The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-05-31
League Will Fall OIL
lis Own Weight

WASHlNGION, May 26.-The Re
publican Publicity Association thru
its president, Jonathan Bourne Jr., n
gave out the following statement
from its Washington headquarters.
The charter members SO to speak
OF the league of nations are to be
the 80 signatories Of the peace trea-
", thirteen others are TO be invited
to accede to the covenant. The rest
INCLUDING the central powers are not
to be given the privilege at present,
but 1t is presumed that eventually /
places viii be made for them; in !
fact provision is made in Article / |
for the entrance of any self govern
ing state upon the vote of two thirds |
of the assembly and the acceptance !
of such regulations as may be pre-
scribed 1t is manifest that If the
provisions of the league are carried
to their logical concluion they will
include, in the not distant future, all
nations and all peoples. -
THE thirty two states banded
together in the war against Germany
lgained strength because they were
UNITED to fight a common foe. Like
wise any alliance among nations that
has for Its object the defeat Of foes
from without will have strength just
in proportion to the degree of the
! lcommon menace that threatens. But
when all nations--the whole world
ARE organized into one great allI-
ance, where is the mutual interest
that will hold them in unity? Evil
IDENTIFY it is not from without unless
an attack from Mars is anticipated.
1t follows then that the power of the
league must be directed against it
self, against the very nations that
make it possible and give it strength.
III the house be divided against
itself, that house cannot stand, say
the scriptures, and there is no truer
ten u, Al,
body who has followed the Paris dis
patches knows that the house is div
ided against itself even before it is
completed. italy, China, japan, Aus
tralia and others have all had their
grievances and aired them with
varying degrees of asperity. What
will happen when Germany, Russia,
Turkey and Bulgaria come into the
league 1t is not difficult to foresee
when one considers the present at
titude of the allies toward those
governments, 1t will need but spark
to weld them all into a counter
League of nations to which will flock
Iother countries that have nursed
Iquarrels against the league members
but have not felt able to come to an
open rupture. Then will we have
a world war indeed, with half of the
nations allied against the other half
France from the first has recog-
nized the futility of depending upon
the peace of the world or even to
furnish a guarantee for her own pro
lection. The proposed French Brit
sh American alliance is the bulwarh
in which she sees real strength. To
a nation threatened as France has
been bv a stronger and traditionally
hostile people to the east, 1t is pro-
per that she should have substan.
tial assurance from other nations to
lend her aid If again attacked. Wheth
er the United States should consti-
tute herself one of the protectors Of
France is another question. Like
wise it is PERFECTLY right that othel
nations Europe should enter into
compacts to guarantee the integrity
OF smaller countries of the old world
precisely as Russia protected Serbia,
We have recognized the principle in
America by our Monroe doctrine.
While that instrument is primarily
a measure of defense for the United