The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-08-29

Germany crushed Belgium and would
have crushed France had not the other
democratic nations gone to her aid. The
idea is that each country may keep
an army and navy large enough to en-
able 1t to fulfil Its responsibilities as
a member of the League, but no larger.
The United States, for example, prob
ably would be expected to keep a
check on Mexico and the state of con-
slant turmoil In that country would be
taken into consideration In deciding
how large an army we should need
The third important safeguard
which the League will set up is sys-
TEN Of penalties This will make an
outlaw Of any nation or group of ma
lions which goes TO war in violation
of the rules of the League. The out
lawed nation will be boycotted by all
the other members of the League and
will find itself cut off from both bust
ness and social communication with
the rest of the world.
How II viii Prevent Wars.
1t is not claimed that the League Of
Nations will do away with war alto
gether. Every possible provision that
human intelligence can devise will be
made to settle international disputes
peaceably. But should all these meas
ures fail aud two nations go to war,
this is what will happen:
If both parties to the dispute have
1A1 tha ~ I nj tho
other nations will stand back and let
them fight 1t out. War under such
circumstances Is difficult to imagine,
however, because before the angry ma
lions will be allowed to fight In &C.
cordance with the rules of the League,
so much time must elapse that In all
probability their anger will cool and
they will reach an amicable under
standing.
What we have to fear is that some
nation will go to war in defiance of
the League, and every precaution has
been taken to suppress such a nation
by the immediate use Of the united
power Of the other nations. If inter-
national boycott failed to bring her
to terms she would have to face a
combined international army and
navy. The founders of the League be-
lieve that the mere possibility of such
a situation will prevent any nation
from violating its agreement. Does
anyone think that Germany would
have begun war five years ago If she
had known that nearly all the other
great powers would combine against
herr
Doing the Worlds Work.
In addition to settling international
disputes peaceably the League of
Nations will provide means for doing
much of the worlds work more sys-
tematically and effectively than can
be done now when each nation is
working only for itself. The people
you know best and like best are those
who work with you on the same job.
1t will be the same way with the
nations of the future. The more they
work together, the sooner they will
come to understand and like each
other.
For example, the League will estab-
! lish an international organization for
the lettering of labor conditions in
different countries, for the protection
of women and children and the native
inhabitants of civilized and semi-civil-
lied countries. One of Germanys
greatest crimes has been her barba
rous treatment of the helpless people
in some of her colonies. One of the
chief tasks of the League will be to
enough TO protect themselves.
The League will appoint commits
sions TO take charge of various inter
national undertakings so that they
may be carried on, not for the benefit
of any one nation, but for the benefit
of the whole world. Provision will be
made for promotion of fair and equal
trade conditions.
These are only few of the benefits
the world will derive from the League
As time goes on we shall find more
and more tasks at which the nations
can work In common and a greater
number of opportunities to remove
causes which stir up jealousies and
animosities between races and peoples
Objections Answered.
OF course we cannot hope to make
the great changes such as the League
of Nations will bring about without
opposition. Fortunately the war has
taught US the great advantages Of
international cooperation. 1t was
only by good team work that the free
liberty loving nations were able to
whip Germany.
The treaty which the United States
Senate is debating obligates the mem,
bers Of the proposed League to pro-
tect one another against attack from
enemies outside their own boundaries
bent upon conquest. Although this
agreement (Articls K Of the Cove
nant) Is vital to any arrangement
which seeks to prevent war, 1t has
been attacked on the ground that II
would draw the United States into
wars In various parts of the world and
force US to send our boys to fight In
Quarrels which did not concern us.
We should remember, however, that
the main purpose OF Article x is to
frighten nations tempted to wars of
conquest from yielding to the tempta-