The Keota news., 1919-10-03
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mueA Of The worlds vort more sys-
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be 60c< anW wtkn each nAtIoo -
Working osiy for IrSeif The people
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vbs vost With you % The same $ob-
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vosk together. TIE sooner tSey viii
coroS 70 sndesy,zsd ard IKE each
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Yor sxamrle. The LeAgu< viii essab-
ilsh AZ international osysnixAiion for
,h< b-e.,<s1rx o. labor conditions In
di0sren, counties. for TIE protection
Of voap~n and etiidren and The native
Inhabitants Of c1riiized AID s~rni-c.vil-
!xe4 coun,Y1es- Oas of Cefnanys
greatest crimes has been her bsrba.
sous sYeasnneot Of the helpless people
IN s0xn< Of her coloa!ss- One Of The
chief tasks of the League viii be TO
iook aStes peoples that are not strong
enough 10 pso,ec; themselves.
Tie League viii sppo!nt cotatnis-
ssons 10 take charge Of various inter.
national undertakings 20 that they
may b caa1ed On. not for the bensof
Of any ooe nation. but for the benedt
Of the whole world Provision will b
made for promotion Of fair and equal
trade eonditions.
Thses are only . few OF the benefits
Tie world will derive from the League.
A. tine goes on we shall md more
snd more tasks st which the nations
can work In common and . greater
number Of opportunities 70 remove
N4ses which stir up 3ealousiss and
snlfnos:sie. between rsees and peoples.
Objections Answered.
OF courss ws cannot bops 10 make
DE great changes such ~ the League
Of Nations will bring about without
optosifioo. Fortunately the war has
taught a. the great sdvantaxss Of
International eo-0pesatioo. Il was
ooiy b. good team WORK that the free
liberty loving nations were able to
whip Germany.
The treaty which the United States
Senate II debating oblIes'es the mem
berp Of the proposed League TO pro
tert one smother against attack from
enemies outside their own boundaries
bent upon conquest Although this
agreement (Asticie x Of the Cove
psnt) is vital to any arrangement
which seeks 70 prevsot war. II has
been attacked % the ground that it
would draw the United States Into
war; il various parts Of the world and
force % TO send our boys TO 0ght IL
Qusrreis which did not concern us
We should remember. however. that
the main purpose Of Article x u to
feighten nations tempted TO wafs OF
conquest frosn yielding TO the tssnpta.
ton. BY the certainty that they will os
crushed II they begin such . war BY
q universal boycott and q union Of
forces Of the world against them. II
. big war breaks out again. the United
States will be forced to take part In
ie whether We have Q League Of
Nations or not. We tried hard enough
to kesp out Of the war with Germany
but found We couldn't
A little war contrary to the League
rules could bs handled By the powers
close at hand. Certainly II would NOT
bs necessary to send American troops
to suppress IN uprising In the Balkans
when prompt action BY the armies Of
Italy or some other nearby powerful
nation could suppress the fracas be-
fore American troops could even get
started.
Great Gain for Small lssa
We had TO make many sacrifices to