The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-17
Rules Come First.

Now, the first thing that that
ell would do would be to declare upon
paper Just what the rules are that gov
ern as between those nations which en-
tered into that compact. First, the ma
tons would agree Upon, not the ma
chinery, but the principles; what the
law Is, u
court hat could decide whether there
had been a violation OF the compact
that had been entered into by all the
| nations. That would not bind us il we
went into it, to accept anything ex;
cept that which was brought back, ana
| Which we approved of.
First, then, a council which would
| declare what the rules of the game
were, and we do not know what the
rules are now second. the court that
could enforce those rules; that is not
| unreasonable; that is not visionary;
that is not a dream.
And how are they to be enforced?
They are to be enforced, first, by the
pressure of the nations of the world
and don't belittle that. In these days
of newspapers and telegraphs, of mer.
chants associations Of all the thousand
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES there are $500 diff
| ferent organizations in the United
| States today, in these days OF organl-
cations, when opinion can be quickly
c~rystallized, opinion is not to be flouted
as a matter of coercion.
Then as a body the inquiry could
be made and the facts ascertainedd up
on which that opinion could act; then
II arbitration was brought about par
ties to that arbitration would be bound
to submit, in the first instance, all OF
their questions to arbitration which did
not involve national independence, did
not involve their integrity. They would
be bound to submit those questions to
the public of the world and before that
public they would be judged.
Pictures Menaces.
And we have an effort that can be
made this side of war, Take any oun
try that you please in your mind n
let me picture what might happen to
it. We could put a circle around that
country, cut off every postal combina-
ton so that no letters could go in or
out, cut off every bill of exchange,
cut off every export, If you please; cut
the border, cut off all diplomatic COM
munication, isolate that nation and
there is not a nation that ever has
made war that ! know or that could
stand such a circle of iron brought
around it by the combined efforts of
the nations Of the world; and If that
nation in violation of it's pact does not
attack one Of the nations within this
league or this council, this association,
then we must adopt the motto of the
Three Musketeers, one for all and all
for one
But there is not one case in a mil
lion in which that resort would be
forced upon us. We have had 200 ar
| bitration cases since the veal 1915 and
not one of them has brought about war.
This thing Is not a dream, gentlemen;
1t is a thing that is possible, but Il Is
shut u eyes to It saying the thing
can not be done. why that Is not our
spirit. The great body OF men in our
army who do distinguished service and
who get little credit, the engineers,
have adopted Is their motto these
! And you gentlemen, II you doubt that
that motto Is adopted by the representa-
tives of the United States may find the
thing you say can't be lone laid upon
your table. hope that that may be
through this thing. We can't develop
it at once. Nothing that has been sue
| cessful that | know of has been ma
tured in a single mind
In stating that the integrity Of the
Monroe doctrine was In no way jeop-
ardized by the league Of nations plan.
Mr.. Lane said:
"T do not know what may come out
Of Paris. | have no knowledge of the
propositions that are made In Paris.
But l do know that we are bound to
mi ue lued OF u league OF ma
| tons, of an association as the president
put it. a general association Of nations
must be formed under specific cove
| nants for the purpose OF affOrding mu-
| tual guarantees of political hdepend-
ence and territorial integrity to great
and small nations alike
~ have heard 1t said that under any
such league or any sucn council of ma
| tons, any such effort at international
cooperation, the Monroe doctrine would
he scattered to the winds. want to
ask you to read that line of the presi-
dents and see If it is not the very in
c%arnation OF the Monroe, doctrine it.
self"
Touching on the utility of cooper
alton" in solving the world problems.
| Mr.. Lane pointed to associations. cities,
| utntec and the natlnn Itcnlf mnn %