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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-11-26
THE BAD OLD TIMES AND THE GOOD new TIMES
By NEWELL DWIGHT HILLS

sheep washing time. One officer OF
church was found to have 4 sheep in the
Slahl" with iciClcs clinrinG TO tn" wool.
a.ri touching the ground, for this tenn
pcrancr man washed that sheep every
day during January and February.
About 1891. Lyman Bccchcr preached
his Seven sermons on lnicmp"ranc".
cur vices ar" digging tn" grave Of our
liberties: druuknrdS reel through the
streets day after day and year after
year. The crisis has come. The amaZ-
ing question is to be decided, whether
The inheritance Of our fathers shall he
preserved or thrown away: whether our
sabbath shall he a delight or n l"athinEi
whether the tavcrnS on Sunday shall he
crowded with drunkards or the church
with wurshipp"rs." Almost everybody
drank. rum was everywhere. Births,
marriages and hurials were all cclcbrat-
ed by wine. punch and whiskcy.
A minister in Philadelphia, went to a
house for funeral service. He found
Tho tahl" spread with every kind OF Ii
Qu"r. It IS said that when the palIbcar-
-rs let the coffin down int" the grave.
i'rar those officials were all intoxicated
AND one man actually tuHhlcd into the
crave. As result. III" minister told
hi: uropl" that hcnc"rorIh Il" would per
form no funeral services if the whiSk"y
and rum w,r" passed around before
starting to the cemetery. instead OF ar
ter IN" friends had returned to the home
Of the la" deceased. pr. Chambers. be-
Ginning his ministry IN the City Of
I:rrln"rly love-" refused I" read the - =
y:cc in the house h"cauS" tho friends
were drinking liquor Ia excess. and li''r,
H.. told hi; officials that h" would never
again ufrlciatr at Il funeral where drink
INK WAS insisted. upon" That banished
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-11-26
COX NOT inclined TO
RUN FOR PRESIDENCY

Special To The Intea G'n"er;
COLUMBUS. -. No'- -''--''''"'"''
James VI. Cox has T. I'd ~ 'r'S''r"-
Itial boom in cold S'":'lr'. Ito" l"tE lie
.iutends 70 keep Il iH"r". b.. docs ''''l sly
Addressing 4 cony"'t'"'.. ;h$ neon ~
ice manufacturers ard ""'t storage '''"
he said: Il am lock.u g "TSiFH &" XIV
TRANQUIL pursuits ~ Il rr'Er;" '.''%eh,
Some delegate ut III" 'onEc&t"u ''"'
oourteously mert;"a"d I:"N n c"nn"cti""
with the Democratic u"mHr'i"n i'f
toresIdent ami this was the governor
reply. However. il lK's not h'"A an
nounced that the GoNtTn"~ has S"SP''"-
sd his press bureau which. Tor months
has been assiduously AZ w'rN III an e.
FORT N stir up sentiment n as h'h'Ii.
Friends OF Gen. Leonard " "." are n'N
actlyely at work in ms "'hAl' II ILL.,
state, This week col. liam '"oP''
proctor. Of Cinciuu.,ti. wealthy Soup
,nanufacturer sought u isr''aS" ~" MY
,or tho general hr declaring t"r ms
nomination fer president "r N" I'"I>'"'' T.
con tickat John H. Germs. M mo"r 81
tha statr central c"rlmltte". MS" mas GU =
crared for Wood. tractors at''rh 49,
cd some SURPRISE. IS he - "o''N"i
iSnsiress man and il had been S"Hp''S'
,rot no would lend Ms support 70 'h'
inon,;natior OF n buSIns - n6n f"r '"'
nresidency. Sentiment in "Ai" no" =
,said 10 be against the NOMINATION 'A =
! military man.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-11-26
CAMPAIGN FOR THE
GREATER CITY ENDS
Five housing Mass Meetings he4a In
Cit- Last Night.

