Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-02-24
The eusbears and Bees

Is ire shining marx Tor the ce2TJ ar
tii.ery IL Congress and the bomb
dropping press. The overthrow Of
PTuss.anism vas big JOB o.: the
rpse::ins Of ags-long tradition. and
facial o:gotry may prove a task TOO
complex for .his age. We a:- still
largely II class with the fool ~ho
said IN his heart there ID no Cod
Te ling 20 the ideals" u another
ge..e. Axiom, and worship tie expedi-
e1.ts u earlier crises as Interchangeable
ard IN. potent. The prejudice IL
ti.e .it:lc Minds CT CUR creates, E.en
e-slaves .aem 70 the stupid doctr!ne
tina: i, ca.ooI be 6o.e, because j:
never .as been done" hat there Is
Go. brains enough n ,he World to
CONCEIVE means for avoiding war
arI 10. throwing Of the burden Of
Preparedness" Cor war. Massive
JUDICIAL brains sink II the fog .. tear
teto-e the asiaine acceptance Of the
S'--t@-- - l!IS lGSL-
Communities ot -! na:ionaIities
a.G controlled b. law. Groups OF
toa..n ani.ies il commonwealth are
governed by ia-. Group. OF CON-
1nc.weai,hs Or states find strength
i. u1!t- ana common provisions il
a. E1t-groups OF nations gov
e-aed oy the same high provisions
Is beyond me grasp Of the
finite n7ia3-!a the opinion Of some
nf our leading thinkers" nineteen
hundred yea.s after the EmIssa1y OF
Face and Love had come and paid
Tire price.
The New yor. Sun advertises its
1.o.et full Of shiyering skeletons OK
- ssdo:n ot the past. and ra.iics the
ancient bones OF its bugaboo England
England putting something over
On IS as If she always, or ever had.
and tha. We are SO muc!! weaker TOW
Than ever before. Nero, what
sca-e.
!. \ friend sends Us ba-rase ot
Hypothetical we almos. said hypo-
:tic1l, questions from he Boston
News Bureau. which supposes an
awful possibility after We have safe
J.. reached 1880.
The league IS N full running order.
le~s to-b.doirs japanese acquiring title
70 real estate aac otherwise insulting
:: d'sc.:minasihg against The :s.ow
states have already done. and asgres-
,sive. ambitious and proud Japan oe-
.!nands that aer nationals be given eQuai
treatment with ali cher nationals IN
Australia.
AustTal.-. refuses 10 change her pol
ic.. The ordinary processes OF diplo-
macy. cannot adjust the dispute. IN
Proposed constitution. the members OF
the League bind them selves no. to re-
sort 70 war with submitting the mat.
ter 70 inquiry by the executive council
Of the league. and bind themselves not
even TO resort TO va. against ,nemter
OF the league who complies with the
Feco-mendat tons OF the e2ecutlT=
council.
Japan. therefore: appeals . the sx-
ecuti"e council Of the league. Tre
4.ouneii sass1ins Japan Au l,s!s E.h
spire declines 70 yield. Anti-Japanese
riots break out n sydney. Several
Japanese are murdered BY the mobs
a Japanese SQUADRON proceeds TO sgd
ney and attempts 10 land an armed
force as did :he United States at Vera
cruz few years ago. rnc Austria
resist ii. landing. The Japanes:
squadron, as did the American at Yea
CRUZ. shells the city. A Brit:eh cruiser
arrives attacks the warSAips that i:
IN
Japan and the British Empire are at
war Is there any question bu! that
the British EN- Empire nss aisresarded It's
New what follows: Article 10 de-
clares that II any Of the parties disIt-
gard its covenants under article -, II
have committed an act Of war ageinsc
.all the other members Of the league.
therefore. the United States is Ipso
.and pledged to what? Pledged by lie
terms OF Article l6 to prohibit al imam
seal. commercial or personal intercourse
with he empire and pledged TO ger
Francisco or Seattle and pass through
the country for the purpose OF invad
,ns Canada shere We, theE ehocse But
OF the executive council IN such case
recommend what effective military or
naval force the members Of the league
shall sevcraliy contribute to the armed
forces to be used to protect the cove
.nante Of the league"
The executive council considers this
question. BY bare majority of one.
the deciding vote being cast by the
German representative flor by this
time Germany may vel. be a member
in good standing). the council decides
that because OF the strength Of the
BFttiah navy in the Atlantic. it u NOT
practicable for the European powers
in the war. tina. as the contest is being
fought out on the North American con-
tinent. the United States shall forth
with furnish an army Of 1000 men
TO cooperate with the Japanese In the
invasion Of Canada.
How far are the people Of the United
States prepared to go in an effort to
prevent future wars Mr.. Taft has
declared that anyone who 10 opposed
to a League Of Nations is a reaction.
aary. Yet even a radical may hesitate
before he commits the United States to
wage war on its nearest and friendliest
quite 1000 miles away.
}, OF course the Boston News Bureau
analyst is proceeding on the assump-
dion that when this League Of Nations
is accomplished all intelligence
ceases. None whatever could be ex-
tant in 1880 to meet such a contin.
gency as his pipe-dream presents.
Nor does he glimpse the possibility
that the world. after ten years COM