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it CALDER REITERATES LEAGUE CAN'T STAND Says Senate Will Cut It Out of Peace Treaty Unless Modified. 5IOPES FOE SEPARATION Tolls Queens Chamber of Com- - morce Labor Must Aid in Reducing Building Costs. Ther was much hndclapplnr among ISO members of the Queens Chamber Of Commerce In their meeting room In Long Iiland City yesterday when Will- iam XI. Calder, United States Senator, told them that the Senate vrould reject the constitution of the League of Na- tions unless the draft that President Wil- son favored during his sojourn In this country was modttled greatly In Paris. \As one 'of the thirty-nin- e signers of the resolution presented to the Sen- ate by Mr. Lodge,\ Senator Calder said. \I believe we have rendered a publlo service by letting the 'President know that at least a third of the Senators would oppose the terms of his consti- tution. I have sufficient confidence In. the President's Judgment to believe that In the end, In view of the attitude of the Senate, he will bring the constitu- tion back with very material amend- ments. If it la not amended and h brings it back Involved with a peace treat-- , a majority of the Senate will strike out the constitution and approve the treaty. Or It they are so Involved that they cannot be separated the treaty Itself will be rejected. I 'hopo that he will bring back the two documents separately. \I assure you that the Senate Insists that the constitution of the League of Nations must be plainly written and must be plainly understood. It must not guarantee the territorial Integrity of Slam. Uraguay, Paraguay and all the other nations of the world. If It does do that I shall not vote for It. There ore many good things In this proposed constitution and If It In properly modi- fied It will be approved. railed to Advise Senate. \I reapect the President and beltove In his sincerity. But he did not advise with a single Senator of either party on the terms of the peace proposal before he tient away, and this despite the fact that a short time before he had aslied the country for a vote of confidence and this was refused him. \You may think that this Is an Inop- portune time to discuss this matter, but I do not believe It Is. I shall be one of the ninety-si- x men to determine this mo- mentous question, and I believe It Is not only proper but my duty to have the people, know my views on all Important publl; questions.\ Mr. Calder remarked also that al- though the armistice was signed more than four months ago \It was only within the last two weeks that work on the terms of peace was actually considered.\ The rest of the Senator's speech was devoted to hints on business reconstruc- tion from the standpoint of a business man. Quoting John SSerman, he said \the only way to resume Is to resume.\ \I know the suggestion Is made,\ he went on, \that we lake account of stock and wait until thlng3 become normal again. If by that Is meant that we should refrain from business activity until the return of conditions that pre- vailed before the\. \war then In my Judg- ment we shall never begin. nemnnda a Pall Duy'i \Work. It Is not no much a question of reduc- tion of wages as It Is a tnitter of the ef- ficiency of labor. It has been Mtl over over again that the Government did not require a full day's work In these war days. This spirit must cean and labor ehould understand that It will have td.contrlbute Its best to bring about bus-ln- en activity again, and that the char- acter of their work must be In keeping with the wages the workers are receiving. The employer must sell his product during this reconstruction period at the vevy oest margin of profit. The prob-Ip- h of e business man and of the working man U the same. The imprew-flo- n that sorr.i have sought to create in t r minds of men who labcr that they rnust bear the entire reduction In the cvtl of production Is a great mistake, but nt t'.ie same time labor must bear In mlrrl that It will be required to put forth Its best efforts to help. \Wo have enacted a tremendous tax bill for this year. It will be difficult for many of us to meet It, but with th.) convening of the new Congress sters must be taVen at once to adjuat the cbjlgatlms of the nation so that the Vast potslble burden will be laid upon the shoulders of the peoplo of the coun- try in the years to come. Snccriti a Ilndget flystetn. \It seems to me thlB can be done If (h liquidation of our bonded Indebted- ness Is extended over a period of at least thirty years, and with a proper budget system and economy In gov- ernmental expenditures our entire would be cancelled without unusual Inconvenience ,to our peopl. \Some men In \Washington have argued that the war should be paid for row. r.nd that the next generation should not be asked to bear their share of It. I differ with these gentlemen, for If this war Is to be a lasting advantage f the nation then thore who have not been aoked to shed their blood should be railed upon to make contribution to the cause of liberty, and If we work out a system wh as I have Indicated 1 am certain there will be no great hardship for those who come after us. If some such method Is provided we will return oon ;e the hacaif ss andjjffvrlty of Mr. Calder said that the scarcity of housing facilities due to stoppage of building during the war has reached an scute r.tage and thot nothing better could be done ss a measure of construc- tion than to erect many new buildings. All Must Make Sacrifices. In order to cut the present high cost of building \men must be willing to ac- cept a lower price for their material than obtained In war time ; labor must be willing to make some sacrifice on the war tlire scale of wagsi capital must realize that Increased coMs are likely to continue for a period of years and that the Increased relurnB now obtainable on teal estate Justify Increased outlays for new houses. Lenders of money on bond and morlgag must make more gener- ous loans In recognition of the Increased cost of buildings and mako provision for Ota amortisation of these higher loans.