South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-06
MARCH 9, 1910.
WASHINGTON, TAFT AND WILSON AND
THAT DISSEMINATING" ALLIANCE

Il seems incredible that anyone can he able 70 read
the addresses in New YOrk, Tuesday night by former
FreSt Iat and his successor. and doubt longer the
aaVisaoilTy or America. along the rest Of the
world adopting the League Of Nations covenant BY
entering this we assumed a responsibility for
the future peace Of the world along with other powers
and responsibility to quite much as to the
others. "Entangling alliances among European Nations
're the things that provoked the drew US into
IT, washington said. beware Of entangling alliances
yes fte warned against them and we'll His warn
ing extended to those alliances between other nations
against rs. OF to jeopardze us. as that we
should not enter them ourselves
And after a year war. with America dra,y,
into il for a gear and half the problem is to dis
antangie those alliances them forever here
after The League of Nations covenant is the process
mat the delegates at the peace conference have
TT to adopt II well be construed as a league
recommended by Washington as anything else as long
as calculates to accomplish the elimination of those
things of which he to beware" The League Of
Nations is disentangng alliance in the fullest sense
Of the term Read what Washington actually said and
if that true
1t is former Prest Taft's Interpretation as we'll as
that of Prest Wilson. The two men stand together
regardless Of difference of party on this great League,
Of Nations issue It gratifying too that as against
that little group of wilful in the United States
senate who would have the world believe they know
the president back France only reinforced
by the voice and influence his presidential predeces
or but O. Mr. Charles Hughes his latest presi-
Dental opponent. both of the party as that to
which little group" belongs
SO distinguishing this fact that the little and
"wilful" IA the quotation one of the presidents
old speeches might be reversed is 'yvilful group
of little men that seeking to block the League of
Nations movement The argument against the League
Of Nations is. indeed dwndling more and more into
little man" talk with ornate stubbornness as its only
excuse. IL has come TO question of whether we are
with the world against it, whether we are to as
the role that Germany assumed i'm entering into
the WARRIOR the time has come when no nation can
longer Doe against the of the world without the
Of che world being against In our anxiety to
maintain place in the sun" necessary that
like Germany turn our hand against the rest
Of mankind. we won't
Those who advocate return fashioned Amer
lean isolation willing it seems to let the rest Of
the world to the dogs. provided America remains
safe. The trouble that If the world goes
to the dogs America viii not remain safe For good
in. the world henceforth is all bound up
together. the present should be enough evidence
TO- olear-headed man "entangling alliances" that
affect nation likely AFFECT all. Washington
said Beware of entangling alliances"
II the United states does not play It's part-a manly
part-in the reconstruction the world rest Of
the world may actually 20 TO the dogs Chaos in Eu-
and elsewhere would be infinitely costly
disastrous to America than any expense and danger
in cooperating with Europe to estab-
lish new order. And whether i'm chaos or order q
Europe that is not with us hereafter. will certainly
be against If refuse now TO play a consistent
part making good our promises we shall have
the enmty of all the world instead the worlds
friendship. II the other powers succeeded in setting
up their League of Nations after we pulled out.
that league would be league against America
That would mean that the United States would have
against the whole world. Is that what the
ssponents of the present league plan want?