Five enthusiastic mass meetings were
b,iJ ,hr, ughnul tn. city last night, con-
,',rT;,r ~. intensive rampa On for ratI-
c;lni; - No ,;r,q;rr Wheeling pro-
irci r'd,y
Indie ja,n.s W. Ewing Attorney Arch
S,wtrIlc IttGrnrv Frank \. O'liri"n.
~. SniicIinr / :. l.. q Brlcn. \. W.
PAIN - X Watkins. and others, d.
ii r"r'' L-,II',rt -GJrr>eCS before In"
,,.,,Ir~,r,,s and m. sentiment Of ia"
,S',l'rs nttsI,rii|.l ~ lnr Prosperity" meet
WV ,,In.'rs rudic,,rI :. victory iar
Ern,inr V'h.,i.-,- ,n,la-
A, .rb,r,., N |. Church. Arch Saw
.,ifo r..,y ,hn rr.u,.,nrI %ira.k"r nj 4
49,, .,..,,,,I i ,,,..., bv & W Wat
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-11-26
SUPREME COURT

CHARLESTON, W. Va. Nov. 2S.-The
supreme Cour: Of Appeals reversed the
Judgment of tn" circuit court or Nlneral
,...-,.ty under which Mrs. Teresa ran
.,ira stood under u sentence OF one 10
r,y., years in the state pcnitentiary lot
alleged voluntary rnanSlaushter anu
year; "a her a new trial on the ground
,l,.,t IMPORTANT evidence in her defense
had bccn excluded by the trial court.
Thu. other SIX decisions OF the court
we're rs follows:
Nancy Bean and ". {. Bean against
county court II MCDuw'/ county, 1uog-
u..ut If lower court affirmed; j. J. TOSS
md others against \. {. MCConnauShy
and Others. Logan county. decree aA
f,-,ncd: Theodore u. Carr against lncy
, carr of pocahuutns county. decree re-
y,rsrL. injunction r"inStatcd and per-
,ct,,ted. Davis against lumber COM
many. Tucker county. affirmed: State e&
raj Eruwn against Skcen. in mandamuS
r,latine 10 court fees, Jackson county,
writ awarded. and Gay against Gibson.
r,rahGn,aS county, decree tor plaintl1l
and rcmandcd.
In tho cas-. Of state against Mrs. Pan
riia. IN which a new trial was AWARDED
tn. up.ntUu OF the court showed thal
Mrs r,nrtta had shot and killed James
Aruu IN the formers home, In APRIL IN
1911: that she admitted having kItl"G
HIM. but claimed that she I'D so to pre-
vent him from committing felonious
assault upon her.
'rh, evidence tho court held the lower
court ha,i enormously ruled out was nov
question TO the answer:
Il want you to tel! tn" jury while you
shot the deceased.
The court of appeals held that since
sN,. was making plea of self DEFENSE
she had right to tell what DANGER she
NIX IN from the man she killed.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-11-26

About 1875. a temperance society was
organized. It's members pledged th"m-
selves TO certain reforms. Section firSt
pledged the signer Of the tcmpcrant"
pledge to this vow: NO member shat
drink rum, etc. except by advice OF
physician. and except at public dlnn"..f.
under penalty of IS cents" Section sec
ond: mo member shall be drunk under
ncnalty Of so cents. Another exception
was the funeral. the harn-raisinS ana
shecp-washinG time, harvesting and
threshtng. Whenever the members 81
tho temperance society wanted NIP.
they cast about 10 find n nclEhbor wh"
wanted a log raised to tho top Of ms
barn. Another device was related TO
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-11-26

The best cure for the pcssim,sm or
today is q good dose Of yesterday. De-
spite the new dry laws now and then
drunken man is seen upon our streets
hut this does not mean that our genera
ton Is marching straight TO ~" abyss.
The contrast between our dry cities ana
nc bideous drunkenness Of the "lu"n
time. ts a contrast overwhelming indC'i.
The America Of 1900 had many saloons
In New York. and above one in III" rive
Points region was this sign: Drunk
for S cents: dead drunk for 10 cents ana
dead drunk with hay to sleep on all
night. Is cents
In 1884. the South Society Of Hart
ford, ordained q NEW pastor. The COM
mittee brought In a bill against the
church:
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-11-26
STAFF CLINIC At
O,V. G. HOSPITAL
Latest Scientific Inventions and treat
ment Of Diseases Is ABLY
Discussed.

