The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-02-01
HARD|AC'S PLAN I
IS LIKE WILSON'S
ssNAToR BoRAH OF ,nAuos
,,x He0oCiAT!oN OF NATIONS
LIKE LEAGUE OF NATIONS
'e'. proposals Lack Definition Art
r0rm Is Argument Set Forth
BY Senator From Far
Western State

"ashlngton-The proposed asaoc,,.
'.oh or nations has not yet been 70
uuced to form nor yet defined RI.
from what one gathers here and thors
IL IS the old league of nations with nos
sloIy some reservations under anot,ox
na"e' 1t will be engaged In preciss,v
''e same kind OF work and doing the
same things that were proposed by tho
ieasue. 1t is not what you call It. but
what 1t is that counts.
fundamentally and In the practical
workings Of the association of nations
" VIII not differ from the league of ma.
tions' l see no reason therefore wnv
the forty-three nations which have
signed the league of nations sbou,o
De asked to abandon it and transfer
thelr names to an association NJ no
liohs. II we want to 90 into this kind
VI proposition there is no reason WHY
we should not experiment with the ono
they have.
1t Is claimed by the advocates Of tho
league that the present league has
been OF service to Europe. II so, there
Is no reason for asking Europe to
scrap the old league and try a new
one.
II we are going into Europe we ought
20 80 10. II we are not, we ought not
to be handing her q new league every
ninety days. She will likely conclude
that after the next presidential cleo
ton she would have another league.
The United States operates uncer
written constitution. Great Britain
has no written constitution. One OF
the arguments being put forth now in
favor of the association Of nations IS
that Mr.. Wilson made mistake in CIV
Ing his plan written constitution that
we should adopt the British idea ana
undertake to conduct the league or
any association without any written
constitution or written covent whatev-
er, In other words, that the new asso-
citation will consist Of representatives
of different governments coming to-
gether with no limitation upon their
jurisdiction or power or authority or
other than their own discretion. A
conclave Of diplomats sitting behind
closed doors with nothing to direct or
limit their powers save their own VIII
and discretion would be a rather In
teresting proposition. I am inclined
to think that if the American people
choose league they will choose one
which has its powers defined, or at
least make an attempt to define them,
rather than trust their destiny to the
unbridled discretion of a few men.
Lloyd George suggested some time
ago, according to the press dispatches,
that the Anglo-Japanese alliance be ex-
tended to the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ese alliance and that this alliance take
upon itself the duty Of administering
China. Now, 1t is said, that such an
alliance would be wholly objection
able to the American people, but that
under an association Of nations the
same thing could be efrectuated and
accomplished. 1t is also being urged
that while the people of the United
Stataes would not be willing to form
an alliance with France and Great
Britain to guarantee the security OF
France, the same thing could be ac-
complished under an association or na-
lions without any constitution.