The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1919-09-26
CARRIES HIS BATTLE FOR
LEAGUE or NATIONS INTO
HOME or Hie ENEMIES.
GIVES COST OF GREAT WAR
lnforms Them Of Lives and Treasure
Poured Out to Save
Civilization.
(By Mt. Clemens News Bureau)

who oppose The adoption by the Uni
ted States of the peace treaty and the
covenant Of the League Of Nations in
to their households. President Wilson
last week invaded California.
And there, where the question on
which league opponents have ham
mered the hardest, that Of Shan Tung-
is Of most intsres~. the president found
the same enthusiasm among the peO'
pie for peace and for Insurance.
against future wars. The people want
the long controversy ended. They
want this country to be able to again
turn its undivided attention to social.
economic and industrial development.
| Their leaders may not feel this way.
but judging from the expressions
which met the president on every side.
The leaders have overstepped the
limits Of the peoples patience in their
stubborn determination TO forco q
change In the great document.
Must Take This League.
I'VE must take this League of Ma
tions." said the president, FOR there
is no way in which another car be
obtained without compelling recon
sideration by the powers. And 1t
would sit very Ill upon my stomach to
| take 1t back to Germany for c~ousidera-
ton
All over the world people are look
ing to US with confidence our rivals
along with the weaker nations. l pray
Sod that the gentlemen who are de-
laying this thing may presently see It
in a different light"
Germany, The president declared. Is
taking new courage from our delay in
ratifying the treaty and her news
papers and public men we're again be-
coming a%rrogantly o~ut-spoken.
Deeply impressive were the figures
Of the cost OF the late war, in lives
and dollars. 1t was the first time that
the official statistics have been made
public and the tremendous totals
shocked the presidents audiences.
Shows Cost Of World War.
Tho war;" said President Wiisen,
cost Great Britain and and her Do
mains $4,000 900. 900; France $2S.D00,-
O0O, 900; the United States $4,000
0O0. 600; Russia $18. 900, 0O0. 900; Italy
s13, 000, O00, 900 and a total. including
the expenditures Of Japan. Belgium
and other small countries, Of $123.0O0,-
COO, 900.
1T cost the Central Powers az fol-
lows: Germany $50. 200, 900 900; Aus
tria-Hungary, $4,000. O0O. 900; Turkey
snd Bulgaria $4,000. 900 900.
THE United States" the president
said. spent one million dollars an
hour night and day for two years in
it's struggle to saw civilization. All
this, however, fades into insight
ficance when the deaths BY
battle are considered" declared
the president. Russia gave L.
100000 men; Germany 1.60O.0Oo;
France 1880. 900; Great Britain 90O.-
900; Italy 1854. 900: the United States
so, 400. In all. almost 1900, 900 men
persisted in the great struggle, or
1900. 900 more men than died in all OF
the wars of the previous 100 years.
Should Remember Recent Horrors.
"These are terrible facts, and We
ought never to forget them. We went
into this war to do a thing that was
fundamental for the world and what 1
have come out on this journey for Il
to determine whether the country b.
forgotten or not. I have found out.
The country has not forgotten and II
will never permit any who stands
IN the way Of the fulnllment Of or
great pledges, ever to forget the sos-
rowful day he made the attempt"
Arbitration and discussion, the pres
ident pointed out. must replace force
of arms In the settlement Of world
controversies. Constantly he dwelis
upon the fact that all the nations tn
the League agree to do N Of two
things. first to submit their differences
to arbitration. in which ase they
agree to abide by the decision rem
dered, or, II unwilling to a~rbitrate, to
have their East discussed by the Coun-
Gil of the League, In which case SIX
months is granted for discussion.
Three months must elapse following
the result of this last step in arbitra-
ton before the nation concerned can
declare war.
Holds Out Hope for ireland.
The president took advantage Of
questions p~ropounded by the San Fran
cisco Labor Council to give the infer
ence that he believes Ireland can bring
her case before the League Of Nations
for settlement when the League 10
actually in existence.
Shan Tung. he declared, will be re-
turned to China. Japan. he said, had
given her solemn pledge to that effect.