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Show to the covenant in the form finally agreed upon at Versailles. Moreover, they have lound in it the seeds of war rather than of peace. My own thoughts on the sub-ject sub-ject have led me to believe that they are i right, and my observations convince me that the people generally are convinced . that the treaty of peace must be modified by effective reservations which shall be an integral part of the treaty. War Rights Granted. "You are aware, of course, of the forms these reservations have taken. As yet the treaty-making powers have not agreed upon these reservations, but those who see the necessity of the changes have formulated very definitely their ideas. "An attempt was made at Versailles to meet the wishes of the United States , with reference to the Monroe doctrine and I it was described as 'a regional under-I under-I standing." The phrase limits the doctrine doc-trine and places it on a par with the regional understandings which Japan is seeking to establish in Asia and which are based, not upon the freedom of peoples, peo-ples, but upon their subjection to autocratic auto-cratic rule. "The covenant, moreover, gives the league the right to deal with any matter that may lead to war, and unless the I senate of the United States adopts an appropriate reservation the league of nations na-tions will arrogate to itself the right to interfere with the settlement of such domestic do-mestic questions as immigration and the tariff whenever those questions cause OJI international crisis. "It seems to me that article X of the covenant gives a warlike character to the entire instrument. It provides that the nations shall preserve and maintain the territorial integrity and existing political independence of all nations, members of the league, against outside aggression. That other articles place limitations on this article fs beside the question. The moral obligation, the obligation of honor, is definite. To preserve the territorial and existing independence of a member nation na-tion we must" send our eons across the seas to fight, although our country may not be even remotely concerned In the causes of the controversy. Position Misinterpreted. "It is Idle to urge the covenant as a pact of peace when it includes a clause which so clearly obligates the nations to make war. And when we consider the state of Europe and Asia, the many wars now being waged and the -many causes of war which are constantly being agitated, the belligerent nature of the covenant for the enforcement of peace becomes all the more apparent. "Having set forth briefly my objections objec-tions to the covenant in its present form, I beg to tender my resignation as honorary hono-rary chairman. I find that my affiliation affilia-tion with the organization is being misinterpreted. mis-interpreted. Public use has been made of my name by those who are conducting a nation-wide propaganda, whose purpose is to force the passage of the treaty without reservations. "My desire for a league of nations which shall make for permanent peace ha.i in nowise abated, but I would much prefer no league at all than one which, while proclaimed to be an instrumentality instrumental-ity for peace, is intrinsically an instrumentality instru-mentality for war. Yours very truly, f "WILLIAM SPRY." If TELLS II I EFT LEAGUE 3, ,s Affiliation With Or- anization Was Misin- terpreted. I 'jires International Union but Disapproves of Present Form. i -j-j'air.'r.g his resignation as vice , .,a of the Utah branch of the e to Enforce Peace, the announce-'. announce-'. To' which appeared yesterday In The ' ; former Governor William Spry in a letter to Nephi L- Morris. ' M of the state organization: h, u Morris, Chairman, Utah ,nch of the League to Enforce ace, C.ty: lear Slr-At the time your organiza-i'i organiza-i'i me the honor to name me as one ,('0' honorary chairmen the covenant ), league of nations had not yet taken 7',lte form at Versailles. There were Americans who were then opposed to of nations, so constituted as to JL, peace througnout the world, or 1 -,Tst to reduce the frequency of war S, warded as a goal toward which r finable men should direct their . Nor has the love of peace and - iilre for some International union .. ,Ve" preservation of peace diminished "the least during the intervening r itha. S. Must Be Exemplar. ''it has been , rightly said that the u looks to the United States, as the Uest of the free nations, to set an " asi For that very reason our coun-gho'uld coun-gho'uld take the utmost care not to wrong example. We should use all wisdom to set an example that shall : - lelpful to mankind, and we cannot be rue exemplar for the nations if we noon our principles, trifle w th our nilutlon and compromise with tne Ifl'ocratle system which produced the it terrible of wars. 1 we are to be a guide for mankind must be true to the cause of freedom lCrjwhere. We cannot make the world 'Kifor democracy If we make democracy Hi In certain quarters of the globe sacrifice it to autocracy in other U i'rters. We cannot condone the vjola- I , of the territorial integrity of the re- II - He of China at the will of the most Kratlc of powers and still hold aloft " " torch of liberty for the enlightenment C he world. a'..lf we remain loyal to the basic prin--;: es of our own republic, we cannot be j:- to the true interests of mankind. ; i because leaders of sound judgment e detected In the covenant of the prolyl pro-lyl league of nations an abandonment jiese principles that they are opposed |