The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-17
5ECRET kRY LANE DISCUSSES
DE- TAILS Of LEAGUE IF NATIONS

NEW YORK.. Ian. l".--.Nrr";I}InG t"r
W. support ~ President Wilson's ''i'''
trf lea gu" &C. nations hy IA" business
m"n "f tho l"lt"i Siai"S. declaring
'ha; tho fires jd"ul$ Plan would IN II"
VA .n|aliG,," thc M"Hr"n l'"'ir'n',
and tha, Mr. Wilson hni Grn" I" f."-
rom riot as - "onau"r"r. lr;t Cor ia"
beading OF tn" nations Franklin Il. Lam,
secretary ~; tia" interior IL AN address
hcrc today h"i"r" n" Merchants A$>"~
cation Of New York. save m outline
nf what n" fUndam"u'hI elements ~
such a league ''TnHs' b.. - bass u"
:: serted. VIII i"' 'ih'"rhH '''td' '"~"I0
cratirn."
Mr.. Lanes address wan previously
advertised i.v rhr ,,SS."'au"n as bong
an answer, to tn" uU"Si!"n "Nhat - /
.ha, I'rrsid"r, Wilson h.:s r"n" :" l'AriS
10 bring about" How VIII II pTH~'fN"
p"ar" AMI help humanity"
MIR. Lane explained hnw. through IN"
formation Of Il l"neu" "f "Htl"nS. guar
r,ls h"iwr"n nations could I"' AdJuH
,lt"tI. by an aforementioned court. i"l-
trwiri; Investigation at Tn" 'aS" ny M
Sint.ruatjnnal council q; m"dIH'i"n'
how Il ''d"liuQu"ni" nation could Do ''i''
.,n:nnaSs"d Ivy 4 circle - ron. '"in7
u:"t"Iv shutting off is '""n"Iii'' III"
and isolaunc il from th" :':iI - IN"
world how. IL Tins trli"d. IN" M ''h''S
or III" l"rru" uc natI"n% could HS 'hSS
r. SOFT. turn 10 war.
"Eu-ty different plans n" cont :nu"!'
.havn bern presented /" II" American
,!clcGa zion n Torrr"S< for - !rt,!1i'' "r
nations I .urDuG,. thn~" f"rty VIII u"
multiniici by ten before tbs C"n!Fr"u'"
,@ rnucludrd This thing must II" IN
tho worry nature "f he things n growth
but 7 want :" ur"srnt 10 you tho pos
ih;,Hy Of tn" things, :" 'ha: Nou may
NOT hrlinvc il Is Il thing utterly IN mo
air.
Now. International law 10 fNmF,
rau7y. founded upon precedent ana
without certainty. ls~'i-i"n NJ o. 'nl'"'
nnrs Suppose that he council had me
rowt- Ia take into it's own hands an
effort. first /" lunuir" H% 10 what me
trouble between nations may h": SEC
Enl. "a make an effort NJ c"n"lliat'on;
third. 10 bring about arbitration: Il pos"
sihln: fourth. ~ call upon IN" nations
10 encompass tho delinquent. and max"
It's social and economic If" impossible:
and fifth. az last resort. to bring
about war.
Now, the first thing hat thai conn-
ciI would do would h" - i""lar" upon
papcr jus; what III" ru,"s ar" that gov
crn as between those nations which en-
tered into that compact FirS'. IN" ma
lions would agree upon. no. III" iNt-
chincry. hut III" principles: what tho
law is.
".rhcr ,herc wonld b" established q
court that could dH"id" whether there
had hccn violation Of III" compact
;ha, had been entered into by MI IN"
nations. Tho, would not hind US II wa
won't into il. =" accept anything except
,hof which was brought back. and
which We approved OF.
First. ;hcu. II council which would
declare what tho rules Of tn" game
were, and We do not know VIA: lhe
rules are now: second. In" court shat
could enforce those rules: tha; IS not
unrrn sOnahIc: that "a not visionary;
tina, is not dream.
And how are they 10 he "rforr"6'
They arc 70 l." enforced. first ny The
pressure OF the nations Of the world
and don't brlittlc thai. In these days
Of newspapers and t"lrEraphS. OF NOR
chants associations. oi nil IN" ,hous-
anda Of orEanizat lions and there are
$4,000 different organizations IN IN"
Tinted States .IadaY--in thrs" Gays or
organizations. when opinion can ~
quickly cryStalliz"d. opinion IS n"i 10
b. ! lNIlscf as II matter - Wv ''NH'.
Then, a. a body. III" inquiry ""pld
hc made, and the facts nSr"rtain"d upon
which opinion could ar: lion = arh!-
ration was brought about he parties
10 that arbitration W"HlG -" bound :"
submit, IN tho first instance. All OF
their questions to arbitration which d'd
no. involve national Independence. dad,
nct involve their integrity. They would
hc bound 10 submit those questions 1"
! n. public ot IN" world and hrfnr" ihai
public they would br judged