Tho first Of n series Of st1fr clinics
WIS held in m" nurses lecture room a'
~. ohio Valley G"n"rnl hospital !as'
,.v.nin.c. with all Tn'mf'"rS Of tn" stan
m attendance. The meeting proved |"
-. very. interesting and Will Dc hcIA
every second "Wednesday during lhc
wintCr months
The very latest scientific treatment OIL
diseases and the cures reported arc
ks, m and discussed by the very
h..t EXPERTS in their particular line.
The trarSfusion Of blood and treatment
Of cancer were two matters that were
much discussed last evening tho
clinics will be OF much interest to all
according to the officials in charge.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-11-26

tho custom OF excessive drinking at fun
erals in his parish.
In 1885, III :S,w Hampshire. man de-
tcrmincd to hav" a grl$t mill raising
without liquor. He provided good u'n-
ncr with roast fowl. beef. mutton an"
plenty Of sweet cider. hut whch MS
friends found that tier" were II" liquors
at dinner. they All deserted, ana II was
with difficulty that this man "h'a'hc"
4 few nc!rhhurs who would Work WIN
out rum. such fanatiCism said Go"d
old Methodist class header. IN Indignant
rro,cet "SuCh faurticiSn. will break W
tho church and ruin TIA" country"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-11-26
OBITUARY
Elizabeth Schreiber.

Funeral services for the late Miss
Elizsb beth NJ. Schreihcr will be held on
THURSDAY morning at $50 o'clock Al the
family home. No. 2l7 North Main street.
REQUIEM high mass will be celebrated n
the Sacred Heart church at nine o'clock.
Interment will follow in Mt. Calvary
cemetery.
Miss Schneider was a daughter or
Nicholas and Emelie Schroeder and was
born and reared in this city. For sever
al Years she had been employed al the
!, /. Stifel ard Sons company as ste
nograpt1er Besides her parents she is
survived by one sister. Miss Margaret.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-11-26
INJUNCTION DENIED
Attorneys WIN Return Prom ~'-
wheeling Fight 1t Capital

Attorney NJ. J. Cullinan. At.or.S Sg
,obn p ARDEN. and Attorney J. Harold
Erennaa will return this morning
49,, charleston. where they appeared
as.nr6av before the supreme court IN
20 Injunction hearing by which oppo-
ants Of Greater Wheeling tried TO pro
,-.cnt today's Election. Mr.. Cui'ihan
, nccessfully represented the CITY III
, nnostnS tho injunction aPPllca'lot''
Nth the result that the wiz was ue-
led. o
.on,cd CnnonCuts 70 Greater Wheeling.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-11-26
KILLED IN AUTO WORKOUT.

lbs A%,;F.Lt.S. al. Nov. @'.--D. Ar
..,ir E.nt.Iy -; SIN I,l"gr. cal. was
L,lirG. rag" l'hllbr""k was injured prob
ahiy fatally. and tw" others were hurt
slightly in tw" accidents at Ascot Park
today in tuning up cars Tor Thanks
gjying day race.
E"nucdv was passenger in car num-
Dor -. when Il tire burst and the ma
chime turned over while travelling at
,.r,at speed. Phlbrook was riding in
another car which smashed !nto the
track fence.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-11-26
MCCOY Funeral.

Funeral services for the late william
Il. Mccoy. prominent resident or Wooo
.i,,y, yyrrr hold Yesterday afternoon at 3
,.rlnck al III" family horne. No; IS Maple
avrru.. WGrdlawu. TT" pail bearers
were he close business associates OF
n. deceased. lntcrn"nt was MADE IN
..r.t.nMnnd cemctcrT.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-11-26
>rcr.onrhltn Funeral Today.

