Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-11

fhe RECOMMENDATION ana revision of ad-
min!Straftve arrangements and re-
strictlons which the treaty prescribed
bot which II was recognized might not
prove OF lasting advantage or entirely
pract icable.
League became Necessity.
The promises governments were
making 10 one another about the way
in which labor WAS to be dealt with.
b5 law not only. bat in fact as welt
would remain a mere humane thesis
II there was 20 be no common tribunal
Of opinion and judgment TO which
influences which alone might secure
their redemption. league OF free
rptions had become practical neces-
slty. Examine the treaty Of peace and
YOU will find that everywhere through
oat its manifold provisions it's frame rs
have felt Obliged to turn TO the league
"a naiions as M indispensable instru-
mentality for the maintenance of the
new order II has been their purpose TO
set up in the world. the world Of
civilized men,
nations TO steady the counscIs and
maintain the peaceful understandings
OF the world. to make. not trea ties
alone. but the accepted principles of
rule Of conduct among the govern
mcnts of the world. had been one OF
the agreements accepted from the first
as the basis Of peace with the central
powers. The statesmen of all the bell
hgerent countries were agreed that
such league must be created to sus-
affected, But 1T first think there was
feeling among some Of them that
while il must be attempted. the for
nation nnss Of suen League Vas pers;aps
men. long experienced in the world Of
affairs. must agree to very cautiously
and with many misgirinSs.
Moro Than Written Paper.
1t was only as the difficult work or
arranging an all but universal adjust
mcnt of the worlds affairs advanced
from day to day, from one stage OF
conference to another. that !, became
seeking would be little more than
something written upon paper. to be
interpreted and applied by such meth
make available If they did not provide
a means OF common counsel which all
were Obliged TO accept. common su-
ognized as decisions which all must
respect.
And SO the mos, practical the most
and more to the league as the author
ity through which intcrna,io action
was to be secured. the authority with
it would he difieuit to give assured
effect either to this treaty or to any
other international understanding
s Mhh hs OF TeTs Go deRf s e
that the covenant OF the league was
the hrst substantiative part Of the
treaty TO be worked out and agreed
upon, while all else was in solution
helped to make the formulation OF the
rest easier.
The conference was. after all. not
lions was TO continue, under a definite
covenant which had been agreed upon
and which AL al were convinced was
confidence to make arrangements in
tended TO be permanent. The most
prac teal of the conferees were at last
OF nations the superintendent OF all
interests which did not admit of I'm
mediate determination. OF all admins
quire a. continuing oversight What
seemed counsel OF perfection had
come to seem plain counsel of neces-
practical statesmen's hope Of success
in many of the most difficult things he
was attempting.
'.Coneert of Free N.sion~.-
And II had validated itself in the
thought OF every member of the con-
ference rs something much bigger, much
greater every way. than a mere instru-
ment for carrying out the provisions
sally reeognized that all the peoples OF
the world demanded OF the conference
that 1T should create such continuing
concert OF free nations'as would make
wars OF aggression and spoilation such
as this that has just ended forever i'm
possible A cry had gone out from
every HON home III, In every stricken land
gone forth to the great sa:riice that
sueh saarihce should never again be
SSx sas II was manifest why it had
cause Dne nation desired DONNA ton
a nes o'ns me- aa nations had known no
an esn a,,; of esfenye except ornaments
heart OF every arrangement OF Eu-
rope-of every arrangement OF the
wor WORTH preceded the war: Restive
armies. which they toiled to sustain.
meant peace: and they now know that
they had been LIED to: that fleets and
mote national ambitions and meant
war. They knew that no old policy
sl@axs Anything orns else but force teree
was intolerable.
League Only Hope for Mankind.
Every true heart in the world. and
every enlightened judgment demanded
mai. Al Whatever cost OF indcpe ndent
sSoMni, every government that. took
or tor ordered freedom should LEND
assros 70 the o oa orseI Of ana
politics Statesmen might see ifiicui
ties; but the people could see none ane
e e6un l BROOK no denial. war In whici
Terror that lay concealed in ever,
balance Of power must not end in ;
mere victory OF arms and u new bal
| ance. The monster that had resortet
10 arms must be put IN chains thu
could not be broken. The united powe,
or free nations must put q stop Il
aggression, and the world must bt
given peace. II there was not the vii
or the intelligence to accomplish tina
now there must be another and ;
ma war and the world must he sven
ttean OF every power that could renew
the terror. The league OF nations va
not merely an instrument TO adjus
ana remedy old wrongs under a new
treaty OF peace; it was the only hop.
ior mankind Again and again hat
me demon OF war been cast out OF tn,
house OF the peoples and the hous,
swept clean by treaty OF peace, onI,
/ 20 prepare time when ne would enteI
IN again with spirits worse tina a him
seII. me house must now be given ;
tenant VINO could hold II against al
| such Convenient. indeed Indispensable
as statesmen found the newly pIannet
league lag of nations to be for the execu
reparatlof. they saw ii in new aspec
Deiore iheir work was finished. Tie,
saw It as the main object Of the peace
As the only thing that could compIet
Il or make 1T worth while They "a u
t as the hope of the world and tina
nope, they did not dare 10 disapooint
shaIl we or any other free people n { ST
/ tate to accent this great dufv2 no.