The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-11-15
NATIONS WILL
''' ENFORCE PEACE
Plans For League Are Be-
coming Much More
Concrete.
BY william G. shepherd.


enforce peace are becoming astonish-
tngly concrete.
The first problem in this connec-
zion, that of building up an inter
national power that will force Offend
ing nations back into the peace fami-
ty. appears simple.
It's solution. in the minds of some
of the leading statesmen OF the
world, is this:
Let every nation, those existing to-
day and those which will be created
in the reimbursement of the map. put
their navies into one great interna-
iional police force. In this police
force every nation, including even
Iand-bound Switzerland, shall have
ships.
No Fleet At Home.
No nation shall keep any of her
fighting ships at home; they shall al
ways be with the international fleets.
The international fleet shall be
under the control of supreme ad-
miral, who shall be elected by board
consisting of representatives from
every nation, each nation to have
equal representation, regardless OF
its size.
There may be established three
great world police stations.
One, at the Suez Canal. might be
known as the central station.
A second, at the Panama Canal,
might be called the western, and
third, on some island off the China
coast, might be called the eastern.
The international fleets might be
stationed at these posts, and at sub
stations, scattered about the seven
seas.
There can be only one crime that
nation can commit. All other Of
lenses against the worlds peace will
grow out of that crime. The one
crime will be:
Permitting any groupe of citizens
10 form a government that will con-
troll the people, without the consent
Of the people.
Do Police Work.
As soon as it becomes preceptible,
in any country. that this condition is
arising-and resultant evils, such as
seeking the territory of other nations
or trying to force economic advan-
tages from other nations, will bring
such a condition to light-it will be
the duty of the international police
department to keep the merchant
ships of that nation off the high seas
and to prevent her commerce with the
rest of the world until the offending
condition has been remedied.
Land frontiers will also be closed
by adjoining nations and the Offend
ing nation isolated, will practically
be placed under arrest in its own
dome, until it comes back into the
peace family.
If two nations attempt to go to war,
their navies will be placed under ar
rest, and if necessary, marines of the
worlds police force will be landed to
restore order. The two offending
nations will find themselves in arms
against all the rest of the world, in
stead of with each other, and cut off
commercially from the rest of the
world, will be forced to terms.
The international board will then
settle the dispute by arbitration.
There will be president of the
board. elected by the board itself,
and if the country to which he be-
longs becomes an offender of the
worlds peace during his term, he will
automatically be supplanted by Il
ranking vice president.
The chief presumption, in estab-
fishing the league, will be that every
country is ruled by a government Sc
lected by the people which rules with
the consent OF the governed. No ac-
ton which the mass of people may
take in any one country is considered
likely to upset the worlds peace.
When any action is taken by any
country that threatens TO upset peace,
the presumption will be that this act
Is that a grOupe of men who have,
in some way or other. perfdiously
gained control of the people. In such
case the people will be helped to
throw off the government and may
perhaps be provoked to do SO by being
cut OIL from the rest of the world.
II is along these lines that the plan
for the league to enforce peace is
forming itself Some such arrange
ment is likely To be in existence be-
tore the world is many years older.