The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-07-17
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lEAsu{ Of NATIONS
Should Eliminate War In Ninety
Nlne Out Of One Hundred
Cases

NAHA ~ Nt~taA&tM ~" t"tT~
that : LeAFye cf Nstlons i mol cnls
Desirable but an absolute necessity
and sor ihree reasons. any one ~
~hlch ~ould se sufhcisnt 10 ias,it,
nat phrase
fifsI u IL q ~. ~ssits rvF -indlns
up the var. We must not forget thai
iAls war has unsettled almost ever,
ihins has destroyed nations and
has created snv nAtions on pApet,
such a Finland. raapd. Crscho Sle-
vAkla. Juro- SiaviA the Ukraine and
he nakan states and some semi
Independent bodies ise Armenia the
Caucasus. and Palestine. These small
states will be even more At the nero,
Of The great states than helrium vas'
Z ~ DO not guspnice In some "a,
their Independence
Then there are the great problems
d the iandiocked countries. which
must have an outlet 10 the sea. and OF
certain International areas. lh- the
oosphorus. which must be adminl,
cred by a league OF nations Then
here arc the German Colonies. which
need. Tor obvious reasons, to be ad
ninistercd internationally.
praally. "a Mr Taft predicted. this
peace treaty IL ~ Ions as the moral
hw u Wsll require Interpretation
md Ia viii require enforcement. Tor
both nf which we need league of
latious
Secondly. We mead q in order 10
.void a recurrence OF what has con
,tltu,od A ventAbie curse even In
ines OF peace. competitive arna-
ncnts,
International cut throat competition
armies and navier leaves the ma
ions IN the end in Substantially the
afne relative positions as in the be
-lnnlnr Vet we must each in self'
lefenAe keep up in this race To bu
ope this will mean economic ruin. To
4. high taxes.
There are business men who are
Citing Shy 81 The idea Of a league
4 nations with the thought tina, Il i'
| ding 10 unaettle trade Internationally
AFRAID. perhaps. that the iarlf vii
| % disturbed In some way But any
oxssble gain that could be had b'
| maintaining the status quo would b.
| .anceIled many times over by the ios'
| rom the ta,ea--enormously high
| hitch would be required to keep W
! ar end in this International oompe
| ltion Ia armamruts. Our own conn
| rv, In spite oi It's wealth. would %
educed a long way toward poverty
his world would be scarcely ~ q
| I've IN.
| We have reached the parting OF tn
| gava az to our policy on armamentF
| either We must compete with the req
| the world, or combine with th'
est of the world,
The third and moss important rea
son for league IL 10 prevent the re-
urreneo OF a world war
A league should eliminate war y
% out OF 100 cases, because u ~
'ords another way than war to se''i'
ho inevitable disputes. A collective
police force takes the place OF ma
ional military forces. The nationa
ride which 80 often leads to war vii
We transferred 10 keeping treaties
10 longer will a nation need 70 20 Y
,ar 10 save it's face" rather than re-
EIDE from an untenable position. fo
he award OF the third party viii pre-
erge its SELF respect. Furthermore
shasever disarmament takes plac'
xtIl tend 10 diminish the danger o
sur and reduce It's scale II II comes
Many people are Indifferent 10 o
cornful ~ the idea OF q league o
.ationa chiefly because they lack th'
imagination 10 reaIlre the horribi'
allernative.
In order then TO wind up this var
o prevent oppressive tsxes in time'
II peace. and to prevent future wars
re need a League OF Nations,
Hut besides these three reasons
shich are purely selfish. there Is
-eason which outweighs them all. Ir
respective OF our interests. irrespec
i've OF the fortunes Of any man o
,a-ty. we are In honor hound 10 d.
his thing. Our boys went abroad. e
make the world "safe for democracy.
md TO do II forever We owe u 4
hem that their lsbors shall not hAv'
been In vain. We are talking abou
erecting monuments 10 them memo
rial arches, and bridges. and build
lnxs. Let us 1rst erect monumen
which viii not only commemorate bu
perpefuate their work. the monumen
~ a League of Nations.
IRVING FISHER.