Evening journal., 1920-06-08


lous demand the people will reply In
tones which cannot be misunderstood. |
No man who thinks Of America FIRST
need fear the answer.
The Famous Article 10.
Mr.. Wilson said In a recent letter
Co senator Hitchcock. "fOr my own
part l am not willing 90 trust 10 The
counsel nf diplomats the working out
Of any salvation or the world from
the things which 70 has suffered
And he said this IN behalf OF an al
lance whose representatives, viii an
be diplomats and politicians. They
VIII am act In behalf OF the interests
of their respective countries and they
will have nothing judicial about them.
Strip lhc league of every clause which
involves the action OF political rep
rCscnlatlVcs In the assembly and The
council and YOU leave but one article
In which the diplomats OF The league
az such VIII have no power.
That Is the famous Article 10. Most
on the lcaguc covenant was prepared
by General SHUTS, of South Africa
but Article 40 was the work OF the
President OF the United States. 10 Is
true this article ls free from ulplo-
mats, but IL rests entirely upon
naked force. I'm that way peace is 10
be preserved and ihc nations freed
from war by multiplying The opp0r-
tunliics Tor the use OF force. Each
individual nation IA bound by Article
40 10 so 10 war for the protection
OF the territorial integrity and the
political Independence of every other
nation In the world at the time OF
signature. that is. for The protection
Of States some of which are not yet
determined or established for Me
protection Of boundaries which NO
man can define We were % give
such guarantee and any OF the
countries In the league In The event
uf exterior aggression could have
demanded our aimed assistance, and
our soldiers and sailors must then
have gone forth at the command of
foreign countries unless we shattered
all hope OF world ppacn by breaking
solemn moral obligation. The Re
publloans OF the senate, no matter
what their future fate might be,
were determined that the covenant
containing that article unmOdl0ed
should never be ratified. u became
every day clearer 90 them That the
alliance called a learc OF nations, In
stead Of being a guarantee FOR the
worlds peace. was "a breeder Of war
and an enemy OF peace. As we
studied li-and majority OF Sena-
| tors desired iO have some league IN
possible which should be a genuine
| league OF poaOc-We found that 10
dragged us not only into every dis
putO and every war In Europe and IN
the rest OF the world, but that our
soldiers and sailors might be forced
90 give their lives in Quarrcls not
their own at the bidding OF foreign
I governments.
10 also appeared that our domestic
qucst t0ns, IKE Immigration, could be
inierftred with. that the lnierpreta-
lion of the Monroe doctrine was 90 be
left tO The decision Of the League that
we were 20 be made participants IN
the outrageous disposition OF shan
lung which robbed a friendly nation
and gave the proceeds of the robbery
Go her worst enemy. and that finally
we were 10 have In the assembly OF
The League only one vote 10 Grcal
lBrltain's six. These provisions were
an intOlorablo. RESERVATIONS werl
adopted which relieved us from ever,
obligation under Article y, which tool
lall our domestic questions complctell
out Of the jurisdiction OF the Leagur
which once and for an placed th
Monroe Doctrine beyond any inter
ference by Europe or any forcigl
! power and which refused our asson
J 20 the cruel wrong of Shantung w
d
{ the United States 90 the proposed In
equality In voting power, for we pro
] fOundly believed that the Unlie
, States, must never take part In an,
b council OF the nations where he
vote was not equal 10 that OF am
) other power represented. Some o
US were deeply convinced that therl
ought 10 be no league at all and tha
absolute safety could be obtained II
rU UNHnr tnsuNs Ufnnnu nF Hu mari
numerous. believed that the reserva
iiOns J have described would prOtec
the United States against the perill
OF the covenant IN we Joined thi
league We were also firmly uniifl
Nm our determination That th
league as submitted by Mr.. Wilson
must never pass. We were alsl
agreed that Mr.. Wilson's league Will
what he called "interprciaiive rcser
vaiions." OF with anything those
obedient 90 him approved, was JUS
as bad. Just as menaclng as the Orlgi
, nal. Twice we offered the presiden
. and his most faithful supporters an
opportunity 20 ratify the treaty will
. reservations Twice his followers
obedient 10 his orders. rejected ih'
treaty with the reservations / have
outlined
A Veto without Reason.
. ] ANM AN|EMMAANNN" va NNN| |'MNN| NN'l
made another effort TO put an en-,
90 the state OF technical war Will
Germany and az the same time ri,
the country Of those measures Whlcl
! were adopted under the war pOwer
OF the Constitution and which arr
Z clearly unconstitutional IN time o
= peace. They would thus have re-
J lleved the business and the daily oc
= cupatiOns OF the people from thl
\ hrrr4InrI Of NrHn ImnIuIuNH.r. aud ~
= same time have preserved 20 th
: United States under The provision o
D. United States under the terms OF fh
resolution an BENEFITS accruing 20 On
- United States under the provisions q
= the treaty Of Versailles. This res0lu
s tion was passed by both branches o
}, Congress and vetoed by the presiden
2 In a message which furnished neithe
- argument nor reason for the veto
o but which it must be admitted ha
4 a pleasant touch OF humOr In It's al
p lusi0n 10 The freedom OF the sea.
T. The Houses. also passed a resolutiO
3 repeating all the war legislation wit
s three exceptions. The President We
r. toed it. His autOcratic power mus
{ not be disturbed. Thus the presiden
o demonstrated again that unless h
|. could have his own way exactly an
+ without any modification he woul
Z not permit the country TO be 40 peacl
n an exercise Of executive power neve
Z contemplated by the Constitution
There the story ends. We ha,
4 stopped Mr.. Wilson's treaty and M
o question goes 20 the people. In igl
n Mr.. Wilson won on the cry that IN
v had kept us out OF war" He now dl
o mands the approval OF the America
{ people for his party and his admir-
s istration upon the ground that he h.
Il Kent ne out ~ noaca