The spectator., 1920-10-12
[. ]. P. CAMP PA|GN
 BASED OM LIES
Persistently UntruthfuI in Repre- sentation of League ot
 Nations.
CHARGES EASILY DESTROYED
Fasity of Allegations, Which Senator Harding Stands For and Repeats, ConvincingIy Made Plain,
 Point by Point

The campaign of the Republican leaders against the League of Nations is campaign founded upon lies.
 Lie No. That the league makes for war instead of peace.
 The Truth-Every one of the 26 articles in the league covenant is specific detail of plan for peace or to provide means to operate the league of peace.
 Lie No. 2-That the council of the league can order the United States into war and send our troops wher- ever it wishes.
 The Truth-The council Is com posed of nine members one of which is the United States, and all acts of the council must be by unanimous vote. Each of the nine nations acts under its own constitution and laws, and under the Constitution of the United States the only power to de clare war is the congress.
 Lie No. 3-That Great Britain has six votes to our one in the league.
 The Truth-Canada, Australia. New Zealand and South Africa. self-gov- erning dominions of the British em- pire. and India, colony of the Brit sh empire. are members of the as sembly of the league, in which each nation, dominion, or colony represent ed has one vote. But the assembly is not the governing body of the league. which is governed by the council of nine members. composed of the United States (when il joins), Great Britain, France, Italy and Ja- pan, each with one vote. and four members elected by the assembly, each with one vote. All action taken by the league requires a unanimous vote of the council Assuming that in the deliberations of the assembly the domnions and the colony of the British empire should vote with Great Britain on matters of British inter eSts 1t is an equal assumption that the American republics which are members of the assembly would vote with the United States on all matters affecting American interest. This would make the vote in the assembly in such event: Great Britain. 6; America. H.
 Lie No. 4EThat by joining the league the United States would sur render its sovereignty.
 The Truth-The sovereignty of the United States is declared and deter mined by it's Constitution. and each member of the league acts as such in harmony with its own constitution. The sovereignty of the United States is no more impaired by membership in the league than it is by any treaty of arbitration. of which the United States has many. The central idea of the League of Nations Is arbitration and conciiation.
 Lie No. 5-That Article is an impairment of the Monroe doctrine,
 The Truth-The principle of Article X Is the principle of the Monroe doc tine applied to the whole world. That 1t would make for peace and not for war was recently made clear and convincing by Governor Cox when he called attention 10 the fact that un- der the Monroe doctrine. which many persons predicted would involve us in all kinds of wars. not shot had been fired in nearly one hundred years of its existence.
 There are other lies circulated against the League of Nations cove nant, but these are principal ones, and to the shame of his party, Sena. tor Harding stands for them and re- peats them.