\ 1 Speaking of the harbor strike Senator Calder raid It was an extremely terlous thing, regardless of the merits of the controversy, that the Government should tep In and take the side of men whq have agreed to Federal arbitration and then have refused to abide by an adverse decision. He thought Congress might have to pass a compulsory arbitration law. A\ to tbe tremendous cast to this Jttate and city of government and loss Af ilnuor license revenue after' July 1 Mr. Colder wondered If Jt would Jtot be wlf to .try' In New York the levyJng of U consumption or purchase tax say, I per nmi. nn iverv ourcliase of more than II worth. Hs also favored, a State. Income inx?r& thM real estate. tax ur- - HjfrWfri1' urtTi-rrr- f-lr- Y' \ ' DECLARES LEAGUE IS BIG 1920 ISSUE Continued from Firtt Fape. Democratic party for the time bolng lias ceased to et'at. It Is held tightly In the President's vest pocket. This means of course that he can and will utilize the great body of both practical and theoretical Democrats In the ful fillment of his cherished ambition. There can be no fair criticism of his pursuing mis course. \The complete surrender of the Demo cratic party to an Individual was volun tary and It must necessarily abide tho consequenoes and take Ita chances. It may happen of course that the covenant will be so thorous-hl- revised and amended that the President will be nblo to coerce even the Republican Sonata Into accepting It. That was the thought expressed the other evertlntr bv Presi dent Lowell, who Inferentlally and, I trust, unconsciously, presented the strongest array of reasons for rejecting the present proposal that have appeared up to date. TVothlnc Left of Old Pact. \When you read carefully tho many amendments suggested and virtually In sisted upon by President Lowell you will aiscover mat there is not enough left of the original document to put through the eye of a needle. \Whether there be any truth or not In the familiar adage that Lowells talk only with Cabots and Cabots talk only with God' one thing Is quite certain, that Is that President Lowell, Irre- spective of restrictions upon his con- versations certainly does not talk with President Wilson, despite the fact, a heralded with great exultation by newspapers, that President Wilson has been hailed by the masses throughout Europe as a 'second Mes- siah.' \Now the situation is this. The night before tho President sailed he announced tho first thing he was going to say to the people abroad was that he had behind \him In America an overwhelm- ing majority eagerly supporting his\ spe- cial project. Whether ho kept this pledge and gave them such assurance we are uninformed. \If so, the fact has not yet developed In the published reports, although that Is anything but conclusive evidence be- cause of the continuing existence of a mot capable censorship. \What we do learn with every semblance of authority is that tho Presi- dent has succeeded In obtaining the ap- proval of other Powers to n. degree suf- ficient to enable him to incorporate In the preliminary peace treaty the cove- nant Itself substantially as written origi- nally. In precise accord with his dec- laration that this Is what he meant to do and fully Intended to do rerard- - lees of the ssntlment of this country uxcepi as ne personally anould tee fit to Interpret It. IV III Xot De natlflcd. \Now gentlemen, to those who are familiar with the attitude of the United States Senate nothing could be more cer- tain than that the covenant as It stands will never be ratified by two-thir- of that part of the treaty maklr.ir rawer. The probability Is that decplte the Presi dent's ingenuity In Intertwining the league notion In the peace treaty the document Itself will be susceptible to disentangling to such an extent at any rate as to enable the Senate to ratify the portion bearing directly upon the peace settlement without perhaps even passing upon the remainder concerning me League or Nations. \If so the League of Nations will con- tinue to be a subject of contention and the President, having staked his all. both as a matter of present accomplish- ment and as for making a definite place In history, will almost Inevitably carry out his announced programnfe or threat or whatever It may be called, of going siraigni to tne people. \Should he do eo the Ifsuo thus raised by him 'would be so far reaching and eo overwhelming that It would simply dwarf all other partisan questions. There would be lft then no escape for the party from accepting the chal- lenge of Internationalism against na- tionalism, of sentimentality against pa- triotism. \tt follows thrfore thnt If tMs situ ation should arise as It r.vt probably will arlf.e, tne cor.cluclon rescind as the re.ult of a most acut- - and convincing Btialj-sl- s In th v Tor's Scn a few days ago U correct. Mr. Munjey sum\\d up his carefully drain and convlnclnj deductions In these words: \ \Organliatlnn must be rret with organisation. There Is no other way. There Is no othe- - force save the Re- publican party apbl of meetlnr the Democratic hordes on the fields of combat and scattering them to the four winds. Dl.'organlr.ed opposition to the Wilson league will count ngalnr-- t the highly organised Democratic party, answering to the pirty whip wielded by llfa rtrong right hand of the President. IlnV lltcome an Issue, \To say at tills stage of the pro- ceedings that the Wilson league scheme should not become a party Issue when It Is already a mammoth party Issue nith the Democratic party is to say In effect that the league should have no opposition at all. \'Such a conclusion may