The -! cral "t IN" lat" ALVIN NC
i.tugh!In. wro died November 10. az the
ohio Vol'.,- General hospital. Will De
~ .~n,,, The I:r,r. MINER II Iildchrand
md. rfal;in. .tnh'shm"nt at two o.
.r;",h Ills afternoon. with services con-
Dire, i>.l hv the E"v. Mr. Mccullough pas
49,; cf ne FIRST Baptist church. ln1sr1
,,.,.,.t will be rnaGc at Greenwood. The
r.nd,. nr N- Mclaughlin. who was en-
,.,Iyrd 2. the Etz optical establishment.
was hr!d in the expectation that rela-
VS. vyould send for i. but word came
rruut -. Johns. Canada: yesterday; 10
,tfry tNc body here. Mr.. McLaughlin
r~L worked if thi~ city for about four
,,..,rs, md mad. many friendsi
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-11-26
nnHr cA1n TO Read

.,au1sc+,ons or Grass widow, the
: ,..ext nct.on serial stories by MISS 1Ano
Dixon. to appear Monday su~S
aud Saturday In The "heel.aS 49,
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-11-26
conlev Funeral Tomorrow.

:ruro-al s"rvtccs for the, late Mrs;
,jirni, C0nley. VII" died ~ tho home OF
s.r dau.hl"r. Mrs. Edward Daley. No;
g.; tnH stree. MmdGy aftsrn TS,, "a T,it
j..,rnir,;+ ut $50 o'clock. At nine O'Clock
Ugh mjss of rcTut"m will be celebrates
al 81. MaryS church and lnt"rment VIII
t.. mrdr in Mt. Calvary cemetery.
p,.rras"d wa in In" H.th year or ner
rv.,.usv Years. BESIDES her daughter
,., y survived b. one son. Joseph Con
.,. 80 his CitS
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-11-26
Rodeubach Funeral.

Yesterday af;. vnovl. ~ lh'' nome OF
q. p 6.,r;,.h,I.-. Mrs. Willis Marshall. No.
-, S,xfnrrth street, funeral services
v~r.. conducted for the late Mrs. Eliza
r.d.rbarh. whn died Sunday morning.
~. F. G. Howard. Of the FIRST English
lutheran church. officiatcd and inter
MN; vlS made in Greenwood cemetery.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-11-26
Mrs. Sarah Buser.

.,.cio, DieT.o,Ch to Tho Irtcligencer.
.NINETINSTl EG. W. Va. Nov. Is
Mr.. sarah Eus"r, widow Of the late
:rSc,,dnr. EuS,r. died at Berkeley
Strings. whore 81" was visiting relatives
e.. ,Lc result r u stroke of paralysis;
S5c va: - wears Of age and is survived
Lv on" son. The remains were buried
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-07-31
GLEASON
Confident
Of VICTORY
Live Wire Manager Of
White Sox Believes His
Lads Will Land League
Pennant.
BY JACK VEIoCK
(International News Sport EdttorN


NEW YORK. July Slack Gleason.
peppery little manager Of the White
Sex. believes they are going rs win the
American league pennant. He said 50
today.
Il believe wegI win the pennant
sure" said Gleason. Were our in
front. holding Just a comfortable leaa.
and the boys are mighty confident I'm
not saving We Won't have a hard fgat
on our hands, but | don't think we can
be STOPPED now il We get our share Of
the breaks.
THE sox fight tooth and nail for
every game They're never beaten until
the last man is cut I believe this IS
indicated by a good number Of games
we've lost by one run. We've been get
ting some fine pitching This season and
II has been a biz factor, but the husIlinE
spirit Of the club as a whole is Uhat :
keeping I'M there
Yes, Williams Is sure going great
guns He is at the TOP of his form.
Cieotte. Faber and tho rest Of our piteh-
ers are carrying their share. Cicotte in
particular
we haven't our best strength right
now; can't have il with cripples on the
club Feisch, schalk and Weaver are all
bothered with charleyhorses. but the
latter are playing ia spite of them
They'll am Ne right again before long
hope"
Gleason said there was no way to az
count for tho improved hitting Of the
sox. who are Ieading their league in
club batting
The boys are simply stepping NJ
there and mauiing The ball asasn5t all
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-07-31
FRENCH RING CHAMP
PLANS TRIP TO u. S.
EARLY THIS WINTER

NEW YORK. July 3l-Goorgcs Car
rentier. heavvweight champion Of
France. will probably come to the Unit
cd states late next December or early in
January.
Authority for this statemens reste in
letter from Lieut. Ben. F Stcinel, ir
charge Of the boxing program Of the 4.
r. Fl. and matchmaker for bouts pros
noted ny the " NJ. G. s. for the enter
tainment Of the Yanks in Frame
Carpenter. IT is said. viii b. accom-
panied BY Manager Deschamps end
Charley LedouN A veteran French ban
tamweight who is well known in ihs
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-07-31
GRIFFITH WANTS GAME.


