New-York tribune., 1918-12-20
Adn1itCerrnany
To the League,
Baldwin Urges
Former Connecticut Cover
nor Would Give Enemy
Place i'm Nations Tribunal
Wilson's Ideas Endorsed
Vital issues of international
Situation Are Discussed
at Luncheon of Yale Club

The admission of Germany to the
league OF nations. or the rehabilita-
ton of the Hague Tribunal with Ger
man representatives attending as in
the past. was advocated by Judge Sim
con r. Baldwin, former Governor of
Connecticut. at luncheon given yes
terday at the Yale Club by Dr. Samuel
7. Dutton, secretary Of the Worlds
Court League.
Various phases of the international
situation were discussed by the guests,
who were representative of all organi
cations interested in the formation of
an international league to secure
lasting peace. a cable was dispatched
from the luncheon to President Wilson
wishing him entire and effective sue
cess IN his efforts at the peace table
DR.. Maurice Francis Egan, former
Ambassador to Denmark, said if Erzber
ger and his Social Democrats felt at this
time that there was still a chance of
achieving their national aspirations,
every cent in Germany would be voted
TO begin the war again. Germany can
no longer be reckoncd with in mill
tary sense, he said, but she must be
considered from commercial and eco
nomlc point of view. He referred to
the rape of Schleswig- Holstein in 1864,
declaring it one of the greatest crimes
IN all history and comparable with the
loss to France of Alsace Lorraine.
Americans Real Materialists
Former Ambassador Henry Morgen-
thau said Americas representatives at
the peace council may find it necessary
10 stand alone IN support of her ideal
lstlc international principles, and there
was grave danger in the fact that Eu-
ropeans had discovered that they, and
not the Americans, were the real ma
terlalists in the world group.
He said Americans failed to realize
the big things at stake at the peace
councils and urged thinking men to
awaken to the real situation. eve are
pro Americans" he said, "and if we
don't stand solidly and steadfastly for
the ideals upon which we entered the
conflict sthis war has been fought in
vain"
A growing sentiment in England
against rehabilitating the Ottoman
Empire was pointed out by DR.. James
l.. Barton, chief of the commission for
relief in Turkey and SYRIA. "There
Empire" he said. 'f would suggest
that it be placed in some international
museum as a relic of the past"
Tr. Albert Shaw said that, through
the war, the nations have achieved an
altruism which must not be allowed to
sag. Unrestrained money making mo-
tives of the past have no right to
exist any more. The unity of the ma
tions on the side of the Entente,
backed up by unity of public moral
opinion, have enforced the peace we
now have, he said, and it this unity
which must be continued.
Balance of Power Idea Dead
The vital issues in the Balkans were
pointed out by DR.. Charles F. Aked
"a muddling of affairs there" he said
will mean that your boys will be
mutilated again on the battletields of
Europe within the next ten years. The
old fetish of Europe-'the balance OF
power'-is dead and damned In its
place must come league of nations
in which the United States must leaG
the way as the missionary nation OF
the world"
The message dispatched to President
Wilson follows:
Fifty Americans from several states
representing all organizations inter
ested in league of nations, wish yo,
entire effective success in your pur
pose to form such a league as will in
sure justice as between nations an,
enduring peace among men"