be good enough for rome of us. but thank Cod It it not good enough for all of us. There aro some Americans r till among u. the men and women of the great Republican party an a whole, who ring true to the Ideals of the fathers who founded this freo and Independent nation. \ With the Republican party the die Is cast. It must go and sustain Its groat party leaders of the United States Senate, men of courage and pstrlotlem who have pledged them- selves to overthrow this Wilson scheme. It la to do this or through Inaction or Indecision commit polltl- - \\iai enrrue. ni licngua o; Na- tions\ Is a gripping phrare, meaning the elimination of war, but the Re- publican men and women of Amer. lea are now awakening to the full meaning of this denationalizing cove- nant that Mr. Wilson with his Demo- cratic party at his back la determined to force through. \The 1920 campaign Is already on. The League of Nations la the great Issue, The Democratic party, led by Ha Democratic President, hs ounded tho call to battle. If Tin Sun knows the American people. If The Sun knows the kind of stuff the Republican party 1b made of It has no doubt as to the kind of answer It will hurl at lis lifelong enemy, the Democratic party.1 Issue Well fltstrel. \Personally I believe that that comes as near being an exact statement of lite issue, tne overwhelming Issue which Is bound to confront the country In the next national campaign, wot only be cause It will mako for a final determi nation as between Internationalism and nationalism and as between sentlmen tnlity and patriotism, but because In terwoven in internationalism are all the threads of Socialism and Ilolshevlsm, and the sooner the Republicans take an unqualified stand upon all those al lied fallacies ine better It will b not only for our own country but for the entire world, There Is another reason why I wel. come, tbe test. I have In my mind, from instinct and faith, tremendously Inten sifies ,oy- me- uprisings of great au fTT' 1\ T\V ht h. rp pyaji ' THE' SUN, SATURDAY, MARCH 221919. 4 5. ultimata result will be ono of which no American need bo ashamed. Unless I wholly misread the determination ot the groat body Of patriotic and red blooded citizens who occupy that controlling tectlen of tho country neither next year nor ever will the American people vote to denationalize their republic. \Neither next year nor ever will they lieed tho fclnlster and Insidious Implora- - tlons of falc prophets to toss their be- loved country 'Into a melting pot to be mashed Into a pulp. Neither next year nor over will they yield ono jot or tho Independence of their nation or tin freedom of themselves. Mast Stake Question Clear. \All thnt It la Maentlnl to do Is to see to It that the issue la made absolutely clear and presented with full compre hensiveness to the 2S.000.U00 of think ing men and women who alone havo the right to decide whether the alien gov-- - ernment of tho United States advocated by Mr. Wilson shall supplant the homo government Installed by Oeorgo wasn-ingto- n and upheld to the uttermost by efery patriotic President through the long line down to Mr. Roosevelt, It Is a purely Ilrltlsh project. I so declared in Chicago last Saturday and my state ment was promptly challenged by sev- eral newspapers which camo to my at- tention on the way home. Now let us see about that Tho first commandment directs the making of 'opon covenants of peace and the abolition of secret diplomacy. Ten days before the labor conference declared that 'the British labor move- ment relies very largely upon tho super vision of secret diplomacy. \The third commandment calls for the removal of economic barriers and the establishment of an equality of trade conditions.' The labor conference had already declared 'against all pro- jects for un economic war, whether by protective tariffs or capitalist trusts or monopolies' and In favor of 'the open door and no hostile discrimination against foreign countries.' The fourth commandment demands reduction of armaments. 'We must seek,' said Mr. Lloyd Ueorge, three days be fore, 'to limit the burden of armaments, while ten days before the Labor Con- ference called for 'the common limita- tion of the costly armaments by which all people are burdened.' Concerning: Colonial Claims, \The fifth commandment requires 'Im- partial adjustment of all Colonial claims, based upon the principle that in determining all such questions tho Inter- ests of tho population concerned must have equal weight with the eouitable claims of the government whose title Is to be determined..' Mr. Lloyd George has already declared that the colonics must be 'held atltho disposal of a conference whoso decision must have primary re- gard to the wishes and Interests of the native Inhabitants.' 'The sixth commandment In that Russia shall be evacuated and assisted to an unhampered and Independent de- termination of her own political devel opment and national policy. The Allies on January 10, 1917, had demanded the evacuation of Russia, and Mr. Lloyd George on January 5, 1913, had added, We shall be proud to fight to the end Ida by side by the new democracy of Russia. Rusla can be saved only by her own people.' \The seventh commandment names as tho first of all such acts the evacuation and restoration of Belgium, without any attempt to limit tier soverelgny. Mr. Lloyd George had already said 'The first requirement always put forward by the British Government and their allies had been the complete restoration, political. territorial and economic ot the Inde pendenceof Belgium, and such repara tlon as can be made for the devastation of Its towns and provinces.' 'The labor conference also had said. 'a foremost condition of pnce must b the reparation by the German Govern ment for the wrong admittedly done to Belgium, payment by that Government for all tho damage that has resulted from the wrong, r.roi the restoration of Belgium to a complete and untrammelled Independence and sovereignty.