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Show cuii WILSON Declares United States! Has Not a Friend in Europe. ATTACKS LEAGUE I CovenantKasProvisions That Will Inevitably Provoke War. WASHINGTON. Sept. 26. When President Wilson ended his work at the Paris peace conference, "the United Unit-ed States had not a friend in Europt Asia or Africa and our brilliant service I in the war was almost forco.'ten in the storm of protests which followed him as he sailed for home, ' Senator Cummins. Cum-mins. Republican. Iowa, declared today i in an address in the senate attacking the league of nations' covenant. j "The only thing the president brought with him which was joyfully received Hi America by multitudes of , good people," Senator Cummins said, I "was a covenant tor a league of nations na-tions and this was recelve-d only be- ' fore those people had made Inqulrj , and who believed that the league would bring peace to a war-weary world anu J would maintain it in all the years to jcome. Gradually they are understand ing that there are some provisions in the covenant which must Inevitably 1 provoke war." Ceplorcs Charge of Political Designs Senator Cummins deplored the at tempt of some senators to charge other senators with opposing the treat) to 'accomplish th ir political designs, a-jwell a-jwell as efforts of the latt r group to make it annear that those suooortinc the president wi re indifferent, if not hostile, toward th vital concern-- ol their own counti Senator Cummins contended Coat when the war was ended, our exit should have b i n as Bpeedy and complete com-plete as possible." This did not mean, however, he said, that the I'nited States should have abandoned its al lies or have made a separate peace with Germany, "but it doei mean that it was not our duty to associate ourselves our-selves with foreign powers in reform- Ing the map of the world and in agreeing agree-ing to maintain it as the victors had I made it. Condemns Shantung Agreement. Condemning the disposition uf Shantung, Shan-tung, Senator Cummins said he wanted to relieve the American republic "iroin the et. rnal odium of the Shantung rime," and "from the disgrace of pass ing over Thrace to Bulgaria." Then would be many Shantungs, he - lid, and ;t ihe principal associated power worked m harmony it would mean complete arbitrary power in control of the world. As much as he disliked the wrong done to China he would object to th' principles previously announced and vote against the committee amendment amend-ment awarding the province to China. "The man who attempts to preach th. doctrine that peace with German; , with or without the league of nations, means peace for the world in .he relations re-lations of men with men or producing, selling and buying According to ancient an-cient customs. Inflictl incalculable in-Jury in-Jury on the public. 'If America," ho said, "is shackled to the proposed league of nations Just OS i' Is written she will go blindly and blunderingly into the future, incapable of guiding her own people safel ihrouc-h these dark and difficult days." j OO I |