The Washington times., 1922-03-11

wreck the league
and to destroy
the work Of
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ez3 son.
The statements
WILLIAM HARD I'm this interview
may be regarded as an authortta-
tive expression OF the position
around which the Democratic oppo-
nents Of the four-power treaty hope
to rally the rank and file Of the
Democratic party against the treaty
now before the Senate. 1t In effect
accuses the Democratic supporters
Qf the treaty of having deserted the
principles of the party and II sum-
mons them back to an allegiance
to those principles. 1t is. therefore,
In sense a party document and
lays down the lines along which the
fight In being made and will be
made to determine the leadership
of the Democratic party in refer
ence to the international policies
Of the United States. ~
Contrasts Two Principles.
Senator Robinson first contrasts
the League with the treaty and then
shows how the treaty would under
mine and ruin the League. He
says:
THE League Of Nations is an in.
stitution which Welcomes small ma
tions along with great nations. weak
peoples along with strong peoples.
The four-power pact is league only
Of the great and strong.
ION the continent OF Europe the
League includes France: but IL also
includes Switzerland and Denmark
and all the other little countries OF
the continent, no matter how little.
They have their interests. They
can voice those interests in the
League. They can voice them, II
they please. against France In the
presence of France.
Dangers In Pacific.
"The League is a. step toward
democracy among nations. The
four.power pact is a step backward
away from that democracy.
"It deals with the Pacific. The
dangers to peace in the Pacific are
dangers which arise from the Asiatic
mainland. The aggressions COM
mitted upon China and upon Siberia
are the sole sources of the Far East
ern controversies which were dis
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conference.
I'm the four.power pact where are
the Chinese2 Where are the 81
berians?
This treaty covers the southern
half of the island of Sakalin. The
northern half of that island is Rus
sian Siberian territory. II is even
now occupied by japanese troops.
The Siberians and the japanese are
even now engaged in armed conflict.
IL that conflict, provoked by the
Japanese. should endanger the south
ern half of the island Of Sakhalin,
we pledge ourselves to confer with
Japan. We do not pledge ourselves
to confer in any way with any rep
resentatives OF the people Of Siberia.
Contrast that situation with the
situation which in such cases is pro-
vided by the league. Russia-it IL
true-is not a member OF the league.
Siberia Ia not represented in the
league. The covenant Of the league
specifically provides, however, that
In any dispute between a nation
which Is a member of the league and
a nation which is not a member the
latter nation shall be accorded the
opportunity to appear before the
league and to act as II II were in
fact a member Of the league In all
the proceedings organized for the
settlement of the dispute.
"Only the Great"
mo such provision appears In the
four-power pact. The fourpowcr /
pact provides only for conferences
and communications between the four
great powers which dominate the
Pacific and which control all the APP
proaches to he Asiaic mainland aid
which dominate therefore not the Pa
cific only but the mainland as well.
The weaker powers, meanwhile.
which inhabit the mainland are left
excluded although In truth IL is their
territories. their rights, their homes,
that are most menaced.
The League of Nations is based
on the democratic principle: No de-
cision without representation The
four-power pact Is based on the rule
of the mighty and therefore on the
rule Of might.
! Deaf Ear to China.
Imagine the. Chinese driven by
outrage and resentment into an ef-
fort to .re-capture the island OF
Formosa. once theirs and now by
recent conquest Japan's. What hap
pens7
China Is a member Of the league.
In the league II can present It's case
against Japan to jury Of virtually
all the nations OF the world, tnclud-
ing weak nations naturally SYM
pathetic to the cause of the weak.
But what happens in the four
power pact? In the four power pact
China has no Representation at all.
Under the terms of the four-power
pact, as soon as Formosa is en-
dansered, Japan summons the
United States and Britain and France
Out not China) to communicate with
Japan In order to arrive at an un-
derstanding as to the most efficient
measures to be taken to meet the