The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1919-03-01

week the Official ufdlt VI TIE Oousli-
tuition or Covenant" of the League
of Nations.
1t is chiefly bis work. He was chair
man of the Commission appointed at
the Peace Conference to draw it up.
His last important act in France was
to read to the assembled delegates
this document, which is expected to
give peace to the world perhaps for
centuries to come. There are those
who are skeptical about that, but
hope runs high. At least this is the
most promising effort that has ever
been made for doing away with wars.
No Standing Army for League
There are reports that France is
disappointed in the Constitution. She
had hoped for an international army
to defend her frontiers against the
feared and hated Germans. France
did not get that. and is forced to be
satisfied with something less.
There is to be no international
army in time of peace. Under the
League plan, however, the leagued
nations will Ito use Mr.. Taft's graph
ic words) lump on" any nation that
makes unjust war upon another.
There's going to be peace or the
leagued nations will lay the heavy
hand of their displeasure on the ma
ton that disturbs the peace.
Court for Nations, With Power
The League is to be. in effect, a
court for nations. 1t will be backed
up in case of need by unlimited force.
1t is to settle disputes. to make and
enforce just decisions among nations.
Force, it is hoped and believed,
will seldom have to be used. just as
force is seldom. appealed to in the
civil courts. The order of the court
is usually enough; everybody obeys
it.
Short of war, this court of nations
is to have power to compel obedience
by economic pressure" If any bad
nation refuses to be bound by the
decisions of the League, all the good
nations in the League will stop trad
ing with that bad nation. They will
neither buy from it or sell to it until
it obeys. The offending nation will
face economic ruin.
Old Plan Revived
This is Thomas Jefferson's plan for
putting a stop to war; a scheme pro-
posed by that far seeing American
statesman more than a hundred years
ago. The United States was not big
enough then to make the plan a sue.
cess. but the Leagued Nations. with
the United States leading. may make
it successful now. A bold nation il
will be that dares to face boycott
from almost the whole world.
Senators Divided
The Wilson plan was unanimously
approved by the Peace Conference
at Paris. 1t is apparently meeting
with almost unanimous approval all
over the world--except in the Con.
gress of the United States. This il
perhaps the common case. noted in
Bible times. of a prophet being not
without honor save in his own coun.
try and in his own house. How large
or small a part jealousy and partisan
rivalry may play in this matter the
public must judge.
Asks Senate Not To Debate II
Before he left Paris President Viii.
son cabled to Washington, request.
ing the Senate not to debate the
League of Nations plan until he ar.
rived.
Not all the Senators respected the
Presidents request. Senator Ward.
aman of Mississippi, of his own
party. was the first to disregard it.
He sharply criticised the President
for asking Congress to defer debate.
and claimed that the whole scheme
of a League of Nations was unconsti-
tutional. No Senator broke the ST.
lence at that time. Privately some
of the Senator'S who support the Lea