El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-22

E question
zone Of the factors that has been
+ the most effective in promoting this
j league is former presl dent Taft. whose
speeches throughout the United States
/ have been eloquent and convincing.
1t is a question Of making such ar
engagements as VIII focus the energies
Of man kind on any dispute that arises
between nations, and give arbitration
in the place OF force in deciding inter
national questions
League Is Possible.
People VIII say the league % na-
tons is a new thing IL is not Wasn't
there a league OF nations that BEGAN
this war2 Austria and Germany had
a league OF two nations Of agEressio ion.
Experience teaches us that nations
viii make treaties and leagues. There
has long been a balance OF power iu
Europe There has been time when
we neutrals were afraid TO breathe lest
we upset the balance OF power. Since
there can be leagues OF nations. there
can be one league in which every civ
ilized nation can be member, formed
for the purpose OF bringing TO bear
the energies OF mankind TO settle dis
7utes and prevent war
1T may be that the constitution oil
the league OF nations as proposed IS
10 be amended do not know about
that ] do not know II 10 is the best
constitution that could possibly be de-
vised- It may be that there are things
that viii have 10 he provided for a s.
ident comes with a league OF nations
which is designed to save the world
from repetition Of this catastrophe
we have just gone through. 7 am for
that league, and 7 VIII not be alone I
nave been twice TO France during the
war ] have seen rows OF wooden
crosses from the English channel TO
the French frontier 7 was at Verdun, I
where the Germans lost 100000 i'm an
unsuccessful assault, and the French
had lost 100000 in successful de- I
fence. 7 have been in England where I
they don't wear mourning. because its I
appearance would be so frequent that
il would shock the conscience OF hui I
manity.
All Could Wear Black.
In France there is not a single ]
woman over Il years Of age that is I
not wearing mourning.
The result OF all this IS that cover I
there they do not take the easy view I
OF it. They are not sitting around ]
wen FED tables and indulEing in philo- ]
sophical constructions OF the consti- |
tuition Of the league Of nations: their /
hearts are shrieking for it.
As a matter OF fact, people in Eu- /
rope have lost confidence In govern i
ment itself We have shown that lib /
ertv can be observed by popular self ]
and that freedom and /
are possible among a great 4
people We must show TO the peoples /
Of Europe in the first place how highly [
we think Of our own country. We I
must observe law and order in our /
own country so that when these coun-
tries appear with their new ideas OF \
freedom, which they do not under
stand, they must not think that we
also are a turbulent people.
we must sustain the hands OF those
who are seeking to work out this
great covenant OF the league Of ma
ton so that when some future histo-
rian writes OF the history Of the great
struggle TO save mankind. and he
comes TO the page which treats OF
America, and he viii note our entrance
In this war, and the her0ism OF our
young men, how they smiled. and lived
like gentlemen and died like heroes.
and Joined their strength to that Of
England and France in winning the
war; and he VIII write a new headline
and tell Of the civilization OF the world
ipined in an open league, without Sc
-ret covenants, as a product Of that
great war, and that il came as the re-
suit Of the light that was lit from the
lamp OF American freedom and Ameri-
"a n morality"