The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-09-26

viii find Itself cut Oft from both bust
ness and social communication with
the rest of the world.
How Il viii Prevent Wars.
It IL not claimed that the League OF
Nations will do away with war alto
gether. Every possible provision that
human intelligence can devise will be
made to settle international disputes
~peaceably. But should all these meas
ures fail and two nations go to war,
this Is what will happen:
If both parties to the dispute have
observed the rules Of the League, the
other nations will stand back and let
them fight It out. War under such
circumstances Is difficult to imagine,
however, because before the angry ma
lions will be allowed to fight in &C.
| cordance with the rules Of the League,
SO much time must elapse that In all
probability their anger will cool and
they will reach al amicable under
standing.
What we have to fear is that some
nation will go to war In defiance Of
the League, and every precaution has
been taken to suppress such q nation
by the immediate use Of the united
power Of the other nations. II inter
national boycott failed to bring her
to terms she would have to face q
combined international army and
navy. The founders Of the League be-
lieve that the mere possibility of such
a situation will prevent any nation
from violating its agreement. Does
anyone think hat Germany would
have begun war five years ago II she
had known that nearly all the other
great powers would combine against
her3
Doing the Worlds Work.
In addition to settling international
disputes peaceably the League Of
Nations will provide means for doing
much Of the worlds work more sys-
tematically and effectively than can
be done now when each nation Is
working only for itself. The people
you know best and like best are those
who work with you on the same Job.
1t will be the same way with the
nations of the future. The more they
work together, the ooner they will
come to understand and like each
other.
For example, the League will estab-
lish an international organization for
the lettering OF labor conditions In
different countries, for the protection
Of women and children and the native
inhabitants Of civilized and seml-civil-
lied countries. One Of Germany's
greatest crimes has been her barba'
rous treatment Of the helpless people
In some Of her colonies. One of the
chief tasks Of the League will be to
look after peoples that are not strong
enough to protect themselves.
The League will appoint commits
sions to take charge of various inter
national undertakings SO that they
may be carried on, not for h bench
Of any one nation, but for the bench
Of the whole world. Provision will bt
made for promotion Of fair and equa
trade conditions.
These are only a few OF the benefit:
the world will derive from the League
AS time goes on we shall find more
and more tasks at which the nation:
can work in common and a greater
number OF opportunities to remov'
causes which stir up jealousies an
an!mosities between races and peoples
Objections Answered.
OF course we annot hope to maxi
! the great changes such as the Leagu'
Of Nations will bring about withou
opposition. Fortunately the war ha
, taught US the great advantages o
: international cooperation. 1t wa
| only by good team work that the fire.
liberty loving nations were able t
J whip Germany.
4 The treaty which the United State
4 Senate is debating obligates the mem
bers of the proposed League to pro
= tect n another against attack fron
r enemies outside their W boundarie
bent upon conquest. Although thi
agreement (Article X Of the Cove
nant) is vital t any arrangement
which seeks to prevent war, 1t ha
: been attacked Oh the ground that
would draw the United States Int
wars In various parts of the world an
force us to send our boys to fight !
q quarrels which did not concern us.
: We should remember, however, tina
i the main purpose Of Article X is I
brighten nations tempted to wars G
conquest from yielding to the tempts
} ton, by the certainty that they will b
n crushed II they begin such a war b
a universal boycott and a union {
forces of the world against them.
q big war breaks out again, the Unite
States will be forced to take part
It whether we have a League {
- Nations or not. We tried hard enOug
% to keep out Of the war with German
II but found we couldn't.
A little war contrary to the Leagr
a. rules could be handled by the powe'
close at hand. Certainly 1t would n
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