The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-02

ton OF whether a question sNtaf 10
its Independence and safety es' !.
was a grave thing when the head OF
every household in the village mao 10
leave in large part the defense OF ms
family to the village police force ana
the village courts No doubt the
Lodges of that day viewed tins step u
with solemn alarm. 1t was grave
thing when duelling went into the
, discard Nothing, indeed, could nave
seemed more destructive of honor ana
>. manhood 10 the Lodges and knoHes
of only few decades ago than that
man should not settle with pistols
and Seconds a whole group of wrongs
!, which nobody thinks of settling that
way now Any step ahead is grave
step. but the trouble with Senator
Lodge is that he thinks it more dam j.
Eerous to go forward than to stand n
still and attempt to 20 backwards. H
Tho Monroe Doctrine. 4
Senator Lodge wishes TO know
whether we are ready to abandon the
. Monroe doctrine. This would be an 4
excellent question for high school
!, debating society Any trained NINA \
will realize are simply extending
the Monroe doctrine--if YOU interpret
that doctrine with any realization OF 4
the march of history. Not even I
} Senator Lodge and his predecessors
= have been able to prevent the dls-
coNery OF me power Vi S'ea"', % ~
phone or the bringing of the whole I
world in closer communication than I
Boston was with New York in the
: days OF Washington. The Monroe
L uo'', ~" VOC ,i =. ~ uas,
I H'f" '''' 1-, 49, s,--1oita,ia, nv
. ttn i.o'' ,tions ahroad
: What the liberal spirit OF the age is
} endeavorinG to do tomorrow at YER (
A SallieS - ~ eA., , ~. -Id ~ rcsd
s trlhe TO the "noIe Wo' 49,, ~
me Monroe ooettlat III WY I 80
4 me ihNehtof's ol u"oI d"u &c -
MaFcoo', anu no. W = hIe ~
g was frozen thlflS i'N@paD'N
q growth. we want an af.ailsSt''s ~ II.
9 that VIII protect not ohfg rra~ Hi' ou,
:. Bcigtum ana oefnla an. "plieli't 80. "'lN
Juso-SiaN'd anu tola'lu' ~. - ~
= tor Lodge want the ne" s'd''"'tA W
= me -1zeko -oioNahs ana tiiN '".o
staNs 70 depend on I'','
: Strength Does ne want 'ie .eN
~ JeWlsh Hauoh III FdteStihr ~ NsistN
Itself Woulo ne me 70 llaNs e~'1',"
dependent on ner own StteHstn ~
. says. Let us pe honest WIN our
> selves Wen. echo tha' s'atel'itn.,
Let him be honest win hlmse!f' an"
:, tell us what ne thlnkc OF the statV !"
- Wh1ch nus doctrines nave h"" "tVoS's'
= the world
. Setting Up Bogy Man.
y, un ,rias r. throw . scare into us
obout immigration and tariffs. If
$50 ritins napes instead of para
c,ranhsN nothing would amuse me
- more than to take UP each one of his
~ points in succession and show it's
~ hundred per cent shalowness,
- Neither the League to Enforce Peace
-. nor the League of Free Nations Asso-
~ citation has said or means to say,
~ that immigration is a question to be
:, decided bv the League of Nations. |
"a fancy that the ma iority of the Off
{. Gals of both these organizations think
OF II to be a domestic question. Ger
We tainly | do. and | would no sooner
Il ask the league to settle it than /
=. would ask il to settle the negro
% question In our Southern States. The
IL league, in fact. has comparatively
little to do with the domestic aues-
:: stens of advanced and self governing
sS nations The creates cause OF wars
D. in modern times is the race to control
es the great undeveloped resources of
the backward countries so when Mr.
We Lodge tries 10 raise tariff scare he
'e overlooks the difference between
- tariffs a free and self governing coun-
-, frv NAV make for its domestic well
1 fare and tariffs which might mean
- that one of the great powers was as
suujnr the right to cut off from the
- other powers access to the raw mate
w rails of some place in Africa or ASIA
n Minor over which 1t assumed sover-
nd eighty
es Attack on TcchnitaIjties
ne vo, SOC tho ,pboI. tronhla with the
ais ttt+,,lo nf I o3ra .na L-nox IL mar
q 49,, 49,. 49, ,9hat - 'oa,,ain +vns Of
dc ary>,rra.jo, ltso-,,a, ,rias 10 AZ IL he
re. 80 ~ ,,,,<,(,i, 80, - Srat,,ta anacted
ur With The purpose or helping along
l, e,at ~ ,i,,ii nrn,rase ue
nd H.. ~ 1ana bto i,,ta11aot ma exne-
60 -, 10 ~. -, ,.o.ho,,o sn,,,. ause
"a. 80 .-o ~ 10 - - :
-, sans what frefajl no ran md mai
ir- may possibly ADMIT OF a sucoesstu
VS. attack on tecfnlCdi grounds, ana uses