The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-03-16

rejected by other powers, should con
slider the withdrawing of all the other
treaties transmitted to the Senate an
inform the other parties to the trea-
ties that further action on them will
be postponed until the next con-
gress convenes so the country at the
elections next November will have the
opportunity in the election of 4 tors
whose terms are expiring, to pvgress
itself on this important issue.
whether the president would take
this course, do not know, but if he
believed that rejection of the four
power treaty by the United States
would result in the rejection of the
limitation Of armament treaty by other
powers, he would be abundantly justi-
fed in taking that course.
eff this treaty be rejected I predict
that no Democrat endorsing that &C
ton will be elected to the Senate in
any northern state. If this treaty be
rejected, the Republican majority next
November will be equal to that which
it had in November, 1920"
McCumber Urges Extension.
Senator McCumber's argument was
directed toward the arms conference
program generally but he laid parti-
cular stress on the four power treaty,
urging extention of the conference plan
to embrace all the great powers, in
Guiding Germany and Austria.
In his argument that the four power
force, Mr.. Lenroot set forth at length
what he conceived to be the real mean
ing of the treaty provisions.
Assuming that there could be a
real case of threatened aggression
within ten years, the life of the treaty,
and the party threatened communicates
with US fully regarding the facts we
as the best means to meet the ext
gencies of the situation. That de-
clined or failing, we could suggest ar
bitration. If that is declined, we could
agree that the party upon whom the
aggression is made would be justified
in resorting to war in defense of her
rights and there our obligation would
end without becoming a party to the
war. We could suggest conference
with an outside power.
President Could Act.
"But assuming that the threatened
aggression was of such a nature that
we believed our own rights would la
ter be threatened that unless we should
act jointly with the power upon whom
the aggression is made that our own
existence was in danger, then under
this article it would be entirely proper
for the President of the United States
to lay before Congress the facts COM
municated to him and congress would
decide whether in our own interests
we should by force Of arms come to the
defense of the power upon whom the
aggression is made. Congress would
be entirely free and Independent in
it's action and unlike the provisions
of article x of the league of Nations
there would be no moral obligation
of any sort to employee army or navy
in the defense of the power attacked
"There is no obligation to use force
expressed in this article and there is
none implied. But conceding for the
sake of argument that the article i.
susceptible of two constructions theI
we have the right to examine the cir
cumstances surrounding the making of
the treaty in order to ascertain it's
intent for it must be admitted that if
the intent is proven and that intent is
not contrary to the language of the
contract, such construction will be
given as will carry out the intent.
Massachusetts, has more single wom-
en- than any other state.