Evening journal., 1919-03-11
MR.. WARDDISCUSSES
OF NATIONS
Continued from nasa a.

/ .NHWAANNMWNNA ANNNh NAH' NNH.
The hands which should be extended in
help. DO YOU want such ISOLATION n
Is the only kind you can get You had
/ IL once during the years from August
I i9ii. 90 April 1911 Did YOU enjoy 10
/ then? DO YOU now recall with pleas
| lure and pride those years 0i humiiia-
| ton and self contempt? When our
! greatest intellectual efforts were cN-
/ pended in trying 10 invent plausible eX-
cusos for not doing that which Wc knew
/ i'm our hearts and souls we ought 60
do and which In April 1917, we finally
and almost too late actuslly did dO DO
YOU remember your feelings when That
Z ibliehting isolation came 10 am end?
surely those years Of national hus
initiation burnt themselves into your
hearts and souls. inenaceable while you
| live. DO YOU want iO go through it
again2 surely you do not. ! know IT.
You will not pay the price for isolation
for that price is the loss of national
self-rcspoct.
Is Isolation Desirable
But even n isolation We're desira-
ble is ID possible? II is not. Even II
we were 80 base as 20 desire IL upon
the terms, which 7 have stated, 1t Is
not possible 10 be had. Figure 10
yourself o man who could say J am
going 90 devote myself solely and eX-
clusNely 10 my own affairs and those
of my family and 20 isolate myself en-
tirely nom the rest on society. lie
could not do it. In The period or a
single day he would tlnd it impossi-
bile. The assertion OF his rights, the
continuance of his very existence de-
pend upon ms recognition aud his de-
fense of the rights and the lives Of the
other members OF society. And so 10
is with nations.
There Is now already, before this
league Is formed. a society OF nations
a society in which the rights and the
lives OF nations depend upon the joint
and combined efforts OF it, members.
That society Of nations VIII continue
10 exist and 10 call for The cooperation
and mutual support Of 81 constituent
nafions. whether this league be formed
or not formed. What This new league
does is 90 reduce 90 form and TO a
written compact the principles OF
Righteousness and mutual assistance
which are In themselves the pre-
requisites OF The continuance and en-
durancc OF civilized national govern
ments upon this planet. The soeiely OF
nations already exists. We cannot ig-
more 30 nor escape from g. We enjoy
It's benefits and we must endure ITS
burdens. Isolation is not only undo
sirable it is impossible.
"The formation Of the present league,
rightly or wrongly. wisely or unwisely.
whether by the exercise Of undue in
nuence on the part Of President vii
son. as seme contend, or not, has been
made a principal part Of the business
OF the presently assembled peace con-
ference In Paris. BY reason Of It's
transccndent Importance. it there Oc-
cupies the centre OF the stage and en-
crosses the attention Of the world. All
The limelights play upon 10 and the real
primary purpose OF the conference, the
making OF peace conclusive Of the
great war, attracts comparatively little
attention. The treaty OF peace with
Germany has become subordinate 20
this great idea. 70 is felt that, II this
league Is formed, the conditions OF the
German peace are not so Overwhelm-
ingly important as otherwise they
would be, because i'm the face Of such a
league, Germany would be powerless
for harm. whatever her condition and
her circumstances may be. when the
war is technically and legally at an end
and the Allies Vacaie her territory. To
France and Belgium The assurance That
in League Of Nations the world is at
their backs. il they are again attacked
by Germany. means more than the re-
Of boundaries. than the crea-
lion OF strategic frontiers. The same
thing Is true of the new Poland. Of the
new Jugoslayia, Of The new CzechO-
slovakia and Of an the other nations Of
Europe, great and small. old and hew.