The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-03-07
Might Help to Victory.

advertisement In the London Times.
What might help to win the war? Not
by in any degree relaxing the allies
efforts to develop the efficiency OF their
military and naval operations to the full
est extent: neither can a peace by agree
ment' with the existing authorities IN
Germany be entertained, as such a peace
could not be satisfactory or permanent.
1t Is, however, here suggested that IL def
mite effect could now be given to a
league or brotherhood Of nations. and
on the lines hereunder stated, it might
materially assist in bringing about the
subjugation Of the central powers.
But such a league must not be sur
rounded with complications ana contro-
versial conditions, but be reduced TO the
simplest possible issues. It's success will
depend on the simplicity Of its conditions.
% that. subject to the four fundamental
principles hereunder stated, nations and
nationalities may be able to exercise a
free and unfettered hand in the conduct
Of their own affairs.
!. To mutually guarantee the territorial
integrity and the political and economical
independence of all nations parties to the
league.
sea, on some basis, must be agreed to by
mutual arrangement.
g. In all nations parties to the brother
hood or league there must be a constitu-
ton with nm assembly elected by manhood
suffrage Especial regulations for colored
populatfons), with ministers responsible
To that assembly and therefore 20 the peo'
pie. This will not prevent such a nation
from having a second chamber OF sover-
eign power at its head, or votes for wom-
Ell, or such constitution as an assembly
elected by the people may decide.
4. All parties to the league Of nations
must undertake not TO carry on any trade
intercourse, either directly or indirectly.
with a nation that Is not a party to the
league.
These four principles should be suffi-
cient; but imagine their effect on all peo-
pies. including those of the central pow
ers, II the allies enter into such a league
not by secret" treaties, but by a treaty
signed in the light Of day and proclaimed
to the whole world.
The majority Of neutral nations would
gladly join the league; soma would oh.
viously raise difficulties to the operation
OF clause four, but. except perhaps in the
case OF those neutral nations which abs =
lutely abut on to the central powers, and
Are therefore at a risk of INVASION, no
state DESTROYS Of Joining the league should
be exempt from the operation OF clause
four.
The rigid enforcement of this clause is
as essential now to help to enc" the war
as ii will be effective after the war in
keeping the league together. The csar OF
ar economic boycott would be a powerful
lever in preserving the worlds peace.
But now, what will be the position OF the
central powers II the league becomes an
accomplished fact on the above lines?
Their peoples will be greatly disturbed
and will soon recognize that they are up
against a barrier which neither Krupp
gun nor spasmodic victories can over
come.
The terms Of the league will In some re-
spects be dhstasteful to autocratic Ger
many, but the peoples OF the central pow
ers may think differently, and soon realize
that they cannot exist outside the league.
and that they must therefore accede to
the peace terms of the allies, which have
now been clearly defined. or be faced with
state bankruptcy" and industrial ruin"