GRIFFITH. Ind. July 3l.-erifith
wants q game for sunday August 3.
ANY teams desiring game for This
date cain ur W. 4 Boutwell,. Grimm.
Ind Call l02.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-07-31

Totals - 8 ~ rs e i A. .2eo
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-07-31

Are you reading The Trnes7
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-07-31

MEADOWS. pitching for the Ph'hoe.
famed zen OF his former team mates
and defeated the Cards
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-07-31

SHAW gave tha Browns but four hits
at Washington and won for the Sena-
tors via the shui-out route.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1919-03-06

letter from her brother in France
in which two pages from a letter to
a dear creature named Edith had been
folded by mistake. The sister, know
ing her brother had been writing to a
girl in a Southern town, kindly de-
tached the two pages and forwarded
them to her. A week or so ago an
other letter arrived from the soldier
saying. in effect: "You sure spilled
the beans. Edith isn't the girl In the
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1919-03-06

! guess | must have lost it," And
. ..en started to go back to sleep again.
Home, come" said the conductor.
:. must De somewhere. You couldn't
nave lost it" "Culdn't?" said the
pshosman. I'D like to know why not j?
l lost my bass drum yesterday
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1919-03-06

il we have heard that phrase some
where before
"Pa," said Bill, what a funny word
wholesome is" Whats funny about
it?" asked dad. "Why, take away the
whole of it and you have some left"
q = =
Have you ever invested in dozen
razor blades and shaved till your
chin was as soft as a baby's cheek,
and then gone to town for haircut
and had the barber say, Shave 2"
z 4 =
You may know the fellow
Who thinks he thinks,
Or the fellow who thinks he knows,
But find the fellow
Who knows he thinks,
And you know the fellow who knows.
z 4 =
An exchange describes a new dance
called the "Flu Filter" To dance it,
YOU take one step forward, then sneeze
twice; pivot and swallow two quinine
capsules. swing your partner, then
cough in unison; take two steps back
ana DlOW your IiOocSp anu thSi "NN'SN
home and consult doctor.
e q
Small Ethel went to Sunday school
and the teacher taught her new
verse Repeating it when she got
home Ethel said
"If | love Jusus, when | die
He'll take me TO His home on high"
After meditating for moment, she
said: "Say, guess that means they
have automobiles in heaven, doesn't
it,"
Private Buck had been ordered to
get out on detail. "For heavens sake
when do | rest?p ne demanded of the
sergeant. "You will rest when you
get to heaven" was the reply. swell
| hope so,' said the private, "but I'll
bet dose of gold fish hash | won't be
in heaven ten minutes when just as
lie down and the angels come over
my bed and start singing to me, old
boy Sergeant Gabriel will toot his
whistle and say, Private Buck, get
up. You're on detail tonight, go down
and hang QUO the stars.
A fond parent noticed his youngest,
a boy, in very animated conference
with a number of other boys and
young woman and that evening in
quired of the boy what all the ex-
element was about, THAT was my
said the boy "and we were
trying to explain the ball game to her.
She couldn't understand burned
hing. just don't understand how
she ever got to be school teacher"
= 4
ELMER pears to like it pretty well, 4"
laid the fond mother in the midst of
Ter perusal of letter from her son
1t environment. "He says he gets
rood food and plenty of it, but still /,
led like to sit down at the table here i
It home with thick, juicy steak be- {
ore him, with cream gravy, well |
crowned fried potatoes and lot of i
ther things, and wind up with lemon 5
lie with inch thick frosting on it" /
Good Lordl" calculated dad in aIt
trangely hushed voice. $50 would L. q
Early in January woman received I
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1919-03-06
RIGOROUS as have been the armls-

