Arizona republican., 1919-03-22
WAR SECRETARY
 MAKES P[EAF FUR NATION LEAGUE
Argues For It In Fl Paso After Day at Fort Bliss Promises Airplanes For Border Patrol Work.
Republican A. p. Leased Wirel


 Republican A. p. Leased Wirel
 FL PASO, Texas, March 21.-'When President Wilson comes back from France with the treaty of peace con- taining the league of nations designed to save the world from repetition of that awful catastrophe through which it has just passed, I am going to be for that league and I will not be alone Secretary Newton D. Baker declared here tonight in his public address at Liberty hall on the league Of nations.
 'Over iu France they are writing 8. treaty of peace to end this war" he continued.
 We have champion there pleading that the constitution of the league of nations which will substitute intelil- gence and arbitration for war, be in- cluded in it. This is not partisan question in this country and rightly so. The most effective advocate of the league of nations is eX-President Taft, whose speeches have been eloquent in it's behalf. It is d question of making such arrangements that will unite the forces of intelligence of mankind and
  ciding international questions.
 The league of nations is not new thing Austria and Germany had a league for aggression and to extend the power of the Hohenzollern and Hapsburg dynasties. Nations will make treaties and form leagues. There has been a balance of power in Europe in the past and we neutrals tremble for fear of disturbing the balance.
 Want No More War
 Shall We have a league of nations founded on secret covenants or a league in which every nation may be member of a body formed for the purpose of bringing together the in telligence of mankind on international disputes and thus ending war?
 The difficulty with us We have not looked war in the face. I have been twice to France and over there they do not take any easy chair view of it and ask for a perfect document What they ask is protection from war. Not only is the United States in favor of league of nations, but the mercifuI heart of the world is crying for it. The plain people of Europe join hands with you in reaching out for this covenant which will bring deliverance from slaughter.
 These people of Europe have lost confidence in government We hear about bolshevism. It is there not be- cause people do not want law and order put because they feel their government ' has broken down and they do not knoy, what they want. We have great call | III this emergency. We must show | how highly we hold our conntrv 'om in | esteem. We must preserve law and l order so new countries will get the Idea ours is not a turbulent people We l must make this country model for | the world. ioi | we must sustain the hands of those | Mno seek to work out the covenant of the League Of Nations
 bIg Day for Secretary | FL PASO, Tex. March 2I.-Secre- l 1ary of War Newton D. Baker. and l General March. chief of staff of the army were rushed from the Union sta | tIoh' through double files of troops to rort blss this afternoon, where they | witnessed a review of all mounted | troops in the Fl Paso border district | inspected all of the camps on the fort | reservation, held a reception for the ! dlstrlct officers at the Knights of Co., | iumbus hall, istenede to a band con- | cent py the Mexican military band and attended a dinner tonight in their 1 honor Siven by the citizens and off 1 cers of Fl Paso.
 1 Secretary Baker. announced it was one of the most strenuous eight hour uays he had experienced since return ing from Europe and he finished his shift by delivering a speech on inc League of Nations at Liberty hall he lore his departure for San Antonio to- night. '0 | The secretary of war confirmed his reported intention of making the Texas | ooruef training ground for army aFlators, substituting airplanes for cavalry patrols in the long reaches of desert country between outposts. Il we are contemplating establishing border patrol of airplanes and mak-
 ing Texas practice place for air craft, the war secretary said
 Airpianes For Border
 | AlrplaneS form one of the important
 arms of the service and Texas offers
 an excellent field for these experi-
 mental flights. It is impossible now to
 say When the patrols Will be stablished nor now many planes will be assigned
 to this border, as that depends upon the
 reorganization plans, which in turn are
 yet to be provided for.''
 Il Secretary Baker declined to comment
 upon reports that the arms and ammu-
 nltlon embargo on shipments to Mexico
 might be lifted and ammunition and
 arms permitted to be sent to the Mexi-
 can government as was done recently
 With l50,O0O rounds of ammunition. He said this was a matter for the state
 and not the war department. He said
 he had not heard the report that inc
 Mexican government had asked for
 o,oV0 rifles for equipping troops to pur-
 sue bandits in northern Mexico See
 retary Baker was keenly interested in
 reports received here today that Mar ,un Lopez and three other Villa gen
 erals had been killed at Ascencion. l understand Lopez was one of the , most dreaded of the Mexican bandits
 and I was deeply interested to hear of , his reported death," he said 'sThe re-
 establishment of friendly relations be-
 tween American and Mexican officials
 on this border was also particularly tinteresting to me as I took charge ol the war department at time when relations were very strained. For this reason, the restoration of these friendly I relations gives me especial pleasure" A Human Interest Touch | Asked by newspaper men what fea ture of his visit to Fl Paso impressed l him most, Secretary Baker said tonight ! the five minutes he held Colonel James e L. Collins year old baby in his arms at the home of his grandparents here } was the most impressive part of his 7. visit here. 1A, 3 Colonel Collins is with General Per shing in Europe, was his former aide
 and I came to know him very well : when I was in France. He has never t seen his son and namesake as he was fighting in France, when the son was