The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-05

| 10 power and influence, as she un-
/ doubtcdly will be some day-should de
clare war upon Great Britain and un'
/ dertake to acquire dominion over In
| dia. That would be case of external
| aggression contemplated by Article 10,
/ and under Article IL, Russia would be
| deerned to have committed an act OF
war against all members of the league
! The United States would first be re-
qured like all ether members of the
league to sever her trade and finan
cial relations with Russia and to pro
hibit all intercourse between our own
nationals and the nationals of Russia.
What would be the duty of the council?
TO recommend 10 the several govern
ments concerned what effective mill
tary or naval force they should con
tribute to protect the covenants of the
league.
DO we discover here any obligation
upon our part to send armed forces
against Russia, except as they may
be authorized by the congress of the
United States? The duty of severing
trade relations and of prohibiting in
tercourse between the people of the
United States and the people of RUSSIA
is clearly cnjoined. but the question
of armed participation is expressly re
rerred to the several governments con
rernad
- ,,,iu ha rot.l tbot am assuming
a highly improbable thing. Even
though Russia, in the distant future,
desired to do so, she could not make
.,,.,,. ,,r,,, L,roI,nd-or. any other coun-
,,'. ,', tt,.,t ,,,tto,. in ,,ioIotion of the
',..,,,t ,,.;tI,a,t ,t o,ce finding her.
.oIc M war ,,,itb all the rest of the
,,-a,,d hon. commerce naralyzed and
t,,, forai,, t,,ade destroved In the
,',.,,oItia. i,,nosad nv the covenant for
,.i,Iatio,, Of If, provisions we find
,I,o s,,,,o,t ,,,,,rantv of peaca. on the
I,l,.,, ta,l - pnssia observed the
,,l,,...,,,,,t. ~ tho Ieoeue and submitted
,',.,, ,1ir,,,to "a tba collncil the cool
., I.ii,,,,.,+, ,,,ocess of arbitration
,,'',',,1 T., o1 nro,,biIitv avert a re.
'',,t ta ,,.r,s
Wa
No' '"io "
No friend of League OF NatioiS
who desires that the proposed covenant
shall be fairly considered upon It's iler
its ana assessed at its true value, VIII
contend that it is an lntalllpie cure
for war. What he does contend Is lhat
if the covenant is observed in sood
faith by all the nations that are Iiaue
parties thereto, the danger OF war WIN
be reduced to the minimum ana q
step of incalcuable value taken to"d'u
the establishment of the permanent
peace of the world.
The League of Nations Is so inter
woven with the treaty of peace that
il cannot be separated without destroy
ing the treaty Tor 1t Is thiouS"
league that the treaty Is TO De en-
forced. If the league fails, the treaty
fails with it. To illustrate what
mean: one of the most perpleXinS
problems of the peace conference was
the disposition to be made oil the Saai
Valley. This question, upon Whlcfl 'ile
peace conference at times seemed ABOUT
to split. was finally settled by requlr'
,ng Germany to renounce the Saar
Valley in favor of the League oil Ma
ions in the capacity of trustee, the
government of that territory TO pe
controlled by the League of Nations
for fifteen years, at the expiration Oh
yhich time the inhabitants will be call
eed upon to indicate the sovereignty
under which they desire to be placed.
II the League of Nations should IAN
Of ratification, how Will the proNi9io
regarding the disposition of the Saar
Valley be enforced? This Vltally I'M
portant feature of the peace treaty
affecting France would again be III