The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-03

mere dTpamers of Peace. We mean
 to realize Peace Movoa by a burn
 ing desire to see the establishment of
 the League of Nations at last assur-
 ed, and resolved to go as far to ob-
 tain this end as her conscience would
 permit, France has not hesitated to
 accept the provisions of the scheme
 submitted to the conference, despite their shortcomings, But these short eomtngs are extremely serious. The obligations not to resort te arms are far from being absolute. War re- mains not only possible but pernissi- ble whenever the International Coun- cil has been unable to arrive at an unanimous decision regarding the solution of the dispute brought be- fore 1t, More than this war 4s still permissible, even in the case of a unanimous decision, when & state submitted to all the delays imposed 1 upon the disputant by Article 12. In all disputes Ia which there Is only ma5ority~however larse-on the side of one of the contendtng ma tons, the Covenant ceases to func- ton, and, in accordance with a pro vision In Article Is, each state re gains its freedom of action and may
 
 , states which 1t thinks proper to sup port, Thus the same old system of alliances continues to work with the sanctions of the League of Nations.
 In these conditions, what hope is ! there of protecting the world from fresh upheavals?
 Necessary Conditions.
 What is wanted is to prevent the States which might wish to make war from possessing the means of doing it, One condition is enough, but 1t is indispensable Refractory States must not have the necessary force at their
 disposal Limitation of ornaments is the supreme condition of peace, In order that the international forces by the mere fact of its existence may finally shield the world from war, without even having to be set in mo- , ton, the limitation of ornaments must l be real and effective, it must be possi- ! ble to keep an adequate check upon 1t, and 8 permanent commission must l be set up under the control of the 1 League of Nations to deal with every 1 thing connected with the joint forces, The special task of this permanent commission would be to inspect in
 ternationaI effectives and armaments III W1li3 InS IL 1 thoTitieS of each State, and to draw up general regulations with a view to standardizing as much as possible 1 both the armaments and the methods to be employed by forces destined to ] act together A plan must be worked out in advance settling the lines upon which the League should make it's ap- peal to each individual nation. The measures to be taken to curb any nliscl1ievous intentions must be dis cussed and agreed upon, and worked out beforehand. The refractory Sta te. aware of the prepara tionS already made out of those to follow, in order to deal with aggression, will attempt it, Failure to take these elementary precautions will encourage the recall citrant State, and the peacs at which we aim will be attainable.
 Value of Public Opinion
 But in spite of the serious sh hort- coming presented by the Convention of April 2S, we must ignore the pow CT exercised upon the contending na- tions by universal opinion enlighten- ed by public debates reported in the Press of the world, nor must we for get that the decision of this court of the peoples, and the solemn sen tences pronounced by it, will almost always be considered binding by the dispuung nations But if this is to so, the whole world must realize that universal opinion will, if need arises, be backed by universal force; and that this universal force is ready to intervene immediately in case of urg-
 ency- The realization by the peoples of their solidarity is one of the best
 guarantees of peace This solidarity,
 this development of their common interests, both material and moral will be powerfully aided by the con-
 stant and friendly intercourse estab-
 iished between the nations by the
 League For the Covenant very hap
 oily assemble around the political
 and judicial system of the League of
 Nations a whole body of regulations designed to secure the developm ent of international interests such as the protection of labor, the suppression of the traffic in children, free freedom of communications and tran sit, and the struggle against social evils Besides all this the League of Nations guarantees the territorial in- | tegrity and political independence of i it's members against all attack from l without; it imposes upon all the obli- l gation to submit any difference which
 may arise to arbitration or investi- l gation. by the Council If a State has not followed this procedure or if af- | ter following it, it declares war either 1 before the termination of the period ] laid down for the award in the arbi- | tration or the decision of the Coun- l cil or during the three months follow 1 jag such award or decision, it will be ! considered ipso facto as having con- | nitted an act of war against all the
 nth Ia a l diate1y to break off all intercourse
 between their nationals and those of i the recalcitrant State; at the same
 time it is the duty of the Interna- 1 tional Council to notify to the vari- l ous governments concerned the miIi- tarv or naval contingents which they
 are to furnish towards the interna- | tional force.-(F'rom the Internation- | al News Bureau Incl
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