New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-08
Opposes Letting ''Childrcn''
Withdraw Voluntarily
From the Proposed Union
Would "Rule by the ROD
Must Convince Britain Her
Sea Rights Are Safe, He
Declares in Carnegie Hall

the International Peace Conference
will be one that will play the part of
kindly but firm father to the ten or
twelve small powers that are about to !
undertake the tasks of self government
for the first time.
Mr.. Taft would not pemit any of the
chiiden to withdraw voluntarily from
the family of nations. He would give
the parent a giant rod with which to
rule the child in the form Of an in
ternational police force. And he would
permit the family to grow up and make
it's rules as it grew, without limiting
itself to too many restrictions at tirst.
The former President outlined IN
greater detail than in any of his prevl-
out addresses his ideas of world
league of nations in an address before
the League for Political Education yes
terday in Carnegie Hall. He answered
all of the big questions of organization
that have aroused criticism OF his
project in the past to the apparent
satisfaction of his hearers.
Favors Disarmament
when you speak of police force, do
you mean an international standing
ARMY dShSQ u 4CiiiiiiiAS No'>~' eSs S~A>
conclusion of the address.
''No, d not" was the reply. Just
a combination among the powers to
act in concert as they have in the
present war;
"Whst about disarmament after the
war;"
"That is something that will have
to be worked out, but think that a
proportionate disarmament Will be
adopted and would be just to all pow
ers concerned" said Mr.. Taft.
would it be permissible for ma
ton to resign from the league" some
body asked.
"Well, you know what happened dur
ing the Civil War;" was the significant
reply. But that of course, would
depend upon the way the league was
formed"
"Why should any nation want con-
troll of the seas?" finally inquired
woman, voicing query that appeared
to have been in several minds.
England Must Be Won Over
"Well, to take the case of England -
and ! presume the lady is shooting at
England-the proposed league hasn't
been perfected yet" said Mr.. Taft.
"Now the English flag flies every
where You find it on all the seas.
And the life of England depends upon
the security with which her ships can
come and 60 Thus, until Great Brit
ain can satisfy herself that a league
of nations will be able to safeguard
those interests she is fully justified in
maintaining a sufficient navy"
"Would you advocate universal mill
tary service if we had a league of ma
tions?'
81 am strongly in favor of having
potential expression of the force of a
trained democracy" was the reply
There is nothing inconsistent in q
league of nations and universal train
ing"
Taft denounced the lack of interna-
tional morality among the Germans
and said their education had been ma
terial in spirit and that they were de-
termlned to let no question of honor
or principle stand in the way of sue
cess to the German state.
aMny Issues to Be Decided
ut was just such condition as
this" he added, chat made it essential
that there be d league of nations with
well organized police force.
"The armistlce was made with such
broad suggestions that it practically
amounts to agreements i'll some of the
fields to be covered in the treaty of
pNNNS hOOut W ne SiSuSU, SdlU vi T.
Taft But there are almost numerless
big questions that must be passed
upon and incorporated in the treaty
This Will be the most complicated and
farreaching treaty of peace ever signed
in the history o. the world
"Obviously, .he treaty will be in the
nature OF a contract, with conditions
that must be lived up to by all the par
ties concerned. 1t will be necessary tc
have some tribunal to pass upon the
many questions growing out of the
treaty, and the League of Nations viii
be the proper body for that task
German Colonies an Example
Take the question of German colo
MES, for Instance. 1t will be absolutely
impossible for the peace tribunal tt
turn back Germany's colonies TO Ger
colonies and eXploited'them outra geous
ly. ut if the colonies were turned owe,
to any single nation, like the nitet
tates, Great Britain or France that ma
ton would lay herself open to tn.
charge of profting by the war and o
exploiting the colonies. 1t is onl,
through the agency of League of Ma
tions that those colonies can be prop
erly DISPOSED of"
Mr. Taft was vigol ously applaude,
when he denounced the olshevik leader
in Russia and said that it was the bust
ness of civilization to stamp out tn
things for which they stand.
Russia to-day is in control Of bod
of murderers and cutthroats," he SAID
They have killed eight or ten time
as many people thus far as died durin
the French Revolution. Boshevisr
must be stamped out if intellectual
development and progress is to b
looked for in the world"