Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-02-13
WORLD LEAGUE OF
PEACE EXPECTED
SEEMS TO BE THE ONLY GREAT
RESULT OF THE WAR THAT
CAN BE PREDICTED.
FIERY WORDS FROM KENYON
Iowa Senator Declares 10 One viii
Want to Buy German Goods After
Conflict Has En1ed-King Deplores
Political HeresIes.
Rx ARrHlIR w DUNN.

| by an nun w. OONN-
Westinghouse the ideas of Presi-
dent Wilson and Lloyd-GeOrge prevail,
one outcome of the great war will be
world league of peace. 1t is interest
| ing 10 note that the movement for such
league was started by peace advo-
Gates, those who afterward became
known as pacifists. but 1t will be the
outcome Of the greatest war in history
While this nation was taking no part
In the war and doing its utmost TO keep
neutral, the advocates of a world peace
| organization were intoxicating their
doctrines by speeches. lectures and the
| distribution of literature. 1t is doubt
full whether their efforts had much eff
feet, although indorsed by many promi-
nent, earnest people.
A world peace league Is promised as
one of the results of war; IL is so de-
| ciared by the two most conspicuous
men of the war today. If 1t can be ac-
| coinplished 1t will be a most important
outcome of the war, and at this time
Is about the only great result which
can be safely predicted.
A world weary of war will welcome
any agreement which might prevent
another such cataclysm as that we are
passing through.
In the early stages Of discussion the
world peace league met opposition
from those in this country who feared
that it meant embodiment in old world
affairs and that 1t would sacrifice our
Monroe doctrine. Whether these objec-
tons will be raised again cannot be
determined until the world peace
league takes definite shape at the end
of the war.
Trade With Germany.
While the discussion is going on as
to whether our people will trade with
Germany after the war. perhaps an
excerpt from the speech of Senator
Kenyon Of Iowa would be interesting
reading:
who will buy German goods after
the war;" he asked. "Who wants any
thing in his home made by the same
hands that have shot poor little chill
dren and women of Belgium; hands
that have bayOnetted women and car
ried away as relies parts of womens
breasts? Who wants any utensils made
by those who have carried women and
children into exile who have blown
up the homes of the people in northern
France; who have sent women and
children down into the seas with the
helIlsh torpedo ard submarine; who
have shelled boats In which people
were trying TO escape from their devil
lsh work who have let drop the muir
derous bomb upon hospitals where men
were already living In pain: who have
blotted out from the sky, contrary to
all edicts of warfare. poor men and
their families? Who wants anything
made ny the outlaw? Let her take her
products to hell That is the only
place she would find market"
Senator King of Utah is a Demo
cratic senator who wants to return to
what was once the good old Demo
cratic faith. THE people In theory
pass their power to the congress-" he
said In the senate, "and congress passes
the power over to the president. execu-
tive departments, commissions and bu-
reaus. II We continue our present pro-
gram there viii be no more great cap
tains Of industry. We have chloro-
formed the energies of the people.
States have been dehauched and bribed
by appropriations of the federal gov
eminent"
"Have we as Democrats" said King
later, departed from the faith of the
fathers of our party? Since returned
to congress l have been amazed 10 ind
so many heresies and is'Vs prevailing"
AS to Railroad Control.
The real fight over government con
troll Of railroads viii come on the prop
ositi0n of surrendering such control
after the war. The opponents OF gov
eminent ownership will propose that
the railroads shall be restored to the
owners after the war closes, either in
six months or year.
Doubt Is expressed whether such an
amendment can be made to the rail-
road bill in view of the tendency
toward government control Of every
thing. Open advocates of government
ownership of all public utilities nre
urging the continued control of the
railroads regard U.s. of war Those
who oppose government ownership are
looking forward to a hard fight 10
secure provision in the railroad hill
which viii turn the roads back 20 the
owners after the war.
II was only few wears ago-be-
tween 1905 and 1909, To he exact
that an antiSnoke law was vigorously
enforced in Washington. After March
4. 1909 II was disregarded hut previ-
Gus to that time there was every indi-
cation that hltuminous coal would be
driven ont of the capital.
But how different uowl Our fuel ad-
illustrators have laid heavy hands
on anthracite coal; they have decreed
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