The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-12-19
The NATION Of NATIONS
WOULD RULE The SEAS

nized agency and evidence of civiliZa-
tion never has been used in the family
Of nations. where it always was NEEDED
most. There brutal, savage unciv-
ilized lynch law prevails. because
there is no binding law, court or ex-
ecutive to establish Justice and order
and prevent war. Is not this the proper
! time to put the international world on
modern civilized basis by creating
therein Nation of Nations in which
all nations and peoples would have a
fair and effective voice?
The old system OF alliances and ever
increasing competitive national arma-
ments and forces has miserably failed.
II inflicted world war that has sacri-
| feed nearly 100000 lives and $780,
000,000,000 of treasure and manned 20,-
100000 human beings. That is d
high price for mankind to pay for one
war, but it will be worth while if. il
shall cause the adoption of a practicable
plan that will insure perpetual peace
| If new system of the right charac-
ter is established. this war will have
been the Armageddon of holy proph-
ecy and be followed by the thousand
years of peace on earth. good will to
men,"
There can be no proper and effective
league of nations unless all nations
agree to relinquish every claim of spe-
cial privileges outside of their borders
and relegate to the Nation of Nations
the full and exclusive power TO regu-
late use of the high seas by all couii-
frsa - 81.
There would be no injustice to any
nation in this plan, and no injury to
its legitimate interests. And the ma
tion that refuses to cooperate with
other nations an dthereby prevents
the creation of a proper league of ma
tions must expect to be held forever
Irresponsible for leaving the peoples OF
the world exposed to the danger and
certainty of future wars.
The time has arrived wnen failure
can be avoided only by plain speech.
The freedom of the seas question was
involved in the war that made the
United States republic. 1t was the
sole cause of the war of 1879 between
the United States and Great Britain.
and came very near driving those
countries to war during our Civil War.
At other times it has strained rela-
tions and caused bad feeling between
these two splendid peoples of the same
race. And during this war Great
Britain committed a hundred acts
against the rights and property of the
United States on the high seas consid-
cred unlawfully by this country, any
one of which might have legally justi-
fed war under ordinary conditions
The United States entered the war
at its, darkest hour. II believes It
rendered Great Britain and its allies
valuable and needed assistance. It
does not desire in any way to capital
ize that fact for its selfish advantage.
But it does believe that it has earned
the right to ask its associates in the
war to join with it in creating Ma
tion of Nations for their mutual pro-
lection. and to relieve the nations of
the necessity of all going permanently
on a military basis.
To that end 1t feels justified in ex-
pecting freedom of the seas to be such
as to remove the danger of future dis
putes and make it unnecessary for the
United States to build a navy double
that of any other country to maintain
the right of its ships and commerce to
go anywhere upon the high seas unmo-
Tested by any nation with which it Is
at peace.
The special circumstances OF this
war are conceded. Blockade. search
and seizures have contributed to the
mutual victory. But now we are plan
ming for the future. II a proper Ma
tioE of Nations is created and SUP
ported. more wars between nations
will be unnecessary and impossible.
Such wars will be -uniawfuls unless APP.
proved by the Nation of Nations. A
nation wantonly starting war will be
punished by the whole economic and
armed force of the overwhelming CEN
trail police power. 1t will blockade,
search, seize, drive such nations COM
merce from the seas, prohibit nations
trading with such country, OF take any
other action it deems necessary to
bring the guilty nation to time. But
no individual nation will be permitted
to go to war or exercise the power Of
blockade. search or seizure unless ex-
pressly authorized by the Nation OF
Nations. International lynch law Is