirteen
neutral nations called in to Join.
They have all adopted the terms of
the covenant and are members OF the
league save the United States at this
time.
Many of the reasons for opposition
to the league which it's opponents
often bring up were spoken Of last
might by Mr.. Boucher. He assured
his audience that there were three
great principals of the league, any
one Of which would keep the United
States out of war. They are the dis
armament of nations, compulsory
arbitration, and "art1cle ten" which
he explained was an extension Of the
Monroe doctrine. This is the first
time that the nations Of the world
have ever agreed to total disarma-
lment. In the matter of arbitration
he reminded them no twu nations
have ever gone to war with each
other as the result Of dispute be-
tween them when they allowed
third nation to arbitrate. The boy
colt which the league of nations
would place around nation which
was determined to go to war and the
worlds opinion in regard to beIs-
|erent county will be effective means
in preventing war.
Monroe Doctrine.
Enemies to the league covenant
look upon article ten as a deyo !rinS
demon, Mr.. Boucher said, 'but in
reality it is an extension Of the Monroe
doctrine which the nations have
taken to themselves for their own
protection Not one Of them has an
autocratic form of government, but
every one nation has democratic
FORM He pointed out the fact that
the Monroe doctrine had been a sue,
cess for us. Mr. Boucher said that
we had something now in this league
for which democratic statesmen have
always sought, reign of law"
Mr. Boucher scored the members
of the United States senate who had
presented reservations to President
Wilson to be added to the league in
order to be willing for the United
States to adopt the covenant and
said that the president could not ac-
cent some Of those reservations with
honor. He said that some of them
were merely an attempt to embar-
rass the president in regard to inter
national affairs.
The speaker treasured his audience
that they need not worry about Eng
lands six votes to our one, a point
which people in opposition to the
league bring up as one reason why
they are against it. ut is true that
the different states in the British
empire each have a vote in the as
semblv Of the league, but the British
empire has one vote in the league
council the same as the United States
and that this council cannot act upon
any matter save motions OF proce-
dure. except by the unanimous vote
of the council. No matter can be
acted upon save with the consent OF
the United States.
Miss Lawther Speaks.
Miss Anna Lawther of Dubuque,
Iowa preceded Mr. Boucher with n
short talk last night at which time
she told the audience practically the
same things she had talked to the
women about in the afternoon when
she met them at the Y. W. c. A. She |
gave her reasons for being demo !