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Show isir lilTiCil .(IK CITY lifornian Answers the resident's Demand vf Immediate Ratifi- .tion of Covenant. I rs Facts Refute Ar-t - iments Advanced by r. Wilson on His our of Speechmaking. StAS CITY. Mo.. Sop!. !.".. j li-t Vs'i'.vor. ' lienmn.l lor llio in.- ; i!e r.':::::c:i:io:i of Tho poa irc-Aiy I : of n:i::o!is covonn:;; ir.a.Io j te bore r. veek ao wns :.u- 1 - d bv ei:a:or Kirrun W. Johnson j Iir.TLia :onih: iu r.n a.l "irvss le- : T. : I la:. s:l enthusiastic audienco ! . lTrutiM hllll. : ct Joiir.soa wr.s vciconud io mr.i city of Sosator James A. ! i a noztartisai: eitiztras' com- E. 2aX a Pocrar, c:.llcd tho ! .1 . H :o order r.r.d intrO'Iucd K. K. j , j-;.irscy, of Spriuficid, Mo., a Re- .- . an, who 2cU-d as chairman ;:nd : - : " na'.or Johnson to the audi- I --. . e; the cz'-oz Tu va visitors was ' T- ior Knry .J. Alien of Kansas. j ' r; is diffieuit to think that the I - spo!:e o:herwiie than ironi- ; ia r-ieh that he said to you here j - li-i City," Senator Juhnson j - . his address. ' . J c-r-emn ser.teee, forrctfui ap- j It of o:her utterances and of the I : - ;:T:el a like forerf uliif-ss on - 3 FACTS ARE : . .: JNST PRESIDENT. I t ; s ih,Xi-A renir!: to von pras: 'I j V . . I:rJ. Paris bringing one of i - ;:'er-t docuraoiirs of human his- j y--'. of th; thin;.' that made it j ; . that it was permeated ' : v.-hh ti prin-ipies to which : a hid devotcl her life." ' j tcots. the inexorable lac's, -TVL with -Mr. Vilscn. The I prine-ples to which we were j jERA-4' "a whith hje so r-Iofpuen-lv j covenants, freedom of the '- -''ees of reduction of na- I ; .,- at:n;.rr.ats, impartial adjustmcat - Y:, ii.im, destruction of every j ii:.t-V"iT, self-det.'rniiaatioii, no, .-.- ." r-:':sr'cs. j,ticc to the weak. ' '' ' oe handed about from $ov-,-. . : to soverofgnty as if they were ,. -7'h0 ''-f-ilory to ch.-.nte Hands 'h- h.-iipiiu-s.s and liberty of j '"':'r'- "e hv on" .-"acritieed ; W("W diolo.aa-y and the secret ; - ' S i: o;r (obtilior,-,llts- ; -'M''y in its dealings with ter-.a' ter-.a' p'-ople, .simply rewrites the lTH''r!;tl 0l" Wili' h pr?l'-'li ,r kXl 4 ''' '"r heard vrn.il he rcacl;d V2-3f the president said to - v. ""' 'i'ar '':,st expert of the -;Y'- V'""5- '""cordinj; to testimony '.. V -" li'f! foieiyn relations coin- 'f the . 0X' STATEMENT V; ' BY SENATOR. 'far seemed to hnc been'! " . 'stahh,!, the sanctitv of ! : ! '"'' L'1 .U:at' ,vl,iic so," treaties! ' .Y''Ai'::'"i'-, at the same time, ' u t!,ev would have to TVf,y h,cesry to deny that the ''('aty, observing and care-j care-j C--'-"'n" unconscionable secret' i'"' "'"hout with the prin-.. prin-.. . : J, wh,-h America has devoted' ' . ' I ' ;. ., i t.-:-. "in all. V, know from the - ' ,. " parties, iriciiidinp the . ". ,,'"at "10 other Anrrican - ; of't''' ,r"t''?u''1 against the JJiantiing decision; and oa Page 2, Column 4.) ' speech there were calls for General Wood, and he responded, speaking briefly of the plans and purposes of the American Legion. Armenia was marlc to you, an appeal which touched the hearts of all of us. It said substanl iaily that the Armenian situation could not be handled because of words piled upon w7ords, debate following fol-lowing debate. And -et, Armenia is neither touched nor mentioned in the German treatv. The Turkish treaty dealing with the subject is known alone to Mr.. Wilson. He has in writing refused re-fused to give the American people or the Unitrd States senate any information informa-tion concerning it. "His subtle appeal to prejudice the senate is not only unjust, but wholly unfounded. "Mr. Wilson in the exaltation of the moment forgot the Egyptian delegates, arrested and detained at Malta until he had recognized England's new protectorate pro-tectorate over Egypt. He forgot our allies, the Chinese, begging and im-nloring im-nloring for the justice he had promised prom-ised them. Hfl forgot Persia, protesting, protest-ing, taken over almost in his presence by Great Britain. "He forgot Ireland, suffering under un-der centuries of oppression, knocking at his