New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-02-26
BRANCH OF PEACE
LEAGUE Is PLANNED.
BROWN COUNTY TO ORGANIZE
SUPPORTERS OF LEAGUE
OF NATIONS
IDEA AROUSES WORLDWIDE q
INTEREST; HAS SUPPORT
@ OF A. r. OF L. Sc

are carried through. At the Northern
Congress for League Of Nations re-
Gently held in Minneapolis and st. Paul
it was decided to spread the idea Of the
League through the whole northwest
and to have an organization in each
county as the best mems for reaching all
people Interested. Henry Gasink and
VIM. Schroeck, of New Ulm who at
tended the Northern Congress as dele
gates from Brown County were charged
with the task of forming League branch
in this county. Although this work is
still in an embryonic stage it is not with
out general interest to hear and know
something about the object of this or
ganization.
The declared object OF the League to
Enforce Peace, formed in Independence
Hall, Philadelphia, on June II 1915,
was that the United States should join
League of Nations which should use
both economic and military force to
preserve peace in the world. Con-
curing in this idea some Of the Great
Powers in Europe declared in reaching
the terms of armistice terminating the
war in Europe that "a general assocla-
ton of nations must be formed under
specific covenants for the purpose of
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independence and territorial integrity
to great and small states alike. -
Has Support of A. r. of l..
Worldwide interest has been aroused
eby these proposals. Several European
statesmen and political organizations
have expressed their full adherence to
them. Among them are Lloyd George,
the British premier, and the French
Chamber of Deputies. The following
comment has been made by the American
Federation OF Labor. "The following
essentially fundamental principles must
underlie any peace acceptable to u.s.
a. A League Of the free peoples Of the
world in q common covenant for genuine
and practical cooperation to secure
Justice and therefore peace in relations
between nations. -. -.
Sanction of Senate Required. "
The federal constitution provides that
any treaty Of peace to which the United
States of America shall be signatory must
have received the sanction Of the Senate,
and it is the traditional policy Of that
body to seek to ascertain the state OF
public opinion. This is another object
Of the League to Enforce Peace: To
ascertain the attitude of the general
public regarding this question.
State and County Organization.
In order to perfect the organization
by counties, the League to Enforce
Peace desires that every state organiza
ton include State Chairman in active
charge OF the organizations; a state
Speakers Bureau in charge of a director
OF Speakers; State Publicity Bureau in
charge OF a Director of Publicity and a
State Executive Committee composed
OF representative men and women from
all walks of life. -
The county branch of the League is
an auxiliary of the state branch. It is
organized as follows: A county chair
man, an associate director as director of
speakers, director Of publicity, and a
representative county executive COM
uittee. These different officers for,
Brown County may be. appointed in
the near future. MIR. Gasink has been
ia touch with several representative
people during the past week. He may
call on the State and National organiza-
tons for their cooperation in making
the necessary appointments.
z Personal Letters Urged.
In circular sent out by the extension
department Of the League to Enforce
Peace all friends and officials of the or
ganiZation are urged to write personal
letters to their United States Senators,
expressing their advocacy of a League
of Nations to establish and maintain
world order, and informing them of the
attitude of their constituents with regard
thereto. This circular, in conclusion,
contains the following advice: Let
us see to it that what we have won on
the field is not lost in the council, by
;nfor,,oirc ourselves upon the igallpS at
stake and letting the voice Of the people
be heard in support Of League of
Nations"