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Show HAYS DEFINES HIS STAND CONCERNING LEAGUE OF NATIONS NEW YORK, July 15. Will H. Hays, ' chairman of the Republican national committee. com-mittee. Issued the following statement on ihe league of nations covenant tonight: "The situation respecting the league covenant is simply this: "There must be effective reservations. These reservations must safeguard the sovereignty of the United States in every particular; must guarantee the Monroe doctrine beyond the shadow of a doubt; must either eliminate article ten entirely or so modify It that our own congress shall be morally, as well as legally, free, after a specified period, to decide when and where and to what extent our soldiers sol-diers shall be employed; must retain our full control of Immigration, tariff, and all other purely domestic policies, and must provide full right to withdraw from the league at any time without hindrance or conditions of any kind, upon giving suitable notice. It is up to the administration adminis-tration to decide whether it will or will not accept these essential guarantees of American Independence, which would unquestionably un-questionably bo promptly accepted by the other nations." |