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Show JOHNSON SEVERE IN RENUNCIATION Senator Declares His Friends Cannot Change Him From His Course. PAN VK XCTSCO. Oct. 1 Srntor Hiram W .lohnnon In two addresses ' 'here took arjrumonts in helmlf of the j league oi nations presented to two San 1 Francisco audiences by Presld.nl Wilson a fortnight ago, and sought to disprove the points in th presidential arguments, t He spoke at a luncheon nnd n mns.s ineei -Inp of citizens here tonlpM. President Wilson,, In behalf of the pca e treaty and leajrue of nations covenant, and Senator Johnson against f.ome pn-of pn-of the treaty and the league 05 Panned in the rovenant. appeared before San Francisco audience? exnctly two 'weeks ' apart Si nnior tohnson appeared before audl-I audl-I ences of his townspeople and was pvf n i fervent welcome Ho was r.ft.n inl-r-i rupted in his addresses by appUuse, pnr-j pnr-j ticularly as ha attacked the six rWteg I given England and five of Great Britain ,t colonli-s or dominions, nralnst one vot" for the fnlted States; win n h' declared J that the league of nations will not brlnp disarmament, but already has led to the l administration seeking to pass any arniv prucram lor a sunainc army in mis eountrv of 579,000 men, costing substantially sub-stantially a billion dollars a year, with conscription In peace time of youths -t 19 years." and whin ho declared that the fiirht himself and other senators were waging was to prevent 'British or Asi-atlr" Asi-atlr" control ( America's policies, in his first address at a luncheon to more than 1600 San Francisco business men the Oellfornla senator made refT. ence to the administration milltarv program pro-gram "I will tell you a secret about this." he said, "and that Is they will not p. t any e-uch army at all " H declared the award to Japan of Shant inx with the t'nltcd Slates a party to ihe deal, wu the first time Amen had ever broken Its plighted word of promlsr. The promise, he said, waa given giv-en China when the fnlted States and other powers soucht China as an ally, that the Fnlted States would protect Us Interests at the penc- conferenee. declared President Wilson had admin 1 the '"wrons done China and that Secr etary of 8tate l.uvr.- had said that If I the people of the Fnlted States under- stood the peace treaty they would not havs It He declared that ratification I of the treaty by the t'nited States would make this country a party to fttptpM I the wrongs he charged "Because nou won't eornmlt a burglary burg-lary is no reason why you should enter into partnership with a huriclar " he sair! Ths senator at'aeked the prmrtm address made in Salt Lake City In which the president said that amendment offered of-fered tn the senate to article ten of the conant was a knife at ihi h'r' of he dx ument "This amendment " nld Senator Johnson John-son seeks to keep the economic And military power of Ammea from being sier. into the hands of F.urop ind Al." He declared article ten took powers i.t control from congress and the Am.ri. can people and gave it to the league of nations Wtthou' recourse Twice dnring his ' nheon addresses. snater tehnson frtd " friend a sent te egrsms u him mtxtch were ma i mi i vHjjH I public, upholding the league covenant In his first reference he said ' I do not care to refer to any of the telegrams, sent to me, but how little lo ! these men understand me when they think that I would turn hack from thy I course because any man or any set of men demanded it of mc." 'chls reference brought his audience to Its feet He hid prefaced it by saylnr his entire fltrht was beinK made to got for the Fnited Stales Its Just deserts Near (be end of his address he ssid. "I am sorry, more sorry, than I can tell you. that some friends of mine, who 1 hope will still b" m friends, have seen fit to he. nme part of a propaganda In partisan press throughout the east nd In the I nlted Slates senate. This fight some- of ure making in the senate Is bigger thnn ny party It is sn Issue of Americanism.'' oo |
