Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-01
SHALL GERMANY Be PART
OF LEAGUE OF NATIONS?
Much Discussion I'm Allied Countries
rs to Her Status ut Con-
fict's End.
THIS A WAR AGAINST WAL
Should II Not Bring Lasting Peace
to Mankind, Struggle Will Hav;
Failed, Whatever May &c It.
Other Results.
BY EATON FEARN.

oIucr NcSultS.
DY EATON FEARN.
LONDON. September 30.--As a pre-
Nenttvc against future wars. and a
safeguard for tho peace of the world
hereafter. all thinking people are Of
one opinion with reference 10 the for
nation OF Il league of nations?
But there is great divergence of
view on many points connected with
The proposal.
Should the league be formed now or
should IL be delayed TIL the last shot
has been fired?
Should Germany he included IN the
gwen period until she mas atoncd. in
Sackcioth and ashes. for the many Lar
on understanding world and given
guarantees OF amendment for the fu-
On these two matters alone there is
much conflict of opinion. TO many the
idea Of including Germany in such a
League in her present mood il simply
unthinknble.
IF such, idea was carried out"
commented a wcll-known British pub
Tic man. the league viii clasp Ger
many 10 its bosom and hail her as Il
sister In the cause OF peace
in the british War Cabinet. contrav.rt-
ing this, said recently: "A decent, law
slar 70 his bosom. although both are
subject to the same law. and both alike
snare in it's protection would in
clude Germany in "a league Of nations
JUS, as VIC include the thief and the
burglar. as we'll as the decent law
abiding citizen. in our national affairs.
The iaws OF n nation cover all alike.
good and bad: all are required to con-
tribute TO the maintcnance OF the pc,
liccmcn. the judges and the Baolcrs: all
the consequences We must apply the
same principle Internationally. ! would
include Germany in a league Of nations
all acknowledgements 20 exclude her
would simply mean rcversion 10 old
dangers."
WoTSE THAN THE FIRST
There Is something to be said in
az a matter OF Course that IL the en-
tcnte powers formed league of ma
lions among themselves. excluding
Germany, Germany would Immediately
Set about forming Il central powers
league OF nations, when the last utate
OF affairs might be infinitely worse
than the first.
Mr.. Barnes is strongly in favor Of an
interallicd Hague conference arranged
TO include representatives OF organized
labor. religion and commerce drawn
from America, France, Great Britain'
Such Il course would undoubtedly
exer, n great moral effect in, allied
countries. and might possibly he the
means OF inducing the German people
TO reconsider their position in the
world. and their relations 10 the Kaiser
in particular
Sir John Simon. leading Eng!ish
Liberal, is OF opinion that the Germans
should not be ruled out Of The league
OF nations simply because they were
enemies. or ali the mistakes Germany
has made the biggest was the indlt-
& ferent attitude she had displayed to
Mr.. Henderson. speaking on behalf OF
the British Labor party says; orsan.
lied democracy ~ determined TO make
the league Of nations a great over-
riding political authority. We arc dc.
tcrinined 10 shattcr the foundations OF
,nilitarist imperialism. With that sys-,
tern there can bc no compromise If
we do not destroy il. IL Viii destroy
Mr.. Lloyd George says enphaticaly:
ITO stop short of victory Is 70 co,npro-
mise the future of mankind" surely
this means the exclusion Of Germany
speakinE recently. Mr. Asquith. the
British ,eeN-PrenlieE, stated That presi.
den, Wilson had don. more than sn,,: any
trate the minds. not only OF his own
people aud OF the allies but all neutral
the enemy themselves on the TACT that
The one dominating worlo- wide ann
was 10 establish reign oil law 6aseh
sustained by the organized opinion OF
mankind.
EFFECT on ENGLISHMAN
WILL III: A WIDER FREEDOM
Sir Henry Newbolt. the famous Brit
ish poet. declares that the league Of
nations 10 the EnGlishman will be but
q greater freedom, Widening OF the
earthly home; but to the German
theorst IT will bear the terrible aspect
OF a new world. into which he cannot
enter unless he amends his ways ana
So repcnts and becomes one Of them whom
he has hitherto dcspised and violated.
Mr.. Balfour. he English Foreign
broken in 1914, but ! sec no sign OF a
German who genuinely looks Tor,
ward to the time when armies VIII
inely believes in a league OF nations Is.
or ought to be. most ardent advocate
of pressing this war 10 a successful
issue II is only by our V ictory in ms
only thus can we establish the machin-
cry by which league OF nations can
be set up. -,
Sir Mark Sykes, leader. in the Brit
ish Unonist party. mas gwen e!,r, fsht 10
war against war. and If it is not the
last il will have been lost. whatever
material results are achieved
Lord Robert Cecil. Assistant Foreign
Secretary, is Of opinion that the, time
10 prepare the scheme is now, and thai
we ought to be ready with one for the
end of the war.
II. G. Wells. the famous novelist.
ayers that she iafn OF reig eas"' FROM
he time he says. "of the Jewish
prophets till now it has been the dream
OF all God fearing people: The hrst
note struck in the Christian, Evangci
was peace on earth, good will towards
men such league is the realization
Of the Christian ideal"
Such are the opinions OF the great
rneIisil political thinkers. and al
as 10 how such a scheme should he
carried out. all are unanimous as to