The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-08-30

democracy, as a stable form Of govern
mcnt MS we know II, Is possible onl,
with highly educated populations anC
a large force of men who are capable
OF government. Few of the men who
compose these governments have hat
any actual experience at governing
and their populations are woefully Il
literate.
"They will require generation oI
actual national life in peace to de
velOp free education and skill In gov
eminent
Unless these countries have a gull
ing hand and referee IN their Quarrels
II court OF appeals FOR their wrongs
this Europe will go back to chaos
If there is such an institution, rep
reScnting the public opinion Of the
world, and able TO exert its authority
they will grow into stability, We can
not turn back now.
There is another point which also
needs emphasis World treaties hith
erto have always been based on the
theory of balance of power. Strong,
or races have been set up to dominate
the weaker, partly with view IN
maintaining stability and To greater
degree with view TO maintaining oc.
equations. and positions for the re.
dictionaries OF the world.
"The balance OF power is born of
armies and navies, arlstocracIe
autocracies, and reactionarles general.
~, who can find employment and
domination In these institutions. and
treaties founded on this basis have
established stability after each great
war for a shorter or longer time. but
never more than a generation.
America came forward with q new
Idea, and we Insisted upon It's injec.
ton into this peace conference. We
claimed that II was possible to set
up such a piece of machinery with
such authority that the balance OF
power could be abandoned as a relic
Of the middle nges. We compelled an
entire construction OF this treaty and
every word and line In Il to bend 10
this idea.
Outside OF the League OF Nations
the treaty itself has many deficiencies.
II represents compromises between
many men and between many selfish
interests, and these very compromises
and deficiencies are multiplied by the
many new nations that have entered
upon Its signature, and the very safety
OF the treaty Itself lies in court of
appeal for the remedy Of wrongs In
the treaty.
Benefits Of the League.
zone thing Is certain. There Is no
body Of human beings so wise that Il
treaty could be made that would not
develop injustice and prove to have
been wrong in some particulars. As
the covenant stands today there Is Il
place at which redress can be found
and through which the goodwill Of
the world can be enforced. The very
machinery by which the treaty is 10
be executed, and scores OF points yet
TO he solved, which have been referred
TO the League of Nations as a method
of securing more mature judgment In
a less heated atmosphere, Justifles the
creation of the League.
"To abandon the covenant now
means that the treaty Itself will col
lapse.
1T would take the exposure of but
few documents at my hand to prove
that l had been the most reluctant Of
Americans 20 become involved In this
situation I'm Europe But having gone
IN with our eyes open and with de
termination To free ourselves and the
rest Of the world from the dangers
that surrounded us, We cannot now
pull back from the job. II is no use
to hold great revival and then go
away leaving church for continued
services half done.
I'VE have succeeded In II most OK
traordinary degree In imposing upon
Europe the complete conviction that
we are absolutely dlsIutcrestcd. The
consequence is that there IS scarcely
man, woman Or child who can read
In Europe that does not look to the
United States as the ultimate source
from which they must receive assur
anccs ana guardianship In the liberties
which they have now secured after
so many generations of struggle.
This is not Il problem of protecting
the big nations, for the few that re.
main can we'll look after themselves
What we have done y to set up a
score of little democrncles, and II the
American people could visualize their
handiwOrk they would insist with the
same determination uiat they did In
1917 that our government proceed"