The Raymer enterprise. (New Raymer, Weld County, Colo.) 1910-19??, 1919-09-11
LEAGUE FULFllS
AMERICAN IDEAL
Herbert Hoover Says Democra.
cies Replaced Autocracies
at Our Bidding.
FOOD ADMINISTRATION CHIEF.
urues Ratification on Ground That
Peace Treaty VIII Collapse
Without League Of
Nations.

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/ Nations.
norbert Hoover is so deeply con.
eerned over the opposition to the
League Of Nations In the United
States that he has let himself be In.
tersiewed at length on the League ut.
uation. In talk with the New York
Times correspondent In Paris, the
Food administrator Chief asserts that
having caused tie League idea 10 pre-
vail America cannot abandon II. We
! cannot withdraw. lie says. and leave
Europe to chaos. ITO abandon the
League Covenant now means that the
treaty itself will collapse"
Mr.. Hoovers wide acquaintance
with conditions both here and abroad.
his reputation as an administrator. 4
man Of great affairs who deals with
facts, not theories make his state
ment one OF the most important con.
tribntlons to the recent League discus.
sions.
There are one or two points In con.
nection with the present treaty." said
MIR. Hoover, "that need careful consid-
GRAFTON by the American public. We
need to digest the fact that we have
for q century and half been adyo-
eating democracy not only a. q
remedy for the internal Ills of all 10
ciety, but also as the only real safe.
guard against war We have believed
and proclaimed. In season and out
that world In which there was
free expression and enforcement Of
the will Of the majority was the real
basis Of government, was essential for
the Advancement Of civilization, and
that We have proved Its enormous hu.
man benefits in our country.
American Ideas Have Prevailed.
I'VE went into the war to destroy
autocracy a. menace to eur own and
all other democracies. II we had not
come into the war every inch Of Euro-
pean soil today would be under auto
cratic government. We have Imposed
our will on the world. Out Of this
victory has come the destruction Of
the four great autocracies In Ger
many, Russia, Turkey and Austria and
the little autocracy In Greece. New
democracies have sprung Into being In
Poland, Finland, Ietvia. LithuanIa,
Esthonia, Czechoslovakia, Greater
Serbia, Greece, Siberia, and even Ger.
many and Austria have established
democratic governments. Beyond
these a host Of small republics, such
as Armenia, Georgia, AzerbaIjan and
others, have sprung up, and again as
a result Of this great world movement
the constitutions of Spain, Rumanla,
and even England, have made final
ascent to complete franchise and de-
mocracy, although they still maintain
a symbol Of royalty.
I'VE have been the living spring for
this last century and half from which
these ideas have sprung, and we have
triumphed. The world today, except
for 4 comparatively few reactionary
and communistic autocracies, Is dem.
ocratic, and we did It.
"A man who tales a wife and
blseses the world with several Infants
cannot 60 away and leave them on
the claim that there was no legal mar
riage.
"Thsse infant democracies all have
political, social and economic prob.
lens involving their nelehbors that
are fraught with the most intense
friction. There are no natural bound
aries In Europe. Races are not com.
pact; they blend at every border. They
need railway communication and sea
outlets through their nelghbors' terri.
tory.
MANY Of these states must for the
next few years struggle almost for
bare bones to maintain their very
existence. Every one Of them ID 20
Ing to DO Its best; to protect its own
interests. even to the prejudice Of ita
nelghbors.
Governments Lack Experience.
we u America should realize that
democracy. a. q stable form of govern
ment as we know It. II possible only
with highly educated populations and
q large force Of men, who are capable
Of government. Few Of the men who
compose these governments have had
any actual experience at governing
and their populations are woefully H.
literate.
"They will require . generation Of
actual national life In peace to do
velop free education and skill In gov.
ernment.
Unless these countries have q guild
Ing hand and referee In their quarrels,
Z court Of appeals for their wrongA
this Europe will 90 back to chaoA
II there ID zach an institution, rep