Show r 1 ti tit t MAKES If JS 0 s. s J SUBJECT NATION NA nON ASSERTS ASSETS LODGE Republican Re P Leader in Senate Senate Sen Sen- ate Reviews Objections to Covenant t Washington ton Au A. A 12 Dt 2 I 1 S' S the le league of or nations as 1 3 deformed experiment upon a a. purpose f Lodge Lods-e of ot Massachusetts chairman chair chair- nan man of oC the tho foreign relations committee commit commit- tee and Republican leader of or the Sent Senate Sen- Sen t ate declared in a a. Sen Senate to speech today 7 that there we were o features of the league lugue I covenant which as lS an In American he het t could 1 never accept Creating not a peace o of or peace but bet I an o-n o alliance embracing many provisions provisions pro visions for fo war the thc covenant he as- as 4 would kill the Monroe doctrine nullify any po possibility of withdrawal from membership Impair the thc so erel sovereign n power of or deciding domestic questions and plunge the thc United States Into conflict tho ever every controversy and on face face of the tho globe I I 1 am as anxious as an any human be beInS' beInS beIng being be- be ing InS can be be beto to have the thc United States Slates render every ery possible service to tho the civilization civilisation and the thc peace leaCe of or mankind mankind man man- kind he said but 1 am certain that nc we can do It best b by not putting ourselves our- our es selves Irr in strings s or subjectIng subject- subject Ing ipg our policies and our sovereignty to other nations I Tutu Puts America I can never bo be anything else but an nn American and n I f must think of the thc United States first and when I think of ot the thc United States first In an In arrangement t Si jf like this I am ant thinking of or what is It best j for the world for If Jr the United States I t t taIls falls the thc best be t hopes of or mankind falls i with u. u We Vc e arc are told that we shall shaH break I i f the heart of the world if it we do not take this league just as us It stands I Ilear Iw lear fear that the thc hearts of or the thc vast maU majority ma- ma w U of mankind would beat an steadily stead- stead f lly ily and without an any quickening enins- enins If the thc thet t league uc were to perish altogether Ideals have been thru thrust t upon us UI as asan asap L ap an argument for th the lea league until tho the thea 1 j a healthy mind which rejects reject cants re revolts ro- ro volts from them Likening the thc league to tho the Ill famed lol Alliance Mr Loll Lodge e quoted the thc covenant o provision giving the assembly assem assem- fb bly authority to deal at Its meetings s with any matter affecting the thc peace o of tho the world and continued There is no such sweeping 8 or far far- reaching 1 provision pro as 15 that in the thc treaty treat of of Paris Paris- and yet et able men developed from that treat treaty the thc Holy Alliance which for thirty five years ears was an unmitigated curse to the world England broke from tram the Holy Hoh Allt- Allt ance anca because English state statesmen men saw that It was Intended to turn the alliance alli alli- I ante and ance and this lea league uc Is an alliance alliance- Into Into a means of oC repressing internal l revolutions or insurrections t Y Very ry statement Any matter affecting tho the peace of or ofA orI I A r. r S the thc world I Is a vcr very broad statement t which could be made to Justify almost j I l. l any Interference on the part of the thc h t league with the thc internal affairs of other countries In In article 10 the United States Stales is Ism isI m I r bound on the appeal of ot an any member 1 i of or the league not only to respect but butr butI its independence and itse its r I c preserve t e 7 f boundaries and that pled pledge e. e If Ie we give giver f- f fIt It mu must t be fulfilled There There- Is to me mev Ii v no distinction whatever er In a treaty between bc- bc j I tween what l' l some Ome persons are pleased to call legal and moral obligations A Ac c treaty must re rest t upon moral obliga obliga- a- a Tho pathway of or dh dishonor honor Is always alas always al- al g ways as op open n But whatever tho the United gt s States State agrees rees to by that agreement I E t i she must abide I a Under article 11 II If King Ilus j i of oC appeal to us for tor Ill f d I i protection against 1 external aggi a J we should be he bound to give gi a th i iland 1 I land band land protection and to send semi A Ame 1 i l soldiers to Arabia This Illustrate Illustrate- the tho k which Is If to me the most objectionable objectionable ble In the thc league I know tho the answer answer well Well that that of oC course the they C not be sent without action by Congress s Congress would ha c no choice If Ir acting in good faith j 1 ln In Difficulty Difficult I Let me now briefly point out the thc thee e Insuperable difficulty which I find In article 15 15 It H begins begins It If there should i 1 arise between members of oC the league uc any dispute lIkel likely to lead to a rupture rup rup- j J ture tUrc- tUrc Any dispute covers a dispute over over tariff duties and over immigration tion If An Immigration dispute or a dispute iJ over lover tariff duties met b by the procedure fure ure set forth In article 15 comes beafore be- be afore the thc assembly for Cor a decision b by byj j what Is practically a majority ote vote of oft 4 t the entire assembly t There should be no possibility of or other nations who shall deciding come I into Into the United States or under what conditions the they shall enter If IC a n nation na- na tion cannot sa say without appeal who i shall hall come within its gates and become become become be- be come a part of Its citizenship It has ceased to be a n. erel sovereign n nation it has become a tributary and subject nation nation na na- tion and It makes no difference 1 whether it Is subject to league or to a at t conqueror The senator said the British delegates delegates deleto dele dele- gates to the thc peace conference in nI a n- I statement regarding the tho Monroe doctrine doctrine doc doc- trine had asserted that should a dispute dis- dis arise as to the thc meaning of the J doctrine the thc league la is there to set- set w t tic tlc It Monroe Doctrine V The Monroe doctrine was the thc corol- corol p j lary of or Washington's tons ton's Injunction against 9 Permanent alliances he lie continued It reiterates and reaffirms the principle we e do not seek seck to meddle in the af- af fain of oC Europe and keep Europe out or of r tho the Americas It Il Is as important to toP tp P the United States out of ot European Euro Euro- tan affairs as to keep Europe Europa out of jtb me American continent Tt It was purely an American doc doc- i fine Tine a pure purely American policy wisely i designed ned for our defense t WhY In the name of peace should wo 13 It Why hy In the thc name namee or f PeACe e should we be he called upon to ii leave the tho o Interpretation of the i to other nations nations' it is an American n policy It Is our own It has s guarded us Ulf well welt and I for one can canA A rever consent to destroy It h by a clause jn disa n a treaty and hand over o Its body for Cor section to the tho nations of or Europe r |