The Washington times., 1920-06-28
Cummings in Keynote Speech Calls
Wilson Immortal Party Leader

~ saixa foreixn, territory or TO In
vaae nolitical inde pe endence. IT. In lvit,
germany had known that In the event
~ hostilities, Great Britain would
nave entered the war; that France
would go In; that italy wenio 20 IN
that Japan would go In; and that lhe
lJnited states would so iH-there
would have been no war
EQUALITY or VOTING. ~.
"There is great pretense OF alarm
heoause the United states has but one
vote In the international Assembly
against the six votes OF Great britAin'
Canada, Australia, New Zealaho
south Africa and India. This popular
argument against the league OF ma
tions 10 as inslncere as II is super
nciaI. ttignores the fact that the ex-
ecutive council, and not the assem-
bIy, is the governing body or the
league and that our country is one
OF the five countries having permanent
membership in the council. The CO.
lonial votes exist only In the assem-
bly,.
Nor should we forget that France
has but one vote; Italy has but one
vote: and Japan has but one vote III
there were any injustice In the ar
rangement, surely these NATIONS woulol
nave ScnEtu IL obJtNN'o ~ -
affirmative action can be taken in any
essential matter without a unanimous
vote OF all members OF the council OF
the league No decision OF the league
II America Joined II. could be MADE
effective or even promulgated without
our consent. Like every other ha-
ton, we have a veto power upon
every resolution or act OF the league
We can be involved in no enterprise
except OF our own choosing; ana III
we are not satisfied with the league
we can sever our connection win IL
upon two years notice. The FISK eS'
lists only In the Imagination the ser'-
ice is incalculable.
"When the President came back
from Paris in February 1919. he
brought the first tentative draft OF
the covenant of the League OF Ma
tions He gave publicity to II. IL
was published throughout the land'
He invited the friends OF such
league to submit criticisms. Former
President TAFT offered four amend.
ments; former Senator Root orfereu
six amendments: and Mr.. Hughes
suggested seven. At meeting Oh tue
Committee on Foreign Relations at
the white House in March, 1913, other
changes were suggested. Ihese
amendments were taken by the Pres
ident to Paris and their substance
was actually incorporated in the re-
vIsed draft Of the league. DR.. Lowell
president OF Harvard university, In
his ioint debate with Senator Lodge,
invited the latter to suggest con-
structive amendments which the
President might incorporate in the
draft; but he refused so TO DO. Al
no time has he offered constructive
ha he fall
ed to offer destructive criticism. so
intoIerant was his attitude that he
would not even consider compro-
mise proposed by former President
Taft OF his own party and when was
assured Of the support OF forty Demo-
cratic Senators. Senator Lodge kne"
that he controlled the Senate and that
in his own time and way, he could
destroy the treaty.
This is the sordid story OF its de-
feat. No blacker crime against civil
jzation has ever soiled the pages Of
our history. The last chapter was
written at Chicago.
THE Republican platform not only
repudiates the League of Nations, but
praises, without discrimination, all or
the Republican Senator'S who partlc'-
pated in it's defeat. Its words or
benediction fall alike upon the ir-
reconcila tles, the Lodge reservation
lists. the mild reservationists and
those who proposed a separate peace
with Germany. 1t is consistent In
one thing only. the recognition OF
the fact that the open foes of the
treaty. the secret foes OF the treaty
and the apparent friends OF the
treaty who conspired with Its en-
emies, are equally responsible for the
destruction of the instrument itself
n would be idle to inquire by what
political legerdemain this meaning
less and yet ominous declaration was
prepared 1t is enough to know that
the "Old Guard" sold the honor OF