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Show JOHNSON SAYS AMERICANISM IS BEINfiASSAILED LINCOLN, Nob.. Sept 17.- in addressing ad-dressing B large and enthusiastic gathering gath-ering here tonight Senator Hlrnm V Johnson of California on the 132nd Br nivorsary of thp signing of the on tution of the United Stales at Philadelphia, Phila-delphia, denounced the league of nations na-tions covenant as an infamous document docu-ment and declared that Its adoption would result in throwing (ho country into an international confederation aud deprive the republic of its independence independ-ence as a nation. It would, ho said, I ubstitute mist internationalism for Americanism "None but the people should be permitted per-mitted to throw this independent republic re-public in an internalional confeders tion," Mr Johnson said, "where it musl necessarily lose its independence of action. The people can do that, but ito public servant or BervantS of those people should be permitted to do i'. !t Is admitted by the president thai w lose our independence in the league. Misty internationalism h.:s been substituted for Americanism. " After enumerating the various burdens bur-dens which the peace pact imposes cn the United States, Senator Johnson raid : "The great, Fundamental question which every American lather and mother should answer Is: Shall American Amer-ican boys police the world; shall j American blood uphold, maintain and preserve old world governments and the territorial integrity of the natim? I Which have immensely increased their I boundaries? s Omaha the president definitely definite-ly announced himself against amendments amend-ments to the league of nations or reservations res-ervations of any sort. He says in el-ifect el-ifect to the American people. "You must accept the following document whi.'h I present to you, without Investigation Investiga-tion analysis, amendment, or reservation.' reserva-tion.' I.'pon what theory doe? he thus ; limit the action of what is supposed to be the great democracy of the 1 world ? When did the president of the j United States possess the power lo 'say to its people and Its congress. You 1 must'" When this league of nations (was discussed at Paris, Ureal Britain sould not be a party tint il flreat Britain Bri-tain was given six votes and in this! fashion Great Britain amended it France declined to subscribe to rie league unless Prance was given an of- : tensive and defensive alliance by the United Slates and although the president presi-dent had denounced, up 10 the very ! moment that he signed it. an) special I alliance or any separate agreement' I with any nation he yielded to Clemen- 1 'ceau and brought back to us th' special spe-cial alliance against which he had so iten declaimed. Thus Prance amended amend-ed the league Japan declined to sin the league until ghen Shantung, wiih i its 38.000,000 Chinese. The president whispered he would never consent and! forthwith he yielded and consummated the Shantung infamy. Thus Japan amended the league. "Just one country is denied (he privilege priv-ilege by Mr. Wilson of protecting its life, its treasure, its sovereignty, its j blood and its future, and that country is i he l nited States j "The senate insists that the United States shall be protected and that BU h (reservations are as necessary for the ! preservation of our institutions id our rights shall be written into ihe Instrument. The president denies this right to the American people and the renate, while according it to every ether eth-er nation. The senate may have all the faults which the president attributes attri-butes to it, but today it stands tael bulwark of American liberty, stands between the American people and '.he: J'inholy attempt to foist upon them for-j ign dom ina I ion "Thp League of nation? comes to its Liter its practical members have bfeui gorged with territory, with their boundaries boun-daries and their limits increased Le-yond Le-yond the wildest 'In am-, and with oth-ei oth-ei immense tracts of th world's sur-face sur-face yet to be distributed amont; th- m After ihese extraordinary accessions ol territory, when each of the four cations ca-tions possesses lands far greater than ever before, ihe one going, solvent national na-tional concern on earth undertakes bj Article In to guarantee forever these extraordinary territorial limits. " It was in the name of Americanism that our boys went across the sea, thai you so cheerfully gave of your blaod i-nd treasure, but you are now told that I his Americanism la narrow, selfish, sel-fish, larking in altruism, devoid or vision, and we are asked lo blot it out, to substitute for patriotism, interna -I ionalisiu. "We at Washington say it shall not be done." |