Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-03-27

of the senator, and who was urged
by the senator for appointment to
Switzerland. and evidently the audi
ence was pleased with the dignified
courteous and pleasant manner in
which the senator treated the mat
ter.
Not Wilson'S League Draft
Then, launching into his discus
sion of the League of Nations, SEN
ator Smith declared that the draft
of the covenant adopted by the
peace conference was vastly differ
ent from the draft taken over by
President Wilson, the explanation
being that the draft adopted was the
handiwork of General SHUTS, IAN
English citizen residing in South
Africa" and not the presidents
draft. He pointed out that the pres
ident took with him as his advisers
Mr.. Lansing, General Bliss, Mr..
White, Colonel House, Mr.. Auchin-
Gloss and Mr.. Miller, the last two
being selected for their knowledge
of international law. He pointed
out that Lansing, Bliss and White
jointly prepared a letter to the pres
ident severely criticising the draft
as adopted, and Lansing paid his
job as the penalty. for that differ
ence of opinion with the president.
He pointed out that Auchincloss and
Miller strongly advised against the
very provisions covered by certain
reservations insisted upon by the
senate, and in consequence of that
advice, Colonel House, the father
in-law of Auchincloss, has not been
invited to the White House since his
return from Europe last summer, al
though previously he had been
known as the presidents closest adj
wiser.
In other words, as emphasized by
Senator Smith, the men selected by
the president to advise him in Paris,
and presumably to assist in the prep
aration of the League Of Nations,
were practically unit in their OBJ
lection to the very provisions criti-
cised in the senate and most Of them
have suffered the penalty of the pres
ident's displeasure to a greater de-
gree than has the senate, for the
simple reason that he could dismiss
them from his councils, and has
done so.
eff L could approve the instru-
ment he brought back from Paris"
said Senator Smith, II would do so
gladly. But he rejected not only
the advice of those chosen as his ad-
visers, but rejects also the advice of
the senate, which by the constitution
is required to be advised with in the
making of a treaty"
Certain qualifications Desirable
AS to the presidents assertion
that the reservations nullify the
covenant, Senator Smith said the
president unfortunately was mis-
taken in his choice of words, taking
the covenant as a whole, although as
to certain provisions of the cove.
nant he did agree that they are null
lifted, and Il am here to convince
you that they ought to be nullified,
The senator pointed out that the
first draft of the covenant, the ten
tative draft brought back by the
president in the spring Of 1919, con-
tanned no provision for member ma
tons to withdraw. The president, or
returning to Paris, called attention
| of the peace conference to his I'M
| Outstanding that any member should
| have the right to withdraw. But
the conference flatly disputed his
view and yielded only to withdrawal
upon two years notice, provided the
withdrawing nation had performed
alS of it's obligations under the cove
nant. There was nothing provided
the senator pointed out, as to VINO
should decide whether such a nation
had performed it's obligations, ant
in the absence of any different pre-
vision it was obliged to be seen that
| the council Of the league would bt
the one to decide.
IT object to that" ttundered Sena,
| tor Smith, and the audience answer
| ed with thunderous applause. 81
| therefore voted for q reservation
| that WE would decide whether We
| had performed our oblfgations.'
And again the audience roared Its
emphatic approval.
II would rather be carried dead
from the senate" said he, with his
voice again rising to thunderous
tone, than to vote for 1t without
reservations" and this was answered
with prolonged and tremendous ap-
plause.
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