Bisbee daily review., 1918-02-17

dOminiOns to be separately represent ed? How are you to prevent what
 we in English politics call log-rOllins that method Of operations whereby
 I vote for something that you want
 and you vote for something I want?
 What is 70 be the executive side
 of the league, and what the police
 power to enforce decisions? The req son our law courts are able to settle
 disputes between individuals is that there stands behind them the high
 sherif, who can call out the whole army and navy if necessary to see that the courts decrees are observed.
 Who is to be the high sherif for the , league of nations?
 Tt may be possible to reach mu tual agreements between the nations as to disarmaments. But it will not be easy. How are you to prevent an aggressive nation from arming its pO- lice or other internal forces, and thus creating an army useful when the time comes for purposes of aggres- sion?
 think that the first great step toward league of nations should be limita- ton of armaments.
 Then there is the question of the economic weapons possessed by vsri- Ous nations. weapons as powerful and as real. even if less tangible. than the military and naval arm. It has al ready been pointed out that the eco homie weapon might be one Of the most powerful and effective means Of enforcing the decision of the league of nations against any one nation which might be tempted to break the bounds.
 .I have pointed out all these diff culties. not with an idea of discOur aging or opposing the idea of a league of nations. but to show that, in my opinion. it will be impossible to work out the idea if any power or powers enter on the attempt with a feeling Of predOminance. aggression or any thing but a sincere desire to be rid of the evil of bloated armaments and that militarist organization which leads to aggression
 Whatever happens, there ought to be a good nucleus for the future league Of nations in the continued ana expanded friendship of those coun- tries now fighting together the cause of the entente.
 The greatest promise for the fu ture peace of the world today is to be found ] believe in the union today of the AnglO-SaxOn races. and in the fact that they came into the war. no, to help each other but because they were driven into it by the common ideals of freedom and common hatred of tyranny.
 ''I look upon the maintenance Of the alliance and friendships of this war as a matter for which every member of the entente ought to strive with every power. Nobody -scan conten- plate without uneasiness a peace which evolves no permanent settle ment of the world. If an undesirable peace were made, it would be neces- sary for the great powers, although confronted at home with problems O! reconstruction the like of which have never been known before. to turn aside from those problems, to leave them in chaos. and to grapple rather with the problems of preparation for future wars.
 ''The engines of destruction evolved by science in this war are such that one can easily picture in imagination the entire exteTminatiOn of civiliza- tion if no way is found of putting an end to the destructive development of organization and equipment.
 The aim of every statesman in every country, then. ought to be to find some means Of making war i'm possible
 T have a good deal of sympathy with the idea that if every country , was an equally free democracy there would be less likelihood of interna- tional conflict in the future
 Bat if this war results in showing that the demOcracies of the world | can be defeated by military autocracy { I see little hope for the future.
 Tt would help. l believe. if all na tions would agree to abolish conscrip- l tiOn- But the characterization of the remaining autocratic countries would be the greatest possible assurance O. i a lasting peace, for the peoples or . the world could then develop side by side; they would come to have much | the same ideas and ideals; they would f mix together more, and hatred and . suspicion would give place to com radeship."
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