The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1919-07-10

courts or arbitration, council, assembly,
and other machinery for peace" to
bring about a cessation of the carnage.
The inconsistency of the league as an
agent for peace is conclusively demon
strated by this article. Members of the
safe family may murder each other
with impunty, but let one of them
shoot somebody ON the other side of
the border, and the league awakes to
the fact that there is trouble brewing
for humanity and fuses about to find
a remedy.
Article 16 prescribes in considerable
detail the methods that will be follow
ed by the league in enforcing it's de-
crees. The moment a nation resorts to
war to preserve its national honor in
disregard of the obstacles to prompt
action put in its path by the covenant
it is to feel the might of the league.
A world boycott is to be instituted
against the offending state at once
All financial, commercial, or personal
intercourse with the rest of the world
is to be served, and an international
army and navy recruited from the
military strength of the other member
nations, are to proceed against the
offender. Article 116 is war from start
to finish. Force without stint is the
prescription set forth in its language.
Article II offers membership In the
league to a nation, party to dispute
likely to lead to war. If such nation
declines to enter the league and assume
its obligations, and undertakes to set
tie its own affairs in its own way,
then the drastic punishment prescrib-
ed in Article 10 will descend upon it.
War again! This time 1t Is to come as
a measure of coercion to compel a ma
ton to enter the league and yield up
its sovereignty to the dictation of for
eigners. Let a country assert its in
dependence and evince determination
to mind its own business and compel
its neighbors to mind theirs, and its
lands are to be laid waste by this
league for peace" it's nationals will
be slaughtered In the defense Of their
homes, and the country as a national
entity destroyed.
Article Is prevents any future treaty
from taking effect until is shall have
+ been registered with the secretary gen
eral of the league. This transcends
completely the treaty making power OF
the senate, and prevents the consum
nation of treaties designed to promote
| unity UtlWttA ntiliOIiS ulllCES tutY Slldi
have taken their course prescribed by
the meddling league. Let a country un
dertake to enter into a separate agree
ment with its neighbor, as every nation
has a perfect right to do, and it is
| Immediately liable to all the rlgors OF
military and economic pressures thai
the league can bring to bear Situations
have often arisen in the past when the
| ipfnrfnpanaa Of third norty in th.
treaty have led TO war, and 1t is easily
conceivable that they may be repeated
in the future.
Article 10 empowers the assembly tt
advise member nations to reconsider
treaties that the assembly thinks hav,
become inapplicable. No compulsion t.
Ichange such treaties is contained in tn,
article, but the inference is plain o.
the provision would never have beef
included in the covenant England
is understood intends to reserve tn,
treaty of alliance she has with Japan
but what will happen to other nation
that persist in keeping their interna
tional obligations is matter of con
: lecture.
Article 20 goes a step further thai
10 and binds members of the league 3
abrogate all obligations or understand
, ings Inconsistent with the terms O
the covenant That means that mem
her nation, having treaty with non
member nation, shall Immediately IL
pudiate its written word. Such a stat
of affairs has been productive of war
from time immemorial. Germany star
! ed hostilities by repudiating her treat
I with Belgium and invading that III
} happy country But the league actual
) proposes to make such Reputation
? mandatory. ANY self-respecting natio
I that is thus flouted by another wit
which IL has a solemn undertaking
t justified In resorting to arms, and sue
+ will be the result of a general appl
/ cation of the principle enunciated
: Article 20.
: Article 81 is declared by Presidei
{ Wilson TO preserve the Monroe Do
n trine. English authorities say 1t do,
{ nothing of the sort. Here il elias
I even before we proceed on the theoi
j that our Monroe Doctrine is not inva
l. ed by the league and undertake to e
e force its restrictions against foreil
It states. Immediately there is confli
q with the league, and it becomes 1
Il cumbent upon US to retreat from OF
i position or fight. We are at once co
It fronted with the alternative of able
e surrender or war.
E, Article % Is one under which ma
h datories are to be provided for wes
q states 1t is suggested that Armen
2 and possibly Constantinoble are to
D. allotted to the United States. Think
: the millions of dollars and scores
If American lives that will be sacrifice
le If we undertake the policing of tn
s. portion of the Turkish empire. Ho'
II ever great our compassion for the
< suffering Armenians are We ready
4 send armies for their protection again
s. the cruel Turk? Actual war may 4
A. nesult from Article %, but unnecs
'e sary shedding of good American blo'
e Is inevitable IL we assume the OBJ
d cations that it contemplates.
lie Article %. among other things,
II clares that members will make pl
S visions to secure and maintain freedo
y of communication and of transit al