\ \Again 'No other slnsle act.' raid the Tresldcnt. \will erve to restore confi- dence among the nations In the laws which they have .themselves ect and de termlned.' Must Itepndtate Wrongs. \ 'Before there can be any hope for stable pence,' Lloyd George had said. This great breach of the public law of Europe must be repudiated and so far as possible repaired. 'The eighth commandmant runs, 'All French vrritory .'hould he freed and the wrong dor. In 1S71 In the matter of AltRce-Lorraln- e should bo righted. In order that tho peace m-- once more be made secure.' Lloyd George had said, We mean to by the French democ. rary In the demand they make for a re consideration of the great wrong of 1871 Tills sore has poisoned the peace of EU' rope for hHlf a century, and until It Is cured healthy conditions will not mve been restored.\ The labor conference reaffirmed 'Its reprobation of the crime against the peace of the vorld In 1S71,\ and demanded Its undoing. \The ninth commandment calls for a 'readjustment of the frontiers of Italy along clearly rognlsblo lines of na tlonallty.' Lloyd George had regirded n vital, tne satlBft.ctlon of th\ legltl mate claims of the Italians fur union with thoe of t'lelr own race and tongue. The lnhor rnnffmicf declared 'Its warm est sympathy v.lth the people of Italian n. (toil hhu fpec.i who have been left out side of the boundaries assigned to th kingdom of Italj' and Its support of 'their claim to be united with those of their own race and tongue.'\ 'The tenth commandment runs: The peoples of Austria-Hungar- whose place among tne nations we wish to see fafe-guard- and assured, should be accorded the freest opportunity of autonomous developments.' Mr. Lloyd George has said. Though a breakup of Austria- - Hungary is no part of our wn alms, wo frel that unless genuine Is granted to those Au.tro-Hunga- - rlan nationalities who have long deslrrd It It Is Impossible to ho;o for a removal of those causes of unrest In that part of Europe winch nave so long threatened the general r'ople.' The last com- mandment declare that Fne-a- l. of nattons mutt he formeo\ under specific coenants for the runw. of affording mutual guarantees of pollt. leal independence and terrltorl.il Inti'g rlty to great and small Htatcti alike. Later commentators Interpret this as a league of ratlons to replace, the old alliances and balance of power, for the preservation or worlds peace, and there has been perhaps more contro- versy over It isr.d tho President's peri- patetic propaganda has been more directed to the promotion of It than nil the other commandment-- j put to. gether. \Well. Mr. Lloyd George certatnlv did not deny, dery and forever eiclude the nollon of tome such league when he said, 'We ar confident that a rrest attempt must be made to establish, by some international organisation, an al ternative to war ai a mtans of settling international oupuios.- - Here then we hae the tons et orlgo of the fourteen commandments, a dis- closure which must on the whole bo re. garded as reassuring and, gratifying an well as hlshly explanatory. It In ex planatory obviously of the President's otherwise strange unwillingness, or at least his failure to elucidate (a his ofrn countrymen the more precise meaning of such of the commandments as seemef to the man in tne street a trine crypUi\ Bank Knthessler rirte llve Years. Boston-- . March tl.,S maximum er. tence of, live years In the Federal Perl-tentla- at Atlanta was Imposed In the Federal Court lo-d- upon William Honlker, former teller of the Merchants National Bank of Cambridge, for em- - bexzicment ot iztoo. jtoniuer lud pleaded guilty to the' charge. SENATOR KING HAS NEW LEAGUE DRAFT Utah Democrat Will Send to Wilson Three Big Changes in Covenant. VERBIAGE IS CLARIFIED Monroe Doctrine Preserved and Immigration Left to Each Country. , Bpecinl DtipatcK to Tnr Hon. Washington, March 21. Senator King (Utah), ono of the five Democratic Senators who has so far slgnltlod oppo- sition to tho prcaent draft of tho League of Nations covenant, announced y that he was preparing changes In the draft given to tho world a few weeks ago which hs expected to send to Presi- dent Wilson In Paris. Senator King has been a consistent supporter of tho Administration In vir- tually 'all the fight he baa had with Con- - grces in the last few years, and while ho recently declared he would nut support the league covenant as It was originally drawn, his determination to put the changes he believes of vital Importance directly up to Mr. Wilson was taken to mean that he Is far from convinced that the original Instrument can got through tno united States Senate. Senator King said he not only expected to send his modified form of covenant to tho President, but hoped to go to Paris In tho next few weeks and presont his arguments to Mr. Wilson. \ Senator King proposes that the cove- nant be changed in three particulars and that the verbiage of the entire Instru- ment be clarified so thero can be no doubt of the moaning. His three changes aro designed to preserve the Montroe Doctrine, to Insure that questions such as Immigration and others of domestic policy be loft to each signatory nation and to give each member of the league the right to withdraw from It In the future if tt sees fit. Divides the Hemispheres. The amendment drawn to preserve the Monroe Doctrine declares that nothing In tho covenant shall be construed to In- fringe on It, and declares that questions which concern nations of the western hemisphere shall bo settled by the na- tions of that hemisphere, and those which concern tho eastern hemisphere shall be settled by nations there. The Utah Senator's suggestions for the safeguarding of domestic policies men- tion Immigration