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Show California Senator Begins Be-gins Campaign in His Home State With Two Meetings in Bay City. Declares He Is Not to Be Swerved From Position Posi-tion by Appeals of Former For-mer Friends to Desist. SAX FRANCISCO, Oct. 1. Senator Hiram W. Johnson, in two addresses here, took arguments in behalf of the league of nations preesnted to two San Francisco audiences by President Wilson a fortnight ago and sought to disprove the points in the presidential arguments. Ho spoke at a luncheon and a mass meeting of citizens here tonight. President Wilson, In behalf of the peace treaty and the league of nations covenant, cove-nant, and Senator Johnson, against some parts of the treaty and the league as planned in the covenant, appeared before San Francisco audiences exactly tvo weeks apart. Senator Johnson appeared before audiences audi-ences of his own townspeople and was given fervent, w eleome. lie was often interrupted In his addresses by applause, particularly as he attacked the six votes given England and five of Great Britain's colonies or dominions, against one vote for the "United States; when he declared that the league of nations will not bring disarmament, but already has led to tile administration seeking to pass an army program calling for a standing army in this country of 679,000 men, costing substantially sub-stantially a billion dollars a year, with conscription in peace time of youths of 19 years, and when he declared that the fight himself and other senators were waging was to prevent "British or Asiatic" control of America's policies. JOHNSON REFERS TO MILITARY PROGRAM. In his first address, at a luncheon, to more than 1600 San Francisco business men, the California senator made reference refer-ence to the administration military program. pro-gram. "I will tell you a secret about this," he said, "and that is, they will not get any such army at all." He declared the award to Japan of Shantung with the United States a party to the deal was the first time America had ever broken its plighted word or promise. The promise, he said, was given giv-en China -when the United States and other powers sought China as an ally, that the United States would protect its interests at the peace conference. He declared President Wilson had "admitted the wrong" done China and that Secretary Secre-tary of State Lansing had said that, If the people of the United States understood under-stood the peace treaty, they would not have it. He declared that ratification of-the treaty by the United States would make this country a party to perpetuating perpetuat-ing the wrongs he charged. WANTS NO DEALINGS WITH A "BURGLAR." "Because you won't commit a burglary is no icason why you should enter into partnership with a burglar." he said. The senator ai Lacked the presiden t's address made in Sclt Lake City, in which tiie president said that ihe amendment offered of-fered in the senate to article ten of the covenant was a knife at the heart of the document. "This amendment." said Senator Johnson, John-son, "seeks to keep the economic and military power of America from being given into tiie hands of Lurope and Asia." lie declared article ten took powers of control from congress and the American people and gave it to the league of na- 1 tions without recourse. j Twice during his luncheon address! Senator Johnson referred to friends who ' sent telegrams to him which were made public, upholding the league covenant. In his first reference he said: NOT TO BE MOVED BY APPEAL, HE SAYS. "I do not care Lo rei'er to any of the telegrams sent to me. but how little do these men understand me when they think that I would turn back- from my coursc because any man or any set of men demanded it of me." This reference brought his audience to lis feet. lie bud prefaced it by savin? bis entire fibt was beiiiLj made to' et for the United States its just deserts." Near tiie end of ins address be said: "1 am sorry, more sorry than I r.an tel) you. 1'nat some friends of mine who T hove will still be luV friends'. li;ivo seen fit to become pari o; a nropa-jranda nropa-jranda io nartisan pi-ess throughout tiie east and in the United States senate. Th's fihl some of ns are making in t;10 (Continue! ou Page 3, Column 3.) l the dispute, would lmvo no vote In iho assembly. The flvo Iiritlsh dependencies, however, would have their llvo votes In tho assembly. Thcro is no conceivable process of reasoning by which this places tho two disputants, Oreat Britain and tho Lnited Slates, upon an cquullty. CIre:it Britain starts with llvo votes In tho assembly; as-sembly; the United States with none. Says Argument Is Wrong. "The argument In made thai so long as the rnlU:d States has one friend In the council It would prevent tiny au verso action by tho assembly, and that If it did not have at least one friend in the council coun-cil there would be enough votes to cast the decision against the United Stales without tho live votes of the British dependencies. de-pendencies. "But this argument assumosj that the United States is the defendant in the litigation and that the United States merely endeavors to prevent affirmative action; but assume that the United States is the plaintiff in the litigation and is seeking afllrmative relief from t he league of nations, and assume that all the remaining re-maining members of the council favor the United States. "In the assembly, however, with its twenty-three members, exclusive of the council, Great Britain enters the controversy contro-versy wiih live votes and tho United States with none, and you may add to the five British colonies the Hedjaz and Slam. Great Britain, therefore, out of the twenty-three remaining votes of the assembly, has its live dependencies plus Jledjaz and Slam, making seven out of the twentv-three. In order to win, the United States must get. therefore, twelve out of the remaining sixteen. And when you consider some of tho nations that are members of the league, like Liberia, only a league of nations Imagination could conjure con-jure up success for the United States." The Night Meeting. Appearing for the second time today before his townspeople, to combat the peace treaty with its league of nations covenant in Its present form. Senator Johnson wa s cheered for twelve minutes by a crowd estimated at more than 1 "J.OUO persons assembled in tho Coliseum to hear him. Hundreds of small flags had been carried