The Tomahawk., 1919-07-17

| for was upon No who represented
America at the peace table. It was
-Four duty to see to It that every de-
cision We took part In contributed so
far as we were able to influence It,
Ito quiet the fears and realize the
hopes Of the peoples who had been
living in that shadow, the nations that
had come by our assistance to their
| freedom. It was our duty to do every.
| thing that was within our power to do
| to make the triumph Of freedom and
OF right 9 lasting triumph in the as
surance Of which men might every
where live without fear. zss;.s .*.
treaties to BE Enforced.
Future international conventions
with regard to the control Of water
ways with regard to the illicit traffic
Of many kinds, In arms or in deadly
drugs, or with regard to the adjust
fment Of many varying international
administrative arrangements could not
be assured II the treaty were to pro-
vide no permanent common interna-
Etional agency, II its execution in such
l.matters was to be left to the slow and
uncertain processes of cooperation
fby ordinary methods Of negotiation,
/ If the peace conference itself was to
be the end Of cooperative authority
land common counsel among the gov
,ernments to which the world was look
ing to enforce justice and give pledges
|. of an enduring settlement. 81 ssss :
Regions like the Saar basin could not
.be put under Q temporary administra-
|Itive regime which did not involve q
transfer Of political sovereignty, and
(which contemplated final determine
stion Of its political connections by
popular vote to be taken at a distant
date. No free city like Danzig could
be created which was under elaborate
international guarantees, to accept ex-
ceptional obligations with regard to-
the use Of it's port and exceptional re-
,lations with q state of which 1t was not
ito form q part. n s%@ n 4. q. 81 =. s-,
I Properly safeguarded plebiscites
could not be provided for where popu-
llations were. at some future date to
make choice what sovereignty they
would live under, no certain and uni
form method of arbitration could be
secured for the settlement of antici-
pated difficulties Of final decision with
regard to many matters dealt with in
the treaty itself. s.& = e. ~
/ 4 Nations League Essential. .
4 The long continued supervision Of
the task Of reparation which Germany
was to undertake to complete within
the next generation might entirely
break down. The reconsideration and
revision of administrative arrange
ments and restrictions which the treaty
prescribed but which It was recognized
might not prove Of lasting advantage
or entirely fair II too long enforced
would be impracticable. The promises
governments were making to one an
other about the way In which labor
was to be dealt with, by law not only,
but In fact az we'll, would remain .
mere thesis II there was to be no COM
mon tribunal Of opinion and judgment
to which liberal statesmen could resort
for the influences which alone might
secure their redemption. @.. E.
A Aleague Of free nations had become
q practical necessity. Examine the
treaty Of peace and you will find that
everywhere throughout Its manifold
provisions it's trainers have felt obliged
to turn to the League Of Nations as
an Indispensable instrumentalfty for
the maintenance Of the new order It
has been their purpose to set up In
the world-the world Of civilized men.
That there should be League Of
Nations to steady the counsels and
maintain the peaceful understandings
Of the world, to make, not treaties
alone, but the accepted principles Of
international law as well, the actual
rule Of conduct among the govern
ments Of the world, had been one OF
the agreements accepted from the first
as the basis Of peace with the Central
Powers. .es
The statesmen Of all the belligerent
countries were agreed that such q
league must be created to sustain the
settlements that were to be effected,
but at first I think there was q feeling
among some, Of them that, while Il
must be attempted, the formation OF
such a league was perhaps q counsel
Of perfection which practical men, long
experienced in the world Of affairs,
must agree to very cautiously and with
many misgivings. 4i
Il was only as the dinicult work OF
arranging an all but universal adjust.
ment OF the worlds affairs advanced
from day to day from one stage Of con.
ference to another that II became evi.
dent to them that Whist they were
seeking would be little more than
something written upon paper. to Be
interpreted and applied by such meth
ods d the changes Of politics might
make available II they did not provide
. means Of common counsel which all