specifically, and de- clares that matters Involving the purely police powers of a nation shall be left to that nation for determination. It would clearly leave the settlement of such questions as that of Japanese Im- migration to Japan and the United States, or any other nation with which she might become involved. In drawing his amendment to permit any nation to withdraw from the league Senator King considered the view held by the present covenant's proponents that this point was covered already, but he declared that he wished It to appear In such form that It could not be controverted that this right did exist. Opponents of the league In the Senate who have been touring the country mak-l- r. speeches against the present draft found further encouragement y with the return to Washington of Sen- ators Borah (Idaho) and Moses (N. II. ) Senator Borah has been speaking against the covenant in New Tork State and Senator Moses in New England. Each found\ great Inlercrt In the dis- cussion of the league and Senator Moses declared he was more certain than ever that the present draft Is dead. 3foari Hears People Talk. \I made seven speeches In New Eng- land,\ r.ild Mr. Mosea, \and on my trip I did not travel In a Pullman but In tho smoker and I listened to the people talk. I found that rever.il points I made against the prtsent covenant got a strong reaction. \I did rot attempt to dwell on the Monroe Doctrine or on Washington's advise In his farwcll addrei. I made the point, however, that e.ntran'-- e into a league ruch as proposed meant we mS;ht In the future be Involved In Kuropcan conlllcts. I referred to the troubles In the Balkans and quoted Bis- marck's remark that the whole Balkan Peninsula wan r.ot worth the bones of one Pomeranian Grenadier. \Then 1 asked the crowds to translate that remark into terms of khaki find figure how many men we might have to send there om day. They climbed up on the chandeliers ar.d Bhouted 'None I' \ Senator Moses said he had gone into New England doubting how he would find sentiment, but came away convinced that it Is not for tho covenant Senator Borah salt) he was more than ever convinced that tho adoption of the oovenart by the United St.itos. Irvnhlng as It does tM live of all its cltirenf, should be submitted to a referendum by whl,-- h they would havo opportunity to show their feelings on It. Thirty Article In Covenant. Senator King's league covenant con- tains tlility articles n't! toctn muci the same ground H simplified phraseol-nF- v af the Wilson lengue, except im- portant changes embodied In article? XXVI, XXVII nml X.VVIII. wnici are as follows: . \Article XXVI. Tne states of tlie league acknowledge that the foreign pol- icy of the t'nl'ed States of America, known as tho Monroe Poctrttio, whMi hss for Its principal purpose the prot.;c. tlon of Us territorial Integrity and pollt. leal Independence of the free States of Nor'h and South America against the colonial rnto-prl- sr of Powers, la a Ju.t and proper policy : and the State nf the league cove-m- rt that no foreign Power- out Mc (A Ihe American -- .jta'cs htiu hereafter acquire by conquest, pur-c.iae- !, cession or otherwise any posses- sion on the American continent or on the Islands adjacent thtreto; and the States of th leiguo further fsl It I the purpose of these articles to ex- tend the principles of' the Monroe Doc- trine for the protection of tho territorial Integrity and tho political Independence of the liberalized and nationalised Slates under the protection of the league In the Eastern Hemisphere and In conformity with the Monroe Doctrine It shall h the policy of the league to commit to Uie Slates of tho Western Hemisphere the primary duly of the execution of the measure of the league In tre Weetorn Hemisphere and to commit to the Slates of the Eastern Hemlplier the primary duty of tho execution of th measures of tho league In the Eastern Hemisphere. \Article XXVII. The States ot the league acknowledge thnt the scope of thf se articles does not Include the proper domestic, internal and national police of any State, and Unit theso articles do not confer upon the league any powers with respect lo Immigration, Imposts, property. Inheritance, naturalisation or Cltlienahlp, and It Is expressly declared that the enumeration of these matters of policy In this article shall not In ny v Isa limit or restrict the rlsht of any State with respect to Its imtlojisl end Internal political poveivi and sovereignty as ricognlred by tho la1. of nations. \Artlc'e NXVHL The S'fttea of the league ngroc thnt any State which hatf' assented to these artlclsa may after ten years from th ratification thereof rnd Upon one year's Vctlce given to the ex- ecutive council withdraw (ts absent to these articles and from the Hague.'' SEES U.S. FREEDOM LOST WITH LEAGUE B. F. Harris, Champaign, 111., Banker, Calls Wilson's Ef- forts HE TAKES LINCOLN'S VIEW Also Decries \Farccology\ and Other Theories of Demo- cratic \Ologists.\ In accepting membership In the League for the Preservation of Ameri- can Independence B. F. Harris, a banker of Champaign, HI., and nt of tho Illinois flute Council of Defence, attacked tho Wilson plan for the I,caguo of Nations as n menace to American nationalism anjl criticised the President for what he termed his forced methods In trying to gain Its accep tance. The greatest service America can render the world, he believes, is In offer- ing an example of restrained, rational and disciplined democracy. Mr. Harris's letter said in part : \League for Preservation of American Independence, 25 Madison avenue. New York Cltv: \Draii Sins In accepting the invitation to loin the above Independence league, officered by Col. Watterson,. George Wharton Pepper. Churles S. rAirchlld &c. I want to say that at the request of Mr. Taft I spoke from the standpoint of 'the farmer and