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Show SEN ROBINSON UPHOLDS LEAGUE Charges Opponents With Making Campaign Misrepresentation Misrepre-sentation and Flimsy Obiections. WASHINGTON. May 26. The I league of nations was supported as a logical and practical organism, entire ly consistent with the American con 1 stitulion, by Senator Robinson, Democrat, Demo-crat, of Arkansas, in a speech today in the senate. Opponents of the: league, the senator charged, are making mak-ing a campaign of misrepresentation, setting up films objections that the proposal violate- American tradition Th. covenant, he asserted, in no way impaired national sovereignty or sub-verts sub-verts American constitutional principles prin-ciples "It is our agent, not our master," he i declared. Replying directly to the constuu-1 tional objections raised by Senator! Sherman of Illinois and other leagUt opponents, ih" krlcan&as i-enaioi -..id the same objections applied with equal force to many treaties entered1 into by the nation which had ben tound beneficial The United States has already en-1 jtered into many treaties pledelns it-, self not to engage in war acainst cer-' tain foreign nations until the expira-' tion of a definite war period." continued con-tinued the senator, "and it has also agreed by ireaty to settle many disputes dis-putes by arbitration. Notwithstanding such agreements, congress still has the power to declare war. i "The drclaration that Article Ten: authorises the executive council to in-jvolve in-jvolve the world in war in its execution; lis absurd, Tho language of the article! I is in case any such aggression or in (case of any threat, or danger of such1 aggression the executive council shall .'.isi.se upon the means by which the obligation shall be fulfilled. It is per-J fectly clear that the executive council! can compel no action under this ar ! tide. The use of the word advise do-1 Teats such a construction " ) Declaring Republican opponents of .the league were attempting to raak i the treaty a partisan issue, Mr. Robinson Robin-son charged Republican Senate Leader Lodge with "ridiculous inconsistency ", nrv |