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THE LEAGUE
OF NATIONS
AN AJMUMlliM' IX ITS l'AYOK HI'
Y. 'i'. WILCOX AM) A KB L'li V
To Tho Tribune:
'Having boon provontod by slcknoss
from attending tho mooting of tho
Longuo of Women Votora ou'tho ovon
ing of Oct. 22tl ami expressing my
views upon the Lcaguo of Nations, I
havo- concluded to put tho same in
writing:
In tho many articles which wo road
upon tho League of Nations, thoso
who uro in favor of tho Lcaguo nssumo
tho false premise that tho Loaguo of
NatloiiH will keep us out of futuro
wars, and therefore, thoso who nro
opposed to tho United States becoming
a party to tho Loaguo in its present
form, or to any Loaguo at nil, aro In
favor, of war.
Thy fuels uro that those who aro
opposed to tho United States becom
ing ji party to Uio present Loaguo,
tako ' tho position that tho Loaguo
will, as to tho Unitod States, bo a"
breeder of war. That whouover tho
war lords of Europo Btart u war flro,
tho American boys will havo to cross
tho qcoun and help put it out, and
that Articlo 10 of tho Lcaguo so re
quires. I think it will bo concodod that
there is no danger of tho Unitod States
stirring up a war whothor a mombor
of tho Lcaguo or not. Tho Unitod
States ia a Nation, for peaco and not
for war. Thcreforo, it is unnecessary
for tho United States to bocomo a.
mombor of the Loaguo to keop us out
of our wars.
Thoso, thoroforo( who ndviso tho
United Stales to Join tho Lcaguo, do
so with tho Idea that it will keop us
out of othor countries' wars, or that
Ihoro will be no futuro wars. Now,
tho covenants of tho Loaguo oxprossly
provide that tho members shall bo
como a party to all wars rocognizod
by tho Loaguo.
,1 quoto James 11. Rood, Domooratlo
Soimtor from Missouri:
"AjtlcJo 10 of thb Loaguo oxplioltly
provides that wo undertake to pro
servo, against oxtornal nggrosslons tho
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day Morning.
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territorial Integrity and independence
of other members of tho League. That
obligation may, at any time, call upon
us to send our armies and navies
across tho ocean."
Thoso in favor of tho presont
Lcaguo contend that Articlo 10 does
not so provide I quoto tho languago
of Elihu Itoot, who has but recently
returned from Europo, whero ho has
spont months in associating with rep-
rosoutatlvoB from othor countries, who
iro mombors of tho Lcaguo, in form-
lug an International Court to operate
as a Dopartmcnt of tho Lcaguo. Ho
was appointed to this position by
President Wilson, by roason of his
recognized broad mind and legal abil
ity. This Is what ho says in regard
to Articlo 10: j
"I think it most objectionable that
tho American people shall enter into
a solemn and positive argccuient to
guarantee and maintain by force of
urniB for all tlnio tho disposition of
territory nnd sovereignty of all mom
bors of tho Loaguo. That Is a part of
whut Articlo 10 undertakes to do."
It Is contended farthor, by tho sup
porters of tho Lcaguo, that notwith
standing tho provisions of Articlo 10,
that Congress alono can dcclaro war.
Thoroforo, If tho mombors of tho
Lcaguo should doclaro its provisions
violated and war Inevitable, that
Congross would havo tho right to prc
vont tho Unitod States from bocoming
a party to such war. ,
Listen again to what Mr. Root
stated tho othor day on that point:
"Tho troublo about giving tho
guarantoo provided in Articlo 10 Is
that tho making of a troaty containing
it is a solemn assuranco to nil nations
that It is within tho troaty making
powor and that tho promlso to mako
war binds Congross as fully ns It binds
all othor mombors of our govornmont
to mulntaln tho plighted faith of the
Unitod Stated. A rofusal by Congross
to pass tho nocossary war resolution
would bo a broach of tho covenants
of tho Loaguo."
Hut you say that tho Loaguo is for
peaco. Yes, and it also has its pro
visions for war. I call your attention
to provisions contalnod In Artlolo 1G
of tho Loaguo ns follows:
"Should any mombor of tho Longuo
rosort to war in disregard of Us
covenants under Artlolos 12, 13 or 1C,
1b shall ipio facto bo doomed to havo
commlttod nn act of war against nil
tho othor mombors of tho Loaguo."
