Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-21
League Of Nations.

Omaha, Jan. 16.-To the Editor
of The Bee: In all probability, the
world will not return to it's former
condition, for, as a result of the
world war, the whole aspect of the
world has changed and revolutions
never roll backwards.
One large result Of the war, al
ready becoming apparent, will be
the drawing together into a close
union Of all the nations of the world,
regardless Of their status during the
war.
The war itself began the work Of
drawing the nations together. They
are already united by an invisible
bond-the personal interest that
every nation felt in the war.
And now arises the shadowy out
line of a nearly-born state. It
comes to meet the needs Of the new
era, the conditions evolved by the
war. 1t embraces the whole world,
for all the different countries of the
world will, in time, become simply
individual states in this one grand
patria-the United States of the
World. 1t is indispensable that this
World Country should have a gov
eminent. Legislative, executive and
judicial bodies must eventually be
formed, president, king, head
God forbid! Human nature is too
weak to bear such a burden, to stand
such a test. We want no world ty-
rant. It should be made treason at
the outset for anyone ever to sug-
gest making a head to this world
country.
It should be plainly stated in the
constitution whether or not MEM
bers could stand for reelection and
a limit definitely set to the number
of terms one individual could serve
1t would be advisable, of course, il
all the states in this great country
could be near of size. But this
would necessitate the breaking up
of all large empires-the British and
Russian empires, for instance-and
about without additional bloodshed,
even though the general good of
mankind should demand It.
It has been said that COLONIES are
fruit which only clings to the tree
until ripe" (Turgot, quoted by
Katherine Cohan)
1t seems to me that Canada and
Australia ought to be ripe by this
time. If the Canadians are not ca
pable, qualified and fitted to gov
ern themselves by this time, they
ought to be ashamed to acknowledge
it. Both Canada and Australia pre-
sent the ludicrous phenomena Of full
grown men still being carried in
their mothers arms. Why should
that little race, the English, whose
country is about as large as the state
of New York, rule over about. one
quarter of the earth? s("Growth of
the English Nations" gives the one
quarter rate.)
1t is preposterousl Down with
the Teutons, ! say for the English
are Teutons.
Let the English rule England: the |
Canadians rule Canada; the Austral- |
ians rule Australia; the Irish rule |
Ireland; the Scotch rule Scotland.
Isn't that sound common sense? |
Let the league decree that no |
country shall have a larger army |
than is necessary to police its own |
And let all the armies Of |
the world be at the command of the |
league, should necessity arise. Dis |
band all national navies.. Let there |
be one navy only and that under the /
control of the league, to police the |
seas. And let all nations have equal
rights on the seas.
Let all the small countries be
under the special Protection, of the
league and perhaps it would be wise
not to allow any countries to hold
colonies. Let all peoples yet incom-
petent to rule themselves be ruled
by representatives Of the league,
until civilized and educated enough
10 rule themselves.
The two great obstacles today are,
perhaps, anarchy and the British