The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-07

| by nations that have subscribed TO Mr.
Wilson's League OF Nations.
yes, the words of Washington are n
true to-day as when he spoke them.
When the armistice was signed France
and Great Britain were supposed 10 De
knitted together in lasting bonds or
friendship. Yet to-day We are told that
President Millerand and Premier Lloyd
George are so far apart in their policies
toward Soviet Russia that they refused
to meet in the same room. and they dif-
fer so radically In their Interpretation OF
the Versailles treaty that they hardly
could be further apart unless France
and Britain we're at war.
washington said: 1T Is folly for one
nation to look for disinterested favors
from another, for II must pay with q
portion of its independence for whatever
II may accept. Now. that Ia the clearest
thing In all the league covenant, for
whatever It does 1t does not do. 1t sur
renders a portion OF the Independence
of this nation. And. fortunately. there
were some brave men i'm the Senate
of the United States who did not propose
TO surrender at the behest of any League
OF Nations any part of cur sovereignty.
And one OF the firmest and ablest or
those men was your own honored Sena-
tor, FRANK B. Brandegee.
People Have No Voice.
"For myself I hesitate to depart from
that creed of Washington-a policy I'M
der which we have grown great and
prosperous and glorious-for l am one
o, those who believe the1nen who mould
ed the policies of America were guided
ty something higher than a merely nu-
man power. The President says we are
A ~
we are urging the same Americanism
that has been preached from Washing
toms time to that of Roosevelt, the
Americanism under which the people has
grown consistently in power. prestige
and happiness"
Analyzing the league compact Senator
Borah commended:
'It is not a league for peace. 1t Is a
league for war. built for the purposes OF
war and dependent on military support.
ut is not an American league. 1t Is
European league. The voting power
of the league is such that within twenty
years Europe will control the league and
nominate its policies.
Nowhere in the league covenant do
the people, as \ people, receive any voice
in shaping the policies or controlling the
council of the league. There Is nothing
of democracy in the league. The masses
of the people cannot select elect or re-
call their Representatives in the league
council"
Senator Borah said that the first
battle for the control Of the league came
over the freedom of the seas, which he
declared was scrapped by Lloyd George
and Clemenceau while President Wilson
was crossing the ocean, despite Mr.. Will
sons declaration that the freedom Of the
seas was essential to future peace.
1.-THE English statesmen said that con-
troll of the sea was the safeguard OF
their country" said Senator Borah ;
they were not willing to trust their Sc
curity to the League of Nations which
they said was so safe for us.
Before the President had even landed
Lloyd George announced that the free
dom of the seas was a mattee Great
Britain would settle for herself. and
Clemenceau agreed with him. That Is
the way Europe dominated in this par
ticular matter instead of Mr.. Wilson
Americanizing Europe.
THAT was the first test as to whether
this was to be an American or q Euro
pean league. and I ask you who won?
The speaker quoted Lloyd George and
Gen. SHUTS as having said that con-
scription in time OF peace was the tap
ioot of militarism and that unless we
had disarmament I'm Europe the peace
conference would become a sham and a
fraud. but there has been no disarma-
ment." said the Senator. either by sea
or by land. Disarmament was not even
laid before the peace conference. II this
League of Nations be formed 500. 900. 600
dominant people will have to control
1000. 900 peoples ana there is no way to
control them except by military power "
Commenting satirically upon Mr.. VIII