The sun., 1919-03-20

Nations should take charge of troubles
which arise elsewhere But that In no
solution OF the problem of preventing
war. 1t is merely putting things back
into the condition that they were In be-
fore Germany began this terrific con-
fiot. II we are willing to help remove
from mankind the fearful soouree Of
war We must play our part In removing
It wherever II may exist
other opponents suggest that We
should not formally Join a league but
can take part in q future European
war II needed. as we did this time. Let
the nations over there fight among them
selves and when we are drawn in We
Will fight too. In this war we got on
very lightly. in comparison with the
European bellissrents. There are in
America only hundred thousand
mothers who have lost their sons, and
perhaps twice as many OF our best
young men wounded, many OF them
MANNED and sufferers for life There
are desolate widows and orphans Why
not let II happen again, with perhaps
ten times as many casualties? oh, yss,
why not? Is not this better than trying
to prevent war? Besides, some country
may be devastated, as Belgium and
parts Of France were, without our BE-
money by the trade in munitions and
foodstuffs. Why not7 Is not this bet
ter than preventing war?
This covenant Ia not perfect; II r. a
draft published for criticism and will
receive plenty Of 1t, and through criti-
cism some Improvement also. But even
when perfected 1t will not be perfect.
Nothing human is perfect; still more. it
will not satisfy everybody. In the ma
ture of things II Is an attempt TO har-
monize the views of many nations and
OF many people within each nation. It IL
compromise between these Views, and
compromise is the very life blood of,ali
legislation, where the unsatisfactory, and
the evil IL you will, must be taken with
the good. and for the sake of the greater
good. The covenant is imperfect and
poorly drawn. but 1t is framed on the
right lines. The substance of the plan.
the principles ON which It is founded are
correct and should be accepted and i'm
proved
War Brought Lessons.
mo great advance, no great step for
ward, has ever been taken by men
without hesitation and without op-
position. The Constitution Of the United
States was wrung from the grind
ing necessity Of reluctant people
wv taao aa'-'ishtcu, pdnB ulle, Dolu
statesmen Of that day were right in
trying great experiment, and they
tried 1t with success. The America OF
| their descendants has not become tjrnid
The old idealism, the old fire, the old
| aspiration for something greater and
better in the world, the generosity that
| Is willing that others should share the
prosperiy--and peace that we enjoy--has
not died out.
'"rhe war has taught us some th,nrs
which we hardly understood before
One is the cruelty, the suffering. the
devastation, the horror OF modern war
and the absolute necessity of stopninp
II II civilization il to he nrescryed AN
other thing the war has +augbt rs.
which we saw but dimlv before,-is thai
we have become a great nation and an
inseparable uart Of the world
with the closer contact w,+b r,,-
rope which the proeress OF SCIENCE ba.
brought about. through the mora r,nid
transportation of news Of thinup and
OF men, the DAYS of AMERICAN i.olatiop
have passed away foreyer The MN
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