the business man nerore tho League to Enforco Peace Congress In February at Chicago. \I bollevvd then and apoko then, as I do .now. In favor of every sano and sound effort looking itoward the abolish- ment of war and the arbitrament of all International disputes. Opposes This Particular League. \I am, howover, unalterably opposed to tbe present form of the league con- stitution not to a league, but to the Cecil-Wils- league. \I resent also the and unconstitutional at- tempt on the rart of tho President or tho league propaganda to force this draft or anything akin to it upon our Senate or the people. \I denounce the dishonest scheme of a Democratic organisation, partisan be- yond endurance, to brand as 'partisan,' to bemean as 'pigmy minded' all who venture to protest against the details or the lack of details in this highly unsat- isfactory document \I am of those who believe with Abra- ham Lincoln that: \ \Only the people themrelves and not their servants can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions . . , that whatever may be the wishes or disposi- tion of foreign States, tho Integrity of our country and the stability of our Government depend not upon them but on the loyalty, the virtue, the patriotism and the intelligence of tho American people. , . . Let them beware of surrendering a political power which they already possess.' Where Onr Danarer Lies. \I am of thoye who feci that our greatest darger lies, not in tco rmich, but In too llttlo nationalism ; that In a restrained, rational, disciplined Ameri- can democraey Ilea our hope and the hope of and our greatest service to mankind. \America went Into this war as a fe nation It must come out and stay out tree ' \Taking Mr. Wilron seriously when he a!d: W shim fight for the thlngi which we have always carried nearest our hearts,' we fleht for the Con- stitution and with Cleveland tand evry President before and to 1313) 'against any departure from the foreign policy commended by cur history, tradition and prosper!-.-- . \Have we stopped to realize that a little partisan picked, unelected, unin- dorsed and thus unrepresentative with more than 300 similarly i.e!etd rpeclallf ts' on gogrRPhv, geology, philology, arohipology. mythology . farceology, but no Amerloolory, are our destiny, meanwhile ex- pecting the doxology from uc? \A IJO.OOO.OO') fund with a world momentous work and not a single Sena- tor or oth\r elected or constitutionally coordinated representative, except'rg our ivpMrlated President, who does unt speak from thn American point of view, for. In sttemptlng to speak 'for .ill ir.n every w here,- b takes In so mueli terrl-'er- y that, preforco, he cannot spe.-U- : for. nor differentiate us and our Interests from the lest. Nor does he do'lre to do fo, hut rather to level us to 'all mankind with 'all economic barrier removed,' and \no matter v.hat the coit.' V. M. la I.eft i Mere fraction. \This group pis is to makei u\ s. mere fraction In a super-glob- s government that would have au- thority and rower to raise and expend lnos ; to orcinlre and command armies , to regulate the trade nd commerce of tho world and lo declare v.'.it-- . giving us the Mg end of the burje-- i and the small voire. Tho futu-- e forc ami authority of lntermitlon.il law rhnuM In reality\ le the most vltnl qucrtlon before the Paris Conferer.rt. \As the uc-- es of any plan mils'! find Its foundnlor- solely i i the honor of the oimrtltueiit nations, why not .et up a high court with the reprerentatlves sit- ting aa Judgep. as P.oofevelt suggested, rather fian have them attempt the in many r.spcls Impossible, triple task of sitting as In a !upr government? Th court, following the 1st and eqult, would rillrm and snf.guard rights, would not require a large, nnd d.mgrou renunclitlon of rights as dees tlie if the prnpo.e.l league, nnd would no? force Central Towers Into a separate nd antagonistic league as would the pryiOfed scheme. \The nations will oby the mandate of pijt-- n i ;viu i cijt-- n parliament Oil man. Just as readily as that of this rev- - j o'uuonitry ikmij ij niapKinrj is row ready for nnd equal to any scheme as boundleejsjS.s the globe. Where Itnoaevelt ?food. \The league should rtate ejealy that we would stand on the Monroe Doctrine, keep out o.' Eu-op- e. settle our own Imm- igration, trade and economic affairs, keep our boys at home, except In estremest emergency, snd he prepared. Thus far MINORITY OPINION IN THE SCHOOLS TR. FFNRY NF.UMANN. Leader HrooUju Fthlral Culture fsee'y. DR. Hr.NRY R. LINVILLF., rrri. \resellers' I'nton. at the Public Forcm CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION FlftJs Avcnuo and Tenth Street Sunday, MarcR 23rd, at S P. M. The rubllc la Intittd. nnd no further would Theodore noose-ve- lt have gone. \The President, with his usual disre- gard of any views other than his own, bitterly resenting criticisms, making a vhow of his 'pitiless publicity' phrase. says ho will 'not amend' the plan, but proposes to forco us to accept It by writ- ing it Into the peace treaty we are hop- ing and praying for. Tet Mr. Taft now says I ,'It undoubtedly nerds reserva tions' and 'must be more definite.' tte may bo thankful that our con stitution safeguards us through tbe Sen- ate and- that some fifty Senators, re- gardless of party, will voto against the form and method of the present plan. This very fact should make every citi zen who lias not (Studied the details think. i , \I am glad to loin with any patriotic-- nationwide, all American effort or league of Americans for American Ideals de fenders of the faith to save America and htr Independence nnd Independent Institutions,, and yet do nil within reason to accomplish what ever' American de- sires the prevention of wars. \B. F. ILtiutiB.