South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-07-11

+ advanced from Qhy 10 DAY from one
stage Of conference TO another that
II became evident 10 them that what
they were seeking would be little
more than something written upon
paper. 10 be interpreted and applied
by such methods as the chances Il
politics might make available IL they
did not provide a means OF common
counsel which all were obliged 10 ac-
I cept. common authority whose de-
cisiOns would be recognized as de-
I cisions hich all must respect
lanlYri-a-dayagu. SHRDLUU L u
MOST sKEPTICAL TURN
TO LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
And so the most practical. the
most skeptica! among them turned
more and more 10 the league as the
authority through which interna-
/ tional action was 10 be secured. the
authority without which, as they had
/ 10 come 20 see IL, IL would be diff
/ lcult TO give assured effect either
I 10 this treaty or to any other in
/ ternationl understanding upon which
they were 10 depend for the main
covenant OF the League was the first
substantive part of the treaty to be
worked out and agreed upon, while
all else was IN solution. helped 10
make the formulation OF the rest
easier The conference was. after
! all. not TO be ephemeral.
The concert of nations was 10
continue. under a definite covenant
4 which had been agreed upon and
which all were convinced was work
able They could go forward with
/ confidence 10 make ARRANGEMENTS
/ intended TO be permanent The most
practical of the conferees were at
/ last the most ready 10 refer 10 the
! League of Nations the superintend-
ence OF all interests which did not
admit of immediate determination.
( Of all administrative problems which
/ were 10 require a continuing over
sight. What had seemed a counsel
of perfection had come TO seem a
plain council of necessity. The
| League Of Nations was the practical
1 statesman's hope or success in many
/ of the most difficult things lie was
attempting
And it had validated itself in the
thought of every member of the
conference as something much big
/ ger. much greater every way. than
a mere instrument for carrying out
| the provisions OF particular
treaty. 1t was universally recog-
nized that all the peoples OF the
world demanded of the conference
/ that 1t should create such contin-
uing concert of free nations as
would make wars of aggression and
spoilation such as this that mas just
| ended forever impossible.
/ No MORE SACRIFICE CRY
FROM STRICKEN HOMES.
A cry had gone out from every
home in every stricken land from
which sons and brothers and fathers
had gone forth to the great sacrifice
that such a sacrifice should never
again be exacted. 1t was manifest
why it had been eXacted. IL had
/ been exacted because one nation de-
sired dominion and other nations
had known no means of defense eX-
cept ornaments and alliances. War
had lain at the heart of every ar
rangement of Europe-of every ar
rangement of the world-that pre-
ceded the war.
FESTIVE peoples had been told that
/ fleets and armies, which they toiled
10 sustain, meant peace; and they
now knew that they had been lied
TO: that fleets and armies had been
maintained TO promote nitionaI
ambitions and meant war. They
knew that no old policy meant any
thing else but force, force-always
force And they knew that it was
intolerable. Every true heart in
the world; every enlightened judg-
ment demanded that, at whatever
cost of independent action. every
government that took thought for
its people or for justice or for or
dered freedom should lend itself to
a new purpose and utterly destroy
the old order OF international po-
/ litics.
Statesmen might see difficulties.
but the people could see none and
could brook no denial. war In
which they had been bled white 10
beat the terror that lay concealed
/ in every balance of power must not
end in a mere victory of arms and
a new balance.
/ UNITED POWERS To PUT
STOP TO AGGRESSION.
The monster that had resorted TO
arms must be put in chains that
could not be broken. The united
power OF free nations must put a
Z stop to aggression and the world
must be given peace. III there was
not the will or the intelligence TO
accomplish that now there must be
another and final war and the world
must be swept clean Of every power
that could renew the terror. The