Evening star., 1919-12-31

! ST. LOUIS, Mo. December 8" W.
the Associated Press):-lt Is I'm
possible TO consider the peace I'm
posed by the treaty of Versailles a'
the ultimate solution of the probieh
of perpetual peace. according 70 al
address prepared by Dr. DAVID Jayh'
Hill. former assistant secretary y
state which was read to the Ameri'
can Association for the Advancement
of Science here DIR. Hill could not Dc
present and his address was read by the
secretary. ;.
The problem of peace reduces it.
self to two measures-u the i'm
provement of legislation. munlciPa
and international. and CD the en-
forcernent of law DR.. Hill SAID IN MS
letter.
Imperial syndicate Created
! The keynote of the treaty OF Yer,
saiIles is the creation of an lmperla
syndicate composed of five great pow
f, ers. with others distinctly seconuar!
and subordinate to them, and ois-
| tinct repudi alton of an attempt 10 re-
! establish the law of nations on IN.
! basis of common consent ana .n.
! equal juriStiC rights of all sovereiei
/ states In the presence OF TINS lace
| can not affirm that the covenant OF 'n.
1 league of nations is IA final solution o'
! the problems of peace
! "In the treaty of Versailles the EN-
phasis is not laid upon the prihcIpie>
ternational relationships, but upon III.
enforcement of peace by muita,
: mower. The atmosphere in when tne
f, league of nations was created hnaue ~
the first purpose of its being 10 pun
/ ish a conquered enemy. The league
! therefore. was bound to have a mill :
tary character. \ peace that mas ~
he enforced by arms is not true
peace. hut only a temporary appear
auce Of peace
Provides for Use of Force.
I There is in the covenant a large
Iprcvision for the future use OF iorce'
| and especially a great stress upon
! the occa sionS when II is TO pt e'i
Moved. but the relation of military
action to any defined principles is op-
scure in the covenant Ihere Is no
provision for the further improvement,
or clear formulation OF lnterna'ioI'a'
ilaw. proposal to re-eXamlne. re-
wise and improve the law OF na'' pnt
and then strictly obey IT was no.
only not accepted. it was distinctly
disregarded: u;,s tho
league is. in effect. an aihahce vi
great powers for the lnterhat'oiia' lta
control of others. rather thah
ciatv of free nations for the estap-
l1jshment of peace through 1usuce; &,
LAS combination of force IL Is
isubiect TO the vicissitudes or an HiiiI
tarv combinations. and IL rs ilaoIe "
h. confronted with some other com
binations of like character anu
ualIy of greater strength.
Duty of Americans.
! .., . naonle our first thought
lsbonId he for the security of our own
,ational existence. We mus
not hermit ourselves as natioH "
ne either Prussianized or
ized The first essential 10 our US
ty.dn
is that we should ourselves De lree'
stronr united and sure of our own
future
N,uo,eon.s Ideas Recalled.
Using quotations from the Cam
| hrd~e modern history, Prof. Charles
NJ Bakewen Of Yale University
! showed that Napoleon gave mouth
| to ideas similar to those that are IN
| cIuded in the league of nations, aho
tba, Alexander I of Russia did like
! wise. .sa.sor
"roay cloak foul ambition or may pe
| used to disguise selfish interests. J
is striking that among the proposes
leagues severest critics are 10 pt
found many who. when Belgium was
invaded and still more when the
Lusitania was sunk. were most. IN
sistent that America shoai3 play
/ great and unselfish part by entering
who. when the greatest crime agalhs,
civilization was committed. held tha'
il was none of our affairs and were
i not aroused to action until our oWr
selfish interests made action ineVlta'
BILE. who are now to be found among
the leagues defenders, including the
most insistent of them all. and are
/ stoutIy maintaining that to play oui
world part we must concern our
selves even with the petty quarreis
of the petty states of Europe. This
fact alone should be sufficient to put
an end to the attempt to answer the
critics of the league by impugnine
their motives.
Aimed mt Concentration.
Napoleon in his exile. at st. Helena
explained to the world the great idea
toward which all his efforts had beer
drected. He had aimed, he said, a.
concentrating the great European peo-
piles, divided hitherto by a multiplicity
of artificial boundaries into homogeneous
nations out of which he would form 6
confederation bound together by unity
Of codes. principles, opinions, feellng:
land interests. The dream had been dis
sipated by his ruin. but he prOphe5ieC
that it would yet be realized He said
the impulse had been given
the first sovereign, who, in the midst
iof the first great struggle, shall en-
brace in good faith the cause of the
peoples, VIII iift illilSSll ut lic lcdd VI
all Europe and will be able to accom-
iplish whatever he wishes.
''The Emperor Alexander / of Russia
took up the theme. In dispatch dated
September II, 1904. he suggested i'm the
| event of the triumph of the coalition
over Napoleon the outcome of the wal
was to be, not merely the liberation o.
France but the universal triumph O.
the rights of humanity. "
Suggests Abandonment of League.
Quoting from President Wilson, Gen
Leonard Wood and Theodore Roose
| Welt Prof. William II. Hobbs of tn,
University of Michigan told the con
vertiou that it was time to determin,
whether we had not better abandon
tie idea OF the league of nations be
fore il was entered upon"
| president Wilson has admitted o
| the scheme for which he stands spon
sor before the world that with il
! adoption we would embark upon 'un
chartcd seas" said Prof. Hobbs
I'VE need. then. the advice of thos
best qualified to forecast the storm
we are likely to encounter and I,
determine whether we had not bette
abandon the adventure before it il
entered upon. The real question be
fore the American people has from
the start been one of the reliabilt L
OF Judgment of it's political prophets
Standing in the presence of the as
sembicd delegates to the peace con
ference at the formal presentation o
the covenant of the league of ma