RIGOROUS as have been the armis-
tice terms, il seems that the Ger
mans have not yet realized that they
we're defeated in the war or that the
things for which they contended have
been repudiated by nearly all the
world. While German government Of
fcials continue TO talk about what
Germany will and will not do, and as
sumo that Germany sits at the peace
table on equal terms with the allied
nations, the German populace plungcs
into such debauch Of drinking, dane
ing and night revelry that even the
German police powers have found 1t
necessary to interfere and restrict the
festivities II there is any contrte
spirit in Germany it has not been man
Tested either In official circles or in
the conduct OF the people, as 1t has
urated the bloodiest and most costly
war of history, which took the lives
Of nearly 10 million men, and wounded
more than that, which brought fam
inc and pestilenee to three-quarters
of the world. and yet their returning
soldiers soundly beaten on the field
OF battle and actually pursued home
by their conquerors, are received as
victors, and the people institute an era
Of revelry, dishonoring even their own
dead before peace is officially de-
clared There is no realization Of
wrong done TO other peoples, no mani
festation Of repentance and desire to
restore that which was taken from
others, no sympathy for the suffering
and homeless victims of their ruthless
armies in other countries, and appar-
emily little feeling Of responsibility
in meeting the demands Of the allies.
Foch had II in his power to utterly
crush the German nation, bat for the
sake of humanity, he refrained. Ger
man cities were spared, German terri
tory has been unchanged by the oc-
cupying armies, yet the armistice
terms have been only indifferently
complied with. Evidences are multi
plying that she is the same old Ger
many, still singing Deutschland Uber
Allies" The final peace terms should
be drastic enough to stop the mid
night revelry in Berlin without the
aid of the Berlin police, II not, the
Hun menace will continue.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1919-03-06
CURRENT COMMENT.

WYE are viewing with considerable
" alarm the attitude Of the Repub-
lican senators Oh the League Of Ma
tons Senator Jim Reed Of Missouri
appears TO have lined up with the
Republicans, which is enough to arouse
the suspicious Of the most trusting,
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1919-03-06


+ ORD ROBERT CECIL, Great Brit
aims expert on the league of ma
tons, does not set up the claim that
u league Of nations OF any character
will automatically end wars, establish
eternal peace. bring in the millennium,
and scatter plenty with lavish hand
among the peoples Of the earth. He
merely says it is an experiment worth
while and hopeful step forward for
civilized and enlightened world to
attempt. He points out that oppon-
cnts of the league appear to have
nothing to offer as an alternative.
What is their plan,' he asks. "Are
they content to 20 on with the pre-
war system 7" Assuredly nothing is
easier than to pick flaws in the league
of nations scheme. Nobody pretends
that il is complete and perfect, handed
at Sinai, IL is a human document.
The best thing TO be said of it is that
II is u proof that the responsible
statesmen Of this generation have had
the courage and the faith to under
take thing of such nobility of pur-
pose. It is epoch-making in this re-
speet The men who have dared do ii
will live as long ac chivalry and cour-
age are honored and sung in this
world. Whether a league of nations
proves success or failure depends
not on the league constitution. but on
the disposition towards the project
IL is matter OF having faith or being
without faith, If it is accepted rs
something that can and must be made
20 work. il will be made to work. nj
IL arouses no high endeavor in the |
political leaders Of the countries con
cerned, but is regarded as predestined 1
70 fat, It will certainly fail Those /
who predict its failure work most eff |
fectively TO bring about its failure /
IN the criticism Of the project there is
little that is helpful or constructive,
as Lord Cecil notes II is fault-tind- /
ing or 1t Is an expression Of lack of i
confidence The critics merely say that i
nothing should be undertaken, that the
world should resume where it left
off in 1914, meantime administering
suitable punishment upon Germany.
To fiaunt the aspirations of hundreds
of millions of people, who have suf-
fered as much as they propose to bear
from warlike political order, and to
them by saying that it is
not worth trial, is to invite a catas-
trophe infinitely worse than the crit
les conceive rs likely to follow the
creation of league of nations against
war.