New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-22


to tear down that wallfence and to CO.
mlngle and intermingle the systems.
lhey JOIN one farm to another. 1t is
SAID to the farmer America: Let US
tear down that fence He says: Il
have built it for a purpose well,
they reply, we think it is better to tear
it down.
Iaft's Attitude Ridiculed
SO there rises up man by the name
OF William Howard. He says to the
farmer Americas: Let us tear down
that wall-fence of yours The farmer
says l DO not think it would be we'll
But William Howard says, 1T is Just
the same after it is torn down as it is
"hcn 1t IS standing up. Let US go into
partnership with your neighbor
Europe America says: 4 do not
want any partnership William How
ara says: 1T is just the same without
a partnership as it is with it; let us
transfer these two systems and make
them one But, farmer America says,
that is what | came 10 this country
1or-to get away from that system. |
90 not want one system; want two
systems. | do not like their system of
farming
But, William Howard says, one
system is just the same as two sys-
TENS. 1 know something about this.
| ran this farm myself for four years.
| was some farmer. | had such Won
oerful success while | was running
THIS farm and received such wonderful
compensation after it was over with.
having received the approval of two
tenants out of forty-eight, that l am
sure | can run both farms
Beneficial to England
1--WE say that this proposition tears
down the farmers fence. If you want
to DO so, all right; let us make no
mistake about what we are doing, how
ever. The English press, we are in
formed, in so far as it has commented
on this matter at all, has regarded it
as an abrogation of the Monroe Doc
trinc. Mr.. Lloyd George said in the
very beginning of the conference that
Great Britain would concede much to
America ii, as the result, they we're to
draw America out of her isolation and
away from her traditional policy.
Japan has practically announced semi
officially, that it is the adjustment Of
the Monroe Doctrine. The Brazilian
minister at The Hague has announced
that it is the end of the Monroe Doc
trine.
81 am not here to-day to criticise in
any way. either directly or by inference,
the great English nation or the great
English people. They are among, if not,
excepting our own, the most powerful
people upon the globe; but when we
come to deal with England, we must deal
with her intclligently and with due re-
gard for our own interests and our own
rights, for one of the distinguishing
features of that proud nation is that
she always looks after England's in
terests, and | admire her for doing so.
Triumph for English Diplomacy
"This constitution of the league Of
nations is the greatest triumph for
English diplomacy in three centuries
of English diplomatic life. This consti-
tuition, in the first place, is lifted almost
bodily from the constitution proposed
in January by General Shuts When
they finally settle down to bushes q
England will have one vote, Canada
one vote, New Zealand one vote, Aus
trala one vote and South Africa one
vote, while the American nation. Gre
ated by our fathers and preserved
through the century by the blood and
sacrifice of our forbears, will have
one vote. In both the executive coun-
Gil and the delegate body the same
proportion obtains, and these two
bodies direct, dominate and mark out
the policy of this entire programme,
Whatever 1t is to be, under the league.
Italy and Japan Contenders
"But that is not all. There are Italy
and Japan associated with England, and
more nearly like her in their systems
and in their policies than they are like
us. There are already treaties between
those nations and England which, Mr.
Balfour frankly says. are not to be alb
rogated. In other words, we are in the
very beginning put up not only against
this extraordinary vote by one nation
but we have the disadvantage of con
tending against a system which covers
other nations as we'll as Great Britain
what has England given up in this
league of nations? What has she sur
rendered? Will some one advise me
Did she surrender the freedom of the
seas? That was pushed aside at the
first meeting of the congress and is
she surrendered her contention for the
largest navy? What has she surren-
dered?
Step Toward Bolshevism
81 come now to another feature
which to me is even more interesting
than those over which we have passed.
some will attempt to do, this is the
first step in decentralization and in
the sterilizing of nationalsm. This
is a recognized fact, tacitly admitted
by all who supported it and expressly
admitted by many that the nation
state has broken down, and that we
must now depend upon the interna-
tional state and international power to
preserve our interests and civilization
7 his is disclosed in every line and par
agwaph OF this instrument. 1t begins
with the preamble and ends with the
last article-a recognition that inter
nationalism must take the place Of ma
tionalism.
"Here | want to call attention to a
statement from perhaps the most IA
nous internationalist now living.
read from book entitled "rhc Boil
shcviki and World Peace by Trotzky
He says 1hc present war is at bot
tom n revolt Of the forces of produc-
ton against the political form Of ma
ton ard state. 1t means the collapse
Of the national state as an Independent
economic unit. We Russian Socialists
stand firmly on the ground of internh-
tionalism. The German Social Democ-
racy was to US not only party Of the
international. 1t was the party par
excellence. The present war sgnalizes
the collapse Of the national state
"1hat e at the bottom of this entire
procedures whether consciously or un-
consciously. upon the part Of those
who are advocating it. 1t is distinct