Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-10-12
HISTORY OF LEAGUE OF NATIONS
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cialists-that is all it amounts to.
before anarchists who would DESTROY
the structure of civilization and tear
down the temple of liberty-that is
what IL amounts to- This monstrous
creature you propose to set up. This
is to be accepted undebated. undi-
gested, not understood by the people
of this country.
This is not socialism. This is not
anarchy. 1t is something worse than
both. 1t proposes to destroy nation
atty. 1t proposes to destroy govern
ment 1t proposes to set up a gov
eminent selected not by the people
of the world but by chosen classes of
the people of the world. And you
propose to establish that in this coun-
try 1t is a betrayal of the United
States"
The final reservation, No. Is, was
adopted as a reiteration of a previous
senate resolution favoring the free
dom of Ireland. 1t recites:
I'm conserving to the ratification of
the treaty with Germany, the United
States adheres to the principle of self
determination of the Irish people for a
government of their own choice
adopted by the senate, June 6, 1919,
and declares that when such govern
ment is attained by Ireland, con-
summation it is hoped is at hand, it
should promptly be admitted as
member of the league of nations.
After the senate, March 10, had
failed to adopt the ratification reso-
luton embodying these reservations,
Senator Lodge put an end to further
parliamentary technicalities by secur-
ing the adoption of resolution form
ally announcing the rejection of the
treaty and sending the document
back to President Wilson. The vote
on the motion was AZ for to 81 against
The resolution reads as follows:
Resolved, That the secretary of
the senate be instructed to return to
the president the treaty of peace with
Germany signed at Versailles on the
2Sth day of June, 1919, and respect
fully inform the president that the
senate had failed to ratify said treaty,
being unable to obtain the constitu-
tional majority therefor"
Thereupon, the secretary of the SEN
ate packed the treaty in leather bag
and took it to the White House, where
he delivered it to the secretary of the
president, as Mr.. Wilson was too i'll
to receive it in person.
The final rejection of the peace
treaty left the country in a formal
state OF war. The president refused
to act. But the way was clear for
congressional action to end the war.
In both houses, the republican leaders
took the position that by repeating the
act OF congress declaring the existence
OF a state of war they could create
the existence of a state of peace. The
followers of the president maintained
that only he could terminate the war
In December, 1918, Senator Knox
had introduced a peace resolution. but
the senate at that time was demo-
cratic and the resolution died in the
hands of the committee on foreign
relations. So he again introduced
peace resolution.
The house of representatives, how
ever, took the first real step in this
effort to make peace. By a vote of
242 to $50, April g. it adopted a reso-
luton declaring the war with Ger
many at an end Twenty-Five demo-
Gratis voted with the republicans on
the majority side and two republicans
voted with the democrats against the
resolution.
On April 80, the senate foreign re-
lations committee made a favorable !
report on the Knox peace resolution
as a substitute for the house resolu-
ton. On May Is, by vote of AZ to
SO. the senate adopted this resolution.
The senate resolution was then
sent to the house of representatives. |
The house. by a vote of 22S to 1879, |
accepted the senate resolution as
substitute for the house measure, and /
it was sent to the president for his
signature In this form the resolu-
ton formally repealed the resolution
declaring war. 1t provided that this
should not change the status of Ger
man property in the hands of the
American government and that the
United States did not waive any
rights it might have under the treaty
of Versailles. Another section de-