The Washington herald., 1920-07-21
LEAGUE DEFEATED
BY WILSON CERTAIN
IF HARDING WINS
ny WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT.

CONTINUED FROM FACE ONE.
the Republicans will insist on II or
the Democrats object with the same
fcrvor.
Regional Understandings.
Coming now to the Monroe doc
trinc. the league covenant provided
that regional Understandings like
the Monroe doctrine should not be
affected by the league. The Repub-
licsn reservation on this subject
was In three parts. as follows:
D The United States will not
submit TO arbitration or to inquiry
by tho assembly or by the council OF
tho league Of nations. provided for
In said treaty of peace, those
questions which. in the Judgment of
the United States. depend upon or
relate To- its long established pol
icy. commonly known as the Mon
roc doctrine.
90 Said doctrine Is to be inter
treted by the United States alone
and
t3D Is hereby declared to be
wholly outside the Jurisdiction of
said league OF nations and entirely
/ Unaffected by any provision con-
tained in the said treaty of peace
with Germany.
II the United States is not to sub
init any question Il deems to de-
pend upon the Monroe doctrine to
arbitration or inquiry. II would
seem necessarily to follow that the
doctrine is to be interpreted by the
United States alone and that IL IL
placed wholly outside the Jurisdic-
or "
affected by the treaty. In other
words. the same idea Is enforced
and stated in three different forms.
The bipartisan representatives of
the Democrats who were willing to
agree To the reservation IL the sec
ond part. declaring that the United
states alone was to interpret the
doctrine. were omitted. In other
words. the only difference was that
the Republicans wished to say the
same thing three times, while the
Democrats said: NO. we1l only say
~ teiee." To characterize such a
as crucial is humorous.
Artiese Reservations
Epon Article y the real difference
between tho two sides was nearly
as dlaphznouB az that in respect TO
the Monroe doctrine. The reserva-
fIon a. % Article x adopted by the
Republican, in November. 1918,
~zss
The United States Assumes no
1biiESiiSn 20 preserve the terri
.zylsl fasEzrity Or political Inds-
DShs-<aeS II any other country or
- saALEErs n cSntrovsrsfes be-
fsS@s sssssDnS- Therh>r members Of
- iszz1~ ~ rot. under the pro-
stssDs u SrEfss@ &. or 10 employ
sfs@ @sa5af<~g ~ "a yzI forces Of the
Gasf@@ SrzFsz snj~r any article of
~ sF@sfg sST zng purpose unless in
<He SSsrsessIsr css~ the Congress,
NisbSa EzHer Eae Coastftution, has
.sSfs@-5z< 40 employment of the
ss4l5f<ry forces 81 the United States,
49, - srT ~ toint resolution so
S-Svs<S
ysrr5~is z ar4vi5Hs for no inter-
fsrsS~% seTpz>n nstfons except that
ssvotVs5 ~ preserving the integrity
- frfS5e61epEs Of one of them
9zstsSf me 6sheT's invasion, so that
q - ~5<Ss application of the
>tss~ -i6~s. mere pIeonasm, to
fsf ~ Uor6s -or to inter-
sevs ~ ebptroversies. between
s*S1osS Br5Sr Article x" In
Re reservations az to Article K
s6ozte4 ~ she Republicans and
e6ted - IN February last, the form
- esSszsd somewhat from that of
ToverSs~T, 1918. IN order to partieu-
tsFIz< t4S form Of preservation to
wSSeN fss Usfted States will not
eh353Ste itself, namely, neither by
fAs 80 81 tts military or naval
foTesss hs resources or any form Of