Arizona republican., 1919-02-15

I should say of the document that it is not straight jacket but a vehicle of life. A living thing is born and We must see to 1t what clothes we put on it. IL is not vehicle of power, but a vehicle in which power may be varied at the discretion of those who exercise it and in accordance with the changing circumstances Of the times And yet while it is elastic. while it IS general in it's terms. it is definite in one thing that we were called to make definite. lt is definite guarantee Of peace. IL is a definite guaranteed by word against aggressions. IL is q def mite guarantee against the things which have just come near bringing the whole structure of civilization into ruins
 Purposes and Powers Defined Its purposes do not for a moment 1 lie vague. Its purposes are declared l and it's powers are unmistakable. It | is nOtin contemplation that this should l be merely a league to secure the peace l of the world. It is a league which can l be used for cooperation in any inter national matter. That is the signifi- canoe of the provision introduced con- cerning lae)r. There are many amelioritions of labor conditions which can be effected by conference and dis cussion. l 7nticipate that there will be a very great usefulness in the buoy Of labor which it is contemplated shall be set uD by the league. Men and women and children who work have
 been in the background through long ages and sometimes seemed to be for
 gotten while governments have had
 their watclNul and suspicious eyes
 upon the maneuVers of one another while the thought of statesmen has
 been about structural action and the
 larger transactions of commerce and
 of finance.
 "Now if I may believe the picture
 which I see, there comes into the fore
 ground the great body of the laborine
 people Of the world, the men and wom-
 en and children upon whom the great
 burden of sustaining the world mus
 from day to day fall. whether We wisl
 it to do so or not. People who go t(
 bed tired and wake up without tn,
 stimulation of lively hope. These peo
 pie y'ill be drawn into the field of in
 ternational consultation and help ant
 will be among the wards of the com
 bined governments of the world Thi
 is l take leave to say, a very grea
 step in advance in the mere conception
 of that.
 All Agreements to Be Public Then. as you will note, there is al
 imperative article concerning the pub , licity Of all international agreements , Henceforth no member of the leagu
 can claim any agreement valid which i , has not registered with the secretar general in whose office, of course, ? will be subject to the examination O
 anyobdy representing a member of tn league. And the duty is laid upon tn secretary general to publish evedy doc ? ument Of that sort at the earliest pos l sible time
 s 'l suppose most persons who hay l not been conversant with the bushes ! Of foreign affairs do not realize ho,
 many hundreds of these agreement ( are made in a single year and hol - difficult it might he to publish tn s more unimportant Of them immediatel, - How uninteresting it would be to mos | of the world to publish them immedi Q ately but even they must be publishe ( just as soon as it is possible for tn | secretary general to publish them e Then there is a feature about th