Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-09-09
RESPIRATION ON INFORMATION

INSPIRATION on INFORMATION
II nay ~ !. stale sarty = muzasss the tees whieh Is
. eAareet~ts4 the prsaaents ,eas ssriss Of addresses
Tram the lev watch have bsen delivered. but, II the key
nets Of the saraas has actually been strsek, It APPEARS that
their puTpoee T. in9pirationel rather than Informative.
II ths saziy AAlrss1s ara IN Indication Of what Il
to folloM. the tom sHl eioss without thu chase and aaatyt.
teal statement which = good many people had expAeted
the president to make. Faat the preHdents eAdras in
sahsnttttag Tho ttrsasy to the senate was not Of this char
acter i saamitte4- And. % It appeared to The Herald,
the seeessn was not suitable for such . statement. The
time Wa too short and the occasaon too formal for more
han sons eaasral presentation Of ths asse . was made. |
in thes address the ~psseslent referred to this feature.
md Expressed = willingness and, in fact, q ssross Desire.
to meet NTH the senate or ts eonnmittse at . convenient
tine b 81 essr the phole subject, BIT by bit. The senate
E9se no eItAncs Of eassrness to accept this invitation.
md for some time isnored the invitation a~lteesther. The
president then adapted the expedtent Of inviting SENATOR'S
y smnall greu.ps 70 meet with him and talk the treaty over.
No record Of theee conversations has been made public,
but several Of the senator's who attended have said that
they received neE lisht on imprtaat festnrek
Thea the foreign relations committee asked for a
Meeting With the president, md this Vas held. It was
aeetdeA that tho meeting should b Informal and public,
tn that . record should Do naade for publlc NO Of every
fht.s ssid. ~ Was to b expeeteA. the msstins was too
pubic t. b quite informal, and vhne the president doubt
le1 dsired to stye. and the others 70 reesiye Information,
the publicity which, it vas knexn. Mas to be s1xln to the
proeeedinu tendsd to subordinate sts Informative features
70 the natural desire Of each tndividual to Justify his for
.meriy Expressed opinions befere the world.
In most Of the details Of the psece treaty the Anner11
can public feels only a u mild interest. II any interest at all.
The provisions relating to BOUNDARIES. reparations. milf
tary restrictions, and 80 forth. are necessarily voluminous,
technical and complicated. Az to most Of them our peo-
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arraageuents compiled reasonably with the demands Of
the oeoasion. ana thai they we're the best that could b
reached unasr the circumstances The one exception to
this more or less Indifferent attitude il the section which
provides > epnstitutien for the Leasue Of Nations On that
subject there is active intesrest, and On that subject thed
people desire Information.
The movement for the League Of Nations %antedates
the war. although it was crystallized into form by the war.
The interest in the subject, which. while moderate and re-
str4cted before the MaE, has been growing. and white the
war has gtysn II inapetzs. It exists entirely apart from this
particular var and its immediate results. There \ has
been q strong hope that through the efforts now being put
forth there would be evolved a system which would tend
to place the relations Of nations on . firm and enduring
basts Of Justice and peeAa!ee. 2 system under Which eyery
legitimate national aspiration would find opportunity for
full and free expression, and which would aid materially
IN removing the military menace which has held thef
world enthralled. ... ..
Does the present League constitution present, meas-1
urably and aeceptably. the realization Of that hope. veryI
many people believe that It does But their conclusional
have been based on their own reading and analysis Of the
document and the discussions Of it's various features by
public men Of sl shades Of opinion. They would have1
seleomed at this time such = close and searching analy-
sA Of the document IS only the president Of the United
States = IN q position to stye. He was the chief OF the
American delegation at the peace conference. He was
one Of tho four or fire individuals who gave the eonsrt-I
tudon It's final form. He Is familiar with every step ipl
the nsgotiadonA. and knevs what Is the intended effect Of
each article snd clans. and Why each is written as it is
It = conceded that it i impossible for any man, tn1
stisuton. But It i possible for an able man to do much
the president haA denoted one Of hts addresses to an e1-
10 is proytstens for the formulation of internauonI
80 Ga. the people Of thu country would at the close
OF the series have been in possession Of an authoritative
Interpretation Of the constitution such as could have been
from 20 other source. That Interpretation, We
are eonxt1ssd. weuld b much more useful than is reit-
srafo7 Of the abatement, With which everyone is familiar.
and whteh sseF7oae admits. thai the world longs for paaca.
1t ruay be that the presidents program includes pre-
vision for sene such araassts LET us hope that 1t doss.
GREETINGS TO The PRINCE
Ths Prince Of Wales u today the guest Of our neigh
her, the etty Of Winnipeg. and the province of Aani.oba.
Befors long he Will cross into the United States, and here
10 win - rseetyed NTH the honee that BELTS his htsh DO
stston = The preventative official head Of the Great British
empire. F