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Show Utahn Proposes I Changes In Pact ( , I (By William II. King, United States H Senator from Utah) B I have ventured to suggest Several H amendments to the draft of the pro H posed league. I abbreviated many of H the articles by changing tho phraso- ology and eliminating language which finds no suitable place In n document of this character. Some of m bifo provisions that wero obscure and V'unccTtaln I attempted to clarify. t Many persons who aro sympathe- tic with the idea of a league of naff na-ff tion are deeply concerned over its I provision with respect to guarantee- Ing the territorial Integrity and ox-I ox-I isting political Independence of all I states, members of tho league. It is bellevd by many that the sub-H sub-H mlttcd draft crystallzes the statue quo of all states signatory to the league; that it would produce an Inflexible In-flexible and rigid system under which legitimate and justifiable revolution or change would be Impossible MILITARY QUESTIONS Attention has been called to Canada Can-ada and Ireland nnd the statement fnquetly mado that if either of. these coutries should seek to escape Great Britain control, this natlon( as well as other states parties to the league, would be coinpolicd to aid in-subduing any revolt and compelling continued contin-ued subsorvanco to tho domination of the British 'empire. I havo suggested sug-gested a change in tho draft that would not requlro this republic to undertake un-dertake military operations against Ireland or -Canada or provinces or territories similarly situated to com-Ipcl com-Ipcl their perpetual submission to ox-listing ox-listing governments jL There is a strong feeling In many fcttions of our country that tho ran submitted by tho president con-Hers con-Hers too much povycr upon tho leaguo villi respect to matters that are purely pure-ly local, domestic and national In Kbaracter. This belief is strongly Inanlfested In tho recent cable by rpenator Fhelan to tho American peace delegation at Paris. Doubtless Speaking for many persons upon the. iPaclflc coast Senator Phelan protests jjigainst declaration In tho constltu-! tion of race equality or any piovlsion that may bo considered "to give Jurisdiction Jur-isdiction to tho league over Immlgia-tlon, Immlgia-tlon, naturalization, elective franchise, fran-chise, land ownership and man Inge." reserved ix Tin; statics In my opinion", what may properly be denominated domestic and national nation-al questions on contradiction to International In-ternational questions, should not be committed t tho league, but reserved reserv-ed by the states constituting the league to themselves, respectively I rave therefore, pdoposed an additional addi-tional artlclo dealing with this question ques-tion which provides that the states of the league acknwledgo that tho scope of these articles does not Include In-clude the proper domestic, internal or national policy of any stato and these articles do not confer upon the leaguo any powers with respect to immigration, imposts, property, inheritance, in-heritance, naturalization, or citizenship, citizen-ship, arid it Is expressly declared that tho enumeration of theso matteis of policy in this article shall not in any wiso limit or restrict tho right of any stato with respect to Its national and Internal political powers and sovereignty sover-eignty as recocnlzed bv the law of patlons It seems clear to mo that piovl-slons piovl-slons of this chaiacter should be found in the constitution of the lengua . We cannot nfford to confer upon tho leaguo tho authority to Interfere In-terfere with our domestic and inter- nal affairs MUST HETAI.V SOVEREIGNTY The American people will not consent con-sent to the league's determining who may or may not be admitted to the United States to enjoy citizenship therein. Tho sovereignty of tho states, as well as of this republic, with respect to their Internal political politi-cal powers must not be parted with. I my opinion, there should bo a provision permitting states to withdraw with-draw from tho league I havo therefore there-fore provided a new artlclo, for the withdrawal of states from the leaguo. Thero has been strong criticism of tho submitted draft because of Its 'nbsogatlon or modification of tho Monroe doctrine It seems to mo too clear for argument that the policy of the United States known as the Monroe doctrine Is materially modified modi-fied by the Bubmltted'draft. I have suggested an additional article ar-ticle dealing with this Important subject sub-ject In substance, It declares that the states of the league acknowldge the Monroe 'doc trlno and recognize that It hag for Its principal purpose the protection of the territorial integrity in-tegrity and political independence of the free states of North and South America against the colonial enterprises enter-prises of foreign powers. It further provides that the signatories of tho league "covenant that no foreign power outside of the American states shall hereafter acqulro by conquest, purchase, cession or otherwise any possession on the American continents contin-ents or o tho islands adjacent thereto" there-to" MOXROR DOCTRINE The pioposed new aitlclo also provides pro-vides that It Is recognized as the purpose pur-pose of the articles of tho league "to extend the principle of the M dp roe doctrine for tho protection of the territorial Integilty and political Inde pendenco of the liberalized and nationalized na-tionalized states under tho prote-tlon prote-tlon of tho leaguo in the eastern hemisphere;, hem-isphere;, and to commit to the states ot tho eastern hemlsphero tho primary duty of tho execution of tho measures meas-ures of the league In tho eastern hemisphere." The new artlclo which I havo submitted sub-mitted fully recognizes and protects tho Monroe doctrine, Indeed requires Its recognition by all the states constituting con-stituting the league, and provides for all of its implications so thore may bo no cession by states upon tho western wes-tern hemisphere to Asiatic or European Europ-ean nations, nor may such nations acqulro any holdings upon this continent con-tinent or upon the Islands adjacent thereto |