Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-21

The curative measures conta ined IN
the League of Nations are these:
FIRST: Article X of the league is moth
ing else except the international COM
mandmont, Thou shalt not steal
Second: All treaties made between na :
tons in the future must be filed As public
documents with the League of Nations,
Third A system attic and gradual pro-
cess of disarmament is provided to apply
| to all nations alike.
Fourth Differences between nations
which in the past led to war are to be
| submitted to discussion and arbitration
for a period of not less than nine months .
| CONGRESS ALONE CAN DECLARE WAR.
| These are the four causes of war and
there you have the provisions against
them. / shall now take up the objections
that have been raised against the cove
nant. First of all, you have heard it
said that under the League of Nations
our soldiers will in all probability be or
| dered overseas every time they have
| controversy over there. Every school boy
and girl IN America knows that there can
not be declaration of war except by the
| Congress of the United States. You can
| not change the Constitution of the United
States without a three-fourths vote in
the Congress and an approval by three
fourths Of the States OF the Union. NO
league can send our boys to war; no Presi-
dent can do it; Congress alone can declare
war, and Congress has a new boss now.
The mothers of America will have some
thing to saw about governmental policies
In the future. The mothers of America
know what war is better than the men.
DIRECTIONS TO LEAGUE ANSWERED.
Nov what is the power of the league?
Ii has no authority to declare war. You
cannot make treaty-and this Is treaty
which runs IN contravontion to the Con-
stitution Suppose that trouble arises In
the world and that il Is brought to the at
tenton of the league IL Is submitted to
the Council. which has nine votes, America
having one of them. There can bc no ac-
tion taken by the Council unless every
vote is In the Affirmative, and If 1t Is pro-
posed to make some disposition of ques-
tion. America s vote could determine the
whole thing, because unless America voted
ave there could be no determination
whatsoever. Suppose that the Council, In
the face of some situation, votes unani-
mously and expresses ITS opinion as TO
what should he done, then what happens?
Our representative simply advises the
President This is the case; these are the
facts and this is the express and unani- |
nous Judgment of the Council The policy |
that must be determined finally will be |
determined by the American people |
through the Congress The League of Ma |
tions is based upon the idea that higher |
moral impulse has taken hold of the soul of |
mankind.
MONROE DOCTRINE.
'You have heard il said that the league
conflicts with the Monroe Doctrine What /
is the Monroe Doctrine? Simply a pro
nunciarnento made by President Monroe
that there should be no external aggrcs-
sion of Central and Southern America
At that time they said why should we be
interested in the peoples of Central and
South America They said we would be
compelled 10 90 to war every year or two
to enforce the principles Of the Monroe
Doctrine. The Monroe Doctrine has been
vital Instrument for 100 years and yet
in that time we have not been compelled
10 resort to arms once 10 maintain It
because the moral strength Of America
was behind t. The League of Nations
embodieS the same principle against eN-
ternal aggression IN the world that tho
Monroe Doctrine does IN South America.
The moral purpose Is applied behind this
great instrument, and with America As a
member OF the league u y eAtitItFtN
doubtful whether force viii ever be neccs-
sarv in working out its administrative
policies any more than force has been
necessary in maintaining the Monroe Doc
trine on this continent
THE CAUSE OF IRELAND.
you have heard 1t said that the league
nuns counter 10 the hopes and desires OF
the Irish people. For seven hundred years
Ireland has tined TO hc free and she has
not been able to bring her case before
souirc's court Through the League Of
Nations, under Article ii. her case can be
presented before the bar Of public opinion