| Show SPRY LEAGUE P PACT ACl GATE TO Wi WiS j Governor Ex-Governor Says S ays Artie Would Involve U US S S' S Strife Overseas RESIGNS AS OFFICE OF UTAH Cl C Proposed Reservations Distinct From Treats Treat Avers Leader f Holding that the league of ni covenant aa as It now stands 1 is 15 t fUl tho ho seeds of oC war sar former Gov Spry of oC Utah has just Juat announce e reasons why ho he resigned Yeat I from rom an honorary chairmanship I Utah branch of or the tho League to z Er En Peace I Mr Spry said he did not proposed reservations asked fo for bv hr j In the Senate lenders JeRden are now nor j I Ih In the text of or the covenant stated by officials o of the Enforce Peace Int International oo e v vIf If these reservations ar are lit in n i. i document he said said why making It sufficiently plain to to people of oC the country that thy they th there that that the United Stales States ix is DP and not slipping Its Us head ft l' l lan l'an an art International noose Th The r fact c the r reservations are not In the the cor o nant nane Mr Ir Spry's statement which day reached Nephi L. L Morris chair chal of the Utah Ulah branch of ot the League Enforce Peace leace follows Nephi L. L Morris Chairman U Ut of the tho League to F Ento Eif Peace City Dear Sir Sir Sir-At At the time your or org did me inc the honor to nau namer as one of or Its honorary chairmen charmen covenant of oC tho the lea league of not yet et taken definite form at V sallies There were few rew Amer who were then opposed to a I nations so constituted as to pre peace throughout the world or at ati 1 It to reduce the frequency war of-war It II L re regarded as a goal to toward ard which whIch- reasonable men should direct t l steps Nor has tho the love e of peace the desire desiro for some International u usk for the preservation of or peace din dim in the least during the intern Intent ing InS months t U. U S. S Must UP Do f Light o of It Il has been right rightly said that that world worl looks to the United States Statu L the greatest g o of the free tree nations nation set an example For that ver very w tu ten our country should take the ut care not to set a wrong example should use all our wisdom to Id at t example that shall be helpful t td ml n m l kind ind an and we cannot be a true tru e for tor the nations 1 If we ahan aban our principles trifle trine with our conni tion and compromise with the a ai cratic system which produced t the the- e terrible of wars If It we are to be bo a n guide ulde forn kind we ve must be true to the cause caune freedom everywhere We Ve cannot m ni nithe the world sate safe for democracy It If make democracy secure in quarters of or the globe and sacrifice to autocracy In other quarters cannot condone the violation of or I territorial Inte Integrity o of the republic China at al the Mill of oC the most aut 1st autI cratic of oC powers and still hold at al alI atthe I the torch of liberty for the I mont ment of oC the world 1 I I If It we wc remain loyal loal to the principles of or our own republic cannot be false Calse to the true interests interests' I mankind It Is because leaders leaders leaders' sound Judgment have o detected l in I covenant CJ of or the proposed league 1 nations an abandonment of these thele pm that the they are arc oppose opposed to 1 t I covenant co in the form orm finally a rt upon at Versailles Moreover loreo th thI have found in it the seeds of ot I rather than of if f peace My 1 0 or I j thoughts on the subject have Vc led ledI I to tu believe bellove that the they are arc right and 5 observations convince me rac that that U people generally g are convinced need 1 the treat treaty of peace 1 ace must be by effective e reservations which et b be an integral part of oC the treaty Monroe onro Doctrine Limited d A AYou You are aware of t course of forms these r reservations have U tat As yet et the treaty treaty- treaty treat making powers h hi ha hanot i inot not a agreed upon upon these reservation atio but those who see sec the necessity of ort oft t changes chanes have o formulated vcr very cry de their theil Ideas I An attempt was w-as as made at to meet the wishes o of the Unit 1011 States with reference to the Mon doctrine an and it was described u aa regional reg-Ional understanding The ph limits the doctrine and places It ita I Ia a par with the regional In lags Ings s which Japan Is seeking to tot In Asia Ila and which are ha baw I not hot upon the fr freedom edom of oC peoples upon their subjection to a. a r rule U I eThe e. e The IThe covenant co moreover gives I es t t league the right to deal with matter that may lead to war var war and U r ies less less- es the Senate of oC the United Slit SUt 3 adopts opts an appropriate reservation reser t league gue c. c of cf nations will arrogate to J J self the right to interfere settlement of or such domestic as Immigration and the tariff wh ever er those questions cause an mt national crisis crisiS' It seems to me that Article X the covenant co gives Ilves a n. warlike cha chater chater S ter to the entire Instrument It H P pr T vides s that the nations shall 1 and maintain the territorial Intern and existing political et all nations members of oC the u against outside That ot ol articles place limitations on this IbIS tide tick Is beside the question The root obligation atlon the obligation atlon of honor definite te To pre preserve the Integrity Intes and existing In Independence a u member r nation vve we e must send 0 sons across the seas sea to fight althOU our c country may not be even rem t ly concerned In the cau causes es o of the c o i tro it is 1 Idle to urge Urfe the COnant co conant nant a- a aa a pact of peace when It eludes clearly clearl 0 a clause which so gates the nations to make war var AI when we consider the state o of E Ennd UIO Asia now nO be and the man many wars vage waged and nd the many causes cauS' s of f W which are constantly being tho the belligerent rent nature o of the c covena ve for or the enforcement of or peace all the more moro apparent Having set forth briefly m my C ob I to the tho covenant In Its pre resi nt form I beg to tender tonder my as honorary hf chairman I firm that affiliation with the or organization on W li liing WIng In Ing misinterpreted Public use b been en made of oC my name b by those P pr prO are arc conducting a wide nation ganda whose whore purpose Is Is' to f force rc rC 5 without r ft passage of or tho the treaty treat a 1 tl league of or na nau My t desire f for r a which shall make muke for tor permanent P Po has In nowise abated but I i WO much prefer no league lea at all aU than tha which while hile Proclaimed to be bo nj for peace is 18 Int n 1 ly an Instrumentality for war Yours ver very truly J JWILLIAM SP WILLIAM |