But listen to tho further prbvlslon
In said articlo:
"It shall bo tho duty of tho Council'
in such ease, to recommend to the
soveral governments concerned (that
is to tho members of the League) what
effectlvo military, naval or air force
tho members of tho League shall sev
erally contrlbutd to tho armed forces,
to bo used to protect tho covenants of
the' League."
If tho Council In which Uncle Sam
has one vote, decides that tho United
States should contrlbuto two million.
men or more, that would bo our con
tribution. But llston to this provision of Ar
ticle 1G:
"The mombors of tho League agree
further that they will mutually sup
port one another in the financial and
economic measures which aro taken
under this-articlo."
That means that Undo Sam must
back with his finances ns well as his
boys, tho other members of tho
Lcaguo, tho most of whom aro men
and money bankrupts. That will
mean tho Issuing of Lcaguo bonds for
financing tho war in an amount that
will mako tho Liberty Bond issuo look
liko thirty conts.
"Why thoso demands for men and
mouoy, if tho Lcaguo of Nations will
keop us out of war?, Four years ago,
whon tho political slogan was, "Ho
kept us out of war," and to vote for
Prostdont Wilson is a voto against
war, and a voto ngalns him Is a voto
for war, would the pooplo havo been
docolvcd If tho President had nt that
timo mado a similar demand for men
and appropriations of monoy?
But, ns I undertsand it, thoro aro
forty-ono mombors of tho Loaguo who
havo signed up. Thoso who nro now
in tho Lcaguo include tho most of tho
ipowors who havo been tho war breed
ers and mlschlot makers in tho past,
and thoso who havo not signed up nro
soparated from tho United States by
tho ocean, except Mexico, and Uncle
Sam 13 not particularly alarmed about
Moxlco.
It tho Loaguo will accomplish what
Its frlonds predict, lot tho forty-ono
who nro now mombors demonstrate
that fact. But lot us ncvor obligate
Uuolo Sam in advance, to furnish tho
mon nnd nionoy to sottlo tho wars n
cross tho son. Wo can holp, if it ia
considered ndvlsablo, whon tho time
cornea. But lot the Congress of tho
United States dooldo how many boys'
INCORPORATED
TO WEAR CLOTHING SHOES
J. E. NELSON, MANAGER
must cross tho ocean and how much
money wo will contrlbuto, not tho
Council of tho Lcaguo.
I call attention to tho fact that this
Council of tho League is provided for
in Article 4, and I am unablo to stato
tho numbor comprising the Council,
but without doubt, at least eight, and
it provides that it may bo increased
as the members of tho Lcaguo may de
cide, but at no time, will Undo Sam
havo in the League or In tho Council,
but ono vote.
This should not be considered a
party question. Democratic sena
tors, Thomas of Colorado, Reed of Mis
souri, and other senators, whom I con
sider tho ablest members of that
part5", aro against tho League.
W. J. Bryan, whoso Democracy has
never been questioned, was not in
, favor of tho League, as presented to
tho Sonnto, and Mr. Bryan is not tak
ing a very active part hi this Cam
paign. In fact, thoro aro many who
nro now sldo-stopplng on tho propo
sition. The uuklndost thing which I havo
noticed in regard to tho proposition,
is tho attempt to mako William II.
Taft tho "goat" for tho League of
Nations. It was charged tho other
day, in a political address, by ono of
tho Presidential candidates, tho first
timo it wns over suspicloned, that
President Wilson advised with Mr.
Taft in regard to tho Important pro
visions of tho Lcaguo, and that it vas
really Taft's child and not President
Wilson's. I wonder why it was that
Mr. Taft was consulted and not some
mombor of tho President's own party,
unloss It was to uso him a as para
chuto it tho Loaguo was defeated.
Mr. Taft was rojectod by tho pooplo
oight years ago, and In my judgmont,
tho'Loaguo of Nations in its presont
form, will moot tho samo fato Nov.
2d.
W.'T. WILCOX.
A REPLY.
Tho Editor of Tho Tribune, recog-
nlzing his accountability In attempt
ing to measure swords with a master
of public nrgumont liko W. T. Wil
cox, disclaims any dofonso of tho
position taken by Prosldont Wilson or
tho Domocratlo party. Wo aro certain
that tho Unitod Statos will Join tho
iAKiguo as soon as tho politicians nro
through with tho documont and it is
turnod ovor to tho statosmon. Wo
hnvo ohnrgd tho Senatorial oligarchy
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with tho defeat of tho covenant entire
ly for political ends and theroforo wo
cannot accept such evidence as that
given by members of this oligarchy
as worthy of consideration. Senators
Reed and Root aro talking only to do
feat tho League.
