Show r r- r roQ l' l I Other Points of View I LEAGUE OPINIONS GATHERED AT Can the President with the advice td and consent of the Senate bind us permanent permanently b by an agreement limiting our right to arm um arm or disarm forcing forcing- us us to join In the economic strangulation of ot an offending state and to participation in military and naval measures as a last resort Not except In honor supported b by the advantages td of league member member- s ship hip President Monroe lonroe was as not able to bind us to an a agreement to defend the American continents against con con- q quest and colonization except In honor fortified b by ad ad- ad v vantage antage There Thero is no constitutional limitation upon the making of ot an any such treat treaty as the tho league constitution premises Later Congresses Cone arc are free to enact laws that would 1 make Its provisions pro of oC no effect But would the they Not ot If It the American people remain sincerely desirous of t the he worlds world's peace The The Nc New Republic The question Is not whether we shall have a league fo to nations but what sort of ot a league It shall be The Senate will wish to know know and and it Is Js to have have all all the de details de- de details tails of or tho the negotiations necessary for COr the action that has been taken and the understanding of the meaning of or tho the league constitution b by those who made It These are matters of or the highest Importance It Is Js not selfish or for tor the American people to desire to be sure of ot the effect of or any proposed league on themselves it i Is Js quite possible for us to become so Involved olvea In European affairs as to cause us to be as much distrusted as are the governments g of or Europe As has been beon suggested It seems to bo be necessary for tor us to maintain some measures of ot detachment from Crom Europe if Ie we are to render that very service the Pr President would have ha us render render There Is a a. difference between this treaty and all arbitration arbi arbi- and reciprocal trado trade treaties and the tho difference is that this is a treaty of ot peace though It Is It is only a a. treat treaty such a IL treaty as has not been since isi ti the last time the great nations of ot tho the world were at war The Senate of ot the United States cannot ignore that treat treaty The Tho Senate can accept or reject It It cannot In any true sense amend It In form torm It can make amendments but the they will not bo be real amendments The I acceptance of tho the treat treaty with amendments will really mean that tho the Senate rejected the treaty unless the nations making it shall consent to I reconvene and accept the proposal of ot tho the Senate In other words the Senate will be bo sitting sitting- as a court of or appeals over er the nations of or the tho world sending the case back to them and ordering ordering- them either to abandon It or reconstitute It Jt as ordered Will the Senate take talce that responsibility responsibility- New York Times Time The surgeon may be convinced that an operation is Imperative Im Im- im- im to save tho the patients patient's life lire lIe He should know Whether to lop off orr an ear car or a leg We do not believe the present status o of the league of or nations covenant co offers sufficient information to to- to the tho Senate Is the tho Senate to bo be assailed simply because It wants to know what It is le all about Is tho presidential mind more competent f in Its purposes more far tar seeing and more substantial in Its judgment than a whole room full Cull of ot American representatives nta tives Assume Mr r. r Wilsons Wilson's plan to be entirely wrong nong Is 15 there anything In It that will show Its wrongness until the next war 6 Any ny kind of Ora a league will serve ser so long Ions there Is peace It Is when war approaches that we want as Insurance most Assume Mr Wilsons Wilson's pl plan Ln to lo be be correct Will ill It jt not be just as correct six months from no now 1 if it was a virtuous measure can there bo tie objection i if Ir the Senate Senate- proposes to be sure of or It If It It is s good will wilt discus discus- sion make It evil The Senate wants to know kno wants detail ia It to know v all there is to know and not merely much as the President h Is 18 inclined to t tell Chicago Chicago Tribune as |