\ REED CHALLENGED TO TEST SENTIMENT Fifty Members of Legislature Offer to Resign if He Does. JirmuoK Citt, Mo., March 21. -- Fifty Democratlo members of the Missouri Legislature to-d- offered to resign if Senator James A. Heed, Democrat, from Missouri, would resign from the United States Senate, The legislators then propose to run for reelection, as they suggest Reed should do, to force a popular voto In Missouri on the League of Nations. The House of Representatives recently paseea resolutions demanding tnat Senator Heed teslgn because of his op position to President Wilson's pro gramme. The challenge of the legisla- tors to-d- camo after a scries of con- ferences In which they decided to throw down the gauntlet to the Senator, and at the same time attempt to show that tho people of Missouri Indorse the Presi- dent's plan for a League of Nations. As an alternative It was suggested that the Democratlo 8tate Committee call a convention of representative Demo- crats from every county In the State to give Indorsement to the President and his alms ; to denounce Senator Heed and to bring about a reorganisation of the party In the State If conditions are found to Justify It The result of the conferences was an- nounced' by Representative Chancellor of Barton county, who said the other representatives who voted for the resolu- tions had Informed him they etood ready to resign If Senator Reed would do so and submit the Issue to tho voters of their respective districts. FRANCE OPPOSES LEAGUE. Illchard Hurd Receives Cable-gra- c Borah. The attitude of Senator Borah on the League of Nations apparently has evoked considerable favorable comment In Paris, according to the following cablegram re- ceived in this city by Richard M. Hurd. a memher of the executive committee of the American Defence Society, from M. A. S. du Mesr.ll-Thore- t, general tecre-tar- y of tho international committee of the Anti-Germ- Ieagues : \Pleaeo transmit congratulations Borah.\ The International committee repre- sents Is Its membership the most patri- otic and profound elements in France. It Includes forty-fiv- e socle-tie- s In France, sixteen In Italy, eight In Belgium, four In Portugul and others In Great Britain and the United States. That Franc does not favor the pres- ent league and wishes first of all to have the peace settlement made with Ger- many Is the op'nlon of Richard M. Hurd, who said : \Tlitf statement of the French attitude toward Mr. Wilson's covenant will be a surprise to the American public The censorship of the Government controlled cables has been bo trirt that the people of tho United ftntea have but little Idea of the r-- al sent'nunt of the French people. Prlvaie letters from France .r.y that If Mr. Wilson's League of Nations voes Into effect. Gennaey will attack France within ten years. To solve the problem of keeping Germany powerless for war spells security for France, whislt Mr. Wllson'j covenant cannot accom- plish.\ GERMAN AUSTRIA SKITTISH. Sold to Dealre Postponement of A maliramatlon. I.ontvv, March 2). Ceraan A'ist-I- a, according to adv.ces received her-- : quo'., lug Berlin m'ws-aper- s, has e.tpresed a deslro for independent representation at the Peace Conference. It desires also, the reports from Vienna add, that the qucttlon of its union with Germany be rvstro-.e- d until tne conclu- sion of the conference. is it 9 to 59lh St. 36 Veeey St. tor F.. Rroidwaj 10 Horatio St. 234 K. nth .St. ltth nt. nnd th An. hO Alb Ave. 71 W. S3d Xt. .110 w. soth St. EOtb St. un,! tb Ave.' (church) 8. 11. cr. Ilrody end 4th Are. 1,0 E. 3Ut ft. New Y(r' Herld, Tliruld Sqv.sre 7 E. Sfitb M. ISA lOlb A. tri.i w. ioi h St. .tin ii. 4?d at. fir&nd Centml'Statlon t K. 4th Hi. Mftdlson An. nnd 01. t flt. un f. 4xth nt. OIO Icilniton Ate. (T. M. C. ,.) f.0tl si, .V Tenth Aiu. ;V. M. .'. ..) 4tl w. 4th t. fOO M, A7th Ht. iith St. &. l.ei, Ave. (church) E. S., above 59lh St. 00th Bt. nd Md. Ae. htih ht. and 1'nrk Are. St, and Ut Ate. i.V T. Trad rhool llllll V'fi.-- k Ae. i, r., i'4th i. 5tt V. 111th Pi. IS?.I nd Mt. Mur Vtr'.. W liiot Ae. and KM Si. Btatlona In hcair tjpe with ak'erfsl- - ) -- HI t Open untl (l:XO 1 Open until 10 o'clicl.. SAYS D. S. OPPOSES ! PACT BY TEN TO ONE. Senator McCormick Declares Letters Favoring League Aro Propaganda. SEES SENTIMENT CHANGE Opposition Grows as Under standing of Covenant In- creases, Ho Asserts. Sptciat DeepofeA fo Tss Bcv, Washinotok. March SI. With two notable exceptions malls from tho va- rious States received by Senators rela tive to the of Nations covenant 1j ten to one or more opposed to the plan. Mall from California and Ohio alone appears to show a majority sentiment for the Investigation has dis- closed that most of the letters are propaganda. This was confirme'd by Senator McCormick (III.) when he traced through Its changing phases the tenor of his own mall on the subject. \Tho first letters that came to my office were from various women's clubs over Illinois,\ ho eatd. \Many of them were practically alike. They consisted simply of letters from tho secretaries of the clubs enclosing the reasons asking Congress to stand behind Wilson and to approve n. of Nations. Ono glance at them was sufficient that they were the result of some concerted action or propaganda. \The next letters in favor of the league were from ministers and churches. They Indicated that the Federal of Churches had apparently got behind Mr. Wilron without any regard as to the particular plan ho might work out nt Paris. In this connection I have re- cently noted that offlciale of the to Enforco claim to have more than 3,000 Protestant mlnlstors through the country working for It. Letter From Ministers. \In some cases the ministers expressed their Individual views and In others they merely sent formal resolutions adopted at their church meetings. In none of thesa letters was there anything to indi- cate that the churches had given careful and analytical study