Ogden Daily Standard | 1919-04-05 | Page 4 | Five Senators Are Denounced

FIVE SENATORS ARE DENOUNCED Bainbridge Colby Bitterly Arraigns Ar-raigns Borah, Poindexter, Reed, Knox and Lodge. STATEMENT DENIED Monroe Doctrine Not Violated by League of Nations Nor Sovereignty of U. S. ST. LOUIS. April 4 Declaring it the greatest Instrument. BfajQBt war ever presented for the world's adoption,; Bainbridge C olby. of New York, former vice president of th emergency flet corporation, in an address tonight on) the proposed covenant and denouncr-d Senators Borah. Poindexter. Reed, Knox and Lodge ns misrepresenting articles of the proposed instrument. Attacking a statement of Senator Reed that the proposed covenant contains con-tains a secret protocol nnd that Germany, Ger-many, In all probability was already iu it. Colby made public a message hei just received from President Wilson denying the senator's declaration and stating the proposed covenant contains no secret protocol. The message follows: "Statement that there is anv secret, protocol connected with, or suggested in connection with, the league or nations na-tions is absolutely false. (Signed) ''President Wilson." The Monroe doctrine will not be violated by the proposed covenant nor will the sovereignty of the JJ, s. Colby Col-by said.