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Show LEAGUE AN UNHOLY ALLIANCE I FIRST HEROES OF WAR ARE ACCLAIMED I LEAK Calls It Deformed Experiment Ex-periment Upon a Noble Purpose. IlS AN ALLIANCE ' Contains Many Provisions Provis-ions for War Kills 1' Monroe Doctrine. 5VASHINGTON Aug. 12 Describ-F Describ-F In? the league of nations as "a de-I de-I formed experiment upon .1 D bli B pose," Senalor I, oil.-. uf Maarh'i- setts, chairman of t h foreign relu-I relu-I tions committor, and Republican lead-Ler lead-Ler of ihe senate, d elared In .1 senate JT Bpeech today that ihere were featured t e." the league rrnrnr.nl which "as an 1 Anirn an" he- n - it roulri accept. Creating not a league of peace, but an alliance mhr;. ing man "provi-, n- 1 sions fur -v u ." 1 hi 1 ovenanl I 1 ed would kill the Monroe doctrine, ! nullify any possibllitj of withdrawal i from membership, impair th sovei elgn power of deciding domestic qus- (ions and "plunge the 1'niied States in I .to even controversy and ronflict on I the face of 1 hi if "I am as anxious as any human bc-I bc-I ling can be to have the United States render every possible sr , , i,, the V civilization and l ho peace of mankind." J h- said. In;' I am certain v.'e can di it best by nor pulting ourselves in rid ' tf ing strings or subjecting our policies' F or Foverejjcnty to other natlnos. I "I can neer be anything else but an 1 American and I must think of the! I United State first and when I think Met the l'nited States first in an ar-Lranpement ar-Lranpement like thU 1 am thinking oi 1 what is best for the world for If thei United si at ps falls the best hopes 1 f mankind fall with it I Legal Adviser Testifies. WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 The plan for a league of nations used as a basis 1 I of discussion at Versailles was not any : ! I of the drafts submitted by the United J I States, Great Britain. France or Italy, but was a combination of all of them.1 t the senate foreign relations commit ice 1 f- was told today by I 'avid Hunter Miller J J M legal adviser to tb league of nations Bommission at Wr-aiil. -I Chairman Lodge said President Wii- 1 son had told the committee at Hi- 1 While House in March thai the Brit-th Brit-th plan drawn by General Smuts was c sed as a basis of consideration, but 1 jKthe witness protested that such was ' I' not his recollection. ' The witness said he bad submitted memoranda on the American plan, but! did not S(.e t),e finished product until j ft it was printed In the form transmitted A to the committee vesterda,r by Presi- L I dent Wilson "Where did the plan come from?" I j ft asked Senator Lodge. 1 "I suppose it came from the pro 1 dent " f "What became ,f it" l "' think it w.i; Bubmltti d to ft , commission on the league of nation 1 ft I personally didn't bave anything to I do with it." I Heart of World Not Breaking "V'f' are told that ve shall break v ne b.-art ol the world jf we do not 0 I take this league just as it stands I j J tear that the hearts of the vast ma-L ft Jority of mankind would beat on stead-! fa f ly and without any quickening it the , I. league were to perish altogethei "Ideals have been thrust upon us as I an arcunv?nt for the league until the ft Wealthy mind shhh rejects cants re- ,", 1 Volts from them." , I Likening the league to the ill lame, , Hty alliance, Mr. Lodge quoted the) govenant provision giving the assem- t hly authority "to deal at its meetings 1 v'ith any matter atfectlng the pea.ee I of the world." and continii.il I, Alliance Curse to World There Is no such sweeping or far- 0 I reaching provision as that in the I ttoat of TarK and yet able men do- n I veloped from the treaty the holy al- nance, which for 35 years was an un- b I "litigated curse to the world. England broke from the holy alliance because d tnghsh statesmen saw that it vaa in- t J'nded to turn the alliance and thifi ague is an alliance into a means repressing Internal revolutions or t lftsurreetion- b I nf .Any matter affecting 1 the peace p 6 01 the world." is a very bread slate- s ment would could be made to justify almost any interference on the part -of the leaguew ith the internal affairs of other countries. Criticizes Article 10 "In Article 10 the United States is bound on the appeal of any member of the league not only 10 respect and to preserve its independence and its boundaries, and that pledge, if we give It. must be fulfilled There is to me no distinction whatever in a treat and what some persons are pleased to call legal and moral obligations. A treaty must rest upon moral obligations. The pathway of dishonor is always open. ' But whatever the United States agrees :o, b' 'hat agreement she must abide. I "Under Article 11 if King Hussienj (of Hedjas) appeals to us for aid and notection against external aggression iVe should be bound o give that aid ind protection and to send American (oldiers to Arabia. This illustrates the point which is to me the most objec-ionable objec-ionable of the league. I know the inswer as well 'that of course they ! seuld not be sent without actiou by :ongre3s.' Congress would have no :hoice if acting in good faith. Points Out Difficulties "Let me now briefly point out the nsupcrable difficulty which I find in rticle If,. It begins 'If there should; irlso between members of (he league in dispute likely to lead to a impure imp-ure ' " 'Any dispute' covers a dispute over ariff dues and over Immigration. "An immigration dispute or a dls-mte dls-mte over tariff dues met by the procedure pro-cedure set forth in Article 13. comes lefore the assembly for a decision by t'hat is practically a majority vote of 1 he entire assembly. There should be j 10 possibility of other nations deciding! i"ho shall come into tho United States I r what conditions they shall entei 1 f a nation cannot say without appeal ho shall come within Its gates and if come a part of its citizenship it has cased to be a sovereign state Miller Is Questioned. Questioned by Senator Brandegee, Ir. Miller said he was a law partner f Gordon Achlncloss, son-in-law of olonel E. M. House, one of the Ameri-an Ameri-an delegates to ihe peace conference. "Did you have any experience in in-prnatlonal in-prnatlonal affairs in drafting the : Katies?" asked Senator Brandegee. "Not prior to my appointment as a pedal assistant in the state depart-lent. depart-lent. shoril- after the United States ntered the war." Mr. Miller said he never had hear! f any plan lor a lejague dratted by ' lew York lawyers and taken to Paris y t,he president Senator Brandegee asked "of whu ate" the territorial integrity ni?!!- : iond under Article 10 of the coven-nt coven-nt was to be guaranteed. "I understand the boundaries and 1 rritorlal integrity of nations are (o " guaranteed primarily as they exisr-d exisr-d al the signing Of the treaty an 1 1 econdariry as tho may br ' deter- 1 mined under tin treaty by plebiscite, for instance." Confirmation of Palmer. Washington. Aug. 12 Confirmation Confirma-tion by the senate of thu nomination af A. Mitchell Palmer to be attorne; general was recommended by the senile sen-ile judiciary sub-committee which ba3 been holding hearings on the appointment appoint-ment Demobilization of Army. WASHINGTON. Aug 12. Demobilization Demobi-lization of the urniy "so far as combatant com-batant troops are concerned," will be completed by the last of October, Sec-1 rotary Baker announced today. |