Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-08-29
THE A B C OF THE
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
BY DIR. rank CRANE.

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the World by agreeing not to resort to
war. Second, to deal openly with
each other, not by secret treaties.
Third, to improve international law.
Fourth, to cooperate in all matters of,
common concern.
8. Does it presume to end war?
A. No more than any government
can end crime. 1t claims to reduce the
liability of war.
a. What will be done to any nation
that makes war;
A. 1t will be %boycotted and other
wise penalized.
5. How else will the probability Of
war be Iessened7
A. BY voluntary, mutual and pro-
portionate disarmament; by exchang.
ing military information, by providing
for arbitration, by protecting each ma
TONS territorial integrity and by edu-
eating public opinion TO see the folly
of war.
6. What else does the League pro-
pose to dc for Mankind7
A. ID Secure fair treatment for
labor,
(2) suppress the White Slave
Traffic, the sale of dangerous
Drugs, and the traffic In War
Munitions,
(3) control and prevent Disease,
"a promote the work of the Red
Cross, and
20 establish International Blu
reaus for other Causes that
concern the human race.
7. Who are to be Charter Members
of the League?
A. The United States of America,
Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, British EN-
pire, Canada, Australia, South Africa,
New Zealand, India, China, Cuba,
Czecho-Slovakia, Eucador, France,
Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Hedjaz,
Honduras, Italy, Japan, Liberia, Mic
aragua, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portu-
gal, Rumania, Serbia, Siam. Uruguay
and the following states which are in
vited to accede to the covenant Argen-
tine Republic, Chill, Colombia, Den
mark, Netherlands, Norway, Paraguay,
Persia, Salvador, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, Venezuela.
8. What other nations may join7
A. Any self-governing State which
will agree to the rules of the League,
provided the League accepts It.
9. What Agencies will the League
have?
A. % An Assembly, composed of
representatives of all the
member Nations,
~ a Council of Nine,
(3) a ACKNOWLEDGEMENT,
"a a Mandatory Commission. to
look after colonies, etc,
90 a Permanent Commission, for
military questions,
90 various International Bu-
reaus such as the Postal
Union, etc,
% Mandataries.
10. What is a Mandatary7
A. Some one nation designated by
the League to attend TO the welfare of
backward peoples residing in colonies
of the Central Empires, or in terri
tories taken from them" This is to be
a sacred trust" and in selecting a
mandatory the wishes of the people
of the area in question shall be the
principal consideration.
II. Does the League mean a Super
nation?
A. No. 1t interferes in no way with
any Nations Sovereignty, except to
limit its power to attack other nations.
~. Can any Nation withdraw when
i: wishes7
A. Yes. The League is Advisory
and Cooperative, o coercive.
fS. Does the League put Peace above
Justice and National Honor?
A. No. 1t puts Reason before Vio-
Ience.
IA. Does not the League take away
the Constitutional right of Congress to
declare war?
A. No. The League a ADVISE war;
Congress alone can Declare war.
is. Does it destroy the Monroe Doc
trine?
A. Exactly the contrary. For the
first time in history the other nations
recognize the Monroe Doctrine; and
extend it TO all the world.
is. Does it not interfere with Treaty
Making Powers of the United States7
A. No. 1t is a Treaty. We can make
any Treaty we please.
II. Would we have had the Great
War if we had had this League?
A. No. That War cost the world
over 100000 lives and 200, 1000, 900, 600
dollars.
10. OF what Importance is the
Lacquer
A. 1t is the greatest deed of man.
kind in the history of the world.