Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1919-08-21

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nesa and social eommunicaafOa vita
The resi- of the world.
Hea~ ls win prsvaax .sBvara.
g u not claimed shaf the League as
Nations win do away with war alto.
geflier. Every possible pTOvssion that
human intelligence can deviaa yin 81
made 70 settle international disputes
peaceably. But should all these meas.
area fail and fwo nations 90 ia war.
this ID what will happen
Il both parties % the dispute have
observed the rules os the Leagne, the
other nations Will stand back and let
them fight II ont War under snch
circumstances IL tificuIt 10 Imagine.
aoweyer, because before the angry ma
tioAs win be allowed to aght Ia &C
eordance with the rules BIZ the League,
% much time must eIapse that ID MI
probability their anger Win cool and
hey will reach an amicabIe under
standing.
What We have te fear is that eoEne
1ation viii so TO war Ia defiance Of
he League. and every pFecaution has
seen taken TO suppress such . nation
~ the immediate use Of the united
lOwer Of the other natlons Yf inter.
iational boycott failed to bring her
d terms she would have To face d
:omblned International army and
lavy. The founders Of the League be-
ieve that the mere possibility OF such
i situation Will prevent any nation
rom violating ifs agreensent. Does
anyone think that Germany would
rave begun war five years ago II slle
lad known that nearly ali the other
great powers would combine against
aer3
polne the Worries Work.
In addition to settling international
disputes peaceably the League of
Nations viii provide means for doing
much OF the worlds work more sys-
teinatically and effectively than can
Be done now when each nation Ii
working only for Itself The people
you know best and ike best are those
who work with you on the same Job.
Il viii be the same way With the
nations of the future The more they
work together. the sooner they viii
cnae 70 understand and like each
other
For example. the League viii estab-
iish an international organization for
tha bettering Of labor conditions Ia
different countries, for the protection
of women and children and the native
inhabitants Of civilized and semi-ciyLl.
lied countries. One Of Germanys
greatest crimes has been her barba.
rous treatment 0f the helpless people
III some Of her colonies One of the
chief tasks Of the League viii be to-
look after peoples that are not strong
enough 10 protect themselves
The League viii appoint commits.
sions to take charge of various inter-
national undertakings 90 that they
may be carried on. not for the beneis
Of any one nation, but for the benefit
OF the whofe world Provision viii be
made FOR promotion o1 fair and equal
trade conditions.
h gassae ara Oslay 4 fasW Sf the hene'lss
the world viii derive from the League.
Az time goes on we shall hnd more
and more tasks at which The nations
can work Ii common and greater
number OF opportunities 10 remove
causes which stir up jeaiousies and
animosifies between races and peoples
Objections Answered.
OF course we cannot hops to mako
the great changes such as the League
az Nations will bring about without
opposition. Fortunately the war has
taught us the great advantages of
international cooperation. II was
only BY good team work that the free
liberty loving nations weEe able to
whip Germany.
The treaty which the United States
Senate ID debating obligates the mem
bers ok the proposed League to pro
tect one another against attack from
enemies outside their own boundaries
bent upon. conquest Although this
agreement (Articla X o9 the Cove
nanfl IL vital 60 any arrangement
which seeks to prevent war. II has
been attacked on the ground that Il
would draw the United States into
wars ID various parts of the world and
force us to send our boys to fight ln
ouarrels which did not concern as
|. We should remember. however. that
the main purpose Of Article y is to
frixhfen nations tempted to wars Of
conquest from yielding 60 the ternpta-
ton, BY the certainty that they will be
crushed il they begin such . war by
universal boycott and q union OF
forces oS the world against them lf
1 big war breaks ous again. the United
states viii be forced 90 take part ~
IL whether we have LeAgVe Of
Nations or not We tried hard enough
% Keep out of the war with Germany
bot found we couldn't
j little war contrary to the League
rules could be handled BY the powers
close al hand. Certainly Il would not
IS necessary To send American troops
to suppress an uprising In the Balkans
when prompt action By the armies Of
ytaIy or some other nearby powerful
nation could suppress the fracaa be-