door and begging only a hearing from the men who were creating his new world order. The facts the inexorable inex-orable facts make the issue with Mr. Wilson. Also Fighting for Cause. "In his peroration. Mr. Wilson exclaimed, ex-claimed, 'I have come out to fight for a cause. That cause is greater than the senate; it is greater than the government.' govern-ment.' "We, too, vou and I, are fifrhtiner for a cause, but the cause is not greater than the United Suites; it is the United States. Last nitrb.t, for the first time, the president presi-dent attempted a justification of the provision pro-vision of the league giving Great Britain six votes while the United Slates has hut one. He savs. in effect, that the disproportionate dispro-portionate voting power is of no consequence conse-quence because each vote In the council has a 'veto. Why, then. Great Britain should have been given six votes is not apparent. Perhaps because it is of no coi-sequence. this prcpond. ranee has been so streiii'ous'.y insisted upon by Britain. But th veto power by no means removes the objection. Anv matter of dispute In the council mav by either party be removed re-moved to the ass' ir.blv. In the assembly hall members vote, except those who are parties to the dispute. "Suppose Japan and the United States In controversy finnllv come to the assembly assem-bly of trie league. There both Japan and the United States standing aside, Britain, with her offensive and defensive alliance with Japan, which both countries insist will be in full force, notwithstanding the league, will east six votes. And while the conned requires a unanimous vote, the assembly, exclusive of the members of the council, requires for action but a m.tlority vote." There wre loud cheers of "Impeach Wilson." fi'jm hundreds in the crowd when Senator Johnson, alter dramatically summing up his objections to the league, shouted : "Let us end the whole rotten business bv defeating the entire pact." He prais j Senator P.eed of Missouri for his courageous stand in opposing ratification ratifica-tion of the league covenajit. At the conclusion of Senator Johnson's JOHM EMPHATIC Ii KANSAS CITY (Continued from Page One,) yesterday the testimony of Mr. Bullitt, one of the president's appointees at Paris, clearly indicated the adverse opinion of the present treaty. His remark re-mark that Secretary of State Lansing said the American people would never accept it if they knew its contents is significant and ominous. The president's presi-dent's enthusiastic exclamation about the great document and its penetration with American principles was perhaps not intended to be taken seriously. The facts the inexorable facts make the issue with Mr. Wilson. DECLARES ACTION IS WHOLLY OPTIONAL. "Again, to you, the president saidi 'We wanted disarmament, and this document doc-ument provides in the only possible w-ay for disarmament by common agreement. agree-ment. They promise disarmament and promise to agree upon a plan.' "But what the president should have added is what is admitted by all, that disarmament under the league of nations na-tions is wholly optional. Great Britain has refused to surrender ono jot of her supremacy of the seas or her naval armament. "There is no disarmament provided for by the league. The league may siniplv suggest disarmament, but compliance com-pliance with the recommendations is optional with the members. Mr. Wilson's Wil-son's words imply that disarmament is accomplished by the league. There can bo disarmament in but one way, and that is by disarming. "The members of the league, even the United States, are not wholly disarming dis-arming but are providing for the largest armies and navies in their history. his-tory. Mr. Wilson is now asking congress con-gress for a standing army of 57(5,UuO men with universal military training for the 19-year-olds, costing practically a billion dollars a year, and this at a time when he is ushering in the mil-lenium mil-lenium with the league of nations. The fncts the inexorable facts make the issue with Mr. Wilson. "A pathetic and eloquent plea for |
