The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-15
SATURDAY., FEBRUARY 16, 1s1s.
THE WORLD STATE
r HE COVENANT of the Le ague of Nation.

HE COVENANT of the Le agle of Nations passes far be- yond the boundaries of such an organization as The Hague Tribunal It is more, much more than an informal treaty arbitration creates federated World State after fashion of the United States World State of limited pow and those powers closely defined by written constitution
 Into the World each federating state finds of it's sovereign power and receives in return various guar antees and pledged services
 World State will it's capital like the District of Co., umbia it's congress- consisting of the body of the delegates B executive branch composed representatives of nine states including United States Great Britain France, Italy and Japan Is judicial branch permanent court of international justice
 The representatives of this sovereign federated World State will have the usual privileges and mmunies of other ambas ador including the privilege extra terroriaty that is to say place of the ambassador territory of the World State
 Taxing power provided sufficient to meet the expenses f the world organization by the means and apporon- employed meet the of the international bureau of the Universal Postal Union.
 Having clearly outlined the elements that to the tuon of the federated World Sate is interesting to ob portions of national sovereignty to be funded in the World Sovereignty by the of the constitution
 portion of sovereignty over armaments
 The right to have secret preparations for or for the manufacture of munitions thereof
 The right to have secret treaties.
 The right do anything threatening peace without the ldmonition of other authority.
 right make before esorng to the and he arbitration of the World State
 And right completely to make any state which accepts and complies with the judgment of the World State
 The right to conduct trade in without supervision
 These few of the rights of the several states which onded to the World State Each right provocative of war Zach right that yielded makes difficult if not mpos- 3ble.
 World State will have large of coercion both economic and military The provision for coercion is not veaker that the of left to the judgment of the world time time. Indeed is impossible to write down likely be effective through all me through consd rable periods of ime
 The World Stae to be born, is brought to the people by their president who will be known to his ory as the greatest statesman of all me In judging the omplshments of saesmanship it impossible leave out such numbers of territory and greatness of moral and material power brought into angement The World State is probably accomplishment difficult than in its day the realization of 3ountry but it is a vaster accomplishment lives af ected7 and more elements of grandeur are involved.
 If is the function of satesmanship to know not only wha hange necessary but when the hour of change ripe Pres measured the definition in each particular
 He is the father of the first World State He the father permanent peace He is the inspired citizen who brings realization of of it's ondest and profoundest hopes