The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-03-09

public effort without regard either for
the president or the ex-president,
1t has been many years since the
United States senate has been the
scene of such conduct as that display
ed by La Toilette and Sherman Wed
nesday. But what they did is in no
way what the people would have done
These two are on the way towards
finding that out.
The League of Nations, as it is
planned and outlined in the constitu.
tion which has been presented to the
world through the newspapers, is the
mission of all missions 1t is clothed
in the greatest good purpose that
men and nations ever conceived. 1t
is the answer to call of millions Of
people for their freedom and indeper
dence. 1t is the stabilizing force for
the whole world while the many new
born nations are learning to walk
alone,-to rule themselves. 1t is the
answer of the stronger nation to the
call of these new peoples for a chris
tian civilization. 1t is a. covenant
whose articles of agreement bind
every strong power in the universe
to become the guardian and the fost-
err parent of freedom and indepen-
dence for every man. woman and child
in the world from whose shoulders
have been lifted the burdens of auto
cratic rule.
The League of Nations is in the
moral sphere what the long lines of
men and guns have been in the sphere
of force Millions of men with their
implements of war have won the ply
steal victory. Force as they represent
it, has dominated the world and the
allied arms are all powerful But the
physical victory is not all Masters
nlI
they must win and establish moral
victory. Beaten today, the enemy
physically will cover and stink into
recoil, but morally he may remain
he same monster.
The mission of the League of Ma
lions is to establish forever the moral
gictory for christian civilization. The
victory of arms is glorious and com.
plete,-that of christian civilization
must likewise be sweeping and per
nanent. The covenant that binds the
nations of the world together for
this mission is the means to be used
The moral victory is the ultimate
urpose of the League of Nations.
We fought this great war to win,
what? What was our purpose? Was it
not to safeguard the freedom of indie
pendent peoples? Was it not to strike
!own a power that was coming to
hreaten the existence of free govern
ments? Did we win? Yes, temporarily
But without backing the new ma
tons who have been released, we lose
he moral victory we have not as yet
won and we leave the enemy to recup
rate and spring again upon the world
over night. After we have struck away
he shackles that have bound the mil
lions under autocratic rule, shall we
abandon these people. stand aside and
quietly rest while chaos swallows up
the good we have done?
The young Turks pleaded for Amer
lean influence and foster-rule, One
province in Germany asked for Amer
lean assistance and now this whole
country cries out now for steadyine
force. In every land where new
government is being established, the
power that won the war is needed tc
,teady the first move forward, Shall
we deny this and thus defeat the pun
poses for which we fought? We may
do that but somehow, it is hard tc
believe we want to.
The League of Nations binds al
fourteen great powers voluntarily
together to refrain from war;
and other countries, those outside the
league membership by threat of punisl
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