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FUNNY SIDE OF THE
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
NEWSPAPER PARA RAPHS
SHOW HUMOROUS VIEWS OF
THE PROPOSED LEAGUE

The Literary Digest has secured
the opinions of many American news
papers as expressed in editorial briefs
upon the great absorbing topic of the
league of nations. The editorials
touching on the subject follow:
The Peace-League Barrage.
In the senate it's the league Of
fulminations.-New News.
Will the League of Nations stage
double-headers on holidays Detroit
Free Press.
Berlin press looks upon the league
with disfavor, which is some recon-
mendation.-Wall Street Journal.
There are here and there sounds,
of course, which remind US that there
are no war-profits in arbitration
Detroit News.
The world is in fair way to get
together and abolish war, if the Unit
ed States does not stop it.-Chicago
Daily News.
After the society of nations is
formed Germany is going to have a
hard time breaking into society
San Francisco Bulletin.
Let the league of nations start out,
somehow; it can also accumulate
eighteen amendments if needed.-St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
We are determined that there shall
be no more war and equally deter
mined to be ready for the next one
Utica Herald-Dispatch.
Some of the speeches against the
league of nations indicate high-muz-
zle velocity, but they turn out to be
duds.-Mancheste Union.
Congress might be reconciled to the
league of nations if the league would
take over the railroad problem-C
cago Daily News.
When Borah refused to attend the
dinner-party he showed that he wish
ed to avoid entangling alliances
Knoxville Journal and Tribune
Awful thought! Supposing the
league of nations should make the
United States a mandatory to take
care of Mexico!-Boston Globe.
If the league of nations can not
prevent war, it can at least guaran-
tee that those insisting on war will
get all they want.-Des Moines Reg
lister.
Anyhow, if the debate between the
president and the senators gets toe
hot, we can refer the matter to the
peace Observation-Disclosures Union
Senator Borah seemingly would
COPY everything from the farewell
address except the farewell.-Newark
News.
AS we understand one article in the
! H. I1e< r>F
nations will not stand for any base
stealing.-Des Moines Register;
The league of nations may be all
right, but how are you going to keep
Baker and Daniels from coming out
for it, to say nothing OF Burleson!
Indianapolis Star.
Mr.. Taft probably thinks the league
of nations can be provided later with
a set of false teeth that will serve
for biting purposes. - Minneapolis
Tribune.
1t looks to us as tho some of the
intrepid senators who are fighting
against the L. of NJ will be entitled
to wound-chevrons before they get
through York Tribune.
A boycott as means of enforcing
the leagues DEGREES may not sound
very formidable, but the Germans
can testify as to what it means
Charleston News and Courier.
The league of nations will probably
run along with a fair degree of
smoothness at least until the project
of international prohibition comes be-
fore it-Syracuse Herald.
The London Spectator cites as a
characteristic mot by a French wit,
summing up the French feeling about
the league of nations, the phrase,
''The league is impossible and indis-
pensable."
Mr.. Taft wants a league of nations
with teeth in it. Well, it seems to
us that the American and British
fleets constitute pretty good set
of teeth.-Charlsto News and Cour-
ier.
1t is obvious that the president ap-
proaches the league of nations discus
sion with an open mind. So open
that any adverse criticism that may
steal in is allowed to find its way out
without delay.-Boston Transcript.
Mr.. James Beck, of New York says
that 100,000,000 stand aghast at the
thought of league of nations. Evi-
IDENTIFY Mr.. Beck counted 'em while
he was standing before multiplying
mirror Chicago Daily News.
Switzerland's decision to enter the
world league on the condition that
she is never called on to go to war,
and is never to be coerced in any way,
seems to contain the germ of bright
idea.-Philadelphia North American.
Political experts believe that on the
success of the league of nations will
depend Mr.. Wilson's chances of re-
should he choose to run
again. Oh, well, if that's all there !
is to it we know just what to do
New York Telegram.
Unless objection be made, the nom
nation of Woodrow Wilson to be
Grand Idealist of the League of No
tions will be considered equivalent
to election AS the league will re-
9uire a Notional Anthem, we will
award a prize for the best one sub
prize of a -stemmed
,lay pipe and bowl Of soapsuds.-