There is no question but that when
tho war lords of Europo start a flro
the American boys will have to cross
tho ocean and help put it out. The
last war showed that tho world is ono
family. Wo tried to keep out but we
icoulcl not. Tho only way for us to
stop war Is to keep tho European war
lords from starting tho firo. Neither
Reed, nor Root, nor Harding havo
proposed a plan of this kind. The
League of Nations does propose a plan
and it looks good.
Articlo 10 of this covenant is given
hero in full:
"The members of the League under
take to respect and preservo as a
galnst oxternal aggression tho terri
torial Integrity and existing political
Indopendenco of all members of tho
Lcaguo. In cus0 of any such aggres
sion or in enso of any threat or danger
of such aggression tho Council shall
adviso upon tho means by which this
obligation shall bo fulfilled."
This does not say that tho Council
shall order or compel but that it shall
adviso. Tho Council is composed of
tho representatives of tho principal
Allied and Associated Powers. When
Wo adopt tho Lcaguo thcro is no ques
tlon of tho United States having a representative-
on tho Council. Now hero
Is tho first paragraph of Articlo 5.
"Except whero otherwise expressly
(Provided in this covenant or by tho
terms of tho present troaty, decisions
at any meeting of tho Council shall
rcqulro tho agreement of all the mom
bors of tho Lcaguo represented at tho
mooting." Notlco tho word "all". Ar
ticle 10 quoted above does not provide
oth'orwiso, so Articlo 5 controls Articlo
10. This is what it roally says: "When
tho representative of tho United Statos
agreos to it, tho Council may ndviso
this country about war mattors."
Doob anyone roally think that those
wily Sonators nro afraid of that
But thoy arguo that wo will bo mor
ally bound to follow tho ordors of the
Loaguo. If tho Loaguo would Issue
orders that aro right wo would want
to follow them nnd If tho ordors aro
not right tho members of the Loaguo
could never agrco to Issuo thorn. We
always havo frlonds at Court.
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Summed up tho opin- 8
ion of Leading Amer
ican Financiers is
that if the country
does not sink it will
remain afloat.
The last war taught us that wo must
give our boys and our money to sup
port one sido of a great conflict. Tho
next war must, repeat tho shedding of
American blood and the taxing of
American resources. It Is all Wo
can do to keep out of taking sides
right now in tho Irish-English dif
ficulty, which is puroly an intern.n
affair. There is no uso In talking a
bout staying out of a war: wo havo
. to consider how to stop the war be
, foro it starts. The League is a fact
' and only needs tho United States to
mako it function as a world-wide
movement to prevent- war. It may
not succeed in preventing all war but
it will give us tho machinery which
was lacking at tho timo the World
war started.
Ono hundred years ago a president
of this country issued a decree defying
the nations of Europe. It was tho
Monroo Doctrine. All the stand-patters
ad shrimp-politicans of that day
got up on their toes and shouted that
it would brood war but it didn't. Years
later tho American fleet crossed tho
Atlantic, sailed into tho Mediterran
ean Sea and bombarded a foreign
capltol. When ordered over to Tripoli
by tho President, this generation
of stand-patters and political mouth
ers got up on their toes and shouted
that it would breed war but it didn't.
Again a generation later a President
of tho United Statos sent a doflnnco
to the Mistress of the Seas Jn regard
to tho Venezuelan question and Pres
ident Clevoland was told by that gen
eration of stand-patters that it would
brood war but it didn't. And now in
this generation wo havo tho descen
dants of tho stand-pattors of old and
they got up on their toes and shout
that tho Loaguo Covenant will breed
war and a lot of good loyal Americans
tako It for gospol because they road
It In a" good old political sheet and re
peat it for conviction.
Thoro is no uso in confusing tho
question by construing tho meaning
wo want into the articles of tho
Longuo. It may bo that it needs
clarifying. Hnrdlng anys "I do i
want to clarify." Cox says "Wo w '
accept any rosorvatlon 'that helps -clarify."
Thoso two quotations n'
pear on tho front pago of tho last i
suo of tho Literary Digest. Wo nr
for tho Loaguo as tho" host plan v
fofforcd for provohtlng war, with re
WILSON TOUT.
