El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-10
wilson CLEARS
UP SENATE row
report or inquiry by the council or
assembly.
War Up to Congress.

report or inquiry by the council or
War Up to Congress.
That the advice mentioned in ar
tiele 10 Of the covenant Of the league
OF nations which the council may
give to the member nations as to
the employment OF their national or
military forces is merely advice which
each member nation is free 10 accept
or reject. according TO the conscience
or judgment Of its then existing
government. and g. the United States
this advice can only be accepted by
action Of congress at the time in be-
ing. congress alone under the consti-
tuition OF the United States having
the power TO declare war.
That IN the case Of a dispute be-
tween members OF the league. II one
OF them have self-gOverning colonies.
dominlons or parts which have repre-
senratloE In the assembly, all are TO
be considered parties 10 the dispute
and the same shall be the rule If one
OF the parties 10 the dispute is a self
governing colony, dominion or part,
IN which case all other self-govern-
ing colonies, dOminions or parts as
well as the nation as a whole shall
he considered parties TO the dispute
and each and all shall be disqualified
from having their votes counted in
case OF any inquiry on said dispute
made by the assembly"
LOOphOIe for All.
1t will be noted that the foregoing
reservations are so drawn that any
nation may avail itself OF the same
Interpretation OF the covenant which
the United States reserves TO itself
under the Lodge reservations It is
not clear whether the United States
alone would have the power to de-
eide what is the meaning Of advice"
given by the council or whether every
nation is free to accept or reject the
10 y aHm
ton is not party to tn dispute and
is asked 70 contribute toward pre-
serving peace.
IN other words. the president seems
TO be anxious not to convey the i'm
preston that America is selfishly
asking for reservations and is not
willing 10 let other countries apply
the same Interpretation Of the peace
tFeaty in their own country This is
forcihly brought out in the difference
between the wording OF the Hitch
cock reservation given above and the
phraseoloEy Of the Lodge reservation
which starts out with the declaration,
The United States assumes no obli-
cation under article 10. etc. unless
the congress shall authorize"
What the president seems to fear
is that II the reservation in question
is specified IL will convey the idea
that the United States is pulling out
of the league before it even gets
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begin TO say they assume no obliga-
tons either, until the whole structure
of moral force which has been built
up in an effort 70 prevent future
wars viii not be worth the paper
upon which it Is written
What Pledge Means.
For instance, the value OF article
10 as the president sees il is that
whether or not there is a pledge 10 [
use the army and navy of the United
States to preserve the territory in /
tegrity Of any nation whose boun- /
daries have been violated by an in |
vading army there mere expression l
by the United States Of the disap- /
proval through the medium OF a l
tribunal Ike the league OF 4
nations would be sufficient 10 deter j
an irnDerialist nation from making
United States had simply uttered as l
president Roosevelt so long claimed. 4
an impression Of protest against Ger
nauy's prospective invasion OF Bel
GUM, the fear might have been en-
rendered in the hearts OF German
statesmen that America was on the
alert and that her public opinion
night become so inflamed as to cause
her congress 70 recommend even lur-
her steps to preserve peace
What 1Ir. Wilson is pleading FOR IS
hat no reservation shall be adopted
which subtracts right or the bat any
influence OF moral nature when
any future president Of the United
states may want 70 feel free to exert
% keep up the peace.
The presidents approval OF the
hitchcock reservation is a step to-
ward real compromise, it brings the
ssue out IN the open The debate
before the house now viii be what
lind Of reservation shall be adopted
5oth sides are on record in favor Of !
TO "Americanize" the
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