Putnam patriot., 1918-08-09
From the Editors Desk

The f0t0W8uA dl tiIiS Ls O
 sent by Herbert W. Bowen of Wood stock to the New York Times, and re- gently printed in that paper.
 Owing to the very remarkable fact that the plan advocated by power tul organization in the United States to establish league of nations to en- force pease has not been adversely criticized either in our press or on any public platform by any of our prominent men. the Governments and peoples of Great Britain France. and Italy have evidently feir great deli cacy in crucisinz t themselves, as euroing that #e effea r tg them as carefully thought out and as unani- noasly supported bg the Government and people f the United States Their attitude toward it, therefore. has been taetf1lly respectful bat by no means eagerly receptive THey real ize. in the first place as we should. that tse s8=ra.Ie# peace adg9easez everywhere ia .6eir eash3zlasm f9s their ea5=e entirely overlooked ex'sf= ing cor l.5eas before the ~ar aa4 were a5f4HY arsne j. tHa.H belief that the 4aa af universal seaee zsaz d hand Teei1 interpretation ef tae signs of tHe tmes proved to be sf1 pendous IIlasioa. and was to q fefe large extent directly responsible for the unprepare81ess of e.FiIzeH man Eiad to neet ,se sJ5dea and mighty invasion gy he Hun of Belgium and France. They soon saw tfeir ms take. and nearly all of them hastene to support most loyaHy the alaeA cause. and 70 Ioin ID the cry for the complete defeat of the German ar mics: but they still retain their desire to organize the world to enforce, af ter the war is ended, a true and last ing peace.
 That purpose E more laudable thar practical 4 league of nations woult naturally include all the nations tha' are now neutral and that have prove over and over again that they are no disposed e fight even when they arr trampled on Those nations ~eul' always be more Or less under the in huence OF control ef Prussia, am would not enIy weaken bat pr5babl vitiate the whole plan They woul' naturally aeeae that the way fo en force peace E faf each natIo8 to ab s.an from making Waf la shoft they aoald furnish phraze but po forces. + doubtless tbe secre hope of Prassia that league of ea lions to enforce peace @ill b. formed What she feafs and threads Is that In present allied powers will remain al lied We are the fighting powers. th restraining powers. the moral power of the civilized world, and we sboalI keep united and free to act until tn Prussian peril ls ended for all time oped there along the lines that have already been discussed there II should be remembered that the req object of the conferences at The Hague was to establish league of nations to regulate their relations with one another on the bases of law order, and peace That work should 20 on. It is 4 work that is necessarily slow, for 1t demands constant com promises of ideas and ideals; but 1t Is benehcient and ultimately should bring the nations into aerotd, and en able them 10 establish an international --,,ssttem that all will fet fully support The Hague league f eerly one that should include all If the allied nations. the neutrals. and even Prus= sia, Austria Turkey. and Bulgaria In the meantime the great allied powers of today should remain alhel. trust ing neither the weak ut1trals nor the unpfipcipled Prussitns. but cecr ready to strike to prevent this war from having been fought in yam.
 HERBERT W. BOWEN.
 Woodstock Conn, Aug |. 1gtS.