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which II IL q part, and against the
despairing opposition OF It's Inhabitants,
10 one of the blacklist diplomatic infa-
mics OF history. Yet, In case this bartered
people revolts and, In an attempt to re-
cover her own. despoiled China assists
. them, American lives must be given
/ and American money spent to uphold
Japan's supremacy, should the league
SO direct
''Our people have been led to believe
that once this league IL formed all will
be peace and quiet: and yet, with our
own and the Allies armies on the ground
war u at this moment raging from the
Baltic to the Caspian, and flames are
springlng UP here and there at times
throughout central southern Europe.
When our own and the Allies armies are
completely disbanded Is It reasonable TO
expect that the racial, political and eco
nomic forces that already are causing
these conflicts will cease7
Must Send Army II Called.
'If they do not cease. IL they continue
to work as they are working now and
have worked throughout history: or. IL
the Russian revolution takes the same
course that the French Revolution took.
and a series of European wars follow the
Russian revolution as they followed the
French Revolution. the United States. as
a member OF the League Of Nations,
must pour streams Of soldiers. ships and
| money to Europe to maintain any angle
OF that many sided and far flung strug-
gle that the league government orders us
to maintain.
THE principal answer OF those who
would have America become a cog In the
| leagues machinery IL that none of the
events pointed out will ever happen and
that we are safe in taking n chance.
What do lawyers-what do any men of
common sense and experience-think of
that argument? Would anybody make a
| will on that theory Was any serious
| contract ever written on such an expec-
| tation? Was any constitution ever
| framed on such a hazard? Is It not the
chief purpose of contracts. Wills and
constitutions to guard against contin-
gencies that might occur II not thus ex-
pressly provided fort Yet this league
covenant Is more important than any
contract, will or constitution, because
It can be avoided. set aside or replaced
only by war.
what Is our danger OF war II we
do not enter the league? For more
| than a century no foreign nation at
tackled US. until In desperation the law
less German Government perpetrated
tnat hOlly anu hnu tHbt
century we made no showing OF our
strength and unity. such as We have
J displayed to all the world In this war.
II without such a demonstration Of our
solidarity and might we were not at
tackled for a hundred years. Is It prob
able or possible that we will be assailed
again. 50 long as memory remains of
our tremendous ana successful efforts
during the last two years?
"Whan forf4Rn wars take Mace here
after America can remain neutral or
take part. as wisdom and righteousness
shall dictate at the time, provided
| America now holds fast to her tradi-
tional freedom of action. VIII not
| future generations that must make the
decision know better what should be
done at that time than we, who will
| then be In our graves? Shall we now
| shackle the mind and will OF our chill
| dren and children's children forever?
Shall we commit them to a course they
cannot change. subject them to burdens
they never can throw of?
1.-THE limita lions to our freedom OF
action which the league covenant puts
upon us Is Of course equal to the obli-
cations to which 1t subjects US. Take
one such limitation which present events
hold up before our eyes. Tho other day
We were compelled to send our soldiers
into Mexico to protect Americans on
this side Of the Rio Grande. Three
years ago we were forced to send
military expedition into that country.
As a member of the League Of Nations
, our hands would be shackled as to
Mexico, no matter how much the safety
of American citizens, the maintenance
| of American rights. the protection OF
American interests or the vindication OF
| American honor might require US to act
| For years American citizens have
been murdered in that savage land.
American women violated. American
property destroyed Does II seem prob
| able that these atrocities and outrages
will cease? There are. always have
| been and always will be, more American
men and women engaged in legitimate
business in Mexico than those of all
other nations combined more American
| capital honestly invested In Mexico than
that of all other nations combined. Is
1t not plain that sooner or later Amer
| ica's relation to Mexico must be estab-
lished on a basis at least as secure as
that on which our relations with Cuba
| rest? Yet, as regards Mexico, II we
| join the League of Nations we are
| helpless.
"W ere any one of the nations that
are now SO anxious to have us carry
! lHelT luduS Oh historic woe, pay tnelr
debts and do their work-were any one
OF them in our place. would that nation
| surrender what we are ordered to
yield? Were England or France or
Italy situated as we are situated. hav-
Ing the resources that we possess.
blessed with the history and traditions
that make America peculiar and glori-
| Gus among the nations of the world.
would France. would England, would
| Italy do what Is now demanded of us?
| Every sane man knows that nothing
on earth or In heaven could induce them
| to do so. The records Of the Peace Con-
ference prove that not one of them
would yield the smallest fraction of
what the covenant would exact from
us. Those nations come out OF the
Peace Conference with territorial gains
| so great that the extent OF them will
| astound America when we realize what
has happened. America comes out of
the Peace Conference with a debt
which will reach a hundred billion dol
lars before 1t Is paid. and with a de-
mand upon US to mortgage the remain
| der OF our assets.
| Earned Right 60 he Left Alone.
! THE wicked and insane attack which
the brutal and stupid German Govern
ment made on us forced Congress to de-
clare war. II was the act OF God for
| we thus went into the conflict tuat in