The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-05-10
LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
By Prof. VIM. H. Dawley.

Will European vital interests allow
the ideals presented by the President
of the United States to prevail? View
ed in the light of Italy's behavior the
answer seems to be in the negative.
In the dire days of the war when Ger.
many was sweeping everything be-
fore her, when the United States was
opposing German destruction simply
with notes. France and England
sought what aid they could get with
no notion of self determination but
self preservation. For the desired as
sistance they made terms that under
the the stress of circumstances seem
ed reasonable. Now that stress has
been removed, they are not at liberty
to disregard their promises. Mean.
time the United States was making
money furnishing supplies.
Later she entered the war with the
lofty and disinterested purpose of
making "The World safe for Demo
cracy." Europe welcomed her without
demanding an Interpretation. Later
the United States suggested a basis of
concluding the war and a proposal of
a society of nations. While these
ideas did not fully suit the allies no
| serious objections were interposed
| Japan estimated that she could not en-.
| ter any combination less than an eual.
| Italy finally withdrew because she
was expected to give up territory that
! c h1 N1rra he
that she considered necessary for her
defense and which she claims had been
promised her. Thus one of the five
| high contracting parties of the League
of Nations has withdrawn before the
treaty is signed.
| Since then Japan's wishes have been
acceded to without a breach. Japan
does not get excited. She is ever
| calm, cool and collected Her repre-
! sentative, the astute Makina, when
| Lusanne in his paper, lie Matin, ex-
| presses regret that vote of the full
| conference of the commissioners on
/ the recognition of race equality was
not insisted upon since a majority fay
| ored it, replied-"T know it but there
would have been a minority also,
which is always a bad principle. L
would have been particularly bad in
! this case because in that minority
| there would have been such great
| friendly nations as America and Eng.
| land. with whom we have particularly
confidential relations and which are
precisely the nations that would have
/ to apply the principle we demad. It
is certain regions of America and
/ Australia, not in Europe, that this anti
quated and unjust prejudice must dis
| appear. We contend that these very
/ regions will in honor abolish the pre-
| judice in the meas future"
"As to Kaio Chan we have agreed
to restore it to China Our agree
ments will hold. Our agreements al
ways hold There is no example in
history of Japan breaking her word ="
But beloved be not ignorant of this
one thing that one day is with the
Lord as a thousand years and a
thousand years as one day" 2nd
Peter Third Chapter and Eighth
!
H. Thomas sermon Sunday after East
er in Allen Chapel Note them. They
were especially fitting for tension was
high because of threats of one set
of citizens against another set not so
strong not so wealthy, law abiding
hut not surrounded by safeguards.
Realizing that sober people, cool of
judgment, under intense excitement
may do the unwise thing, Historic
Aliens shepherd of the people thund-
cred the words of ST. Peter, proclaim
ing calmness to his people for God is
still watching over them that trust
Him and His watch puts to confusion
were the comments during the past
days on this timely sermon.
Russian short stories-Schweikert
is volume fresh from the press of
, Scott Foresman & Co. this month.
, No other people save the French are
, as skillful in producing short stories
. as the Russian, whoses language, it
is said, has no superior in beauty and
clarity of expression. 1t is interest
ing to note points of similarity be,
, tween the common people of Russia
and the Negroes of the rural districts
Especially is this noticeable in reli
gion and music. No organ. piano or
ether musical instrument is allowed
is the Russian church. as no music
bUs that of the human voice shall
, sound the praises of God.
5 The short stories of these carefully
selected but National authors illum
mate and vivify the life of middle and
= lower classes of Russia and shed al
. undimmed light upon the causes OF
> the Revolution of 1917 and the politi
:. cal and social chaos of Russia today,
r But especially interesting to the
/. Negro is the fact that the very firs
story is from the pen of an aristocra