Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-07
PEACE ORGANIZATION GAINING
HEApWAY IN ENFORCE.
MENr PLANS.
IOWA BRANCH TO HOLD
MEETING THIS FALL
Former Governor Clarke is Head Of
State Organization Organized by Ex-
at Arms Held Necessary TO Adequate
Enforcement Of World Peace.
Special to Times Republican.


smaller nations of Europe are eager to
join in the proposed league to enforce
peace and that the movements gain
ing Roadway in all parts OF the world
is noted by the Iowa officers and men,
bers of this organization. George w.
Clarke. former governor of Iowa, is the
president Of the Iowa branch of the
organization. A statewide meeting to
be held in Des Moines late in the fall
is now being considered.
Hon. William Howard Taft, former
president of the United States. who is
president of the league to enforce
peace in this country, organized the
Iowa branch about a year ago. The
organization is also referred to AS the
league of nations"S for that is a
shorter and more generally understood
phrase.
The league to enforce peace or the
league of nations is characterized as
IAN organization which seeks to sub
stitute judicial and quasi judicial
methods in the settlement of inter-
national disputes in place of war;
Former President Taft in recent
statement on the purposes of the
organization among other things set
forth the following:
'In the sentence to be imposed on
Germany az she viii! appear convicted
at the bar of world justice questions of
indemnities and reservations will force
themselves to satisfaction. The estab-
lishment of an independent Poland, the
union of Bohemia. Moravia and the
country of the Slovaks into a north
ern Slav state and the other necessary
establishments of people and states
must be provided for, carried out and
maintained. Germany and her allies
must be subjected to such disarma-
ment as to prevent the growth amons
them of another conspiracy against
the world.
THE burden of the maintenance OF
an adequate police force must be
shared by the great powers who die
tate the just peace. The universal re-
duction of disarmament must be post
poned until the actual operation of the
leag que of nations shall be satisfactory.
until we shall have summered and
wintered it as a solution and until
actual results shall induce nations to
trust treaty obligations, world courts
and councils Of Cancellation as
greater protection against wrong than
now. Even then we shall need appellee
force but by agreement it can be re-
duced and the burden of its main
tenance lightened."
Platform Of League.
When the league to enforce peace
was organized at a meeting held in
Independence Hail. Philadelphia, June
II, 1915, the following platform was
adopted
I'VE believe i TO be desirable for the
United States to join league of ma
tions binding the signatories to the
following:
"(1) All justiciable questions arising
between the signatory powers not
settled by negotiation, shall. subject to
the limitations of the treaties, be sub
mtted to judicial tribunal.
"(2) All other questions arising be-
tween the signatories and not settled
by negotiation shall be submitted to
council of Cancellation for hearing,
consideration and recommendation.
"(3) The signatory, powers shall
jointly use forthwith both their ecVp-
omic and military forces against any
one of their number that goes to war
or commits acts Of hostility against
another of the signatories before any
question arising shall be submitted as
providedHin the foregoing.
"(4) Conferences between the sigma
tory powers shall~be held from time to
time to formulate and codify rules OF
international law, which. unless some
signato shall signify it's dissent with
in "a stated period. shall thereafter
govern in the decisions of the judicial
tribunal mentioned in Article H.
It is the hope Of the organizers to
spread the work in all of those arrayed
against the central powers. 1t IS
pointed cut that Germany and her
allies can more gracefully surrender to
the United States Of the World than
to any one group of her enemies.
:. The countries arrayed against Ger
many and her allied powers are the
following: Serbia. France. Great
Britain, Belgium, Montenegro, Italy.
Japan, San Marine, Portugal, Rou-
mania, Greece, United States. Cuba
Panama, Siam, Liberia, China. Brazil
Guatemala, Uruguay. Diplomatic rela-
lions have been severed with Germany
by Bolivia, Honduras. Nicaragua, Costa
RIGA, Haiti. Peru. Chill and Argentina
In this array Of nations 1t is recog-
nized there n wonderful possibilities In
the formation Of q league Of nations.
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