South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-07
THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
(Annotated.)

You seem TO be quite borne down
by the idea that anybody who dis
agrees with Pres't Wilson is an enc
my of the country.
(Not at all. Neither is everything
that the president does a menace to
the country, and es the paper which
you employed never prints anything
about the president except the criu-
cal. calculating tO make him appear
a menace, IL gave that sudden tinge
TO your remarks.-Editor)
Hostilities are ended. Mr.. Wilson
has come out of his refuse. and I
feel quite free 10 disagree with him
on his League Of Nations or any
thing else and still remain alto
gether as good as American as any
Of his most belligerent supporters.
Very good. But why "his League
OF Nations" If. as follows. il is only
European league" that is, unless
YOU mean 60 imply that the president
and his "belligerent supporters are
not very American.-EditOrl
The League of Nations thus far is
a European league i'm which Amer
lea gets nothing except an infinitely
troublesome future. Men who are
just as good Americans as Pres't
Wilson have said this, and there are
millions OF Americans who viii
never endorse a League OF Nations
IN which the chief asset TO America
is policing Armenia. America is too
big a nation for Mr.. wilson's array
of rhetoric TO commit its future to
the unfamiliar politics of Europe
l..
Is trying not 10 commit America TO,
and he and lot of other Americans
just as true as his "belligerent" OPP
pOnents believe the League of Ma
tons is the remedy. The "unfamil-
lar politics Of Europe responsible
for the world war, save us "a job i'm
comparison with which the policing
of Armenia will be child's play
EGiOl.D
To the plain man everywhere. TO
whom Pres't Wilson often refers, it
would seem this country is sufficient
and good enough for Americans
And again l say. if there is any po-
Icing TO be done let it be done near
er home, somewhere along the Rio
Grande-for the good of America.
am free to say. Mr.. Wilson'S
League Of Nations viii prove doUbly
a delusion if it does not recognize
the independence Of Ireland. And
even if it does recognize Irish indie
pendence, it will be a delusion any
how if it does not provide for the
interests and secure future of Amer
lea.
agreed absolutely-as TO the pro-
vision FOR the interests and secure
future of America" But whether
10 Will or whether II won't, is at
present only matter of opinion.
save To those who can look into the
future with more than finite vision.
Whether it will be delusion with or
without Irish independence recOg-
nized is another debatable question.
Plainly enough. however the pres
ent leaders Of Irish Independence in
Ireland do not belong at the peace
tables until after the treaty with
Germany is settled. Irish independ-
Cnce may be fit subject for con-
sideratiOn by the League Of Nations
later. Ou not i'm the formation of the
league, nor i'm settling peace.-Edi-
tor
II is because Mr.. Wilson spoke uD
for the small nations and organized
his league for their support that
people in this country are asking
why exclude ireland ,"
You say that though 25O.0OC
Irishmen out of Ireland fought with
the British, Ireland does not belong
with Poland and the Juso-Slavic
race but with Turkey, the ally Of
Germany BY what process of
thinking You can call ireland an ally
of Germany after giving 100000
men-35O. 200 is more like the cor
rect number-to the allied cause out
of Ireland alone is altogether be-
yond me. The Easter uprising TO
which YOU point was not a fight for
Germany. as has been shown over
and over again, but the despair of a
race after home rule had been twice
passed by the commons. a third
time passed by parliament, the
house Of lords and signed by the
king, and then suspended through
the contemplate politics of the
British ministry. / beg to assure
you there is not a people IN all this
orld VINO would give Sc generously
after so foul a treatment for 500
years.
LET Us get the distinction now be-
fore going farther. the distinction
between the Irish people who fought
i'm the war. and the Irish Sim Fein
leaders who are claiming independ-
pnce It is these latter that. we
thought we had made plain. COM
pare better with the Turks. as allies
Of Germany. than with the Poles or
Jugo-Slavs. as allies Of the allies
BESIDES. Irish Independence has
never been recognized by any nation
on the earth. and the plan Of the
League Of Nations is for the league
10 do the future recognizing and
then guarantee the Independence that
In recognizes. Friends Of Irish free
dom should not be in too big hurry
To- denouucc the league "A "delu-
sion" lust because the Sim Fein
delegates 20 Paris-and that is what
they are-are not Immediately seat
ed Furthermore. RI that Easter mp
rising was not pro German. the Ger
mans were certainly very pro-ITish
on the subject and there Is no .vi-
dence that German prOffeIed aid was
rejected. Editor)
I have said heretofore the Irish
question viii not die down any more
than the question Of the union OF
the states died down. The League
of Nations may not recognize IL.
Pres't Wilson may call il an English
problem. Unpreiudiced people know
I the irish people are fighting for "a
righteous cause-the right Of Irish
men 10 rule Ireland You may line
them Up with the Turks. and Mr..
Wilson may be fonder of the Juso-
4 Slavs. he gustibus non est dis