Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-11
ANTI-WAR TREATY
ATTACK LAUNCHED
IN SENATE BY REED
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say with your mouths? Put something
in that you say is there, but make it
plain. How can any reasoning deny
ANYTHING which will require this docu-
ment to be returned to the other ma
tons for reconsideration.
Il say I would be ashamed If a
lawyer to hide from a client the i'm
plications of a contract I had written
for him.
Map Is Exhibited.
AS he spoke, Senator Reed had be-
fore him on an easel large map of
the world, showing the British pos
sessions and spheres of interest in
bright red coloring.
What the nations of the world have
not been able to accomplish in all
time" Reed declared. lis now proposed
to be done by the magic stroke of Mr..
Kellogg's pen.
"On its face the treaty would do
away with all wars. but the negotia-
tons had scarcely begun when Mr.. KEEL
iogg began to admit exceptions wish
tons so we can see what is left of this
treaty after we have considered them"
Admits Nations Rights.
He listed the wars which would be
excepted from operation of the pact
defensive wars and those involving the
League of Nations and Locarno treaties.
In addition. he said certain zones of
influence are to be excepted, and the
right is not to be denied a country to
protect it's trade and nationals, and,
lastly, that each nation was to be its
own Judge of what constituted self
defense
He attributed these exceptions to the
efforts of Great Britain during the
negotiations. Then, walking to his
map. the Senator detailed the scat
tered worldwide defenses of Great
Britain, dwelling particularly upon
Canada, Bermuda Jamaica and other
points near the United States. In
five hours time he declared. Great
Britain could destroy the Panama
Canal.
Assails Pacifists.
And in the negotiations for this
treaty" Senator Reed shouted, strik-
ing the map with his pointer, Great
Britain reserved these as spheres of her
interest in which she would not be
bound by the treaty This is what
Great Britain says Is not in the treaty
and she reserves complete freedom of
action.
And the mollycoddles of this country
say we shall sit quiet and not protect
the Monroe Doctrine so some South
American country will sign the treaty"
II this country is ever destroyed, Reed
declared, it will be done by the pacifists
who go around shouting Peace, peace,
peace when there is no peace of the
kind they are talking about"
Bingham Makes Plea.
During consideration of the treaty
yesterday afternoon Senator Bingham,
Republican, of Connecticut, made plea
that the committee should file a report
to define the exact meaning of the pact
so that this country could not be &C
cuSed of bad faith If at some future
time it should be found necessary to
take steps to protect the lives of citi-
zens in foreign countries.
The Connecticut Senator said he was
not arguing for or against the treaty.
but wanted to emphasize that there
are honest differences of opinion among
many Americans as to what the treaty
means. He said there are thousands
of good American citizens who do not
agree that if we ratify this treaty we
can then protect American lives and
property as we have done in the past
by using our gunboats and marines,
without going to war, without using
force, just as we did in the Boxer rebel
lion, when we sent out battalions and
our warships to Tientsin and then
marched overland to Peking"
Senator Bingham said the meaning
of the treaty had been explained by
members in the debate, but pointed out
that, while the Supreme Court has ruled
the statements of Senator or Repre-
sentative made on the floor of either
house cannot be used in interpreting a
law in the courts and is not authori-
tative as to the meaning of law, a
report Of a congressional committee Is
evidence in the courts as to what law
means