Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-28
BRANDEGEE HAMMERS AT
 LEAGUE OF NATfO1


 United States Senator Frank B. Bran- |degee, speaking at Thompsonville, Tues day night, declared that the league of nations issue is infinitely bigger than any political party. The senator spoke in the Majestic theatre which contained an audience so huge that many had to be turned away, and his address of two hours duration was constantly interrupt ed by storms of applause. Senator Bran degee, after reading Article of the league of nations, said:
 The members, of the league under | take 10 respect and preserve as against external aggression the territorial in- ttegrIty and existing political independ- | ence of all members of the league East India is a member of the league with the 1 British empire, and if We were in the league, we would be bound to protect the territorial integrity Of every member {of it. If Russia assaults the boundaries 1 of India we mast go over and fight in ! Asia with those millions of Oriental peo- pie and fight to keep them in the British 1 empire Does that promote peace or 1 war? Why it ties us with hands of steel or enter every war. for there are no wars between nations without acts of ex- ternal aggression, and we shall be drag ged into every war that may break out in Europe Asia or Africa as long as we are member of that league.
 Did you ever hear about Shantuns Of course you know ShantunE is the richest province of China. You know that China had no representative at the tpeace conference. The testimony before the committee on foreign relations was that China wanted to employ counsel
 but was advised not to. China was ad vised that our nation would not look with favor upon it, that we were Chinais friend, that We could be trusted. and China did not employ counsel Well
 owing to the secret treaties which oal fallies held up their sleeves. the contre
 ot 4eeoo,e0o Chinese people member,
 of fellow republic, by'this treaty ar,
 handed over to an alien a-spe.,srn, an,
 the territory and the development q Shantung are put right under the thuml
 of the Japanese empire Talk about ter ritorial integrity! Suppose China rise
 up to regain her lost province. and sun pose 45,o00,00 of Chinese. who fee themselves wronged appeal to 40. OeO co
 of their fellow Chnansen to strike to re
 instate the rose of China to her bosom IS America willing to conscript her boy
 10 go over there to keep Shantung unde
 the domination of Japan? That is whs want to know.
 Well now if you are not v,y,n- , do these things. don't promise +o < them. Now is your only time to ref,,s this promise. Can you put civiriza+io ana the aspirations of humanity in ip4aster cast and hold them there foreyA- l say you cannot confine the emotions ,
 the human heart and the aspirations f
 great peoples in that way, nor is if vi.
 to do so. Latitude must be given fc E expansion, people must be allowed f s ,,,r mUrA out thelr own destinies and the
 own starvation, the world is too connple, 100 great and confusing and involvAd :, be dominated by America. great .s st
 IS raising an armed hand of hrn ;, 1orce and holding a club. a menactn ciup, over the aspirations of th. h,rno q race for freedom and self soyernnert . Q over the world for all time
 6 Dld the fathers establish thi. tr. . people Tor the sake of being seIf-go, i hIhg democracy or for joining a mil n Itsry alliance, world without en,
 "hlch! Why, the first of cours. rpb, say we have lost our moral charactAr h e cause we do not agree to hold the vorl l. unuer ledsh just as has been steeled , 5 the terms of this infa nous treatv ru,, U say that we are the spiritual snS dn Ai' , leader Of the world, and we are h,+ V II inahe ourselves so without even An+. 's ing mat league and We will msints;,
 so' we made our own position in +h
 world and nobody made it for us. a,
 so We Will maintain the ideals of Amer
 ca and these ideals are truth and iusti Y and equity for all men Those are f, n, preeepts that we inherited from the f t, thers' those are the things that tvine O. the constitution, those are what we me. II py government of, by and for the ne at pc ana not having to obey council d nine men sitting in Geneva. Switza ,r land"