to the Paris cove- nant. And with few exceptions the min- isters themselves merely indorsed tho League of Nations principle without go- ing Into particulars. \Then came the next class of letterr those from the professors of the Univer- sity of Illinois and the University of Chicago. I had a torrent of them practically all condemning me for the Lodge resolution. It was quite apparent that thesa professional gentle- men either had not read the resolution or else they preferred to disregard it. \Because I signed that resolution which urged the peace delegates to sign a peace first and then give careful atwl deliberate consideration to the formation of a League of Nations the professors attempted, to put me In the position of apposing any sort of a league. \Their letters, whllo not of the propaganda type, apparently were in- spired and I have bcin Informed that groups of professors at Harvard Univer- sity have circularized professors In other Institutions urging them to bring pres- sure to bear on the signers of the Lodge resolution to withdraw from the position they took. flow Letters Chanced. \At first ray letters coming aa they did from groups had been put to work eare'ully and methodically were I mostly In favor of Wilson antl any sort of n. League of Nations, whether It pro- - teeted America or not. But sinco the i President's visit, slnea (Senators Knox and Loo's- - and Reed rpnke in the Senate and since Chamberlain, King and other Democrats have come out In opposition to the coenant the people of Illinois have ren.'.ed. till real Issue. To- day my mall Is 10 to 1 oppose l to the covenant, and If h form letters are etceptf-- It la almost unanl-r.ous'- y ! \Mr. Wilson and his propagandists have very cleverly attempted to put the Blcners of the Lodge resolution in the false pisiiion of opposing any Mirt of n league. But the people now appear to know that such Is not the case.\ T.eaarne of Southwest to Sleet. Los March 21 Members ot the league of the Southwest, un organi- sation recently formed with the pur- chase or annexation of Lower Cal'fornl.i by the United States as one of Its prin- cipal objects, will hold a convention April 25 nt HI Centro. \'a!. according to an- nouncement y by the executive committee of the league. H'. 5.. above 53th St. 141 vr. both St. 6Mb At. and Cntral PrV Weil :nth Nt, and Ilroadnay 50 TT. SSth St. !!0 Ar.ijterdam Ave. Tilt PI. and Bnndaay i'CO tWt End Are. V pit Kr.'l Ave. and 77th St. AVcat did Ate. an-- Rlst t. Ill Atr.terlw Ae. 3IM llroadtraj P9MI .\t. and Ami'.rlim ve. 104th St. ind Amsterdam Ae. -.- 107 W. lPiUh St. 2i4 V .lnp-.- It. COI 114th St. BOO V. . ULd st, HSd Mt. ami Mornlnsslde Ale 101 W. KW'I \t IS tv. .t. 11.00 t.nMier'j.vn Ate. 4Ht V. ltMt ft. 4fi TV. MM St. M'.'tli St. r.d Convent Are 1000 et. Nkhola, Aie. .JO W. IS.-.t- b St. IWh St. and t. Xlrhol-- r 170111 St. and 'A nlmnrJi A'e 73P Vf. IMat SI. HSMti fi'. arfi i. Mclio'a.s . 1 e 4U3 IV. I'OJIh SI. bu open evenmci until 3 oclec American Red Cross Clothing Drive, Mar. 24-- 3 1 bundle up your bundle If you have two coats give one to your felloe man who shiver-inr- f in Europe. Give every practical garment you can. Give your second best dress. Give shoes. Give underwear. Give all used clothing you don't urgently need. Because men, women and children across the water need desperately. Go Bundle Up Your Clothes! Take them to any Red Cross Receiving Station listed below or to the Red Cross Receiving Station, UniorTSquare. \ List ot Receiving Stations: Battery (church) tilth oVIocli oenlr.ci, eientiKi. League league. l.eaguu Council League Peace sign- ing which Senator. (churchj the UeraU Square. Ilrday, 34th to asth St. tr Sell Dependable MerchandUo at Price I a) iter Than Anp Other Store,buUorCah Only. StoroOpens 9 :00A.M. and Closes 6:30 P.M. !sta You Men of the 27th who have come back in all your glory, will soon take vour daces 1 in civilian life as the xncw York LJivi-sion- .\ The New York Divi- sion will want to look the part. We'd like to ask each gj one of you to come si i hi aim maKe our ac- quaintance, if you haven't done that already. The \free- dom of the city\ is vnnrs nf rnnrcp yc i w.. fS Make an excursion m ...I.,. r j wicn your motner, Ss c 1 c 4 r rt s ,- - n 1'? wwtw Ul bliw UlllCl I fellow's sister. Take stocK ana compare our nunlifi, ..,:1 IJUIUII Willi WildL you see m other gi stores fi \Dependable mer-- W' chandise. at prices m lower than any other a store, nut mr casn pf only\ is our motto and should hove n potent anneal because we live. i i up to it and down to it. I Men's Suits n for men that deserve, th & tmme nre iilit- - 11, r '! ture. The suits arc not these \trick outfits\ .that iBjl sre often carelessly called j&l \stylish.\ Our clothes do &i not become an eyesore ip after wearing them a bit. d This Sprinc we ore fea turing four distinctive models, the fonn fitting, semi-for- fittinc, con- servative and double breasted and also carry ;3 the waistline. jgj The tailoring and fabrics j$ ol the suits displayed in 3 this store combine to give that service you've ifcj grown to expect of m clothes. pj A wide and appealing y variety of tweed effects, S cheviots, worsteds and pi : , k.; LcoiiiuiciLS tonic in ItUICJ' m checks, stripes and mix- - rj tures. Thev sntisfv thf need f.,- - e c oji o m y at $29.75- - g, - I ittti Iliinr. Prnnt. '4 r I D L7-- L ! ti Those ji h c a v y Ijj \kicks\ yours must It I titu.. you change 5j In i li n e ! W( you'll want 11 P5i comfort as '.Si well !s r,ty!c. is a iianie lo learn. It stands lor h'gh grade 3, leather lasted so that 2! comfort and style are at- - . : a t ic'iiii.u. n .IUI SIIUC that doesn't crowd comes ft hi in dark tan calfskin, mc- - .'Tj, fliliin 'i?-- il rni tirl loo , Ktl,nt Kl \\'' \ wv u.i.iu ,i5 eyi\ts ''ncl Qoodycar welted so'.c-- ,. .58.SO. 'S6 Jjjv Muln 'lonr, HMrorM, allli Mrret Hear