car-ried into the big hall and were waved as the throng, standing, cheered. Senator Johnson was again cheered when lie said he would return to Washington Wash-ington with the word California is not for the league of nations in its present form. In this connection, he said: "So-called newspaper correspondents, who accompanied the president, and who have been solely his echo and propagandists, propa-gandists, have sought in every manner to make the east believe the senti ment in California was different from the east and middle wst." A great paid propaganda campaign is being carried on for the league, the speaker said, that is being paid for by the people, lie also attacked American propaganda during the war. "It has been picking our pockets the last two years to poison our minds," he said. Takes Issue With Wilson. For the second time today Senator Johnson attacked the president's utterances utter-ances at Salt Lake City, taking issue with a proposed reservation In connection connec-tion with article ten, which was read by the president to his Utah audience. "Violently and In frenzied anger, the president objected to this reservation," he said. "He (the president) said, when the reservation was applauded: 'Now, wait a minute. You want to applaud that? "Watt until you understand the meaning of it, and if you have a knife in your hands with which to cut the heart out of the covenant, applaud. But if you want this covenant to have heart in it and want it to have a purpose in it, want it to be something subscribed to by a red-blooded nation, withhold your applause. Understand tills thing befure you form your sentiment in regard to it. This is a "rejection of the covenant.' " The senator said the reservation and others are merely sought to safeguard the United States" and prevent a super-government, super-government, "consisting of eight foreign nations and our own sitting In secrecy, from directing and from employing our military and naval power and controlling our destiny." "It is incredible that Americana nhould object to a reservation which has solely this object in view," he declared as the crowd again cheered. join REPLIES TO PRESIDENT (Continued Prom Page One.) senate is bigger than any party. It is an issue of Americanism." Text of Address. Following is tho partial text of an address, ad-dress, by Senator Hiram W. Johnson at a luncheon her today: "Tho mathematical demonstration recently re-cently made to you by President Wilson has been a delight and wonder to tho world. He proved to you, to the entire satisfaction of those wdio bask in tho i sunlight of honor, apparently conclusive- I ly that six equals ono and one equals j six, and finally that one equals thirty-two thirty-two and thirty-two equals ono. "Ho showed that tho representatives of Great Britain at tho peaco conference. ; with a fatuousness of which we could hardly believe Lloyd George capable, insisted in-sisted vehemently upon the granting to the British empiro of six votes to one vote of the United States, although it was perfectly obvious to Lloyd George that the six votes lor which tie toi;gnt so fervently were of no advantage to him whatsoever. He made it plain that an empty honor had been accorded Canada, New Zealand, South A t'rica, Australia and tho self-governing cnlony, India, and this boon coveted by Great Britain and eagerly sought by her colonies, colo-nies, they and he knew because ho tolls us so, was of neither consequence nor value nor importance. At Variance With Facts. The difiiculty with the cxplana- j tion of the president is that it was at variance with tho facts, and, as usual, ; tho facts, tho inexorable facts, make the issue with Mr. Wilson. "Tho entire contention of Mr. Wilson , depends upon two propositions; first, that the assembly has no power and is a mere debating society; and, secondly, that the power of tho league resides in the council, where Great Britain, as he interentially insists, will ever have but ono vote, "It is not the fact, as tho president says, that in case of a quarrel between Great Britain and the United States, tho British empire would bo deprived of her six votes. "The colonies of Great Britain, even including India, were taken into the league as separate and distinct entitles, with membership as fuU and powers as great as those of any sovereign nation. Not only this, they actually signed in their separate and individual capacities, the traety of peace and the league of natlons, and by its very terms in this first article became 'original members of the league.' Not Debating Society. "Equally in error is the president in his designation of the assembly, it is not a mere 'debating society.' It is not a body of impotency and futility. If it were, the league would be an egregious fraud. It would be under Mr. Wilson's construction a mere world governing oligarchy of the five great nations, and the academic and idealistic conception of a great forum to redress the wrongs of the weak would be a mere sham and pretext and a shabby diplomatic trick. "If Mr. Wilson's conception of the assembly as-sembly be sound, the weak nations of the earth would forever be in subjection, forever for-ever on their knees to the org-anized power of the five great nations. If Mr. Wilson's description of the assembly of the league be correct, Instead of securing self-determination of peoples and justice to the weak, we would have all the minor nations and all the smaller peoples of this whole world bound in perpetual shackles to the five great master nations. Mr. Wilson, as usual, is wrong in his , constructions of the powers of the as- j sembly. The assembly, so far from being a 'debating society,' is the reservoir of all the power of the league. Referred to Assembly. "The most important function of the league of nations is to prevent war by arbitration of international disputes, but every dispute between nations, according to article XV, upon the demand of either party to the dispute, shall be referred to the assembly. Consequently, the assem- i bly becomes not only the court of tho first instance, but the ultimate tribunal to decide such as well. "Let us see then what would happen if a dispute should arise between Great Britain and the United States and be referred re-ferred to the assembly, as it must be referred re-ferred if Great Britain demands It. "The United States, being a party to the dispute, would have no vote in the assembly; Great Britain, being a party to |